Algal viruses attach, enter, and infect green alga (seen in series here). Liz is a staff writer for Science.By Elizabeth Pennisi 27 October 2014 3:30 pm It’s not such a stretch to think that humans can catch the Ebola virus… Read More ›
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Allergies and high blood pressure medications can create lethal cocktail
Contact: Christine Westendorf ChristineWestendorf@acaai.org 847-427-1200 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Oral allergy syndrome and high blood pressure medications can create lethal cocktail Some allergy suffers with hypertension may be at increased risk for severe reaction BALTIMORE, MD. (November… Read More ›
Allergic to Gummy Bears? Be Cautious Getting the Flu Shot
Those with gelatin allergy can have reaction from flu vaccinations BALTIMORE, MD. (November 8, 2013) – Do marshmallows make your tongue swell? Gummy bears make you itchy? If you’ve answered yes and are allergic to gelatin, you will want to… Read More ›
Revealed: How the NSA will spy on you if you just put the word Osama in an email, text message or Facebook chat
An message sent to a cousin named Osama may now be enough to make any American a target of surveillance The information was couched in a set of rules leaked by Edward Snowden about a 2008 domestic surveillance law The… Read More ›
Avril Haines, new CIA #2, ran indie bookstore remembered for ’90s ‘erotica nights’
EEV: Originally thought the report was a plant. Even though it is not a reflection on her abilities, this story now appears validated. – By The Reliable Source, Published: June 13, 2013 at 10:57 am For the baby boomers, it… Read More ›
Sublingual immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for peanut allergy
EEV: Do not attempt without medical supervision Contact: Tom Hughes tahughes@unch.unc.edu 919-966-6047 University of North Carolina Health Care CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Peanuts are one of the most common triggers of severe food-induced allergic reactions, which can be fatal, and… Read More ›
New pathogen epidemic identified in sub-Saharan Africa : non-Typhoidal Salmonella up to 45% mortality rate
Public release date: 30-Sep-2012 Contact: Aileen Sheehy press.office@sanger.ac.uk 0044-012-234-96928 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Researchers track the spread of human invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella in sub-Saharan Africa A new study out today (Sunday 30 September) reveals that the emergence and spread of… Read More ›
Diet may eliminate spasms for infants with epilepsy: Low Carbohydrate Diet
2008 re-post for filing Contact: Sean Wagner swagner@wiley.com 781-388-8550 Wiley-Blackwell Treatment shown to be effective without side effects in children before trying drugs Baltimore, Md. – September 08, 2008 – Infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating epilepsy condition… Read More ›
External-beam radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer linked to other cancer
Contact: Lacey Holt lholt@auanet.org American Urological Association Bladder, lung and colorectal cancers ORLANDO, FL, May 18, 2008—Patients undergoing external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for localized prostate cancer may be at an increased risk for secondary malignancy, according to a study from… Read More ›
A cup of black tea could be the next line of defense in the threat of bio-terrorism according to international research
Contact: Professor Les Baillie bailliel@cf.ac.uk 029-208-75535 Cardiff University Is a cup of tea really the answer to everything — even anthrax? A cup of black tea could be the next line of defence in the threat of bio-terrorism according to… Read More ›
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