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Precautions for tick-borne disease extend 'beyond Lyme'
This year's mild winter and early spring were a bonanza for tick populations in the eastern United States. Reports of tick-borne disease rose fast. While Lyme disease is the most...
Recipes for Health: Arborio and Red Rice Risotto — Recipes for Health
This satisfying dish features a pleasing mix of colors and textures.
Sunshine vitamin 'helps treat TB'
Adding a dose of Vitamin D could help treat one of the most drug resistant diseases in the world, tuberculosis, according to doctors.
Increased mortality in HIV-positive South African men versus women is unrelated to HIV/AIDS
In South Africa, HIV-infected men who are receiving treatment with anti-HIV drugs (antiretroviral therapy) are almost a third more likely to die than HIV-positive women who are receiving similar treatment:...
Surgical abortion pre-term risk
Women who have "surgical" abortions are more likely in the future to give birth to babies prematurely than women who have medically-induced terminations.
Whooping cough immunization plan continues
A whooping cough immunization campaign continues in New Brunswick this fall in response to an ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious bacterial infection across the province.
Genes associated with primary angle closure glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people
Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people. PACG affects 15 million people worldwide, 80 percent...
Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods, study finds
Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive meta-analysis to date of existing studies comparing organic and conventional foods. They did not find strong evidence that organic foods are more nutritious...
Even in normal range, high blood sugar linked to brain shrinkage
People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia,...
Targeting inflammation to treat depression
Researchers at Emory University have found that a medication that inhibits inflammation may offer new hope for people with difficult-to-treat [...]
Personal Health: Too Young to Have a Stroke? Think Again
Up to 15 percent of strokes affect people no older than 45 - and the sooner the correct diagnosis is made, the less likely the result will be lifelong impairment.
Vital Signs: Regimens: Anticonvulsant May Relieve Chronic Cough
A study of 62 patients with chronic cough in Australia found that those given gabapentin, an anticonvulsant, saw a decline in severity and frequency of coughing.
Vital Signs: Nutrition: Setting the Mood for Smaller Meals
Diners in a quiet section of a Hardee's restaurant decorated with white tablecloths and indirect lighting ate less of what they ordered and rated the food more highly, a study...
Global Update: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Strains Show Growth Worldwide
A new study has confirmed, once again, that hard-to-cure drug-resistant tuberculosis is a growing problem.
New Tick-Borne Heartland Virus Has Scientists Puzzled
The so-called Heartland virus, never seen before, is the apparent cause of severe illness in two Missouri men who were bitten by ticks.
Well: Rare Infection Prompts Neti Pot Warning
After two cases of a deadly brain infection were linked to neti pots, government health officials have issued new warnings about using them safely.
Use of Antibiotics in Animals Raised for Food Defies Scrutiny
A dearth of information makes it difficult to document the precise relationship between routine antibiotic use in animals and antibiotic-resistant infections in people, scientists say.
Simple CT scan can predict worsening COPD, study suggests
The respective size of the pulmonary artery compared to the aorta, visible on a CT scan, is a strong predictor of the risk of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,...
A promising start for new anticancer drug
Spanish researchers have developed on a nanometric scale a new drug that combines photothermia and chemotherapy to help fight cancer.
Mass spectrometry makes the clinical grade
A new mass spectrometry-based test identifies proteins from blood with as much accuracy and sensitivity as the antibody-based tests used clinically, researchers report. The head-to-head comparison using blood samples from...
Bacteria And Pregnancy
There was an interesting study published recently that addresses the changes that occur to gut bacteria in pregnant women and the role this fulfills in maintaining a healthy pregnancy.There are...
Marathon running could trigger pulmonary edema development in the lungs
A new study has found evidence that marathon running could trigger pulmonary edema, where fluid builds up in the lungs.
Improved diagnosis of lung disease: New global benchmarks
New research has established the first global benchmarks for assessing lung function across the entire life span. The lung growth charts will help healthcare professionals better understand lung disease progression...
Traffic pollution inreases pre-eclampsia risk in pregnancy
Exposure to traffic pollution can increase the risk of pregnant women suffering pre-eclampsia, alife-threatening disorder thatcan affecte th heart, kidney or liver, by as much as a third, an Australian...
Cheers! 5 Intoxicating Facts About Beer
Find out the tantalizing history and other fun facts about this American beverage.
Evidence Of The Importance Of Vaccines: Wasik And Murphy's Rabid
According to WHO, "Although it is a vaccine-preventable disease, rabies still poses a significant public health problem in many countries in Asia and Africa where 95% of human deaths occur...
OPINION: Personal genomics: where science fiction meets reality
Will doctors soon be able to predict our exact chance of disease from DNA, like in science fiction?
Researchers devise simple and cheap method to detect TB in patients
(Phys.org)—Tuberculosis or TB as it's become more commonly known, is a horrible disease by all accounts, it slowly kills many of its victims, particularly those living in the developing world. In 2010, it...