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Researchers Uncover Gene That Raises Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

...oantibodies.” In the meantime, parents should be alert to the symptoms of type 1 diabetes usually first seen in childhood. Symptoms can include extreme thirst, frequent urination, and rapid weight loss. If symptoms are left unchecked, an onset of diabetes could be fatal. “If a child is severely ill wit...

Weird Protein Puzzles Researchers

...ides present on the surface of a developing cancer alert the immune system, which permits the production of antigens from one single protein. Indeed, this discovery holds promise for the development of peptide vaccines. SA...

Bird flu threat in South Sudan

..., the people at the border areas should be on high alert for any suspicious birds or poultry products being brought into the country." The public, particularly those who have been traveling to Juba or South Sudan, have been advised by him to be on "high alert." GYT...

New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

...The goal is to create a wearable device that would alert the person when a stress fracture was imminent so ...cal professionals. Such a device could immediately alert the person by sounding an alarm, and the data could then be scrutinized by a doctor. "All of the t...

Food Safety Extension Specialist Provides Spinach E. coli Advice

...-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert about a nationwide outbreak of E. coli traced to packaged spinach//. The alert advises consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach at this time. Sam Beattie, a food safety extensio...

Prototype Bandages Developed that Could Detect Fractures

...The goal is to create a wearable device that would alert someone when a stress fracture was imminent, so they could stop rigorous physical activity long enough for the bone to mend," Akkus said. Stress fractures are a common injury among professional athletes, as well as in amateurs who exercise too much...

Opioids Linked to Worse Outcomes After Back Injury

...s in prescribing chronic opioid medication, and be alert to the de-motivating effect such medication can have,” advise Mayer and colleagues. Despite their disability and functional limitations, “Patients found doctors who were willing to give them the opioids and, more importantly, keep them on opioids,”...

Flu jabs delay causes alarm

... were immunized in 2005.The government has sent an alert that severe winter would result in deaths of nearly 40,000 people of which thousands would be due to complications from flu. Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee, said "It would be quite a challenge for pat...

Unknown disease leaves 6 dead in Panama

A national epidemic alert has been declared by the health ministry of Panama following the death of no less than 6 people// due to an unknown disease that has left several others with fever, diarrhoea and partial paralysis. The doctors have not yet found the cause of the di...

New Sleep Medication not Effective for Treating Abuse or Cognitive Impairment

...y liked each drug, how strong the drug was and how alert or sleepy they felt, and also underwent cognitive and motor function tests. Trained research staff members also rated the participants’ behavior, including how sedated and impaired they seemed and how much they slept. None of the three doses of ram...

India registers 3,000 dengue patients, toll crosses 40

...or treatment. Doctors in Himachal Pradesh were on alert after the first case of dengue was detected in the...ficial said. The state government sounded a dengue alert Wednesday. The dengue patients in Patna include two doctors, Abhijit Singh and Jyoti Ranjan. The v...

Precautionary Recall of Beef over E.coli Contamination Concerns

...of ground beef as a precautionary move in order to alert consumers //of probable beef contamination that was processed and/or handled by the firm. On Saturday morning President Jim Goeser said, "We should note that we have a negative test on the beef in question from a certified lab but the voluntary rec...

Migrant Bihar Labourers Bring Dengue Home

...e from Amritsar. The state government sounded an alert last Wednesday and asked the administration to take urgent preventive measures after four confirmed and two suspected dengue cases were reported. The state government has directed the city municipal officials to clean garbage heaps and keep a check...

Highest Obesity Rates in Britain!

...ty measure. The Department of Health had sent an alert 2 months back, stating that 13 million people in England would be obese by 2010, if obesity was not tackled.The highest rate of obesity was found in the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, eastern England. According to the report, there is a rise of 40% ...

Stringent Bird Flu Monitoring Accelerated In China

... at large and officials have been urged to keep an alert vigil and report any incident off illness ,death of poultry or other migratory birds. A huge influx of more than 100,000 migratory birds is expected to cross the country in search of warmer climes from Russia and Mongolia. Beijing’s Muncipal Park Bu...

Potential Link Between Celiac Disease and Cognitive Decline

... Physicians can play an important role in keeping alert to a potential celiac disease and cognitive decline connection, says Dr. Hu. “For patients who come in with atypical forms of dementia, we need to consider checking for celiac disease, especially if the patients have diarrhea, weight loss or a youn...

Dengue on the Rise in Lucknow

...ll levels and doctors have been asked to remain on alert to handle dengue cases on a priority basis." Source-IANS...

Public Alert: Beware of fake glucose test strips!!

...he U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a public alert on Friday that created quite a stir, against the fake versions// of test strips normally used to monitor blood sugar levels in glucose monitors manufactured by a Johnson & Johnson company. "The counterfeit test strips potentially could give incorre...

Dengue cases in Karachi on the rise

...chi, Pakistan’s biggest city have been put on high alert of mosquito-borne dengue fever as it claimed at least 16 lives//. According to the officials of the health department of the southern Sindh province, on Sunday, 3 more cases of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) were confirmed. The data for the last few...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

...stasis warning, as this blood test provides, could alert oncologists to the cancer when it’s at its earliest stages in other parts of the body and help them to begin a quicker counterattack, for example by administering chemotherapy, said Viator. "Our method can help doctors plan treatment to battle the sp...

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