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All Babies in Massachusetts Should Be Screened for Life-Threatening Disorders

...n inherited metabolic disorder that, if untreated, causes severe mental retardation. But today Massachusetts requires screening for only 12 of the 29 core conditions. The March of Dimes endorsed the 2004 report of the American College of Medical Genetics that calls for every baby born in the U.S. to be sc...

Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

...teries. The smooth muscle cell proliferation which causes the restenosis was very low in the group treated with herpes and remained high in the untreated group. One undesirable, yet expected outcome of angioplasty and stent placement is the disruption of the arterys endothelial layer, which forms the inne...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...ganic farming argue that conventional farming also causes soil erosion, greenhouse gas emission, increased pest resistance and loss of biodiversity. For their analysis, researchers defined the term organic as: practices referred to as sustainable or ecological; that utilize non-synthetic nutrient cycling...

Tumours in Dogs may Give Insight into Human Cancer Development

...y be crucial in identifying the underlying genetic causes of cancer in dogs and humans and finding treatments that may be to the benefit of both. The benefits of taking a comparative approach to cancer research will be of mutual benefit to humans and companion animals. That is because cancer is cancer. It...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...f the mysteries and some of the answers as to what causes breast cancer," he said. His wife was still in hospital but had received an "excellent prognosis" and the family hoped to have her home in the next couple of days. "It has been an enormously challenging time but she is an amazingly courageous an...

Tomato Fever Replaces Chikungunya in Kerala

...is a virus which spreads through mosquito-bite and causes a non-fatal self-limiting illness, marked by high fever, headache, severe joint pain, rashes and nausea. Symptoms of tomato fever have been seen in around 2,800 people so far. The symptoms include tomato like wounds especially on hands and legs, fr...

Protein Structure of Pathogens Associated With CF and TB Solved

...esent in many bacteria including the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.It's well-known that bacteria need iron to grow and, when they are establishing an infection, they steal iron from the host. To do this, they make complex molecules that bind tightly to the iron. We have determined the structure of a p...

Food Poisoning at the Chicago Food Festival

...all the steps that we can." Salmonella infection causes fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea, which may be bloody. Most people recover from salmonella infection within a week. But some cases may be severe and even life-threatening. Babies, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems are more likely ...

New Genetic Clue to Type 1 Diabetes

...1 diabetes, according to the latest probe into the causes of this disease . Three variants of a gene called KIAA0350 were spotted as risk factors in a genetic profiling of 563 patients with Type 1 diabetes, which were compared to 1,146 healthy people, says the study, published online Sunday by Nature. T...

China to Make Cuban Dengue Mosquito Killer

...hagic fever. The Aedes aegypti mosquito likewise causes 200,000 cases of yellow fever a year, resulting in 30,000 deaths, 95 percent of them in Africa. Cuba, the only country that produces Bactivec, struck a similar deal in 2000 with Amazonas state in Brazil, which produces and sells the biolarvicide to...

Move To Ban Asbestos Welcomed

... of Saskatchewan workers who die from work-related causes die from asbestos-related diseases, says Anderson."This is really harmful stuff,'' he warns....

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

.... The researchers found that the act of throwing causes changes in the upper arm bone and soft tissue in the shoulders of young baseball players. This is not necessarily a bad thing, explains Dr. Mair. It can help protect players from injury. However, pitch counts that are too high and playing year-rou...

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

...st common of them all. This weedy plant, each year causes more than 350,000 reported cases of human contact ...rful toxin. The extremely itchy plant not only causes blisters but also the exposure to the plant is quite harmful. In 2003, according to an authorita...

Feeding Programme Gives Hope to Tribal Mothers

...4) and get pregnant soon after. This is one of the causes for their poor health as well as that of their children. Secondly, a majority of the tribals live below the poverty line and most of the mothers work as wage labourers, leaving their young children under the care of their siblings. The programme ...

Alien Hand Syndrome Causes Random Hand Movement

...yndrome (AHS) is a rare neurological disorder that causes hand movement without the person being aware of what is happening or having control over the action . The afflicted person may sometimes reach for objects and manipulate them without wanting to do so, even to the point of having to use the healthy ...

Avandia Improves Quality of Life in Diabetes Patients

...ted an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes in patients taking the medication. On May 21, th...ing) doubled. These changes indicate that the drug causes fluid retention, which can lead to shortness of breath and heart failure. The largest single trial...

Human Trial for Universal Influenza Vaccine Underway

...protection against all A strains of the virus that causes human influenza, including pandemic strains. In the 1990s, VIB researchers connected to Ghent University, under the direction of Prof. Emeritus Walter Fiers, invented a universal flu vaccine. One protein on the surface of the influenza virus, the ...

FDA Approves First Artificial Cervical Disc

...degenerative disc disease , one of the most common causes of neck and arm pain. The brand approved, the Prestige Cervical Disc, is manufactured by Medtronic Sofamor Danek of Memphis. The approval of this artificial disc means that people with cervical degenerative disc disease now will have another sur...

Less Information on Dietary Treatment in Type2 Diabetes

...cose) in their blood. This high sugar content then causes damage to blood vessels, which in turn harms many organs including the eyes, nerves, kidneys and heart. When people are first diagnosed with this disease they are given dietary advice in the hope that this will enable them to take more control over ...

Americas Preparations For Flu Outbreak Still Incomplete

...are for any disease outbreak, whether from natural causes or a terrorist attack. Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for Americas Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to disease prevention, praised the administrations flu preparations.This report demonstrates that the federal government has made ...

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