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Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

...tion, which also helps to protect the body against infectious and potentially harmful micro-organisms. Additional studies with individuals consuming spirulina are needed to determine whether these dramatic effects extend beyond the laboratory." With such wonderful properties it is just a matter of time before i...

Hundred million dollar gift for malaria institute

...S/HIV and Tuberculosis, malaria is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. Some health facilities use bed nets, treated with insecticide, to curtail the disease but Johns Hopkins is among the few institutions trying to develop a successful vaccine or new drug treatments. Dr. Diane Griffin, professor ...

George Bush pledges 200 million dollars for AIDS relief

...luding a focus on both prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, and a respect for intellectual property rights for drug companies performing research. Though there is no agreement on the quantum of help arriving, the silver lining is that help is trickling in for the AIDS ravaged continent of Africa....

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...that tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease in the world. But the sad part is that a third of the world's population is carrying the disease without any symptoms and without being aware of the fact that they are harboring the infection within themselves....

"Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand

...istance in 18 countries that are overburdened with infectious disease, war and disasters, came out with the point that these 34 million people in developing countries cannot be abondoned the treatment just because of the cost of these drugs. Dr. Kaninda, at an MSF-sponsored panel discussion pointed that expens...

Sponging Cattle betters spraying in eradicating Malaria

Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes.It is characterised by fever, chills,followed by excessive sweating . Sometimes the most severe forms of this disease can lead to death even .This is a common disease in the tropical countries.// Hence eradication o...

Hemochromatosis Patients' Blood is Safe

...been concern that they might donate despite having infectious disease risk factors and that their blood might be less safe. As a result, FDA regulations have not promoted blood donation from hemochromatosis patients. "Hemochromatosis patients had no more risk of transmitting viral infections than did other do...

More about HIV

...ding to current research, can increase severity of infectious viruses such as mononucleosis and can activate dormant viruses such as genital herpes, cold sores, and HIV. Studies have shown, for example, that chronic depression and negative attitudes were associated with a rapid decline of T cells but with incre...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...pecially in countries where infants often die from infectious diseases. The research involved 1,154 full-term but smaller than normal babies born in New Delhi, India, most weighing 5 1/2 pounds or less. Mothers fed them supplements containing zinc or minerals for nine months. Fifteen of the 20 who died had not ...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...at Hepatitis B - which is more than 100 times more infectious than HIV. Researchers say Keezhanali - or Phyllanthus Amarus to use its botanical name - stopped the Hepatitis B virus from multiplying and cleared up symptoms within a month in 30% of all cases they studied. Hepatitis B is common in Asia, particul...

Control of inflammation

...coworkers at the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases (NIAID).The finding appeared in Nature.// Inflammation, tissue swelling is accompanied by pain and heat, is the body’s response to a host of insults: invasion by bacteria or viruses, injury, or reactions to one’s own tissues. Chronic inflam...

Obesity a global problem

... particularly children. Until recently, famine and infectious diseases// have been the biggest threats to the health of poor people in developing countries. Now, rapid shifts in urbanisation, technology, food processing and even leisure time in developing countries are causing a rise in obesity levels. Paradox...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...that tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease in the world. But the sad part is that a third of the world's population is carrying the disease without any symptoms and without being aware of the fact that they are harboring the infection within themselves....

Bacterial discovery may help CF patients

...oys the biofilm and restricts the establishment of infectious colonies. It appears DNaseI treatment may also be beneficial as an early prophylactic measure to prevent the establishment of bacterial infection in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis. However, while DNaseI dissolved the biofilm during its ear...

Alternative to blood Transfusions

...patients. HBOC-201 is intended to reduce possible infectious agents found in blood that can harm recipients after a blood transfusion. It also does not have to be kept fresh through refrigeration as stored blood does, and it can last up to three years. Most amazing of all, say researchers, is HBOC-201 can be u...

A new and surprising insight on AIDS

...(www.robertogiraldo.com) says, "Aids is neither an infectious disease nor// is sexually transmitted. It is a toxic-nutritional syndrome caused by the alarming worldwide increment of immunological stressor agents." Giraldo emphasized throughout his speech that there were similarities between AIDS and the sympto...

Brain diseases an outcome of cannibalism

...d in large numbers// in people who take flesh with infectious prions. These as a result kill the brain cells. This disease is found in about one in a million people. A disease called kuru common among the Fore people in Papua New Guinea was mainly due to eating their deceased relatives in the mortuary feasts. ...

Key step forward on International Health Rules

... ensuring rapid action against future outbreaks of infectious diseases and other threats to international public...omic, and social consequences of the next emerging infectious disease, the next influenza pandemic, and the possible use of a biological agent to cause harm." Fo...

WHO To Support Public Health Threats

...nomic, and social consequencesof the next emerging infectious disease, the nextinfluenza pandemic, and the possible use of abiological agent to cause harm." The Member States also called on WHO "to take intoaccount evidence, experiences, knowledge and lessonsacquired during the SARS response when revising theI...

Measles Risk in Transplant Patients

...ult challenges lie ahead. Measles is a notoriously infectious disease and will spread easily among those who are non-immune." Researchers also say the two children in their report did not have typical presentations of measles and they caution researchers to be aware of this. They write, "Immunocompromised indi...

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