Bird Flu Claims Its 14th Human Victim in Egypt
...ts have constantly voiced their concerns about the lethal H5N1 strain. They fear it could mutate and take on an easily transmissible form. If that happens, it would be nothing short of a pandemic, and many humans could die due to the outbreak. /V...MS Drug Helps Reduce Vision Loss
... risks or complications, including the rare, often lethal brain disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), of which three confirmed cases have been reported. In addition, data from AFFIRM and SENTINEL studies showed that low-contrast letter acuity eye chart testing is effective for assessin...Blood DNA Predicts Liver Cancer Early
...rough for addressing the challenges of this highly lethal form of cancer, said Regina Santella, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health. Source-IANS...Infections in UK Hospitals Drive British Patients to India
...h quality treatment but also to escape contracting lethal hospital infections in Britain, //according to patients and medical experts. In 2006, more than 50,000 British patients flew abroad for treatment, reflecting a 25 per cent rise over the previous year. The most popular destinations were India, Hunga...Statins Linked to Lower Risk of Infection
...l statins, seem to lower the risk of a potentially lethal blood infection known as sepsis in patients on kidney dialysis. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care units in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. It also poses serious risk for kidne...Scientists Decode Genome of Oral Pathogen
... cause bacterial endocarditis, a serious and often lethal infection of the heart. Individuals with preexisting heart problems are at an increased risk of developing bacterial endocarditis. The infection may result in impaired heart function and complications such as heart attack and stroke. Typically, bef...PSA Not a Good Predictor of Lethal Prostate Cancer
...ourse of the disease// does not adequately predict lethal prostate cancer, according to a study in the April...y methods to determine which patients will develop lethal prostate cancer. The rate of increase of PSA—a protein produced by the prostate—before prostate canc...Gene Study To Reveal Radiation Poisoning
...evels that typically weaken the immune system or a lethal dose of radiation. Six hours later, the scientists took blood samples. After analyzing thousands of genes in each group, the researchers focused on signature patterns of roughly 100 gene changes that each radiation level created in the mice. "Ther...Gender Linked to Development of Skin Cancer
...inoma is not nearly as worrisome. Still, it can be lethal in some patients, especially those with suppressed immune systems, including transplant recipients or people who are HIV-positive. Many studies have shown that the risk of squamous cell carcinoma increases with greater exposure to the sun. For year...Gender Linked to Development of Skin Cancer
...inoma is not nearly as worrisome. Still, it can be lethal in some patients, especially those with suppressed immune systems, including transplant recipients or people who are HIV-positive. Many studies have shown that the risk of squamous cell carcinoma increases with greater exposure to the sun. For year...Two More Suspected Avian Flu Deaths in Indonesia
...died in Indonesia after apparently contracting the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu, an official spokesperson said Thursday. // A preliminary test has revealed the presence of the pathogenic virus in the blood of a 14-year-old boy from West Sumatra and a 28-year-old woman from Jakarta. The results of a s...Drug-resistant Form of Plague Identified
...he much dreaded plague, one of the oldest and most lethal diseases// in human history. Tests on a strain of the disease-causing bacterium, Yersinia pestis, taken from a 16-year-old boy in Madagascar, revealed that the organism had developed resistance to eight antibiotics used to treat the infection, incl...Kerala Youth Die of Carbon Monoxide Inhalation
...t combustion and lack of proper ventilation caused lethal levels of CO to accumulate in the garage. The air-...ad lashed the city. They had inadvertently inhaled lethal amounts of the carbon dioxide when their car was caught in a traffic jam caused by the flooding of t...There is a far greater risk of lethal assault during the first episode of psychotic illn...ing involuntary treatment. The main reasons for lethal assault were frightening delusional beliefs in which the patient believed they were in immediate dan...French 'euthanasia Doctor' Avoids Jail
...ng, Tramois defended her decision to prescribe the lethal potassium injection, stating she had wanted to preserve her patient's dignity. Druais had developed intestinal complications that could have led to fecal vomiting, the doctor argued. But investigators maintained that the decision had been taken w...Afghanistan Reports Fresh Bird Flu Cases
... Kabul, nearly nine birds were found to suffer the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu. To contain the disease, the Afghan government has forbidden the import of poultry products from Pakistan and other countries which have reported the presence of avian influenza. Additionally, an extensive poultry immunizat......einjected both groups with what should have been a lethal dose of live bacteria. Then she calculated the percentage of how many survived, compared with the flies that been injected only with saline. "I didn't think the results would be so clean-cut," she said. Within two days, the second dose killed almos...Stem Cells Hold Promise for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases
...roof-of-concept, a mouse model of a representative lethal neurodegenerative disease. Next, they used mouse n...eficient and, therefore, has Sandhoff's Disease, a lethal genetic disease related to Tay-Sachs Disease. When stem cells were implanted -- at simply one time p...Johns Hopkins Medicine Trustees Support Smoking Ban In Public Spaces
... of people who die as a result of this potentially lethal habit each year.' 'The health hazards of smoking are grounded in solid scientific evidence and beyond dispute,' said Edward D. Miller, M.D., CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine and dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 'As a Baltimore ......the genetic errors that give rise to the growth of lethal cancer tumors. Source-IANS...