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Influenza Virus also Protects Against H5N1

...f the world where H5N1 routinely infects birds and poses a threat to people. "The jury is still out on whether the seasonal flu vaccine is definitely a reliable way to offer people some protection from H5N1," said Richard J. Webby, Ph.D., assistant member in the Virology division of the Department of Inf...

UC Davis Creates New Nanoparticles

...n and the injection of the particles into the body poses concerns about the research's safety, according to Kennedy. Regardless, he noted that these risks are secondary to the potential gains of nanoparticle technology. "As long as we are aware of the risks and understand them properly and know how to de...

Quarantine Sought For Harsh TB Strain

.... Singh said. The WHO said last year that XDR-TB poses as serious a threat to global health as either SARS or bird flu. But officials have stopped short of endorsing forcible confinement. Dr. Upshur said he understands the proposals will make people uncomfortable, but the alternative is just as unpala...

Scientists Assess Risk of Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines

...e are infected on average by an infectious person) poses only a very mild global threat. Increase that number to 1.5 and the flu potentially could infect half the population in more than 100 countries. Intervention measures would therefore be necessary. The researchers show that strict travel restriction...

Breast Density and the Risk of Cancer

...k. "Our hypothesis is that greater number of cells poses a larger target to chemicals that might cause genetic damage to give rise to cancer in the future," said the study's lead author, Dr. Norman Boyd of the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto. Breast density is genetic, though HRT is known to elevate b...

Skipping Breakfast and Fast Food Consumption - Leads to Weight Gain

...nt predictor of overweight status in adulthood and poses a risk for adult morbidity and mortality, it is important to identify dietary behaviors early on that are associated with unhealthy weight gain in order to create effective interventions. "This study highlights the importance of encouraging adoles...

A New Test to Detect Drug-resistant HIV Strains

...with drug resistant strains. HIV drug-resistance poses a major problem in management of the disease in patients who have never been treated with antiretroviral drugs. According to Dr. Peter Leone, an AIDS specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the test is a major landmark in the...

Novel Test Promises to Save Babies from ‘testing’ Tims

...tremely undesirable condition in pregnant woman,// poses a grave threat to both mother and child. The condition is said to claim the lives of nearly 600 babies each year in Britain. Now, scientists have devised a new diagnostic evaluation for pregnant women, capable of detecting the condition early and sav...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...tures and the earlier onset of spring in the West, poses "an increased hazard for wildfires that may continue for decades." The paper was published the week of Dec. 25 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While previous tree-ring studies have linked fires in different regions of wester...

The GreeneChip- First Tool to Provide Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

...ia. Differential diagnosis of hemorrhagic fevers poses challenges for clinical medicine and public health. Syndromes associated with agents are not distinctive, particularly early in the course of disease. In some instances, including the case presented above, more than one agent may be endemic in the re...

FDA Warns Pregnant Women Against Use Of Paxil

...lect new studies a year ago, which showed the drug poses risk to the fetus and in March, Health Canada issued a warning to pregnant women stating that those who took SSRIs may increase the risk for serious complications at birth. The obstetricians said that other drugs including Prozac, Zoloft and Lexapr...

China Issues Bird Flu Alert Following Outbreak in South Korea

...orea. The agriculture ministry said the outbreak poses a serious threat to China as the two countries are located on the same bird migratory route between East Asia and Australia. The ministry has ordered the six provinces to dispatch more staff to monitor borders and migratory bird habitats. Officia...

Unwind with Yoga

...nd videos, but an instructor can help in adjusting poses according to one’s needs depending upon the instructor's training and experience in working with one’s particular needs or health concerns. At the end of a yoga session one often feels invigorated yet calm. If that's not the case, suggestions must ...

Flu vaccine for pregnant women

...others during the flu season. Seasonal influenza poses high risk of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women, particularly during the later stages.The efficacy and safety of flu vaccine was determined by a subgroup of JCVI earlier this year. They pointed out the risk of side effects, however, in the U.S...

New method to treat malaria in pregnant women

...e study's authors, comments: 'Malaria in pregnancy poses a threat to both the mother and the foetus. Previous studies had already found amodiaquine alone or in combination with SP to be an effective treatment of malaria in children in west Africa, but our research confirms that this is also true for pregna...

Waiting for Trial Results Sometimes Unethical

...ow an overemphasis on randomised controlled trials poses important ethical and logistical problems and may incur avoidable deaths. In all three examples, the parachute approach has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives, say the authors. For instance, many lives could have been saved if male ci...

Does Severe Mental Illness Warrant a lock-Up?

...y in Mental Healthcare Hospitals, if their illness poses a potential risk, both to themselves and to others. Further, their detention in the hospitals is mandated only if the treatment showed a positive sign of abating the illness or preventing a further decline in the condition. Studying the many cases...

16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer

...etastasized, or spread to other parts of the body, poses the greatest challenge, although women with metastatic breast cancer often live for years with their disease. 4. I’ve made it five years as a survivor, so my breast cancer won’t return.Breast cancer can recur at any time, although it is more likely...

Scotland’s Fight against Hepatitis C Boosted by ￡m

...y plan.’ He said: "It recognises that Hepatitis C poses one of Scotland's greatest public health challenges and addresses the need to review strategy and resources relating to its prevention and diagnosis." LA...

Heart Disease More Likely To Strike Poor

...lmost twice as likely to have very high CRP, which poses risks for long-term, chronic conditions like heart disease and cognitive loss. This may be one of the explanations for why poor people age faster." CRP is produced as part of the immune response to inflammation. In healthy individuals, CRP levels re...

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