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Scientists perform 'tricky' operation

...ected individuals is high and the access to public health services is low. "Now that researchers have acc...ular STI and the infection does not require public health notification. Because of this, and also due to the broad and non-specific nature of symptoms, whi...

Re-analysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent

... health, and Howard Koh, associate dean for public health practice at HSPH and a former commissioner of public health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1997-2003). The other co-investigators were HSPH researchers ...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

...t regulatory agency, has approved wide-ranging new health claims for COLD-fX®, the most popular cold/flu rem...uating the safety, efficacy and quality of natural health products (NHPs) ?has issued COLD-fX with a much sought after license to sell to the public with spec...

Will the plague pathogen become resistant to antibiotics?

... this possibility "represents a significant public health concern." Genetic ability to disable antibiotic...ly, this is an event that might have serious human health consequences. But the sequencing work we've done has given us a way to monitor this plasmid in futur...

Mosquito genes explain response to climate change

..., there are nonetheless seasonal components to our health and welfare just as there are in plants and animals." The chromosomal map for the mosquito Wyeomyia smithii, which develop within the carnivorous leaves of pitcher plants, appears online ahead of publication in the May issue of the journal Genetic...

Mother knows best: Plant knowledge key to childhood health in remote Amazon

...n to generation, with adverse effects on childhood health and nutrition. In a novel study published online t...ility to exploit natural resources to maintain the health of their children," said Victoria Reyes-García, PhD, coauthor and visiting researcher at Brandeis Un...

Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu

...dical technologies in order to deliver world-class health care to military personnel. The increasing frequency of biological events relevant to national security, and current disease surveillance systems in the United States (U.S.) require an integrated computational environment to support easy access to a ...

Lead-'scrubbing' drug may also improve muscle function in lead-exposed children

University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers say a therapy commonly used to remove ...sue,?says Bhattacharya, professor of environmental health and lead author of the study, “and it’s important to identify early signs of neuromotor (muscle-func...

Anti-herpes treatment reduces HIV levels in women infected with both viruses

...s have important potential implications for public health and clinical practice, as HSV-2 control could become a new form of HIV prevention targeting HIV-infected individuals, as well as providing clinical benefits. Importantly, an HSV vaccine that would either prevent HSV infection or diminish the clinical...

Billions of dollars saved in US by polio vaccination

...c savings that can come from investments in public health interventions." The researchers, Professor Thompson and Dr. Radboud Duintjer Tebbens, a research associate at HSPH, estimated the costs and the effectiveness of historical polio vaccination strategies. They found that the U.S. invested over $35 b...

2,000 influenza virus genomes now completed and publicly accessible

...project. Seasonal influenza is a major public health concern in the United States, accounting for approximately 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations each year. Globally, influenza results in an estimated 250,000 to half a million deaths annually. Seasonal flu shots are updated every year to targe...

Organic is healthier: Kiwis prove that green is good

...istry & Industry. The debate over the relative health benefits of organic versus conventional food has r... nutrients and antioxidants are of any appreciable health perspective. He is also concerned about any unknown negative effects on the health. “The authors als...

1/3 of sexually active older adults with HIV/AIDs has unprotected sex

...ejoy, who led the study along with Ohio University health psychologist Timothy Heckman. “What we don’t know ...red, were younger and who considered their overall health to be good. Because many older adults with HIV are not sexually active, those who do have unpro...

Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain

...ck of sleep and a negative impact on their overall health as the two main reasons for missing work. Szeinbach suggests that people who suspect they have hay fever get an allergy test, either from a family doctor or an allergist. In previous work, she found that some people with allergy-like symptoms don'...

Army research mission focused on autism

...by the Centers for Disease Control. Alterations in health and behavior vary widely from mild to severe, leading to their general classification as Autism Spectrum Disorders. About 10 percent of individuals with ASD develop autism secondary to a known genetic disorder. The cause of ASD is not certain; howeve...

E. coli bacteria migrating between humans, chimps in Ugandan park

...e’re as concerned about potential effects on human health as on animal health," he said. He noted that the exchange of microbes between non-human primates and humans is not new. Two deadly viruses, HIV and Ebola, are believed to be linked to chimpanzees and other non-human primates. Human diseases also p...

Killing the messenger RNA -- But which one?

...Further, errors in the editing can lead to serious health problems. The team’s findings appear in the Februa...ls of the enzyme are poorly regulated, a number of health problems can arise. For example, too-high levels of the enzyme can cause uric acid levels to rise in...

New dopamine brain target discovered

...rian O'Dowd at the Centre for Addiction and Mental health (CAMH), discovered a distinct dopamine signalling complex in the brain. Composed of two different types of dopamine receptors, this novel target may have a significant role in understanding and treating schizophrenia. Published in the Proceedings o...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

... integrated with other prevention and reproductive health services. "We have wonderful new drugs to at least maintain people for many years with the virus, but meanwhile more people are getting infected at a rate of approximately 5,000 persons per day," said Bailey. "We cannot treat our way out of this e...

Protein may hold key to decreasing organ dysfunction rates in heart transplants

...viability of replacement organs and jeopardize the health of the patient. The identification of Lcn-2 could be a first step towards reducing this inflammatory response and increasing the success rate of heart transplants worldwide. The study appears in American Journal of Transplantation. Building on earli...

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