Plagues

Study of ancient and modern plagues finds common features

In 430 B.C., a new and deadly diseaseits cause remains a mysteryswept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta. As streets filled with corpses, social order broke down. Over the next three years, the ...

Scandal of invisibility plagues countries with no civil registries

Most people in Africa and Asia are born and die without leaving a trace in any official records, giving policymakers and researchers little information on which to base public health decisions, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher and colleagues say in a paper published today (...

Long-Term Fatigue Plagues Cancer Survivors

Researchers found effects last well after therapy ends MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Half a year after their treatment ends, breast cancer survivors still report more days of fatigue and more intense fatigue than their peers. The fatigue is likely a long-term effect of chemot...

Drinking Problem Plagues 30% Americans

A new US study estimates that about 30 per cent of Americans report have some alcohol disorder at some point of time in their lives. Over half (17.8 per cent) are due to alcohol abuse and the rest to alcohol dependence (12.5 per cent). It means that 1 out 3 persons in the US have a real problem w...

Unhooking the Obesity-Diabetes Connection

...versed diabetes in mice. The long-term implications of the findings are enticing: perhaps one day a cure for type 2 diabetes, a condition that now plagues more than 23 million people in the United States alone. "This group of papers suggests that cellular immunity may regulate inflammation in fat," s...

Elite Athletes Use Active Recovery Muscle Stimulator to Prevent Muscle Soreness After Exercise

... electrostimulation therapy to help athletes' muscles recover faster. Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2009 -- Muscle soreness plagues almost every athlete after an intense workout and can sideline an athlete for days after a competition. Now elite athletes like Mark Sanchez, New York...

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act Receives Senate Support

...of lives," said Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti, ASIPP CEO and Chairman of the Board. "The abuse of prescription drugs continues to be a problem that plagues millions of Americans and their families every day," said Rep. Ed Whitfield who first authored the legislation in the 108th Congress. "NASPER is a pow...

Getting to the Root of Dental Phobia

... Survey Shows More than Half of Americans Still Avoid the Dental Chair due to Fear CHICAGO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fear of the dentist plagues more than 80 percent of American adults, and more than half say fear may keep them from going to see the dentist, according to a new survey by the Ame...

Although Interest Rates Plunge, Credit Reporting System Prevents Many Borrowers From Seizing Opportunities

... in full -- Medical collection accounts can reduce a credit score by as much as 100 points, sometimes more. "The issue of medical debt plagues the patient-physician relationship, to the detriment of the health of the patient," says Texas-based cardiologist Fred Maese, MD, FACC. "The way the s...

Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made

...g movement. Dislodged ear crystals are to blame for the most common form of vertigo. Known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the disorder plagues up to 10 percent of people older than 60 and causes 20 percent of patients' dizziness complaints. The researchers' findings, published Nov. 30 i...

Plagues in Medical Technology

Scientists Discover Origin of Malaria

... Discovery Could Lead to Development of New Treatments, Prevent Future plagues SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today scientists reported that they have discovered the origin of malaria, one of the deadli...

Studies Show Combination Laser Therapy Effective At Clearing Acne, Reducing Oil Production

...instay in dermatology. Now, dermatologists are fine-tuning this technology to safely and effectively treat one of the most common skin conditions that plagues teenagers and adults alike: acne. Speaking today at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (Academy), dermatologist Macre...

Plagues in Medical Dictionary

Venereal Disease

... days before antibiotics was hard to treat. ... Venereal disease was most commonly transmitted by prostitutes. ... Venereal diseases are plagues which rank with tuberculosis in their prevalence ... A number of cases of venereal disease , or of typhoid fever, or of diphtheria, ... T...

Skin discoloration

...TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR ... Underarm discoloration is an embarrassing skin condition that many people suffer ... Common skin discoloration that plagues women called ... Skin Discoloration ... AVEENO ... A common type of skin discolorations is post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) ... I...

Acne vulgaris

...ne seen predominantly in adolescents and young adults. ... Acne vulgaris affects the areas of skin with the densest ... Acne Vulgaris plagues over 85% of the population. ... Acne vulgaris lesions are more commonly known as pimples, whiteheads, blackheads, ... Treatment options and de...

Plagues in Biological News

Biologist enhances use of bioinformatic tools and achieves precision in genetic annotation

...o that they can use these target genes and, through mutations or simply by deactivating them, it can be seen if, effectively, they are responsible for plagues and illnesses and, thereby, control these. During his stay in Denmark, in 2006, Jos Luis Lavn learnt the use of a new bioinformatic tool (HMM softwa...

Biological sand filters, a practical approach to combat poverty and inequality

... Ottawa, Canada - September 24, 2008 -Microbiologically contaminated water plagues approximately 1.1 billion people in rural and peri-urban populations in developing countries. Roughly 2.2 million people without safe access to drinki...

What's bugging locusts?

... Since ancient times, locust plagues have been viewed as one of the most spectacular events in nature. In seemingly spontaneous fashion, as many as 10 billion critters can suddenly swarm ...

Butterfly fish 'may face extinction'

...ferred food is available, Dr Pratchett says. The A. hyacinthus coral, which the butterfly fish feeds on, is itself highly vulnerable to attacks by plagues of crown-of-thorns starfish (thought to be triggered by humans releasing excess nutrients onto the reef as sediment, fertilizer or sewage), to storms ...

Flavanols in cocoa may offer benefits to the brain

...at the brain blood flow response it stimulates can result in maintenance of healthy brain function and cognition, which is an issue that unfortunately plagues many older adults today,?Hollenberg said. This advancement in science related to brain health is especially exciting at a time when the nation’s 78 mi...

Vaccine shown effective against chancroid

... HIV plagues more than 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Health Organization, and efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus have...

Report focuses on challenges to unlocking future promise of vaccines

...ore diseases out there that vaccines can help overcome. The challenges society needs to confront to unlock the future promise of vaccines against the plagues of the 21st century are the focus of a new report by the American Academy of Microbiology. "The success of vaccines in controlling disease has been ...

First North American Encapsulated Islet Transplant without Long-term Immune Suppression into a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes

...he University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europea...mutation is restricted to Europe suggests that the plagues of the Middle Ages played a big part in raising the frequency of the mutation. These plagues were also confined to Europe, persisted for more t...

Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV

...he University of Liverpool have discovered how the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europea...mutation is restricted to Europe suggests that the plagues of the Middle Ages played a big part in raising the frequency of the mutation. These plagues were also confined to Europe, persisted for more t...

Test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise

...uccessfully detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages. At the same time, the marker successfully avoids the problem of false positive results that plagues prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Study results appear in the May 15, 2005, issue of Cancer Research. The lead author is Robert H. Getzenber...