New Report Finds Obesity Epidemic Increases, Mississippi Weighs in as Heaviest State

Experts Recommend Addressing Obesity through Health Reform, National Strategy WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in Ameri...

New Study Says Purported Melanoma Epidemic is Vastly Overstated

British Journal of Dermatology study blames physician misdiagnosis as the likely cause of apparent uptick in melanoma cases WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A newly released study in the June 2009 British Journal of Dermatology that reviews data from a 13-year period in the east...

Leading NGOs call for international action to combat epidemic of noncommunicable diseases

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19, 2009 The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and World Heart Federation (WHF) today issued a joint statement that calls on the international community to address urgently the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), ...

Swine Flu Epidemic Reported on by Doctors on SIRIUS XM's Doctor Radio Channel

24/7 health and medical channel delivers breaking news updates, features live, daily call-in shows hosted by world-class physicians from NYU Langone Medical Center The Top Ten Swine Flu FAQs at www.sirius.com/doctorradio NEW YORK, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Ra...

Less Than a Year After CDC Announced the U.S. HIV Epidemic Is Much Larger Than Previously Thought, Public's Sense of Urgency Is Down, Even Among Some Higher Risk Groups

Sense of Personal Risk Falls for Young Adults, Testing Rates Are Stagnant Amidst Call for Stepped Up Focus on Domestic HIV/AIDS, There Is Public Support for More Spending and the Public Believes Greater Efforts on Prevention Will Make a Difference WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewsw...

Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes

Care for aging people with the disease falls short, study finds,,,, MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More and more people with diabetes are living to older ages, thanks to medical advances. But the long-term facilities, such as nursing homes, that care for aging Americans may not be ...

Reducing epidemic proportions

Hospitals are supposed to be havens for healing, but the numbers tell a different story. Too many people are infected by illnesses they acquire after they've been admitted, and hospital-related infections continue to be the number-two killer of hospitalized Americans after heart disease. Now, a...

As Diabetes Reaches Epidemic Levels in Georgia and U.S., Thousands Drawn to Diabetes University in Atlanta Nov. 8

Participants urged to sign up online at http://www.diabetesatlanta.org ATLANTA, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Question: What disease has been diagnosed in more than 600,000 Georgians, could be present in more than 300,000 more, and kills five people every day in Georgia? HIV, cancer, heart dis...

"PEACE of Heart" Campaign Comes to Metro Washington to Help Fight Heart Disease Epidemic among Minorities : Hallmark of Campaign's Health Screening Events Is Personalized Follow-Up

The PEACE of Heart campaign today came to Washington, D.C. and Maryland, launching a third preventive health screening and educational event as part of a national initiative to fight the epidemic of heart disease afflicting African Americans, low-income minority groups and other medically underse...

Domestic AIDS Epidemic Ignored at Republican National Convention

Advocates call on John McCain to commit to develop a National AIDS Strategy for the U.S. MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., Sep. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Republican National Convention concluded last night with no mention of the domestic AIDS epidemic in the United States and only pass...

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Type 2 Diabetes: An Epidemic Among America's Youth

HOUSTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the number of children suffering from type 2 diabetes growing at an alarming rate, physicians gathered Saturday to discuss strategies for prevention and treatment of the disease among children and adolescents at the American Association of Clinical E...

AIDS Action Council Statement on World AIDS Day 2007: Leadership Needed for a National Strategy to Stop the AIDS Epidemic

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Action Council joins organizations and individuals across the country and around the world in observing the 20th annual World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007. Since 1988, World AIDS Day has provided countless opportunities to raise awareness ...

GAA Calls on Secretary Clinton to Speak Out Against Gender-Based Violence During Her Africa Trip

...sically or sexually abused while at school. Violence against women and violence against children is a public health and human rights crisis of epidemic proportions. VAW/VAC also fuels the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both by hindering prevention efforts, including access to education, and by creating barriers t...

Cognition Therapeutics Closes Series A Financing to Advance Drug Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease

...ced leadership, and large clinical and commercial potential," said Robert Gailus, senior advisor to Ogden CAP. "Alzheimer's disease is a major health epidemic that places increasing strains on the world's healthcare systems as the population ages. The drug candidates being developed by Cognition have the po...

Results From Drug Trials and New Risk Factors Announced at International Alzheimer's Conference

...000 leading scientists convened to report and discuss the latest advances in research on treatments, risk factors, diagnosis and causes for the health epidemic of the 21st century -- Alzheimer's disease -- at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienn...

Is Obesity an Oral Bacterial Disease?

... world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammatory nature of obesity is widely recognized. Could it really be an epidemic involving an infectious agent? In this climate of concern over the increasing prevalence of overweight conditions in our society, investigators have f...

Lilly Announces Positive Phase II Data on Investigational Medicine for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

...se-dependent insulin secretion from the pancreas. Diabetes: A Global epidemic Researchers say new diabetes treatments are needed because the disease is growing globally at epidemic proportions. Currently, about 24 million Americans have diabetes(1), with ...

Swine Flu (H1N1) Infectivity to Increase Markedly and Lethality to Remain Low According to Latest Replikin* Peptide Genomic Data

... BOSTON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid all the speculation over what course the Swine Flu epidemic will take, Boston-based biotech firm Replikins Ltd. ( www.replikins.com ) last week analyzed the most recent peptide genomic sequence data available...

Results From Phase 3 EQUATE Trial of VIVUS' Qnexa Highlighted at European Congress on Obesity

... group. All results were evaluated using ITT-LOCF, the method of analysis required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting more than 300 million people worldwide and contributing to increased prevalence of life-threatening illnesses such as hypertens...

Obesity Associated With Higher Risk for Urinary Tract Infections

...the odds of being diagnosed with a UTI increased as well. This association was strongest for morbidly obese patients. "The effect of the obesity epidemic in the United States transcends any one medical specialty or condition," said Anthony Y. Smith, MD, an AUA spokesman. "Patients with elevated body mas...

Epidemic in Medical Definition

Ramón Carrillo

...) and the syndromes occurring after a closed brain traumatism or contussion (postcommotional syndromes); he discovered the " Carrillo's disease " or epidemic acute papillitis; described in detail the cerebral scleroses, during whose investigation he performed many cerebral transplantations ( brain grafts ) ...

Epidemic in Medical Dictionary

Epidemic

In epidemiology, an epidemic occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is "expected," based on recent experience . In recent usages, the disease is not required to be communicable;... epidemic al...

Vitamin D

...mmended daily requirement of vitamin D . From National Osteoporosis Foundation. What's really remarkable is that vitamin D deficiency is epidemic throughout the ... Re: Lack of Vitamin D - The Real Reason Flu Hits In Winter ... What are safe levels of Vitamin D ? How could the curren...

Valley fever

...e risk factors for developing valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) ... epidemic Rift Valley fever in Egypt: observations of the spectrum of human illne... fever ... Valley Fever (VF), or Coccidioidomycosis, is reaching epidemic proportions in ... Environmental Mediation of Valley Fever , University...

Typhus

...y lice or fleas. Includes symptoms of Murine and epidemic Typhus as well as treatment options and potent...aused by particular ... The arthropod vector of epidemic typhus flourishes under conditions of poor ... ...are several forms of typhus , the main types are epidemic ... the bacteria that cause typhus . ... ...

Thyrotoxicosis

...of Canada promotes patient education and research. ... Graves' Hyperthyroidism ( Thyrotoxicosis ) < Graves' Eye Disease (Ophthalmopathy) ... An epidemic of Thyrotoxicosis . Student Guide #873-703 . Updated 2003. Outbreak with unknown etiology and mode of transmission, crossing state lines, 1985. ......

Smallpox

...acts, pictures, and links relating to the disease. The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine to be developed. ... In 1721, an epidemic of smallpox hit London and left the British Royal Family in ... Smallpox , highly contagious viral disease that is often fatal. ... S...

Sex education

...arch shows that honest, medically accurate sex education works. ... Americans Support Responsible Sex Education . Teen Pregnancy: A Preventable epidemic ... Abstinence education provides life and decision-making skills ... Sex Can Wait. Sex Can Wait is a three-series abstinence education ...

Septic shock

...In 1992, a consensus conference of the American College ... Overview: History of infectious diseasesDuring thousands of years of human existence, epidemic infectious diseases ... of septic shock is arterial ... Septic shock is a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection...

Prion

...l brain diseases in cows, sheep, humans, and. Human prion diseases include Creutzfeldt–Jakob desease (CJD), Gerstmann ... the threat of a major epidemic of human prion disease in the UK and other ... prion . Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary. Jump to: navigation, search. Contents ...

Prevention

... Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for HIV Prevention . Condom Programming ... Programming for Prevention in Various Stages of an HIV/AIDS epidemic ... ... is a not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to funding research, developing prevention initiatives, and offering educational ...

Epidemic in Biological News

Exposure to insecticide may play role in obesity epidemic among some women

EAST LANSING, Mich. Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women, according to a new study involving several Michigan State University researchers. More than 250 mothers who live along and eat fish from Lake Michigan were...

Global warming linked to European viral epidemic

An epidemic of the viral disease nephropathia epidemica (NE) has been linked to increases in the vole population caused by hotter summers, milder winters and increased seedcrop production by broadleaf trees. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geogra...

Physical activity may not be key to obesity epidemic

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of obesity. Researchers from Loyola University Health System and other centers compared African American women in metropolitan...

15-state Southern obesity summit to focus on deadly epidemic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. With Thanksgiving and end-of-the-year holidays coming soon, many Americans will eat, drink and get heavier. It is a challenging season for those working to control and reverse our nation's obesity epidemic. Luckily this is an opportune time to remind everyone of the problem an...

Sudden Oak Death pathogen is evolving, says new study that reconstructs the epidemic

Berkeley - The pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death first got its grip in California's forests outside a nursery in Santa Cruz and at Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County before spreading out to eventually kill millions of oaks and tanoaks along the Pacific Coast, according to a new study led by res...

Lethal needle blight epidemic may be related to climate change

Increased summer precipitation apparently helping to spread spores of pathogen Biologists studying a lethal blight of lodgepole pines in northwestern British Columbia present strong evidence in the September issue of BioScience that climate change is to blame for the outbreak. The blight, caused...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

A drug first used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers in people taking certain types of painkillers offers an alternative to surgery after miscarriage, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health and other...

Understanding biases in epidemic models important when making public health predictions

Mathematical models have become invaluable decision-making tools for public health officials. As demonstrated during the United Kingdom's foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001, models can be useful in two ways: they can reveal the underlying characteristics of an infection and they can allow the comparis...

121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal

...y low, with a recent government census suggesting there may be as few as 1,300 tigers left in India, the species' stronghold. And tigers are facing an epidemic of poaching and habitat loss across their range. The main reason for the decline of tiger populations has been attributed to poaching and illegal t...

Knee injuries may start with strain on the brain, not the muscles

...aper, McLean's group again tested the single leg landings of 13 men and 13 women after working the legs to fatigue. While both men and women suffer an epidemic of ACL injuries, women are two to eight times likelier to tear this ligament than men while playing the same sport. However, the study showed that men...

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Epidemic in Biological Technology

Roche Announces Long-Term Commitment to Tackle Growing Epidemic of Diabetes

Roche announces wide array of ACCU-CHEK programs centered around Behavior Change through Patient Engagement (SM), including tools for better self-care. INDIANAPOLIS, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche, the maker of ACCU-CHEK blood glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, announced today its lo...

Heart Disease: An Epidemic For Firefighters

Landmark FEMA Study Results Released ATLANTA, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- H. Robert Superko, MD, principal investigator in the landmark FEMA-sponsored study of firefighters aged 40 and over conducted at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, released preliminary findings in the world's first study ...

Sanofi Pasteur Mounts Emergency Response to Yellow Fever Epidemic in Latin America

Six Million Doses of Stamaril(TM) Vaccine Shipped in Record Time to Brazil and Paraguay LYON, France, February 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the Sanofi-aventis Group, announced today that six million doses of Stamaril(TM)(1) y...

International Diabetes Experts Call for Stepped-Up Action and Shared Responsibility to Curb Rising Global Diabetes Epidemic and Impact

To Mark First-Ever United Nations World Diabetes Day, Experts Publish Practical Guidance to Help Achieve Mission of UN Resolution on Diabetes NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management today called for an overhaul in the world's attitude and a...

World Hepatitis Alliance Calls on Governments to Take Urgent Action to Tackle Chronic Viral Hepatitis B & C Epidemic

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- - Shocking Lack of Global Statistics Prompts Creation of First Global Resource on Hepatitis: The Hepatitis Atlas The World Hepatitis Alliance, a newly formed Non-Governmental Organisation, today called on governments around the world to do more t...

Wisconsin software companies aid epidemic detection

Milwaukee's municipal government uses an emergency room management application that includes a Web-based syndromic surveillance system for spotting potential epidemics, said Dr. Seth Foldy, the city's health commissioner. The emergency room application was developed by the Frontlines of Medici...

American Mothers Seriously Concerned About Childhood Allergies, Siemens Survey Reveals

...ccuracy was their top concern. The survey of over 1,000 U.S. mothers is part of a Siemens health initiative to raise awareness about this growing epidemic in America . (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Ameri...

MacroGenics Announces the Initiation of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Monoclonal Antibody MGAWN1 in Subjects with Suspected Central Nervous System Infection Due to West Nile Virus

...d to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the year with 44 of these cases resulting in death. WNV is now the most common cause of epidemic viral encephalitis in the U.S., and it will likely remain an important cause of neurological disease for the foreseeable future. Since 2002, more tha...

Sinovac Receives China's First Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine Order

...he efficient production of the H1N1 vaccine. We are working closely with authorities in order to contribute to the prevention and control of the H1N1 epidemic situation." About Sinovac Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, ma...

Novo Nordisk Convenes Policy and Clinical Experts at Diabetes Media Summit

...r-funded, but also dramatically under-communicated at a time when the message needs to come through loud and clear that we are in the midst of a major epidemic that is impacting the long-term state of our nation's health, both human and financial." About the Diabetes Media Summit The Diabetes Media S...

Epidemic in Biological Definition

Diabetes mellitus

...d States alone. The Centers for Disease Control has termed the change an epidemic . The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse estimates that diabetes...pendent" diabetes. Each term is a misnomer, especially since the obesity epidemic in recent years has led to increased incidence of type 2 diabetes in child...

Ebola

...terwards (Draper 19). Meanwhile, the nurses at the hospital had an Ebola epidemic on their hands. The needle used for Lokela's quinine injection was inadequ...) for help. The CDC informed the international medical community about the epidemic (Draper 15-23). The fatality rate for the 1976 outbreak was 88.05%; the 1...

Nutrition

...w to fight them with antibiotics , and other health developments. A hidden epidemic gradually emerged in the post World War II years, where non-communicable...trition and low levels of exercise. Despite this knowledge, the peak of the epidemic is still with us, and obesity-related diseases are prevalent in the develop...

Outbreak

...mic (regular cases often occurring in a region), epidemic (an unusually high number of cases in a region), or pandemic (a global epidemic). Major human epidemic viruses include influenza , Human Immunodeficianc...bella . Smallpox has been eradicated as a major epidemic virus, however emerging viruses and engineered vir...

Yellow fever

...h Century an army of 40,000 sent by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte of France to Haiti to suppress the Haitian Revolution was wiped out by an epidemic of Yellow Fever (including the expedition's commander and Bonaparte's brother-in-law, Charles Leclerc ). Some historians believe Haiti was to be a st...

Epidemic in Biological Dictionary

Carbohydrates

...rticle for kids. ... Kids>Staying Healthy>Fabulous Food>Learning About Carbohydrates ... Even though they've been blamed for the obesity epidemic in America, carbohydrates are a necessary part of a healthy diet for both kids and adults. Arteriosclerosis, Artificial Sweeteners, Asian America...

Arbovirus

...S . Summer Break 2008 ... Arboviruses are vector specific and will replicate in the tick or mosquito ... Thus arbovirus infections tend to be epidemic and seasonal based on the presence ... Britannica online encyclopedia article on arbovirus , acronym derived from arthropod-borne virus, a group o...

Allele frequency

...tion allele frequencies over time. ... allele frequency : q = (q2)1/2 = (0.09)1/2 = 0.3 The frequency of the recessive (f) allele ... epidemic result in increasing frequencies of the CCR5-Δ32 allele ? ... northern European populations carry a higher frequency of this allele than do Asi...