Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

Journalists have reported an unusual scourge among the Mauritanian nomads - the force-feeding of their girls. For to be fat is considered a sensible// ideal for brides-to-be. Mothers cross sticks around the ankles and squeeze the ends together with rope till the girls cry out in pain. That ...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge

The Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) today released new data on the performance of a meningitis vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine-- expected to sell initially for 40 cents a dose --will be much more effective in protecting African children and their communities than...

Researchers Discover Breakthrough in Major Third World Scourge

Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), The New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture// (USDA) have discovered a mechanism that provides natural protection against intestinal roundworm infections, which affect more than 1.4 billi...

Consumer Reports Swine Flu Survival Kit Prepares Consumers for Potentially Tough Flu Season This Fall

...YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- As the U.S. prepares for a possible second wave of H1N1 or swine flu, as well as for the annual scourge of seasonal flu and colds, a new report from Consumer Reports helps households prepare for, prevent, and treat cold and flu symptoms safely and effect...

Narconon of Georgia Saves Lives of Orphaned Children in Honduras

...ry and in many other parts of the world, real heroes are the ones like those of Narconon Georgia who are producing change by saving lives from the scourge of drug abuse. Narconon uses a drug-free rehabilitation and education approach based on the research and developments by the late American au...

Obama Signs Tough New Anti-Smoking Law

...ican Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "Senate passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act has the potential to reduce the scourge of tobacco products, which kill more than 400,000 Americans every year," he added. Speaking for the American Heart Association, CEO Nancy Brown sai...

Narconon Gulf Coast Announces 300th Graduate From Drug Rehabilitation Program

...do here at Narconon Gulf Coast is designed to keep our students focused on the program and on the 'prize.' The prize is long-lasting recovery from the scourge of drug and alcohol abuse." If you or a loved one has a drug or alcohol problem, Narconon Gulf Coast can help. You may call 800-253-3168, vis...

Tobacco Control Bill Heads to White House as Health Groups Cheer

...an Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "Senate passage of the 'Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act' has the potential to reduce the scourge of tobacco products, which kill more than 400,000 Americans every year," he added. Speaking for the American Heart Association, CEO Nancy Brown sai...

Health Organizations Cheer Senate Vote on Tobacco Control

...an Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "Senate passage of the 'Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act' has the potential to reduce the scourge of tobacco products, which kill more than 400,000 Americans every year," he added. The bill, already passed by the House and now headed to a bipart...

Education International Calls for an End to Child Labour

... governments and the public. All materials may be downloaded from: http://www.ei-ie.org "Quality public education is the best solution to the scourge of child labour," Eastman said. "Teachers have a key role to play in helping to bring about a world in which all children - both girls and boys - can ...

Scourge in Medical Technology

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

...overnment to coordinate all of its programs to address VAW and VAC, as well as to emphasize the responsibilities of African governments to address the scourge of violence," said Zeitz. Worldwide, one in three women will survive physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in her lifetime. One in five will su...

U.S. Navy and U.S. Army to Develop Dengue DNA Vaccine Formulated With Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant

...he Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) under sponsorship of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA). "Dengue is the scourge of the tropics today, just as yellow fever was before the widespread use of an effective vaccine," said Vijay B. Samant, President and Chief Executive...

Research Attributes Lack of HIV/AIDS Vaccine to Use of Chimpanzees

...ps, build on our successes in treatment and prevention, and renew our commitment to developing the truly transforming tools that will one day put this scourge behind us." According to Dr. Bailey, "The search for such a critically needed 'transforming tool' cannot include a return to using chimpanzees, one ...

American Heart Association Journal Report: Reducing Kids' Salt Intake May Lower Soft Drink Consumption, Reducing Obesity, High Blood Pressure and Later Health Risks

...ons in salt and sweet-beverage consumption among children, coupled with an increase in physical activity, "could go a long way in reducing the present scourge of cardiovascular disease in our industrialized society. Obviously, each step in this progression requires further definition and confirmation. This p...

38.7 Million People Break Guinness World Record for Stand Up Speak Out on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

...tizens to be matched by the actions of Governments, in developing and developed countries alike, to demonstrate the political will required to end the scourge of poverty once and for all." For 24 hours from 9pm GMT on the 16th of October, people around the world from all walks of life came together in their...

Scourge in Medical Dictionary

Leprosy

...ease) ... is not clear how the leprosy germ is spread, but household and ... ... Why do some people get leprosy ? ... Leprosy , that age-old scourge of humankind, finally may ... Leprosy is relatively rare in the United States, where 200 ... New species of leprosy -causing bacterium identifi...

Scourge in Biological News

Solving an avian scourge could also provide benefits to human health

The old adage a bird in hand is worth two in the bush may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute. There, associate research scie...

Leading lampreys to slaughter: Pheromone for scourge of Great Lakes identified

For the rats of Hamelin, it was the Pied Piper's tune. For the destructive sea lamprey of the Great Lakes, it's a chemical attractant, or pheromone, released by lamprey larvae living in streambeds. Following the pheromone trail, adults are drawn to streams favorable for spawning. Researchers have l...

Reducing the roadworks

... Cones, holes and temporary traffic lights the scourge of Britain's roads! But now scientists and industry have come together to reduce the misery of motorists caused by the repair, maintenance and upgradi...

DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis

...rcoding, which grew explosively from a single Canadian research paper in 2003, is shedding new light on LF a horrific and entirely preventable health scourge in developing countries," says principal investigator Prof. Daniel Boakye of the University of Ghana. "Beyond the immediate battle against this dis...

NYU scientists discover dangerous new method for bacterial toxin transfer

...f Medicine discovered that Staphylococcus aureus, a notorious bacterium that causes toxic shock syndrome and many other types of infections and is the scourge of hospitals nationwide due to its growing antibiotic resistance, could co-opt viral parasites as secret pipelines for transferring toxin genes to vas...

Viruses, start your engines!

...rmful infections, but it also points to possible ways in which nano-devices could be fashioned," The virus in the study, called T4, is not a common scourge of people, but its host is: the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli). Purdue researchers studied the virus structures, such as the motor, while the Ca...

Honeybees succumb to cocaine's allure

... Since its discovery in the 18th century, cocaine has been a scourge of western society. Strongly stimulating human reward centres in low doses, cocaine is extremely addictive and can be fatal in high doses. But this po...

Brown chemist finds gray mold's killer gene

... PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Gray mold is a gardener's nightmare. The fungus, also known by its scientific name Botrytis cinerea , is a scourge to more than 200 agricultural and ornamental plant species, including staples such as tomatoes, strawberries, snap and lima beans, cabbage, lettuce an...

Academy participates in project to discover drugs, biofuels in tropical seas

...larly the highly venomous cone snails found in Philippine waters. Another target of research is shipworms, the marine equivalent of termites and the scourge of wooden structures in estuarine and marine habitats worldwide. A relative of the clam, these animals host bacteria inside their gills that produce e...

Discovering drugs, biofuels in tropical seas

...notide, a commercial drug considered more effective than morphine in blocking out extreme pain. Shipworms, the marine equivalent of termites and the scourge of wooden structures in estuarine and marine habitats worldwide, are the focus of the third aim. A relative of the clam, these animals host bacteria i...

Scourge in Biological Technology

Entrepreneurial Spirit Infectious in Milwaukee

...s of mine hatched a plan to rid Lake Erie of the dreaded zebra mussel, a tiny creature whose sheer powers of multiplication were quickly making it the scourge of the entire Great Lakes region. Having both worked many summers at a Toledo-area marina, my buddies had heard the complaints about the mussels, ...

Stem cell therapy shows visionary promise

...diseases for which there are now no effective treatments. Macular degeneration, an age-related affliction that gradually destroys central vision, is a scourge of old age, robbing people of the ability to read, recognize faces, and live independently. Surprise findings The finding that the brain cells...

Scourge in Biological Dictionary

Outbreak

...reak . Outbreak . Rank 1. Increases the damage of Plague Strike by 10% and scourge Strike by 7 ... Outbreak Outbreak . Contribute. Please keep the followin...reak . Outbreak . Rank 2. Increases the damage of Plague Strike by 20% and scourge Strike by 13 ... Outbreak Outbreak . Contribute. Please keep the followi...