http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study by a Simon Fraser University researcher shows British Columbia has much higher traffic death rates than most northern European countries. Comparisons to the safest country, the Netherlands, suggest B.C. could reduce the number of traffic deaths by more than 200 per year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-british-columbia-traffic-deaths.html Health Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:08:47 EST news281286485 (Medical Xpress)—Rapid growth of large cities throughout the world is having enormous impact on traffic safety in urban areas, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-road-safety-megacities-bikers-pedestrians.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:50:01 EST news279441598 EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, released new research on Ebola virus in fruit bats in the peer reviewed journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, a monthly publication by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study found Ebola virus antibodies circulating in ~4% of the 276 bats scientists screened in Bangladesh. These results suggest that Rousettus fruit bats are a reservoir for Ebola, or a new Ebola-like virus in South Asia. The study extends the range of this lethal disease further than previously suspected to now include mainland Asia. "Research on Filoviruses in Asia is a new frontier of critical importance to human health, and this study has been vital to better understand the wildlife reservoirs and potential transmission routes for Ebola virus in Bangladesh and the region," said Dr. Kevin Olival, lead author and Senior Research Scientist at EcoHealth Alliance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reservoir-ebola-virus-bangladesh.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:16:11 EST news277575305 (HealthDay)—During the first two years of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the cumulative attack rate was 6.1 percent, with a consistent downward trend seen in cumulative case fatality rates, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-trends-years-haiti-cholera-epidemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:06 EST news277026848 (HealthDay)—For patients with traumatic injuries, there is an inverse dose-response association between blood alcohol concentration and in-hospital mortality, according to a study published in the December issue of Alcohol. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-post-injury-blood-alcohol-inversely-tied.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:10:03 EST news273776394 (Medical Xpress)—University of Washington scientists have succeeded in removing the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome, a condition in which the body's cells contain three copies of chromosome 21 rather than the usual pair. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-extra-chromosome-syndrome-cell-line.html Medical research Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:01:12 EST news271666821 A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ebola-antibody-treatment-monkeys-lethal.html Medical research Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:13 EST news269520865 Researchers have successfully tested in monkeys a vaccine against Nipah virus, a human pathogen that emerged in 1998 during a large outbreak of infection and disease among pigs and pig farmers in Southeast Asia. This latest advance builds upon earlier work by the scientists, who found that the same vaccine can protect cats from Nipah virus and ferrets and horses from the closely related Hendra virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vaccine-successfully-monkeys-nipah-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:00:01 EST news263648470 Up to two million lives, annually, could be saved globally with improvements in trauma care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This estimate by Charles Mock, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his team provides support for investment in and greater attention to strengthening trauma care services globally. Their work is published online in Springer's World Journal of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-invest-trauma.html Surgery Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:01 EST news251374347 Army scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that antibody-based therapies can successfully protect monkeys from the deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses. In addition, the animals were fully protected even when treatment was administered two days post-infection, an accomplishment unmatched by any experimental therapy for these viruses to date. The work appears in this week's electronic edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-post-exposure-antibody-treatment-primates-ebola.html Medical research Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:56:53 EST news250854979 This June, a law took effect in the state of Florida limiting physicians' ability to ask patients about firearm ownership. In September, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law, citing that the law impeded doctors' Constitutional right to freedom of speech. An article to be published online Nov. 10 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reviews research about and analyzes available data around firearm injuries and prevention, and argues the importance of including firearm safety as part of physician-patient preventive care conversations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-discussions-guns-home-comprehensive-health.html Health Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:40:20 EST news240122272 The west and central Africa region is facing one of the worst cholera epidemics in its history, with over 85,000 cases reported leading to 2,466 deaths this year, the UN children's agency warned Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-west-central-africa-worst-cholera.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:42:15 EST news237534095 Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, work-related TBI has not been well documented. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers describe the epidemiology of fatal TBI in the US workplace between 2003 and 2008. This study provides the first national profile of fatal TBIs occurring in the US workplace. The construction industry had the highest number of TBIs and the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry had the highest rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-industry-highest-traumatic-brain-injuries.html Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:32:39 EST news226639920