http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Two types of environmental conditions—cold-dry and humid-rainy—are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center. The paper, published in PLOS Pathogens, presents a simple climate-based model that maps influenza activity globally and accounts for the diverse range of seasonal patterns observed across temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nih-role-climate-influenza-transmission.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:02 EST news281894759 Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a telltale molecular marker for Onchocerciasis or "river blindness," a parasitic infection that affects tens of millions of people in Africa, Latin America and other tropical regions. The newly discovered biomarker, detectable in patients' urine, is secreted by Onchocerca volvulus worms during an active infection. The biomarker could form the basis of a portable, field-ready test with significant advantages over current diagnostic methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-discloses-river-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:00:01 EST news281008969 (Medical Xpress)—Influenza, commonly known as the flu, has distinct transmission patterns around the world. In temperate regions, influenza's occurrence peaks during the winter season, while in some tropical regions, the disease's occurrence tends to correspond with the rainy season. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-flu-common-winter-season.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:42:45 EST news274603359 A rare outbreak of mosquito-borne yellow fever which has killed 165 people in Sudan's Darfur region in the past three months continues to spread, the UN warned on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-darfur-yellow-fever.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:33:45 EST news274001616 Health workers in Sudan's Darfur region have begun vaccinating more than two million people against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 124 since late September, medics said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-yellow-fever-shots-sudan-darfur.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:42:40 EST news272803349 More than two million people in Sudan's Darfur region will be vaccinated against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 107 people since late September, health officials said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-millions-yellow-fever-vaccine-outbreak-hit.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:16:05 EST news272002539 The number of people believed to have died from mosquito-borne yellow fever in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region has doubled to 67, health officials said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-darfur-yellow-fever-deaths-agency.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:58:02 EST news271436266 Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-yellow-fever-sudan-darfur-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:05:11 EST news270965098 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that the worm which causes River Blindness survives by using a bacterium to provide energy, as well as help 'trick' the body's immune system into thinking it is fighting a different kind of infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-scientists-reveal-river-worm.html Genetics Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:04:52 EST news264873877 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-ibd-higher-intestinal-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:52:51 EST news246707562