News tagged with epidemic
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Outlining the risk factors to help prevent dementia
(Medical Xpress)—Research shows that managing and treating vascular disease risk factors are not only beneficial to preventing heart disease and stroke, but also common forms of dementia.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Suicide in children and adolescents
As part of suicide prevention, evaluation of suicide risk should be carried out on a regular basis in order to attempt early intervention. The EU-funded Suicidality: Treatment Occurring in Paediatrics Programme was developed ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2012 |
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Rats recruited to hunt for TB in Mozambique
A swarm of trained rats is on its way to Mozambique to help the country's over-stretched health system detect tuberculosis in patients, officials said Friday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2012 |
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First digital resource explores 1918 flu epidemic
(Medical Xpress)—The University of Michigan has established the largest digital collection of materials relating to the 1918 influenza epidemic in the United States.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Dengue spreads in Madeira archipelago: officials
Dengue has spread in Portugal's Madeira archipelago since it appeared last week and there are now 18 confirmed cases, health officials said Wednesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Effectiveness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Peru
In this week's PLOS Medicine, Anna Borquez from Imperial College London and an international group of authors developed a mathematical model representing the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transwomen in Lim ...
HIV & AIDS
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Puerto Rico declares dengue epidemic
(AP)—Puerto Rico's health department has declared a dengue epidemic.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Learning from past flu epidemics to model outbreaks as they happen
Mathematicians have developed a powerful tool to quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses like the pandemic H1N1 flu strain, which can be used together with modern laboratory techniques to help the healthcare system ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 08, 2012 |
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Walking with good posture can ease depression, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Walking with a slouched or despondent body posture can lead to feelings of depression or decreased energy, but those feelings can be reversed by walking in a more upright position, according to new research.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2012 |
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Doctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800bn in the United States every year.
Health
Oct 02, 2012 |
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Saudis say virus does not pose threat to pilgrims
(AP)—Saudi Arabia's health minister says a new respiratory virus related to SARS that has infected two people does not pose a threat to the more than 1 million Muslims set to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 01, 2012 |
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New invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella epidemic identified in sub-Saharan Africa
(Medical Xpress)—A new study out today reveals that the emergence and spread of a rapidly evolving invasive intestinal disease, that has a significant mortality rate (up to 45%) in infected people in sub-Saharan ...
Genetics
Sep 30, 2012 |
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Childhood obesity epidemic is clearly tied to easy availability of junk food
Some risk factors for obesity are specific to infants, such as being breastfed less often. But other factors are present throughout children's lives.
Overweight and Obesity
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Reducing obesity among ageing baby boomers a priority
New strategies to reduce obesity among baby boomers in the workforce are urgently needed, according to a report released today by University of Adelaide researchers.
Overweight and Obesity
Sep 27, 2012 |
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New drug candidate in diabetes research breakthrough
CSL Limited has developed a new drug candidate that is able to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes and reverse its progression in animal models of the disease.
Diabetes
Sep 26, 2012 |
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