Recently published research targets malaria mosquito control woes
(Medical Xpress)—Malaria is responsible for about 700,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and a team of Texas A&M University researchers is doing their best to help stem this perpetual tide of human suffering.
Genetics
May 07, 2013 |
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Malaria elimination strategies should adapt to changing patterns of infection
According to Sir Richard Feachem, Director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, and senior author of the study, "The malaria control strategies implemented over the last decade have ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 14, 2013 |
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Massive funding boost needed to beat TB, UN says (Update)
The global fight against tuberculosis needs a massive financial boost as drug-resistant strains of the disease take hold, two international organisations warned on Monday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Prenatal exposure to pesticide DDT linked to adult high blood pressure
Infant girls exposed to high levels of the pesticide DDT while still inside the womb are three times more likely to develop hypertension when they become adults, according to a new study led by the University of California, ...
Health
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Hitting malaria from all sides: Experts explore how business can help fight disease
Death rates from malaria have fallen significantly over the last decade, but plenty of work remains, with hundreds of thousands of children still dying from the disease every year, experts said Wednesday ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Malaria drug association with hemolytic anemia unclear
(HealthDay)—Artesunate, a drug used in the treatment of severe malaria, may or may not be associated with hemolytic anemia, so the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends close monitoring ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 11, 2013 |
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Common enzyme deficiency may hinder plans to eradicate malaria
In malaria-endemic countries, 350 million people are predicted to be deficient in an enzyme that means they can suffer severe complications from taking primaquine, a key drug for treating relapsing malaria, according to a ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 13, 2012 |
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WHO urges action as drug-resistant malaria spreads
The World Health Organization said Thursday that governments in the Mekong region must act "urgently" to stop the spread of drug-resistant malaria which has emerged in parts of Vietnam and Myanmar.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Mutant parasite could stop malaria in its tracks
(Medical Xpress)—University of Nottingham Malaria experts have found a way of disabling one of the many phosphatase proteins which breathe life into the malaria parasite. The result is a mutant which is ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 21, 2012 |
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Malaria nearly eliminated in Sri Lanka despite decades of conflict
(Medical Xpress)—Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by 2014.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Seasonal prevention of malaria in African children: Analysis of life-saving potential
Giving young children medicine once a month during the rainy season to protect them against malaria could prevent tens of thousands of deaths each year in some areas of Africa, according to new research.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Targeting tuberculosis 'hotspots' could have widespread benefit: study
Reducing tuberculosis transmission in geographic "hotspots" where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 28, 2012 |
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Creating a new weapon in the fight against malaria
Over 200 million people contract malaria each year, and according to the World Health Organization, an estimated 655,000 people died from malaria in 2010.
Medical research
May 08, 2012 |
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Cutting calories before cutting in surgery
Dietary restriction has already been shown to extend the lives of laboratory animals, but recent research suggests the beneficial effects of eating less may extend to improved recovery from surgery and better ...
Health
May 08, 2012 |
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Drug could reverse scourge of cerebral malaria for survivors
Michigan State University researchers, with the help of a groundbreaking medical device, are starting a clinical trial in Africa they hope will provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of children who ...
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May 01, 2012 |
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