News tagged with parasites
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Drug found for Entamoeba histolytica parasite that is major cause of death worldwide
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against ...
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May 20, 2012 |
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Malaria discoveries could pave way for new therapies
(Medical Xpress) -- Half the world's population is at risk for contracting malaria. The deadly disease, spread by hungry mosquitoes that bite humans for their blood meals, affects more than 200 million people ...
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May 14, 2012 |
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One in six cancers worldwide caused by infections that are largely preventable or treatable
Infectious agents cause around 2 million new cancer cases a year worldwide, of which 80% occur in less developed regions, according to new estimates published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. Of the 7.5 million deaths ...
Cancer
May 08, 2012 |
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Study finds early signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa
Africa's deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market -- a warning of possible resistance to follow in patients, scientists said Friday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Gabon research centre says antimalarial drug within reach
A scientist at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital's medical research unit said Wednesday that trials of a new antimalarial drug were encouraging and paved the way for licensing.
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Scientists take a step towards better sleeping sickness treatment
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have taken a major step forward in the quest to develop new, safer drugs for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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WHO hails big gains in anti-malaria fight
The World Health Organisation heralded major gains Tuesday in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world's biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive.
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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WHO hopeful drug-resistant malaria can be contained
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it was optimistic drug-resistant malaria that has emerged along Thailand's borders with Cambodia and Myanmar could be contained within the region.
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Malaria resurgence is linked to reduction of malaria-control programs
Since the 1930s, there have been 75 documented episodes of malaria resurgence worldwide, most of which were linked to weakening of malaria control programs, finds a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Vaccine against black fever being tested
After more than two decades of research, scientists are testing the first vaccine against the deadliest form of a disease that infects more than 12 million people worldwide.
Medications
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Scientists find Achilles' heel in life-threatening malaria parasites
Scientists have identified a link between different strains of malaria parasites that cause severe disease, which could help develop vaccines or drugs against life-threatening cases of the infection.
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Apr 20, 2012 |
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96 percent of women in IVF preconception study faced multiple lifestyle issues and health risks
Ninety-six per cent of women who attended a preconception clinic before undergoing IVF had three or more lifestyle problems and risk factors, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Health
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Albendazole cuts enteric parasite prevalence in refugees
(HealthDay) -- The administration of a single 600-mg dose of albendazole to United States-bound refugees prior to departure from Africa and Southeast Asia reduces the prevalence of intestinal nematodes, according ...
Health
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Test links strains of common parasite to severe illness in US newborns
Scientists have identified which strains of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, the cause of toxoplasmosis, are most strongly associated with premature births and severe birth defects in the United States. The r ...
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Artemisinin-resistant untreatable malaria increasing rapidly along the Thailand-Myanmar border: study
Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) is reported in The ...
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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