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Preventing blood poisoning

Peptide molecules derived from the body's natural immune system can help boost the body's defence against life-threatening blood poisoning, joint University research has uncovered.

Medical research created May 17, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows preschoolers affected by medication-related poisonings at alarming rate

Poisonings in young children have increased over the past decade, mainly due to medications in the home. A new study led by the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital, found that medication-related poisonings ...

Pediatrics created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Local laws key to reducing dangers of lead poisoning

A new study appearing this week in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law catalogues community-based efforts to develop strategies and policies that – by targeting high risk housing – may hold the key to red ...

Health created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zebrafish study suggests that vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is an antidote to cyanide poisoning

With the remains of a recent lottery winner having been exhumed for foul play related to cyanide poisoning, future winners might wonder what they can do to avoid the same fate. A new report in The FASEB Journal involving zebrafish ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria

(AP)—Health officials are seeing more food poisonings caused by a bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry.

Health created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Despite big progress, many kids have high lead levels in blood (Update)

(HealthDay)—There has been a big drop in the number of American children with elevated blood lead levels over the past four decades, but about 2.6 percent of children aged 1 to 5 years still have too much lead in their ...

Health created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fla. company supplied organs in rabies case

(AP)—An official at an organ donation service in Florida says it was the supplier of transplanted organs from a man who later was found to have died of rabies.

Other created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beyond Botox: Natural born killer or medical miracle?

Botox is best known for its use in cosmetic procedures, but this potent neurotoxin could be transformed into an extraordinary drug to treat a raft of debilitating conditions, a leading scientist will tell ...

Medical research created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers trick bacteria to deliver a safer vaccine

(Medical Xpress)—Vaccines that employ weakened but live pathogens to trigger immune responses have inherent safety issues but Yale researchers have developed a new trick to circumvent the problem—using ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interpol deal with drug firms to fight fake medicines

Interpol on Tuesday announced a deal with the world's top pharmaceutical companies to fight fake drugs which threaten the health of millions, especially in poor countries.

Medications created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The right dose for oncology

EPFL researchers develop a tool for oncologists using the electrical signature of cancer cells to get just the right treatment dosage for each patient.

Cancer created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nigeria first lady describes mystery illness

(AP)—Nigeria's first lady has described details of a mystery illness she had that the country's presidency refused to discuss.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Is lead poisoning behind some juvenile crime?

Lead is a common element but is found in old paints (including those once used on children's toys), soil, old piping, water, and the atmosphere from lead-containing vehicular fuels, even drinking vessels. At high dose it ...

Health created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fish like grouper, barracuda may pose food-poisoning risk

(HealthDay)—People who eat large, tropical predatory reef fish such as barracuda and grouper may be at risk for a form of food poisoning called ciguatera fish poisoning, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

Health created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nigeria frees long-delayed funds to address lead poison

Nigeria has provided nearly $3 million in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds of children, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.

Health created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0