News tagged with encephalitis
Studies reveal structure of EV71, a virus causing childhood illnesses
Researchers have discovered critical new details about the structure of a virus that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children, pointing toward designs for antiviral drugs to treat ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Solving the mystery of the dying bats
Deep in a cave in Mifflin County, Pa., surrounded by icicles and tilted slabs of rock, DeeAnn Reeder shone her headlamp on a tiny bat.
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Drug blocks two of world's deadliest emerging viruses
Two highly lethal viruses that have emerged in recent outbreaks are susceptible to chloroquine, an established drug used to prevent and treat malaria, according to a new basic science study by researchers at Weill Cornell ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 05, 2009 |
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China mass measles vaccination plan sparks outcry
(AP) -- China's plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off a popular outcry that highlights widening public distrust of the authoritarian government ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Encephalitis kills 215 in India, toll expected to soar
At least 215 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in an impoverished region of northern Indian and the death toll is likely to soar, officials said Saturday.
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Aug 28, 2010 |
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Mental problems in an old person do not always mean Alzheimer's disease
The case of an elderly woman who had mental problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, but turned out to have treatable limbic encephalitis, is detailed in a Case Report in this week's edition of The Lancet. The case i ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Unexpected findings in patients with limbic encephalitis will change disease diagnosis and classification
New findings indicate that the target of autoantibodies that are associated with limbic encephalitis is LGI1 - a protein involved in fine-tuning of neuronal synapses. The results suggest that testing for these antibodies ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 27, 2010 |
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New study casts doubt over ME virus link
A new study published in the British Medical Journal today casts doubt on recent claims that a human retrovirus known as XMRV is linked to chronic fatigue syndrome or ME (myalgic encephalitis).
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2010 |
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First human gets new antibody aimed at rabies virus
MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody (MAB) developed to neutralize the rabies ...
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Do Chicago’s suburbs hold the key to understanding West Nile virus?
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Tony Goldberg is not whacking through the brush of central Africa, one of the world's great cauldrons of emerging human and animal disease, he is scouring another disease hot spot: the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Vaccine slows progression of skeletal muscle disorder
A potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease also has been shown in mice to slow the weakening of muscles associated with inclusion body myositis, a disorder that affects the elderly.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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17 infants die in 48 hours at 1 Indian hospital
(AP) -- At least 17 infants have died in the last 48 hours at a government-run hospital in eastern India and the state is investigating, media reported Thursday.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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New effort probes how two groups of viruses cause disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University is leading a team of researchers in a federally funded effort aimed ultimately at developing better vaccines and antiviral drugs against two types of disease-causing viruses ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue. More advanced and serious symptoms include seizures or convulsions, tremors, hallucinations, and memory problems.
For more information about Encephalitis, read the full article at
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