News tagged with epidemic disease
Head and body lice appear to be the same species, genetic study finds
A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Epidemic this year? Check the lake's shape
Of all the things that might control the onset of disease epidemics in Michigan lakes, the shape of the lakes' bottoms might seem unlikely. But that is precisely the case, and a new BioScience report by sci ...
May 05, 2010 |
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440-year-old document sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule
Analysis of a 440-year-old document reveals new details about native population decline in the heartland of the Inca Empire following Spanish conquest in the 16th century.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 19, 2011 |
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Mexicans put faith in masks -- but do they work?
(AP) -- The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Inactivity 'no contributor' to childhood obesity epidemic
A new report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study suggests that physical activity has little if any role to play in the obesity epidemic among children. Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Omega imbalance can make obesity 'inheritable': study
Overeating combined with the wrong mix of fats in one's diet can cause obesity to be carried over from one generation to the next, researchers in France reported Friday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Stanford researchers focus on social networks to curb spread of disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anthropologist James Holland Jones and biologist Marcel Salathe developed a mathematical model to identify social networks and predict how they'll interact during a disease outbreak. They say that's the key ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Obesity epidemic may be flattening out - but no time for complacency say experts
(PhysOrg.com) -- The prevalence of childhood obesity might be stabilising in developed countries, but there is still much to be done to combat this major threat to health, according to a Seminar co-authored ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Obesity rate will reach at least 42 percent, say models of social contagion
Researchers at Harvard University say America's obesity epidemic won't plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are obese, an estimate derived by applying mathematical modeling to 40 years of Framingham Heart Study data.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
(AP) -- If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Researchers invent device to rapidly detect infectious disease
Infectious diseases can spread very rapidly, so quickly identifying them can be crucial to stopping an epidemic. However, current testing for such diseases can take hours and days. But not for much longer.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Is swine flu 'the big one' or a flu that fizzles?
(AP) -- As reports of a unique form of swine flu erupt around the world, the inevitable question arises: Is this the big one?
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2009 |
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IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread
(PhysOrg.com) -- The interplay of human mobility patterns like those between local metropolitan commuters and long-range airline travelers during a global epidemic can be modeled in such detail so as to offer ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Missing link between fructose, insulin resistance found
A new study in mice sheds light on the insulin resistance that can come from diets loaded with high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener found in most sodas and many other processed foods. The report in the March issue of Cell Me ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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CDC: New virus lacks genes of 1918 killer flu
(AP) -- The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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