News tagged with epidemic disease
Horror disease hits Uganda
(AP) -- A disease whose progression and symptoms seem straight out of a horror movie but which can be treated has killed at least 20 Ugandans and sickened more than 20,000 in just two months.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 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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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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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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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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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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Maths model to prevent deadly disease spread
Innovative mathematical models designed to calculate which sectors of the population need vaccinating during an infectious disease outbreak could save money and lives.
Apr 13, 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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Mexico says suspected swine flu deaths now at 149
(AP) -- Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. Health Secretary Jose ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Free antibiotics: The wrong prescription for cold and flu season
With an epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections growing, experts are warning grocery-store pharmacies that antibiotics giveaways are an unhealthy promotional gimmick. If grocery stores want to help customers and save ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 16, 2009 |
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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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Cut down on salt, government says -- and calories
(AP) -- You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less. It won't be easy. Consumers will need help from food companies if they are going to meet the government's ambitious new goals, announced ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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New cases of Alzheimer's and dementia continue to rise, even in the 'oldest old'
The number of people with Alzheimer's and dementia - both new cases and total numbers with the disease - continues to rise among the very oldest segments of the population in contradiction of the conventional wisdom, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 13, 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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