Gaza's Coast Endangers Wildlife and People Oct 26, 2009
" Mercury affects your nervous system and your mental capability and capacity. It's a very poisonous metal. And if there is a high level of parasites in the fish then you also have the problem of parasitic diseases. We don't know what is in the sewage cocktail.". Despite the hazards of fishing and a questionable future for Gaza's fishing industry, al-Hissi says fishing is still on the rise. (Time.com)
Peter Chianca: Just another roll of the die Oct 12, 2009
The apparent preoccupation with death calculators aside, seems to me it s better to focus on what we do while we re here, try our best to be happy and healthy, and not obsess over how it could all end any minute in a hail of accidents, growths, poisonings and/or infectious and parasitic diseases. Still, just in case, I m going to start eating a lot more cake. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Doxycycline for Mansonella perstans Infection Oct 8, 2009
From the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako (Y.I.C., B.D., A.A.D., S.S.D., S.Y.C., S.K., D.A.D., D.Y., O.K.D., S.F.T.); the Center for Disease Control (A.K.T.); and the Department of Radiology, Hospital at Point G (A.D. Keita) all in Bamako, Mali; and the Biostatistics and Research Branch (E.M.L., M.P.F.) and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases (J.K., T.B.N., A.D. Klion), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,... (New England Journal of Medicine)
BDSI awarded grant from Walter Reed Oct 7, 2009
Currently, the drug, which is used to treat systemic fungal infections such as Esophageal Candidiasis and parasitic diseases such as Leishmaniasis, is delivered intravenously. Bioral is a way of encapsulating intravenously delivered drugs in a way that the medication is not damaged or affected by stomach acids and digestive enzymes. (Triangle Business Journal)
A Looming Drug Crisis: The Dearth of New Antibiotics Oct 1, 2009
Bacterial and parasitic diseases are the second-leading cause of death worldwide, according to a report on antibiotic research released Sept. 17 by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with 175,000 deaths attributed to hospital-acquired infections each year in Europe alone. And due to the emergence of drug-resistant "superbugs," such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), traditional antibiotics such as penicillin and its derivatives are becoming obsolete. (Time.com)
Malaria parasite's resistance to top drug grows-WHO Sep 24, 2009
"This (Asia Pacific) region has traditionally been the focus of resistance to antimalarial drugs and now we have artemisinin resistance primarily on the Thai-Cambodian border," said John Ehrenberg, WHO regional adviser on malaria and other vectorborne and parasitic diseases. "If it is not contained, it can have global implications and the most serious one would be in Africa which has a high disease burden and the highest mortality rates," he told Reuters on the sidelines of a regional meeting of... (AlertNet)
No Change In The Link Between Deprivation And Death Since 1900s Sep 17, 2009
In the 1900s the main causes of death were respiratory, infectious and parasitic diseases but in 2001 this changed to cancers, heart diseases and strokes. The experience of poverty changed too, while in the 1900s it meant not having the bare necessities for existence, a century later relative poverty meant comparing an individual's income or deprivation with those experienced by society as a whole. (Science Daily)
No change in health gap from 1900 Sep 11, 2009
He also found that the causes of death had changed markedly with respiratory, infectious and parasitic diseases heading the table in the 1900s compared with cancer, heart disease and stroke in 2001. Poverty. (BBC News -- UK)
Legon in research collaboration with institutions in Japan Aug 27, 2009
Professor Alexander K. Nyarko, Director, NMIMR, said scientists from the three institutions would engage in research into HIV, tuberculosis, establish a database for parasitic diseases and investigate drug targets for African trypanosomiasis. He thanked the Japanese government for providing direct funding to the collaboration, saying the knowledge to be gained by scientists from each other, would adequately prepare them against the threat of infectious and other emerging diseases. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Researchers Help Crack Parasite Genome, Identify Drug Leads Jul 21, 2009
The work was conducted jointly by the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases and the Small Molecule Discovery Center, both of which are UCSF centers affiliated with the California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3). Just one drug is currently widely available to treat schistosomiasis, which researchers say poses the risk of encouraging the parasite's drug resistance as aid organizations extend the current medication to more infected populations, according to Conor R.... (Science Daily)
UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads Jul 16, 2009
The work was conducted jointly by the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases and the Small Molecule Discovery Center, both of which are UCSF centers affiliated with the California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) ... Established in 2001, the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases is a research consortium at UCSF dedicated to the discovery of affordable, safe and effective drugs to treat the "neglected tropical diseases," including Chagas' disease,... (EurekAlert!)
* Thinking beyond the threat of new pandemic bugs Jun 19, 2009
Thanks to new programs of oral rehydration and improved water and sanitation, we have seen marked gains in treating dysentery and other parasitic diseases, contributing to a 27 percent decline between 1990 and 2007 in mortality rates for children under five. Yes, the world faces its first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Ebony Office Interiors Announces "Furniture Extraction Service" Jun 18, 2009
In Washington State the Dept. LNI claims for injuries due to Bacterial and Circulatory causes, Skin Disorders and Infectious and Unspecified harmful parasitic diseases represented over 3. 5 million dollars in claims last year alone. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Tinkling in the pool causes disgust... May 27, 2009
Although urine in the water probably will not cause swimmers to go to the emergency room, it causes "more of a respiratory, ocular irritation: the red puffy eyes or a cough, an itchy throat," said Michele Hlavsa, an epidemiologist in the division of parasitic diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "A big health message is not to urinate or pee in the water.". (CNN -- Law)
CDC To Swimmers: Please Don't Pee In The Pool! May 24, 2009
Michelle Hlavsa of the division of parasitic diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, "A big health message is not to urinate or pee in the water.". Both urine and sweat can combine with chlorine in pools to create chloramines, which cause a strong odor and irritate the eyes and throats of swimmers. (W-USA News, DC)
New Device Helps Control Disease-causing Ticks Apr 4, 2009
As part of the USDA Northeast Areawide Tick Control Project, ARS entomologist John F. Carroll with the Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. led a study in which the 4-Poster technology was applied to reduce populations of these deer-associated ticks. (Science Daily)
Porton Down 'not death sentence' Mar 25, 2009
These excess deaths were mainly from infectious and parasitic diseases, genitourinary causes, circulatory diseases, and non-medical causes. And some were probably related to the longer years of service carried out by the Porton Down veterans compared with other comrades. (BBC News -- Health)
Exotic ills may grow with recession Mar 11, 2009
When I started at the CDC in the summer of 2001, I was told my branch budget was zero, said Dr. James Maguire, former chief of the CDCs parasitic diseases branch and now a Harvard professor. It was always pretty sparse. (MSNBC -- Health)
Specific Protein Is Crucial To Reproduction Of Parasites Involved In Toxoplasmosis Disease Feb 24, 2009
The agent that causes the disease, Toxoplasma gondii, is of strong interest to scientists because it is easy to manipulate in the lab and can lead to insights about other parasitic diseases, such as malaria, that kill millions each year ... The group's work points the way toward a new model system that can be used in studying other parasitic diseases and could one day lead to an effective target for drug intervention ... "Understanding that DrpA is necessary for apicoplast fission gives... (Science Daily)
Minn. DNR slip-up allowed fish virus into state Feb 10, 2009
Fish can get viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases, and the DNR takes the threat of those diseases seriously. To keep wild and hatchery fish from getting sick, Minnesota has some of the nation's strictest regulations for importing bait and commercial fish, said Roy Johannes, the DNR's aquaculture specialist. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
New Research Shows Hen Health and Mortality Better in Modern Cage Production Feb 7, 2009
From the study, bacterial diseases, viral diseases, parasitic diseases, and even cannibalism accounted for the increase in deaths of hens housed in free-range and cage-free systems. Researchers note that the study could have implications outside of Sweden given the housing systems used in the study are similar to those used throughout Europe and the United States. (PR Newswire)
