Google's new venture focuses on aging and diseases
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/dotcommentary/article/Google-s-new-venture-focuses-on-aging-and-diseases-4826532.php
Google is searching for longer life, announcing on Wednesday the formation of a health company focused on aging and associated diseases. Arthur Levinson, the former chief executive officer and current chairman of biotechnology giant Genentech, will ...
Antibiotic-resistant diseases cause at least 23000 deaths per year in US, says ...
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/17/4740620/antibiotic-resistant-diseases-cause-23000-deaths-per-year-in-us
"If we are not careful, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era," CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden told reporters this week. "Without urgent action now, more patients will be thrust back to a time before we had effective drugs." You've likely heard ...
Arlington 5-year old raising awareness for rare mitochondrial disease
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/arlington-5-year-old-raising-awareness-for-rare-mitochondrial-disease/2013/09/18/c09c4a16-2065-11e3-8459-657e0c72fec8_story.html
Arlington parents Michael and Beth McGinn were worried that something was wrong with their three-year old daughter, Ellie. She was having problems with her balance and frequent pain in her feet. After nearly a year of doctor visits and searching, they ...
Strategy for helping 'tired' cells affected by mitochondrial disease
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919122306.htm
Sep. 19, 2013 ? The breakthrough concerns a gene called OPA1, which when mutated is responsible for dominant optic atrophy, a hereditary visual disease characterized by a progressive and symmetrical loss vision that becomes apparent early in life.
'Unexplained Files' Explores UFOs, Moth Men and Alien Diseases
http://www.livescience.com/39770-show-explores-ufos-mothmen-morgellons-disease.html
UFOs visit a small town in Argentina, a red-eyed winged beast terrorizes a town in West Virginia, and a bizarre disease afflicts people with inexplicable lesions. The Science Channel's "Unexplained Files," premiering tonight (Sept. 18) at 9 p.m. ET ...
Laser Shines a Light on Intestinal Diseases
http://www.livescience.com/39778-laser-inflammatory-bowel-disease.html
Lasers can now detect problem spots on the intestines of patients with bowel diseases, researchers say. These devices could reduce the need for patients to undergo painful biopsies that remove tissue samples from their intestines, scientists added.
More diseases responsible for dementia than previously thought, research finds
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-diseases-responsible-dementia-previously-thought.html
A recent study by the Clinical Institute of Neurology at the MedUni Vienna has shown that neurodegenerative diseases other than Alzheimer's disease are more common among older people than previously thought. Researchers believe that more ...
CDC Predicts Spread of Airborne Diseases to Have Catastrophic Consequences
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdc-predicts-spread-airborne-diseases-123500548.html
BARNSTABLE, MA, September 19, 2013 ? (Accesswire) ? UV Flu Technologies, Inc. (UVFT) (the "Company") announced today that the warning issued this week from the CDC, or Center for Disease Control, relating to the threats from strains of bacteria that ...
