Gene Scans Solve Mystery Diseases in Kids, Adults
http://healthland.time.com/2013/10/02/gene-scans-solve-mystery-diseases-in-kids-adults/
They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years ? adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, mental slowness or muscles too weak to let them stand. Now scientists say they were able to crack a quarter of these ...
Exercise may be 'as effective' as drugs for treating common diseases
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/02/exercise-may-be-as-effective-as-drugs-for-treating-common-diseases/
Routine exercise has long been touted as a preventative lifestyle choice that can help lower an individual's risk for developing health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. But now, new research has shown that exercise may be equally ...
How Ironic: The Government Shutdown, Rare Diseases And A Gala Dinner
http://www.forbes.com/sites/edsilverman/2013/10/03/how-ironic-the-government-shutdown-rare-diseases-and-a-gala-dinner/
The US government may be shut down, but disease does not distinguish between Republicans and Democrats. So what better way to honor the politicians who stand by patients with rare diseases than to hold a swanky dinner and bestow awards? This is ...
How Studying Mummies Could Cure Modern Diseases
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-09/mummy-medicine
Ancient mummies can provide a wealth of information about the health of early civilizations, which may help us better treat diseases today. But because mummies are both rare and delicate, researchers have been limited in what they could do to them?and ...
Exercise 'as effective as drugs' for common diseases
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266841.php
Scientists claim that exercise may be just as effective as drugs for treating common conditions, such as coronary heart disease and stroke. It has long been established that regular exercise is beneficial for health in general, but researchers now ...
What Are the Dangers in Screening for Diseases?
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/10/01/what-are-the-dangers-in-screening-for-diseases/
Like politicians, doctors are inclined to believe that doing something (especially when it is them doing it) is better than doing nothing. They mistake benevolent intentions for good results, believing that the first guarantee the second. How can ...
Utah doctor's cellphone device diagnoses deadly diseases
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56945384-78/ehrenkranz-disease-cost-device.html.csp
The district hospital in Bundibugyo was built out of cinder blocks, with "Cholera Ward" scrawled on the wall. No electricity. No running water. When an outbreak of ebola virus struck the Ugandan district, Joel Ehrenkranz was studying the effects of ...
Innovative approach could ultimately end deadly disease of sleeping sickness
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-approach-ultimately-deadly-disease-sickness.html
A new study outlines the potential for success in changing the bacteria in the guts of tsetse flies and eliminating the disease of sleeping sickness. Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University. A tag team of two bacteria, one of them genetically ...
