11 Diseases That Just Won't Quit
http://news.discovery.com/human/health/diseases-that-just-wont-quit-131010.htm
Madagascar is looking at a major bubonic plague outbreak because of disease-infested rats in its jails. The island off the east coast of Africa has seen about 500 cases of the "black death" every year since 2009, reports the Guardian. Last year in that ...
Proposed Treatment To Fix Genetic Diseases Raises Ethical Issues
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/09/229167219/proposed-treatment-to-fix-genetic-diseases-raising-ethics-issues
Mark Sauer of the Columbia University Medical Center, a member of one of two teams of U.S. scientists pursuing the research, calls the effort to prevent infants from getting devastating genetic diseases "noble." Sauer says the groups are hoping "to ...
Delaying Aging May Have A Bigger Payoff Than Fighting Disease
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/08/230175345/delaying-aging-may-have-a-bigger-payoff-than-fighting-diseases
Curing cancer and eliminating heart disease has been the holy grail of medical research. But there could be even greater benefits if aging itself could be delayed, a study finds. This is not quite as farfetched as it sounds. While the anti-aging "cures ...
New hope of pill for brain diseases
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/435588/New-hope-of-pill-for-brain-diseases
The Medical Research Council (MRC) team focused on the root cause of many degenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - abnormally shaped proteins that stick together in clumps and fibres. When enough misshapen protein builds ...
MedDiary Launches App To Help Patients Manage Complex Chronic Diseases
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meddiary-launches-app-to-help-patients-manage-complex-chronic-diseases-227219871.html
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MedDiary Inc., a mobile health (mHealth) software startup specializing in chronic disease management, has launched its MedDiary app for the iOS platform. The application helps patients manage multiple ...
Constant Exposure to Aircraft Noise Triggers Cardiovascular Diseases in Older ...
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4870/20131010/exposure-aircraft-noise-cardiovascular-diseases-older-people.htm
Apart from hearing impairment, older people living next to airports also face increased risk of heart problems, according to a study conducted by researchers at the at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Boston University School of Public ...
Sleeping too much or too little linked to chronic diseases
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/267075.php
She says this suggests doctors looking after patients with chronic diseases should think about keeping a check on their mental health and body weight, as well as their sleep quality. For their study, the researchers examined data on over 54,000 people ...
3-D-printed bacteria may unlock secrets of diseases
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/3-d-printed-bacteria-may-unlock-secrets-diseases-8C11352804
A ring of bacteria reveals the flexibility of a new 3-D printing technique. More deadly are the biofilms that gather in the lungs of patients with the respiratory disease cystic fibrosis. Antibiotics can halt scattered bacteria that cause lung ...
