Disease: The Next Big One
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/disease-the-next-big-one.html
In the mid-1960s, some public health officials imagined that antibiotics and other modern therapies would enable us to ?close the book? on infectious diseases and so make it possible to focus on noncommunicable afflictions, like heart attack, diabetes ...
Complex diseases traced to gene copy numbers
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-complex-diseases-gene.html
Duke researchers have connected very rare and precise duplications and deletions in the human genome to their complex disease consequences by duplicating them in zebrafish. The findings are based on detailed studies of five people missing a small ...
Neanderthals Used Toothpicks to Alleviate the Pain of Diseases Related to ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131017080300.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fstrange_science+(ScienceDaily%3A+Strange+Science+News)
The research showed that the remains had maxillary porosity, characteristic of periodontal disease and alveolar bone loss (where the teeth are inserted), with a bone mass reduction of four to eight millimeters exposing the roots of the teeth, usually ...
Patients share tips online for managing diseases
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Patients-share-tips-online-for-managing-diseases-4898665.php
It is a social network for patients, a peer-driven site where patients like Ahrens can swap details on tricks and treatments for managing their disease, as well as easily track the progress of their own symptoms. Web communities like Crohnology.com are ...
Diseases That Spread From Animals
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/diseases-that-spread-from-animals.html
In his Op-Ed, David Quammen explores the origins of potential afflictions that might cause future pandemics. This accompanying article looks deeper at the symptoms, circumstances and fallout that characterized the Black Death, Spanish Influenza, Ebola ...
11-year-old faces challenge of immunodeficiency diseases
http://www.dailybulletin.com/health/20131017/11-year-old-faces-challenge-of-immunodeficiency-diseases
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Many may have been introduced to primary immunodeficiency diseases as a result of a ?Bubble Boy? Seinfeld episode. Sadly, the pain and suffering associated with it goes way beyond a television show plot. The Cacucciolo ...
The 5 Diseases Americans Fear the Most
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/10/15/the-5-diseases-americans-fear-the-most.aspx
We are a nation of worriers -- and with good reason. According to the World Health Organization's International Classification of Disease, version 10, there are 12,420 different types of diseases in the world. To put it mildly, it's a wonder that U.S ...
Lumena Pharmaceuticals targets orphan liver diseases
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/14/lumena-orphan-liver-diseases/
Many biotech companies are developing drugs for rare or ?orphan? diseases because of incentives such as a longer period of sales exclusivity.San Diego's Lumena Pharmaceuticals recently received an orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
