Re-atomization chamber to cure all diseases
http://www.app.com/article/20140123/NJOPINION05/301230042/Re-atomization-chamber-cure-all-diseases
If I could invent one thing to make society better, it would be a re-atomization chamber. This would have the priority use as a medical system, which identifies a person's DNA and genome structure, analyzes human defects and diseases and then performs ...
Map of preventable disease outbreaks shows the influence of anti-vaccination ...
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5329478/vaccine-preventable-disease-outbreaks-show-anti-vaccine-movement-influence
The Council of Foreign Relations Global Health Program started tracking news reports about vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks late in 2008. It has now produced an interactive map that shows that data, tracking the number of recorded ...
Facebook like an infectious disease, will lose 80 percent of users, says ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/facebook-infectious-disease-will-lose-80-percent-users-says-princeton-2D11972165
Don't worry, like a viral outbreak, Facebook use will explode before plummeting down to Myspace levels of obscurity, says a new study from Princeton University. Using epidemiological models used to study the rapid spread of disease, the researchers ...
Study finds sloth fur may cure breast cancer, treat various diseases
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillypets/Study-finds-sloth-fur-may-cure-breast-cancer-treat-various-diseases.html
The chemicals in sloth fur attack bacteria differently than most man-made drugs, which ?suggests a potentially new mode of action? for treating diseases. As a result, PopSci has called sloth fur's treatment scope a ?potential goldmine for drug discovery.?.
Conference to understand link between climate change and vector-borne diseases
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140123/Conference-to-understand-link-between-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases.aspx
The HEALTHY FUTURES project is coordinating a conference to bring together researchers at the cutting edge of efforts to understand relationships between climate change and vector-borne diseases. The conference will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 18-20 ...
Sigma-1 receptor Implicated in Cell Survival of Rare Neurodegenerative ...
http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/sigma1-receptor-implicated-in-cell-survival-of-rare-neurodegenerative-diseases--expanding-the-20140123-00238
("Anavex" or the "Company") (OTCQB:AVXL) today announced that a publication in the current issue of scientific journal Neuropathology potentially extends the opportunity for ANAVEX PLUS to additional neurodegenerative diseases beyond Alzheimer's.
Map of vaccine-preventable diseases shows the scale of problems facing the West
http://www.fiercevaccines.com/story/map-vaccine-preventable-diseases-shows-scale-problems-facing-west/2014-01-22
Scanning the newswires for vaccines stories brings up lots of pieces about disease outbreaks. One week the United Kingdom is battling a surge in measles cases, the next polio is causing alarm in Syria. Yet the scale of the problem is hard to grasp from ...
War on smoking: More diseases linked to cigarettes
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/war-smoking-more-diseases-linked-cigarettes-2D11944421
Fifty years into the war on smoking, scientists still are adding diseases to the long list of cigarettes' harms ? even as the government struggles to get more people to kick the habit. A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General's office says the ...