BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska research targeting diseases
http://btn.com/2014/05/22/btn-livebig-nebraska-research-targeting-diseases/
When he began as an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska in 1993, he did not see himself making breakthrough discoveries involving some of the deadliest diseases in the world. ?Initially, I started working with fluorinated compounds. That ...
Scientists Are Creating New, Incurable Diseases in Labs
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/when-viruses-escape-the-lab/371202/
Still, two scientists are now arguing that it's not worth continuing to create new, transmissible versions of deadly viruses in labs because the risk that the diseases will escape and infect the public is too great. The H5N1 avian flu killed two dozen ...
The House Paint That Can Prevent Diseases
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/the-house-paint-that-prevents-diseases/371191/
Across Latin American, large beetles known as vinchucas spread Chagas disease. The disease can lie dormant for years, but when it emerges, it can damage the digestive system and heart, sometimes fatally. The vinchucas, technically Triatoma infestans, ...
Lyme disease warning: The ticks have wintered over ? and they are hungry
http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2014/05/lyme-disease-warning-ticks-have-wintered-over-and-they-are-hungry
This year, the risk of these diseases will remain high, said David Neitzel, a tick-borne disease specialist with MDH, in a phone interview with MinnPost. The period of highest risk, he added, is now through mid-July because it's when the immature ticks ...
Statins don't help COPD or ARDS lung diseases, studies find
http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/05/statins_dont_help_copd_or_ards.html
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Two new studies find that statins, drugs often prescribed to lower cholesterol, do not improve the health of patients who have chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease (COPD) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The studies ...
Healthy Diet May Help Patients Beat Certain Lung Diseases
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/9550/20140522/grapefruit-may-help-patients-beast-certain-lung-diseases.htm
COPD is an umbrella term for the progressive lung diseases emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Nearly 15 million people have COPD in the United States, and it is the third leading cause of death nationwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Call made for £4.4 billion to vaccinate 300 million children against diseases
http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/22/gavi-alliance-calls-for-4-4-billion-to-vaccinate-300-million-children-against-disease-4735617/
Britain is GAVI's biggest donor, pledging £1.3bn up to 2015, but the group wants the government here to maintain its commitment to fighting the spread of disease. If the £4.4bn target is met, GAVI says two children every second will be reached with its ...
Screening family history helps prevent diseases
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Screening-family-history-helps-prevent-diseases/articleshow/35477245.cms
Screening family history could lead to preventive treatment of multiple cancers, heart disease and diabetes - altering the destiny of many of these diseases that pass on from generation to generation, a study has indicated. Researchers have identified ...
