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Measles Vaccine Deaths to be Investigated by Syria's Opposition

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An investigation into the deaths of 15 children inoculated against measles in the northwestern province of Idlib has been launched by Syria's opposition. The vaccination programme was carried out in areas under rebel control near the Turkish border but halted on Tuesday after reports of the deaths. Some 100 other children are believed to have been affected and suffered reactions. The opposition said it had set up a team bringing together ...

Taiwan to Raise Fines for Food Safety Violations Following "Gutter Oil" Scandal

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The fines for food safety violations will be increased by tenfold as per new plans by Taiwan's government, which also plans to offer whistle-blowers more rewards to tackle a widening "gutter oil" scandal. Fines for violations will be raised ten times to a maximum Tw (Dollar) 200 million ( (Dollar) 6.67 million) if the offence results in death, Premier Jiang Yi-huah told reporters. Fines for other food safety offences will also be raised tenfold. Violators ...

Thalassemia

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Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder passed on through parental genes causing the body to produce abnormal hemoglobin.

Vaccine to Avoid Urinary Tract Infections Linked to Catheters

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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis researchers have reported about the development of a vaccine that stops urinary tract infections linked to catheters in mice. The research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that the experimental vaccine prevented urinary tract infections associated with catheters, the tubes used in hospitals and other care facilities to drain urine from a patient's bladder. First ...

Scientists See Biofilms to be Technology Innovation Partners

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For most individuals, biofilms conjure up images of slippery stones in a streambed or dirty drains. While there are plenty of "bad" biofilms around - they even cause pesky dental plaque and a host of other more serious medical problems - a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University sees biofilms as a robust new platform for designer nanomaterials that could clean up polluted rivers, manufacture pharmaceutical products, ...

The Impact of Socioeconomic Position (and) Maternal Morbidity in Australia

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The risk of severe maternal morbidity amongst women in Australia is increased by lower socioeconomic position, reveals a new study published in iBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/i. Australians generally enjoy high standards of living; however, existing research has concluded that health disparities exist, in particular between indigenous and non indigenous Australians. This case-control study aimed to explore the independent ...

Food Fest in Belarus After Vladimir Putin Bans EU Imports

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Belarussians have never seen such an abundance of gastronomic delights in their isolated ex-Soviet country - famously dubbed "Europe's last dictatorship". And they have one man to thank: Vladimir Putin. Inexpensive fresh seasonal fruits, French and Italian cheeses, Belgian and Swiss chocolate, German candy sets, dozens of types of Italian pasta and even cans of French cat food are suddenly gracing the shelves of neighbourhood stores in Belarus. "Thank ...

Egypt Denies Claims of Oldest Pyramid Damage During Restoration

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Egypt's antiquities minister denied claims that the country's first, Djoser pyramid had been damaged during restoration work by a company accused of being unqualified to do such work. Addressing journalists who had been allowed inside the 27th century BC pyramid near Cairo, Mamdouh al-Damati said: "You have seen the inside of the pyramid. It has not been destroyed; it is not in danger." "Restoration work is underway without a problem," the minister ...

Patient's Question Triggers Study About Oral Blood Thinners

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Around the world, physicians now have guidance that can help them determine the best oral blood thinners to use for their patients suffering from blood clots in their veins. Thanks to a patient of The Ottawa Hospital who asked his physician a question he couldn't answer. This new guidance is found in a study published by emJAMA/em, the emJournal of the American Medical Association/em. "Right there in the clinic, he identified an important knowledge ...

Motion Patterns of Bacteria Studied

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Motion patterns of bacteria were studied in real time to determine how these motions related to communication within a bacterial colony, by a team of researchers. The members of this team were from Boston University and Stanford University School of Medicine who developed a new model to study this. The researchers chemically attached colonies of iEscherichia coli/i bacteria to a microcantilever - a microscopic beam anchored at one end, similar to a diving board ...

Many Throat Cancer Patients can Skip Neck Surgery, Says Study

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Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV) positive oropharyngeal cancer see increased rates of complete response on a post-radiation neck dissection than those with HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer, finds new research. "For patients that achieve a complete response, neck surgery is probably unnecessary," says Thomas J. Galloway, MD, Attending Physician and Director of Clinical Research at Fox Chase and lead author on the study. After radiation and chemotherapy ...

Epigenetic Drugs: A Hope to Reduce Cancer Relapse

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Biology in high school taught us that we inherit certain traits from our parents that are pre-determined. But what if you could change how these genes play out by taking certain drugs or better yet, just changing your diet? That's exactly what a team of researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have proposed through their research of epigenetics research. Epigenetics regulates gene expression in a reversible manner by chemically ...

Yoga may Benefit People With Bipolar Disorder

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Bipolar disorder patients who practice yoga believe their yoga practice has significant mental health benefits, says study published in Journal of Psychiatric Practice. "Some individuals with bipolar disorder believe that yoga has had a significant positive impact on their life." according to the study by Dr Lisa A. Uebelacker of Butler Hospital and Brown University, Providence, R.I., and colleagues. But they note their survey shows that yoga is "not without ...

Benefit of Endocrine Therapy in Women With Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer

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For women with hormone-receptor positive (HR+) invasive breast cancer, treatment with endocrine therapy and radiation therapy as part of breast conservation is the current standard of care. A new study by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, however, shows that combination may not be necessary for all patient populations with the disease. The results, which Fox Chase researchers presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 56th Annual ...

World Bank Approves (Dollar) 105 Mn Grant for Ebola Fight in Africa

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To bolster the fight to contain the deadly Ebola virus epidemic raging in west Africa, the World Bank approved a (Dollar) 105 million grant. The funding is part of a (Dollar) 200-million World Bank pledge approved in early August to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to contain the outbreak, which has killed more than 2,400 people in the region. "The world needs to do much, much more to respond to the Ebola crisis in these three countries," World Bank President ...

Syrian Opposition Halts Measles Vaccinations

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The Syrian opposition said that it halted a measles vaccination campaign in the northeastern Idlib province following reports children had died after being innoculated. The announcement was posted on the websites of the Syrian opposition National Coalition and the rebel interim government. The "interim government's health ministry has instructed a halt to the second round of the measles vaccination campaign, which began Monday... following several fatalities ...

100 Million People Saved from Hunger Over the Last 10 Years

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The number of hungry people in the world has dropped by 100 million over the last 10 years but one in nine are still undernourished, with Asia home to the majority of the underfed, says UN. The UN's food agencies said the global number was down over 200 million since the early 1990s, but warned that despite the progress made, "about 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger." But the battle to reduce hunger is being made more ...

Learning to Talk is in Our Genes: Study

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Scientists have found evidence that genetic factors may contribute to the development of language during infancy. Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol worked with colleagues around the world to discover a significant link between genetic changes near the ROBO2 gene and the number of words spoken by children in the early stages of language development. Children produce words at ...

China to Send More Medics in Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone

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The UN said that China will send more medics to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to help boost laboratory testing for the virus, raising the total number of Chinese medical experts there to 174. "The most urgent immediate need in the Ebola response is for more medical staff," World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said in a statement, hailing the Chinese commitment. China has said it will dispatch a mobile laboratory team to Sierra Leone, where more than ...

Suspension for Canadian Student Who Sold Bootleg Soda

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Activists called on Canadian high school student who was suspended for selling bootleg soda pop from his locker. This action was taken in a move to help school students eat healthier. Keenan Shaw, 17, was suspended for two days last week for breaking his Lethbridge, Alberta school's nutrition and marketing policies. Under the rules, sugary drinks are not permitted on school premises. Also, food and drink distributors must sign contracts with the school ...

Two Spaniards Die Due To Legionnaire's Disease

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Legionnaire's disease, lung infection has killed two people and left 20 others ill in northeastern Spain. Twelve men and 10 women aged between 45 and 94 have contracted the disease since September 5 in the town of Sabadell, near Barcelona, the Catalonia regional health department said in a statement. "Two of the patients, both of whom had risk factors and major previous pathologies, have died," it said late Tuesday, without further identifying the patients. ...

Ebola Epidemic "Spiraling Out of Control" Warns Obama

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President Barack Obama warns that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was unprecedented and is "spiraling out of control". The high alert issued by the President was a call to action to fight this deadly outbreak which is a threat to hundreds of thousands of people. Speaking as he unveiled a major new US initiative which will see 3,000 US military personnel deployed to West Africa to combat the growing health crisis, Obama said the outbreak was spreading "exponentially." ...

Elder Women With Early Breast Cancer Receive Less-Aggressive Radiation Treatments

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A new study from Yale says that radiation oncologists are using fewer or less-aggressive radiation procedures on elderly women who suffer from early-stages of breast cancer. This practice also reduces treatment costs which could be beneficial to senior citizens. The findings are scheduled to be presented at the 56th annual conference of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in San Francisco. The study, using a national database of more than 100,000 women treated ...

Successful Specific Interventions Across Different Sectors Improve Health of Poor Women and Children

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New studies have uncovered the specific interventions and advances that have led to the success with at-risk populations such as women and children in the poorest countries. New research across 142 countries finds that some 50 percent of the reduction in under-five child mortality in those countries is attributable to high impact health interventions such as early immunizations and skilled birth attendance. The remaining 50 percent is due to factors ...

Severity of Ebola Outbreak 'Out of All Proportion'

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A mathematical model replicating Ebola outbreaks can no longer be used to predict the eventual scale of the current epidemic, finds research conducted by the University of Warwick. Dr Thomas House, of the University's Warwick Mathematics Institute, developed a model that incorporated data from past outbreaks that successfully replicated their eventual scale. The research, titled Epidemiological Dynamics of Ebola Outbreaks and published by emeLife/em, ...

'Bad' Lipids Drastically Reduced by Gene Variant

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A rare genetic variant that dramatically reduces levels of certain types of lipids in blood has been identified by scientists in a research using data collected from around 4,000 healthy people in the UK. The study is the first to emerge from the UK10K Project's cohort of samples from the general public and demonstrates the power of whole genome sequencing at scale. "Until now it has only been possible to look for common variants of small effect in large genome ...

Genes Influence HIV Tolerance

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An elegant new study give us glimpse into why some people cope with HIV better than others. This study uses data from a large Swiss cohort of HIV-infected individuals. There are two fundamental ways we generally cope to infections. First being "resistance," a subject of intensive research, where the body attacks the invading pathogen and reduces its numbers. And second is "tolerance," less understood by many; it is where the body tries to minimize the damage done by the pathogen. The ...

Genetic Link to PTSD in Soldiers With History of Childhood Trauma

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Abnormalities in the adrenergic and noradrenergic systems are thought to play a role in the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and until now there has been no genetic evidence of this connection. Both the systems have an integral role in the fight-or-flight response. A collaborative study just released by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Michigan found an interaction between the ADRB2 gene and childhood ...

Tips on Mental Health and How to Prevent Depression and Suicide

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'Suicide Prevention' was the theme of a seminar organized at Hindustan University in Chennai, South India. Students from various departments of the university came together to share messages on how to prevent suicides, as part of the observance of 'World Suicide Prevention Day 2014.' Akshaya and team from the department of aeronautical engineering provided global statistics on suicide and listed out some important reasons that drive people to commit suicide. ...

Risk of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Linked to Lactation

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Increased risk of developing estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer seem to occur in women who have had children (parous women). The estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer is a subtype that carries a higher mortality rate and is more common in women of African ancestry. A similar relationship was found for triple-negative breast cancer. However, the association between childbearing and increased risk of estrogen receptor-negative ...

Therapy-Grade Stem Cells Created Using New Cocktail to Reprogram Adult Cells

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A new cocktail therapy-grade stem cells have been created by researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which is highly effective at coaxing adult cells to become quality pluripotent stem cells. Regenerative medicine is a new and expanding area that aims to replace lost or damaged cells, tissues or organs through cellular transplantation. Because stem cells derived from human embryos can trigger ethical concerns, a good solution is reprogramming adult cells ...