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Breathlessness eased in patients with rare, often fatal disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with a rare, deadly disease that mostly affects young women felt a dramatic reduction in breathlessness using an approved drug, according to study results published online today in The Journal of Heart and Lung Tr ...


MSU research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite

New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.


Panel: Overzealous rules may stifle germ research

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A panel of university and private-sector scientists urged Congress on Thursday not to overregulate laboratories that handle the world's deadliest pathogens, saying it could have a chilling effect on research of biological ...


When food gets inspected and recalled, consumers may not get a clear picture of the process

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumers usually find out pretty quickly if the meat they're planning to throw on the grill has been recalled.


Predators battle bugs, become pests themselves

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Imported insects have been deployed as foot soldiers in the fight against invasive bugs and plants that cause billions of dollars in damage each year. But some of those imports are proving to be pests themselves ...


False test results seen in maternal screening

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A massive effort to test pregnant women for a deadly germ they can spread to their babies has yielded a bad surprise - a high rate of wrong test results that led some infants to miss out on treatment.


Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Genetic code cracked of organisms behind fungal disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have unlocked the code for the building blocks of fungal organisms which are responsible for mild as well as potentially deadly infections in people.


International team tracks clues to HIV

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rice University's Andrew Barron and his group, working with labs in Italy, Germany and Greece, have identified specific molecules that could block the means by which the deadly virus spreads by taking away its ability to ...


Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus (AP)

Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British ...


Device targets mosquitoes with deadly nectar

Technology / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases.


Snakes and how they helped our big brains evolve

Biology / Evolution

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The threat of snakes gave primates superior vision and large brains -- and fueled a critical aspect of human evolution, UC Davis anthropology professor Lynne Isbell argues in a new book.


Swine flu prompts EU warning on travel to US (AP)

Swine flu prompts EU warning on travel to US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The top EU health official urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the swine flu virus, and Spanish health officials confirmed ...


Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100 (AP)

Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Mexican government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to ...


Canada confirms 4 swine flu cases among students (AP)

Canada confirms 4 swine flu cases among students

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 9

(AP) -- Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu Sunday as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level.


Global health experts release new guidance on malaria elimination

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria ...