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New findings show how human movement may have brought Chagas disease to urban Peru

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tr ...


Cannabis and adolescence

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis worldwide. The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally thought, according to new research by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatric ...


Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

The number of swine flu deaths worldwide passed the 10,000 mark about eight months after the pandemic strain was uncovered in April, reaching 10,582, World Health Organisation data showed Friday.


One dose of H1N1 vaccine may provide sufficient protection for infants and children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in JAMA, published online today because of its public health implications. The study will a ...


Study casts doubt on provocative tuberculosis theory

Medicine & Health / Research

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The tuberculosis bacterium is an insidious germ that can lie dormant for many years, then suddenly emerge and cause potentially fatal disease.


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...



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