News tagged with journal of medical entomology
A natural, alternative insect repellent to DEET
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Isolongifolenone, a natural compound found in the Tauroniro tree (Humiria balsamifera) of South America, has been found to effectively deter biting of mosquitoes and to repel ticks, both of which are known spreaders of diseases ...
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Forget the Sprays: Roaches and Their Allergens Reduced in Schools Using IPM
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A North Carolina State University study shows that using integrated pest management (IPM) to control pests in public schools - monitoring closely for signs of pests and then utilizing baits and traps in areas ...
Smaller mosquitoes are more likey to be infected with viruses causing human diseases
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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An entomologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, a division of the new UI Institute for Natural Resource Sustainability, says smaller mosquitoes are more likely to be infected with viruses that cause diseases in humans. ...
New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.
Scientists use bed bugs' own chemistry against them
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists here have determined that combining bed bugs' own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.
Magnetic, luminescent nanoparticles set new standard
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 25, 2007 |
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Researchers at UC Davis have created a new type of nanoparticles that could be used in tests for environmental pollution or contamination of food products, and for medical diagnostics.
Fear of lawsuits may prompt some doctors to overprescribe antibiotics
Dec 18, 2009 |
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A new study led by a team of researchers at New York Medical College suggests that that medical liability concerns may be playing a role in the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings by encouraging clinicians to prescribe ...
How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...
Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life
Dec 15, 2009 |
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In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, ...
The role of medical expert witnesses: the Goudge Inquiry
Dec 21, 2009 |
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The role of a medical expert witness needs to be strictly defined and carefully controlled during legal proceedings and physicians need to be aware of their role, states an analysis of the Goudge Inquiry into pediatric forensic ...
Study identifies those elderly most at risk for major depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2009 |
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University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed the prime factors identifying which elderly persons are at the highest risk for developing major depression.
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