News tagged with war illness

Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area: study

Gulf War Illness (GWI) -- the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War -- appears to be the result of several factors, which differed in importance depending upon the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Germany wages war against 'burnout'

Germany, holding up better than its eurozone partners in the current debt crisis, is battling the increasingly widespread phenomenon of "burnout" which it says is costing its economy billions of euros (dollars) each year.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decoding keys to a healthy life

For 74 years, one of the longest-running studies of normal adult development has been examining not disease and illness, but what may be life’s magic question: How can you live long and happy?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NIAID scientists consider 200 years of infectious diseases

Unpredictable, ever-changing and with potentially far-reaching effects on the fates of nations, infectious diseases are compelling actors in the drama of human history, note scientists from the National Institute of Allergy ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Professor documents cancer battle in online videos

(AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New malaria maps to guide battle against the disease

A new suite of malaria maps has revealed in unprecedented detail the current global pattern of the disease, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over a number of years.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fear gone viral

If you were paying attention to the flap over two recent flu experiments involving ferrets, you may have come away with the impression that scientists all but waved a red flag in front of terrorists and said, "Here's a perfect ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents Tuesday to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where cases of polio have risen sharply.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough in early cancer detection

Cape Cod-TV correspondent Melissa Chartrand went into the hospital three years ago to undergo a hysterectomy, a common procedure that was supposed to eliminate her abdominal pains. But for Melissa, a far more serious pain ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nepal's child malnutrition 'silent emergency'

Padma Biswokarma covers her young son with a blanket as she breastfeeds, a broad smile spreading across her face.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed

For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 11


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