Oregon teen diagnosed with Bubonic plague
“A girl is believed to have acquired the disease from a flea bite during a hunting trip near Heppner in Morrow County that started on Oct. 16, ” the health department said in a statement on its More...
Drug Initiative for Rare Disorder Affecting Ashkenazi Community Needs Prospective Candidates for Study
APBD, Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease, afflicts an untold number of Ashkenazi Jews throughout the world and is usually misdiagnosed. Sufferers are often told they have MS, ALS, prostate disease (men), More...
Bees naturally vaccinate their babies: study
When it comes to vaccinating their babies, bees don’t have a choice — they naturally immunize their offspring against specific diseases found in their environments. And now for the first More...
Rare Disorder Found to Have a Common Form
A hereditary autoimmune disease that was thought to be exceedingly rare may have a less severe form that affects one in 1, 000 people or even more, according to new research conducted at the Weizmann Institute More...
Faster heart rate linked to diabetes risk
Heart rate measures could identify individuals with a higher future risk of diabetes, according to a four-year study of about 100, 000 Chinese adults. The research found that faster resting heart rates were More...
Exalenz Bioscience Launches Study of Breath-Based Diagnostic Test Addressing the $2 Billion NASH Market Potential
– – Israel’s Exalenz Bioscience (TASE: EXEN), a developer and marketer of non-invasive medical devices for diagnosing and monitoring a range of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, announced More...
Researchers discover never-before-seen tick-borne disease
Tick-borne diseases are a major public health problem around the world. Ticks carry and transmit a variety of microbes that cause disease. These illnesses, which include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain More...
Several breeds of dog in England killed by mysterious kidney disease
At least 30 dogs in England have been killed in less than 18 months by an unknown disease which causes skin lesions and kidney failure, reveals research published in Veterinary Record. The disease is believed More...
Protecting against memory loss with olives
It has long been proven that people who follow a Mediterranean diet and keep physically and mentally active are less likely to suffer from dementia. Olives in particular appear to play a key role in this regard. More...
Study: Corn Oil Better than Extra Virgin Olive for Cholesterol
A study published in the January/February 2015 issue of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology indicates corn oil significantly reduces cholesterol more than extra virgin olive oil with favorable changes in both More...