New ‘Heartland’ Virus Discovered in Sick Missouri Farmers
By Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Two men in Missouri who became severely ill after sustaining tick bites were found to be infected with a new type of virus, according…
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Newly discovered virus linked to deadly skin cancer : Merkel cell polyomavirus
Contact: Michele Baum BaumMD@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Novel sequencing technique used at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute reveals new cancer virus; reported in…
Mystery AIDS-like disease discovered by scientists in patients over 50… but it is NOT contagious
By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:20:21 EST, 22 August 2012| UPDATED:23:32 EST, 22 August 2012 Disease has affected mostly Asian-born patients and some in U.S. Genetic and environmental factors may…
Plan offers guidance for evaluating menopause-like condition in girls and young women
Public release date: 4-Feb-2009 A comprehensive plan to help health care professionals diagnose and treat primary ovarian insufficiency—a menopause-like condition affecting girls and young women that may occur years before…
Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills
Public release date: 28-May-2009 Environmental Science & Technology Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with…
M. D. Anderson study predicts dramatic growth in cancer rates among US elderly, minorities ( 2009 )
Public release date: 29-Apr-2009 - new cancer cases diagnosed annually in the United States will increase by 45 percent, from 1.6 million in 2010 to 2.3 million in 2030 -…
Study shows California’s autism increase not due to better counting, diagnosis
Public release date: 8-Jan-2009 Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by either changes…
Study links water pollution with declining male fertility
Public release date: 18-Jan-2009 New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the…
Obese kids’ artery plaque similar to middle-aged adults
Public release date: 13-Nov-2008 Study highlights: • The plaque buildup in the neck arteries of obese children or those with high cholesterol is similar to levels in middle-aged…
PACEMAKERS and implantable medical devices (IMDs) hacked since 2007 – Cloaker devices were worked on, and never implemented
Public release date: 20-Aug-2008 How to stop a new type of heart attack PACEMAKERS are supposed to protect people from heart attacks. But to do that they have to provide…
New research suggests diabetes transmitted from parents to children
Public release date: 20-Aug-2008 An unusual form of inheritance may have a role in the rising rate of diabetes, especially in children and young adults, in the United States A…
The pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses ( 2008 )
Public release date: 12-Aug-2008 Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have caused multiple human infections and become endemic in domestic poultry in Eurasia.…
At-Home Deaths from Combining Rx Drugs, Street Drugs and/or Alcohol Skyrocket By More Than 3,000 Percent ( 1983 to 2004 )
Public release date: 28-Jul-2008 Asking patients to monitor their own medications can be fatal, as exemplified by the recent death of actor Heath Ledger. In the first large-scale study…
Study Suggests 86 Percent of Americans Could be Overweight or Obese by 2030 – ( 2008 Study )
Public release date: 28-Jul-2008 Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according…
The epigenetics of increasing weight through the generations / resulting in amplification of obesity across generations
Public release date: 15-Jul-2008 Overweight mothers give birth to offspring who become even heavier, resulting in amplification of obesity across generations, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston who…
Despite vaccine, public should not get complacent about pneumococcal disease/ incidence of IPD caused by strains not included in the vaccine rose by 40%.
Public release date: 3-Jun-2008 Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not…
Moores UCSD Cancer Center study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes
Public release date: 5-Jun-2008 Global view supports concept of using vitamin D in reducing disease risks Sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play a strong role in risk of…
Trends in heart mortality reversing in younger women ( 2008 )
Public release date: 1-May-2008 Coronary heart disease mortality in younger women could be on the rise, according to findings in the open access journal, BMC Public Health, published by…
Obesity can increase dementia risk by up to 80 percent
Public release date: 7-May-2008 People who are underweight also face an elevated risk Being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease by as much as 80 per cent, according…
Study identifies trends of vitamin B6 status in US population sample
Public release date: 20-May-2008 BOSTON- (May 20, 2008) In an epidemiological study, Tufts University researchers identified trends of vitamin B6 status in a sample of the United States population…
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