Disease and Condition:
Research and publications on disease and conditions.
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Nov 20th, 2009
Arkansas reported it’s first H1N1 influenza death August 10. Since then 19 more deaths have been added to bring the total to 20 confirmed deaths due to H1N1 influenza.
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Nov 15th, 2009
BMI (body mass index) may be a poor predictor for risk of heart disease and diabetes. A new study from Boston researchers, using MRI, found that even lean individuals with normal BMI had decreased heart function from fat accumulation around vital organs. The scientists suggest that treatment for heart disease and diabetes should be individualized given the findings.
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Nov 12th, 2009
In Chesapeake, Virginia, 12-year-old Lauren Johnson sneezes more than 12,000 times a day – about 16 times each minute. She hasn’t been able to attend school, it is too disruptive to class, and she has visited six different doctors and a hypnotherapist since the attacks began two weeks ago.
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Nov 12th, 2009
Many neuromuscular disorders have severe weakness of the quadriceps as a defining feature. This includes Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Nov 7th, 2009
Deep brain stimulation has been shown to help individuals with Tourette syndrome in a small study. Tourette syndrome overview includes symptoms of involuntary movements of the limbs and trunkm as well as vocalizations that can become repetitive. Decreased quality of life is associated with severe cases of Tourette syndrome. Individuals who did not respond to conventional treatment of the condition were shown to benefit from deep brain stimulation to treat Tourette syndrome in two year follow-up.
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Nov 2nd, 2009
Today is the first annual World Pneumonia Day. Almost 100 leading global health organizations from around the world have joined forces to use this day to urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of young children.
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Nov 1st, 2009
Vertex has announced the results of their Phase 2 Study C208 which explored the use of telaprevir-based regimen in hepatitis C patients. The study which showed more than 80% of patients responded is to be represented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), which began yesterday in Boston.
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Nov 1st, 2009
The MRSA USA600 strain is showing resistance to the powerful antibiotic Vancomycin. Henry Ford researchers say the MRSA strain is causing higher death rates, though the reasons are not entirely clear. The MRSA USA600 strain is five times more likely to lead to death than other strains of MRSA that enter the blood stream.
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Oct 29th, 2009
There is a continual shortage of organs to use for patients on transplantation lists. Help may be on its way in the form of gene therapy used to heal injured lungs which will then be suitable for transplantation.
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Oct 26th, 2009
As of Friday, October 23, 2009, the Arkansas Health Department reports 11 confirmed deaths due to H1N1. There is also a possible twelfth, a 12 year old girl from Van Buren who died Saturday night after testing positive for the H1N1 virus.