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Chronic Disease Top Cause of Death Worldwide

Lifestyle-related ailments overtake illness as No. 1 killer

May 20, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chronic ailments such as heart disease have become the top causes of death around the world, Reuters reports. Infectious disease, such as tuberculosis and AIDS, has traditionally been the planet's number-one killer. But new World Health Organization stats show noncommunicable conditions, many of which are associated with a Western lifestyle,... More »

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disease • death • heart attack • stroke • World Health Organization • chronic disease

 Fish Clean Up Mortgage Mess 

Mosquito-eaters help keep abandoned pools from breeding disease

May 9, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stagnant pools bursting with mosquitoes have become a byproduct of the housing crisis, turning into breeding grounds for diseases like West Nile virus. But, the Wall Street Journal reports, there is a solution: Gambusia affinis, a natural predator, also known as the mosquito fish, that's hardy enough to police abandoned... More »

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disease • West Nile virus • foreclosure • fish • subprime crisis • swimming pool • mosquito fish

 Burmese Junta
 Still Blocking
 Cyclone Aid 

'Second disaster' looms if aid is not allowed in

May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's... More »

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United Nations • hunger • disease • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • emergency aid • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance • Ban Ki-Moon

Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

Prison diary reveals horror of 'young people's diseases'

May 6, 08 12:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein worried about catching AIDS and other venereal diseases during his US captivity, the Daily Mail reports. He even told guards not to dry their clothes on his laundry line. "I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people's diseases," Saddam wrote... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • AIDS • prison • disease • captivity

Deadly China Virus Not Seen as Olympic Threat

But cases are expected to rise with warm weather

May 5, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The outbreak of a deadly virus in China hasn’t peaked yet—but it won’t affect the Beijing Games, a World Health Organization rep said. “I don't see it at all as a threat to the Olympics or any upcoming events,” he noted. Enterovirus 71 has killed... More »

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China • disease • 2008 Beijing Olympics • virus • World Health Organization • outbreak • Enterovirus 71

US Measles Cases Highest Since 2001

Total of 64; CDC worries about people shunning vaccine

May 2, 08 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Measles, once nearly eradicated in the US, appears to be regaining a foothold. The CDC reports at least four outbreaks under way, with at least 64 cases in nine states—the most since 2001. The new cases probably originated in other countries and incubated in pockets of non-immunized US children,... More »

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disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • disease control • measles

 End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN 

Providing Africa with nets, spray could save 1M lives a year

Apr 25, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world must take action now to end malaria deaths—currently at 1 million per year—by 2010, UN chief Ban Ki Moon said today. "We have the resources and the know-how, but we have less than 1,000 days" to meet the goal, said Ban on the first... More »

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Africa • United Nations • disease • malaria • mosquito • Ban Ki-Moon

 Climate Killing Medical Hopes 

UN conference highlights the dangers of fading biodiversity

Apr 23, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The loss of biodiversity on Earth will seriously hamper efforts to cure human disease, AFP reports. Researchers at the UN-backed Business for the Environment conference highlighted undiscovered cures for pain, infections and even cancer that risk being lost forever if humans fail to reverse the widespread extinction of thousands of... More »

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climate change • medicine • environment • disease • research • extinction • biodiversity • environmental damage

Super-TB Cases Hit Record High

WHO calls for urgent action

Feb 27, 08 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the highest levels disease experts have ever seen, warns the World Health Organization. A survey of 81 countries found that levels of multi-drug resistant TB and even hardier, almost untreatable TB were much higher than expected, reports the BBC. Urgent action is needed to... More »

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disease • doctor • World Health Organization • drug resistant • tuberculosis

Bizarre Skin Disease
Probed

Feds investigate skin-crawling syndrome linked to fatigue and confusion

Jan 17, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal disease experts have launched an investigation into the outbreak of a mysterious skin condition that causes a stinging or crawling sensation, confusion and fatique, USA Today reports. Cases of Morgellons disease are on the rise, especially in California and Texas. The condition is so little-known that it was only... More »

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California • Texas • disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Morgellons

New Drug Stirs Debate Over Disease's Existence

Widely advertised Lyrica treats fibromyalgia, but some docs raise red flags

Jan 14, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The first drug approved by the FDA to treat fibromyalgia is raising questions, but not the typical ones about whether the medication works. They're questions about whether the disease even exists. Lyrica sales are up and climbing, but critics say giving a name to the chronic pain that characterizes fibromyalgia... More »

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FDA • drugs • disease • Pfizer • medication • Fybromyaglia • Lyrica

Did Bug Bites Do in Dinos?

Disease-carrying insects may have contributed to dinosaur extinction

Jan 9, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Disease-carrying insects may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago, entomologists write in a new book. Scientists found malaria and other parasitic pathogens in insects preserved in amber, and the same parasites were found in fossilized dinosaur waste, the Guardian reports. New plants, pollinated... More »

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disease • extinction • bug • dinosaur • insects • entomology • biodiversity • K T extinction

Breast Cancer Risk Seen for Latinos, Blacks

Scientists find higher prevalance of mutated gene in new study

Dec 26, 07 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer has been linked to Hispanic and young black women, according to a new study. The findings could lead to changes in screening, the San Jose Mercury News reports. In the survey of 3,181 women with breast cancer, 16.7%... More »

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cancer • health • breast cancer • genetics • disease • women • ovarian cancer • genetic mutation • BRCA1 • American Medical Association • black women • Hispanic

Humans Evolving
at Warp Speed

New research contradicts theory that easier life slowed development

Dec 11, 07 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The pace of human evolution switched to the fast track when people began forming agrarian societies 10,000 years ago, researchers have discovered. Scientists had theorized that evolution would slow as challenges to survival waned, but the opposite appears to be the case with changes occurring surprisingly quickly, the Los ... More »

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evolution • milk • disease • malaria • genetic mutation • genes • population • human evolution

DIY Gene Test: Get Results
in the Mail

New home exam lets users swab cheeks, send away for info

Nov 6, 07 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A new British company has developed a home DNA test that determines whether customers are genetically predisposed to ailments such as breast cancer, heart disease, obesity, and osteoporosis. Users scrape a cheek with a swab, sign a special waiver if they want to know results even for incurable diseases, such... More »

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obesity • cardiovascular disease • breast cancer • genetics • disease • genetic testing • heart disease • DNA • genetic screening • blood pressure • gene pool • osteoporosis

AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

'Unnerving' how long it existed 'below radar'

Oct 30, 07 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The AIDS virus reached America through Haiti, not directly from Africa, and far earlier than has been suspected—the 1960's, not the early 1980's, researchers have discovered. Scientists analyzed 25-year-old blood samples and used what they know of the virus' mutations to construct a rough timeline of the progression of... More »

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AIDS • disease • HIV • United States • Haiti • epidemic • virus

White House Scrubbed CDC's Climate Speech

Critics say Bush team deleted portions
on global warming

Oct 24, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House halved prepared testimony the CDC director gave to a Senate committee this week, zapping sections about diseases that might result from global warming. A Bush spokeswoman said the speech was not “watered down,” the AP reports, but sentences such as “scientific evidence supports the... More »

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climate change • disease • White House • testimony • Dana Perino • air pollution

The Beef Stops Here, but Why?

Health agents ask
why E. coli outbreak toppled Topps and
led to huge recall

Oct 7, 07 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest E. coli outbreak, which toppled Topps Meat and led to millions of recalled burgers, has stumped health agents. Muckrakers blame feedlots and abattoirs, saying bad animal diets increase infections when the meat mingles with innards, but others aren't so worried: "The reality is if you cook the... More »

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E. coli • disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Cargill • recall • Sam's Club • outbreak • Topps • ground beef • American Chef's Selection Angus Beef • National Meat Association • feedlots • Department of Agriculture

Scientists Devise 30-Minute
Bird Flu Test

Could be critical in containing outbreak
among humans

Sep 24, 07 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have developed a test that can identify bird flu in just 28 minutes, according to a study published this month in Nature Medicine. If bird flu mutates to a form readily passed among humans, rapid testing could be critical in identifying and containing an outbreak in its early stages.... More »

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disease • avian flu • outbreak

Stomach Bug Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Virus found in 80%
of sufferers

Sep 14, 07 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers seeking the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome have linked a group of intestinal viruses to the disease, according to a new study. About 80% of patients with the syndrome showed signs of enterovirus gut infections, compared to only about 20% of otherwise healthy volunteers. "It opens up a... More »

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disease • study • infection • virus • intestines • chronic fatigue syndrome • stomach bug

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