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NEWS ABOUT: parasites

parasites stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

 'Better' Pork Carries 
 Big Health Risks  

Free-range pork may relieve your guilt, but bother your tummy

Apr 10, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Free-range pork sounds better for everyone involved, especially the pig. But exposure to the outdoors means exposure to dangerous pathogens, from salmonella to toxoplasmosis to the deadly parasite trichinosis, writes James McWilliams for the New York Times. "Free range is like piggy day care, a thoughtfully arranged system designed... More »

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agriculture • parasites • farming • salmonella • pig • farm • pork • locavore • toxoplasmosis • trichinosis • free range

OPINION

Pay for Soup, Enjoy Insects, Mold Free

FDA's classification
of food 'defects'
a slippery slope

Feb 13, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - If you're eating, stop reading now: The FDA's rules on foreign matter in food products are a veritable entomology lesson. Maggots, fly eggs, rodent droppings, grit, mold, burlap, cigarette butts, and parasites are all OK with the agency in limited quantities, writes EJ Levy in the New York Times, adding,... More »

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food • parasites • FDA • food contamination • insects • mold

 Scientists Building
 Better Bug Spray 

Pepper compounds keep mosquitoes away 3 times longer than top dog DEET

May 27, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have found bug repellents that keep mosquitoes from biting for up to 73 days, WebMD reports. Compounds found in pepper kept bugs away nearly three times as long as industry leader DEET, which manages just 17.5 days under the same conditions—though a normal human would sweat or... More »

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parasites • research • bug • insects • DEET • insect repellent

New Approach Targets Tough Parasitic Illness

Insect-borne disease infects 11M annually

Dec 27, 07 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A new way to test for Chagas disease offers hope for combating the insect-borne ailment, which can otherwise go unnoticed for years, Reuters reports. The new method involves screening children in small areas where exterminators find the most disease-carrying bugs instead of having to test bigger populations. The disease infects... More »

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Latin America • parasites • study • public health • medical research • insects • disease control

Bigfoot Sighting Revealed to be Big Mistake

Bad case of mange made bear look like legendary Sasquatch

Nov 8, 07 6:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania hunter's footage of a "juvenile Sasquatch" has been discredited after officials said the star of the show was actually an unhealthy bear. Same deal for a Texas rancher who claimed to have captured a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican goat-killer, but had in fact only bagged a coyote.... More »

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parasites • Texas • Pennsylvania • coyote • chupacabra • bigfoot • Sasquatch • mange

(Newser) - Genetically modified mosquitoes that cannot pass on malaria may help reduce the spread of the disease that now causes a million deaths a year, mostly children. A new study shows that the lab-designed bugs could out-breed their natural competition, eventually driving them out altogether and eliminating the route through which... More »

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evolution • parasites • health • disease • malaria • tropical diseases • genetic modification • research • mosquito

Is Your Cat Making You Neurotic?

Mar 15, 07 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A parasite that reproduces in cats, previously linked to schizophrenia in infected humans, has now, bizarrely, been implicated in mass personality changes in geographic areas where incidence of infection is high. A U.S. Geological Survey study of 39 countries shows that high infection rates of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite... More »

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pets • parasites • health • schizophrenia • infection • neuroticism • cat

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