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News | Archive (17 May 2010)
Challenging the use of routine repeated chest X-rays in certain patients
— 14:45 GMT | HealthYou expect to find leading experts in the fields of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine presenting their research at the annual ATS International Conference - physicians and professors, basic scientists, fellows and post-docs, certainly. High school students? Not so much…
Google Flu Trends estimates off
— 14:45 GMT | HealthGoogle Flu Trends is not as accurate at estimating rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza as CDC national surveillance programs, according to a new study from the University of Washington…
Sleep apnea may increase insulin resistance
— 14:45 GMT | HealthSleep apnea may cause metabolic changes that increase insulin resistance, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre. The intermittent hypoxia associated with sleep apnea causes a distinct drop in insulin sensitivity in mice, even though chronic hypoxia, such as that associated with high altitude, did not…
Australian researchers identify a new disease
— 14:45 GMT | HealthResearchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) and the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital have identified a previously undiagnosed condition and successfully treated it by performing an experimental stem cell transplant…
Institute underlines the need to maintain programs for monitoring pathogens in wildlife
— 14:45 GMT | HealthThe Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker-Tecnalia) has completed a study commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Land Use Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government, in which individuals of various species of wild carnivores were investigated in order to know the types and frequencies of diseases affecting them. The study was restricted to the Basque Country and showed the presence of pathogens such as Salmonella, Yersinia, Toxoplasma, Trichinella and Sarcoptes. In addition to these, finding of other agents represent their first description in Basque wildlife. This is the case of some species of Bartonella, Angiostrongylus and the fungus Coccidioides immitis. These findings confirm the importance of maintaining surveillance programs on the pathology of wildlife…
Catalogue of Life 2010 launched at UN Biodiversity Meeting in Nairobi
— 14:45 GMT | BiologyThe world's most valuable asset, on which we all depend, is silently slipping through our fingers - it is the world's astounding biodiversity, in some cases lost before it is even discovered. A catalogue detailing 1.25 million species of organisms across the world is releasing a special edition to mark the International Year of Biodiversity…
Newly discovered: The Pinocchio of frogs, gargoyle-faced gecko and world's smallest wallaby
— 14:44 GMT | BiologyA scientific expedition to a pristine wilderness once dubbed 'The Lost World' by Western media has revealed a stunning diversity of spectacular species, many of which are believed to be new to science, Conservation International (CI) and the National Geographic Society announced today, during a week that will mark the 2010 International Day for Biological Diversity…
DFA unreliable in H1N1 testing in critically ill patients
— 14:44 GMT | HealthDirect Immunofluorescence Assay (DFA) testing for H1N1 influenza ('swine flu') is unreliable in ICU patients, according to a new study from Stanford University. Multiple methods exist for diagnosing influenza, but data on the utility and accuracy of these tests for H1N1 are still emerging, given the relatively recent onset of the epidemic…
Lung disease may be genetic, despite lack of family history
— 14:44 GMT | HealthPatients who encounter serious lung diseases in middle age, despite an absence of family history or other predisposing factors, may still have their genes to blame, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health…
Sacred Himalayan sites bring together religious leaders, conservationists
— 14:44 GMT | EnvironmentThe Sacred Himalayan Landscape extends from Langtang National Park in central Nepal through the Kangchenjunga region in Sikkim and Darjeeling in India to Toorsa Strict Nature Reserve in western Bhutan…
Whirligig beetle named after the music legend Roy Orbison
Traces of the Martian past in the Terby crater