News articles tagged with 'epidemic'
Current projections greatly underestimate impact of Haitian cholera epidemic
— 16 Mar 2011 13:31 | HealthCurrent projections regarding the eventual size and extent of the cholera epidemic in Haiti may greatly underestimate the potential number of cases, according to a report that will…
Weight-loss surgery successful in treating overweight adolescents
— 5 Mar 2011 14:12 | Health'Bariatric surgery' refers to several different surgical procedures designed to assist weight loss by limiting the amount of food someone eats or the amount they absorb during digestion.…
Flu reduction policies don't need to start at the beginning of an outbreak, study suggests
— 11 Feb 2011 16:33 | HealthIt might be better to implement policies to reduce the impact of a flu epidemic a few weeks after the start of an outbreak rather than straight away, according to a new study that uses…
Widespread school closures needed to stop strain on hospitals during epidemics
— 3 Feb 2011 17:45 | HealthSelective schools closures has been considered as a means of reducing transmission between children and hence reducing the number of cases at the peak of an epidemic but new research…
Boys will infect boys, swine flu study shows
— 1 Feb 2011 21:36 | HealthBoys predominantly pass on flu to other boys and girls to girls, according to a new study of how swine flu spread in a primary school during the 2009 pandemic, published today in the…
Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, Stanford study shows
— 3 Jan 2011 18:41 | HealthAn expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new…
Data mining depression
— 3 Dec 2010 17:20 | HealthCould information technology and data mining techniques be used to improve the diagnosis and treatment of depression? That's the question scientists in Australia hope to have answered…
Common strain of bacteria found in patients with cystic fibrosis in Canada
— 17 Nov 2010 11:05 | HealthA common transmissible strain of the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been identified among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in Canada, suggesting that cross-infection has occurred…
30 years on in the epicentre of the African AIDS epidemic
— 13 Nov 2010 10:02 | HealthThe impact of 30 years of HIV on an area once described as the epicentre of the African AIDS epidemic will be discussed at a lecture hosted by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in…
Yersinia pestis clearly identified as the cause of the big plague epidemic of the Middle Ages
— 9 Oct 2010 09:11 | HealthThe latest tests conducted by anthropologists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have proven that the bacteria Yersinia pestis was indeed the causative agent behind the…