News articles tagged with 'sickness'
New face of sleeping sickness epidemiology highlights need for new tools
— 23 Feb 2011 19:47 | HealthRecent developments have rekindled hopes of eliminating human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), more familiarly known as sleeping sickness, as a public health problem in those areas of…
Researchers identify gene associated with kidney disease in African-American population
— 16 Jul 2010 12:28 | HealthKidney disease is a growing public health problem, with approximately half a million individuals in the US requiring dialysis treatments to replace the function of their failed kidneys.…
Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
— 15 Jun 2010 02:47 | HealthFresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease…
Scientists share secret of how our cells make us tick
— 24 Mar 2010 12:28 | HealthScientists have shed light on a key control process within cells that helps ensure our bodies function efficiently…
Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements
— 16 Dec 2009 13:41 | HealthThe northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research…
Researchers call for new space headache category following astronauts' survey
— 3 Jun 2009 18:25 | HealthResearchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia…
The climate change increases cholera cases in Africa
— 24 Apr 2009 18:57 | HealthA study lead by researchers from the Madrid Carlos III Institute of Health associates the increase of cholera cases in Zambia with climatic factors. For the first time, the results…
Weak social ties at workplace increase risk of burn-out
— 8 Apr 2009 11:27 | HealthLong-term leaves of absence tied to stress-related diagnoses are often preceded by a long period without any secure and comforting social relations. This is shown in a recently published…
Revealing secrets of 'African sleeping sickness'
— 28 Oct 2008 12:46 | HealthScientists in the United Kingdom and Russia are reporting identification of a long-sought chink in the armour of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease…
Reason for sickness absence can predict employee deaths
— 22 Oct 2008 10:26 | HealthEmployees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence…