Medics Diary

South America health authorities reported that “they are prepared to deal with a possible strong epidemic of dengue, which is a viral disease transmitted by a mosquito bite that causes high fever, headaches, joint pain, diarrhea and vomiting.
They are worried about the most affected countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay and the emergence of the most dangerous variant of the disease, ‘the so-called severe dengue “, formerly known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)’. [Read the rest of this entry...]

NanoViricides, Inc., reported that it has signed a research and development agreement with Dr. Eva Harris laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
Under this agreement, Dr. Harris and colleagues will evaluate the effectiveness of nanoviricides (R) drug candidates against various dengue virus. Cell culture models and in vivo animal studies will be used to test drug candidates. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute disease caused by one of the 4 serotypes of dengue virus, characterized by bleeding manifestations and tendentious can cause shock and death.
Approximately 2.5 billion people, or two-fifths of the world’s population, are now at risk from dengue.The disease is now endemic in over 100 countries.Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian countries. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. [Read the rest of this entry...]

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Low-dose radiation from mammograms and chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer in young women who are already at high risk because of family history or genetic susceptibility, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.
They said high-risk women, especially those under 30, may want to consider switching to an alternative screening method such as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, which does not involve exposure to radiation. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Going to the hospital may be hazardous to your health. If you don’t believe it, check out a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
An international group of researchers examined data on 13,796 adult patients from 1,265 hospitals in 75 countries who were unlucky enough to be in an intensive care unit on May 8, 2007. Here’s a summary of what they found: [Read the rest of this entry...]

Lupus is a disease that can affect many parts of the body and occurs when the immune system – the body’s natural defence against infections – goes wrong.
It is estimated that about 50,000 people in the UK may have lupus, of whom 90% will be female.

What is the cause?
The exact cause is not known, but certain triggers, such as viral infections and changes in hormone levels at puberty, the menopause and following pregnancy, have been linked to lupus. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences announced Monday that its experimental lupus drug has completed its final round of testing at a higher dose and will be headed to the Food and Drug Administration for approval.
The latest round of studies on the experimental drug Benlysta showed that a sufficient number of lupus patients given a higher dosage of the drug showed improvement after a year, which enabled the drug to meet its target. A lower dosage of the drug did not meet that target. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Cancer is one of the most preventable life-threatening diseases facing Americans today.Cancer prevention is easier than you think. With a few simple lifestyle changes, you can drastically reduce your risk of many types of cancer. You can significantly reduce your risk for cancer by:
1. improving your diet
-Reduce your risk for cancer by improving your diet.New research shows that as many as one-third of all cancer deaths are linked to diet and physical activity. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Low blood cholesterol levels reduces the risk of not only heart disease but also cancer.
The findings should help ease longstanding fears that low cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of cancer, said Dr. Demetrius Albanes, a senior investigator at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and an author of one of two reports in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. [Read the rest of this entry...]