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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Whatever your age, size or shape it’s important to take care of your breasts. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, so it’s important to look after your breasts by being breast aware.
Being breast aware is an important part of caring for your body. It means getting to know how your breasts [...]
The often cited statistic is that one in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives, but that actually is a misunderstanding. If a woman lives to be 80, she has a 14 percent chance of contracting the disease. At 50, the chance is only about 2 percent. And when breast [...]
Heart attack is most often caused by narrowing of the arteries by cholesterol plaque and their subsequent rupture. This is known as atherosclerotic heart disease (AHSD) or coronary artery disease (CAD).
Classic symptoms of a heart attack may include: chest pain that may be described as tightness, fullness, a pressure or an ache. profuse sweating and [...]
Male middle-aged still have higher rates of heart attacks and heart disease than middle-aged women, but they seem narrower gender differences, according to a study published Monday.
Women have been considered largely protected from heart attack and stroke before menopause because of hormonal influences. But the increasing rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-aged women [...]
