diseases, diorders and conditions

Can horses transmit infections to humans? Never say, “Neigh.” Some equine diseases absolutely are infectious to people, as an upcoming educational program will show. Historically, animal-borne infections affecting humans have included the plague, Lyme ...  

U.S., Canadian and British baby boomers are not practicing safe sex and as a result are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. In an editorial in the Student British Medical Journal, Rachel von Simson, final year medical student, and ...  

New commitments from partners will close the funding gap to eradicate Guinea worm disease and expedite progress toward the 2020 goals of elimination for lymphatic filariasis, blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness and leprosy, and control of soil-transmitted ...  

Researchers have found 31 regions on the genome that associate with biological indicators of common diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. These results may provide valuable insights into the biological processes of common and often ...  

"We are pleased with the sublicensing amendment with UCB, which we believe will add significant value to epratuzumab as a potential therapy for autoimmune diseases," commented Gerard G. Gorman, Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer.  

Vector Borne Diseases in Humanitarian Crises 5 Day Training Workshops Dates: 23rd – 27th April 2012 Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania The MENTOR Initiative has trained over 1000 people from National and International NGOs; Faith Based Organisations; UN ...  

London — Ten little-known but debilitating diseases will be high on the agenda of the world's pharmaceutical chiefs, health ministers and donor governments after they pledged their support for a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to wipe out ...  

(PhysOrg.com) -- A specific gene in corn seems to confer resistance to three important leaf diseases, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their university colleagues. The research team included Agricultural Research ...  

Throughout its five decades, St. Jude research has included work in cancer biology and genomics, pharmacogenomics, gene therapy, bone marrow transplant, drug discovery, radiation treatment, blood diseases and infectious diseases, integrated into ...  

It used to be joked that a consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is. These days, the opportunist is Big Pharma, which raises your insurance premiums and taxes while providing you “low-priced” drugs that you paid for.