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36 min ago | CNN

Vitamins: Not such a good thing?

In fact, while you might think that vitamins are great in any quantity, Offit urges you to take a step back and think before swallowing the equivalent of eight cantaloupes in a single dose.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vitamin C, Supplement, Vitamin A, Health, Lung Cancer

1 hr ago | CBS Local

Health: Study Shows HPV Vaccine Effective At Reducing Cases Of Disease

The research, which was published in the June issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to compare the proportion of women aged 14-59 with certain types of human papillomavirus before the start of the vaccine initiative in 2006 with the prevalence of the disease after the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health, HPV, Medicine, Life, Food, Nutrition

4 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

Kylin Therapeutics, Inc. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and...

It develops and delivers RNA interference based therapeutics. The company offers pRNA, a RNA-based nanoparticle system to treat cancer, infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology, West Lafayette, IN

8 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

Tecan CavroA components help in the battle against infectious diseases

The NESDEP IU Molecular Diagnostic System is designed to detect a wide range of pathogens, offering femtomolar specificity from ultra small sample sizes.

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Related Topix: Medicine

10 hrs ago | WHBF-TV Rock Island

Lexington physician becomes president of AMA

Ardis Dee Hoven is an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist. The AMA said in a statement Monday that Hoven has spent her career taking care of patients with infectious diseases, including HIV and AIDS from their discovery in the early 1980s through the current era of improved prognoses.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Asia News Network

Ha Noi: Us offers to help Vietnam fight emerging epidemics

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has said her country is committed to working with Vietnam to combat emerging epidemics, especially infectious diseases, and to promote the transfer of technology to fight HIV/AIDS.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Vietnam, Medicine, Nguyen Tan Dung, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health, Bird Flu

Newkerala.com

Vaccination at frontiers to make India polio free

Agartala, June 18 : To make the country polio-free, the central government has asked all the border states to step up thier vaccination efforts to cover all the children entering the country, a Tripura minister said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health, World News, India, Medicine

Flathead Beacon

The Battle Against Transmitted Diseases Wages On

Last month more than 1,300 women attended a health fair hosted by the Center for Prevention and Wellness in Pablo.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Montana Government, Montana, HPV

Big News Network.com

First complete viral load profile of a MERS-CoV

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health, Medicine

The Atlantic

Study: Infections May Make Us More Vulnerable to Depression

PROBLEM: Standard symptoms associated with infectious diseases can include fatigue, loss of appetite, apathy, decreased social interaction, impaired concentration, and sleep disturbances.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Medical News Today

Treating One Infection May Worsen Another

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 18 Jun 2013 - 2:00 PDT A study of wild mice, which typically carry several parasitic infections at a time, finds treating one infection may worsen another.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Biology, Science

Mon Jun 17, 2013

BioSpace

Medicago, Inc. Granted Patent for Influenza Virus-Like Particles in Plants

Patent Number 2173886, titled "Influenza virus-like particles comprising hemagglutinin produced within a plant", will provide patent coverage for Medicago in "The coverage offered by this patent strengthens Medicago's position as we expand the development of our influenza vaccine programs," said Frederic Ors, Medicago's Vice President of Business ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicago, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

Weyburn Review

Earliest known MERS outbreak, in Jordan, infected at least 10 people

A colourized transmission of the MERS coronavirus that emerged in 2012 is shown.

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Related Topix: Jordan, World News, Middle East, Medicine, Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Saudi Arabia

Infection Control Today

Rotavirus Vaccine Given to Newborns in Africa is Effective

Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana.

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Scientific American

U.S. Bioterror Detection Program Comes Under Scrutiny

A cutting-edge biological terror alert system detected a potential threat in the air one morning back in 2008, threatening to derail then-Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech in Denver for his party's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Illinois, Illinois Government, Democrat, Medicine, W., State of the Union, Terrorism

Canada Online Explorer

Only 5% of people wash their hands properly: Study

While washing your hands is the best way to defend against the spread of infectious diseases, a new study from Michigan State University finds that when it comes to hand washing in restrooms, most of us do a poor job.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Michigan State University

Medical News Today

Vitamin C Reduces Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (Asthma) Symptoms

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet ; Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 17 Jun 2013 - 5:00 PDT New research in Switzerland reveals that vitamin C consumption can reduce the risk of developing bronchoconstriction caused by exercise.

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Related Topix: Vitamin C, Supplement, Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health, Common Cold

Daily Press & Argus

Many go unprotected from shingles

A retired firefighter warns it's 'like someone had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck,' in a Merick TV commercial for the shingles vaccine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Chickenpox

Channelnewsasia.com

TTSH beefs up research on evolving infectious diseases

Clinicians from Tan Tock Seng Hospital and budding scientists from Singapore Polytechnic will join hands to conduct research on bacterial genome sequencing, dengue as well as superbug MRSA, among others.

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Related Topix: Medicine, World News, Indonesia, MRSA, Health

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Scoop

Blood pressure cuffs vectors for organism transmission

Blood pressure cuffs are potential vectors for transmission of multi-resistant organisms , according to a study published in the latest issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia , the journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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Related Topix: Medicine