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In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

  
  ProMED
Because of their common interest in zoonotic diseases and the similarity of infectious diseases in humans and animals, many human and animal disease experts believe that collaboration in a surveillance program would be beneficial to both and would eventually provide greater efficiency and decreased costs.
Diseases of animals and plants, as well as those of humans, affect human health and well-being; they contribute to malnutrition, a factor in human vulnerability to infectious diseases, and are subject to similar factors determining emergence.
These disease presentations, because of their severity and distinctiveness, have a reasonable likelihood of coming to the attention of health care workers and are relatively easy to recognize.
www.fas.org /promed/papers/proposal.html   (7421 words)

  
 List of diseases starting with a - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Start the List of diseases starting with a article or add a request for it.
Look for List of diseases starting with a in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for List of diseases starting with a in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_diseases_starting_with_a   (184 words)

  
 Factor X Deficiency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
List of diseases starting with F: Information From Answers.com...
Disease - Factor X deficiency - Hartford, Connecticut...
Disease - Factor X deficiency - Detroit, Michigan...
www.scienceoxygen.com /disease/867.html   (384 words)

  
 Eliminating Genetic Disease
Because some of the diseases exhibited by dogs are also evident in humans -- vWD is the most common human inherited blood disease -- some benefit could derive from canine research which would be of use in pursuing the human form of the same, or related, diseases.
Veterinarians should be able to recognize genetic diseases, and inform owners, breeders, and prospective breeders of their presence in dogs they examine and treat.
If genetic diseases are associated with conformance characteristics in an inseparable way, breed standards could be modified to eliminate the incentive for breeding to those characteristics once the underlying association has been identified.
www.netpets.com /dogs/reference/genetics/elimgen.html   (3436 words)

  
 List of diseases starting with D - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
List of diseases starting with D - Biocrawler
Dandy-walker malformation with mental retardation, basal ganglia disease, and seizures
You can find it there under the keyword List_of_rare_diseases/D (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rare_diseases/D)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_rare_diseases/Dandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_rare_diseases/D   (185 words)

  
 Tropical Diseases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For watery (non-bloody) diarrhea, fluid hydration is usually sufficient; for bloody diarrhea, need to start antibiotic or antiparacitic medicine in addition to prevention of dehydration.
Start antibiotic for traveler’s diarrhea as soon as possible.
Use easy-to-digest starches as starting foods—salted crackers, lightly salted oatmeal, rice cereal, lightly salted rice or noodle soups, etc. BRAT diet (banana, rice, apple sauce, and toast) is also good.
www.nativeplanet.org /health/disease.htm   (1616 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Atresia (congenital) or stenosis - due to deforming diseases: i.e., fibrous osteodystrophy, chronic purulent rhinitis and sinusitis, neoplasms of nose and sinuses, osteomyelitis.
Lens is metabolically active and it depends on diffusion to and from the aqueous humor, therefore it is highly susceptible to alterations in the composition or accessibility of the aqueous and to degeneration during other ophthalmic diseases, such as glaucoma and uveitis.
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) Disease of cattle caused by a herpesvirus.
www.afip.org /CLDavis/syllabi/eye.txt   (8075 words)

  
 List of diseases starting with B : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
List of diseases starting with B : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
A listing of diseases in the English wikipedia.
Berry aneurysm, cirrhosis, pulmonary emphysema, and cerebral calcification
www.llpoh.org /health-200x-2/List_of_diseases_starting_with_B.html   (62 words)

  
 HFA [ F a c t o r y F a r m i n g ]
Anemia, influenza, intestinal diseases, mastitis, metritis, orthostasis, pneumonia, and scours are only the beginning of a long list of ailments plaguing animals in factory farms.
Animals in factory farms are commonly infected with a number of pathogens capable of causing food-related illness and death that are transmitted to consumers in the flesh itself or through carcass contamination at the slaughterhouse.
Support HFA in its campaigns to protect farm animals from cruelty, to protect the public from food-borne disease and the chemicals used on factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of animal factories.
www.hfa.org /factory   (1934 words)

  
 Young Yorkies List of Congenital Diseases Among Yorkshire Terriers
Many dogs have advanced cases of this disease by the time they are examined by a veterinarian and medical treatment is not likely to work.
There is some chance of hypertension associated with Cushing's disease leading to retinal damage and blindness and cataracts are more common in dogs with Cushing's disease but these things have obvious clinical symptoms on an exam.
We have listed breeds for which there is a consensus among those investigating in this field and among veterinary practitioners, that the condition is significant in this breed.
www.yorkiebaby.com /Disease.html   (3724 words)

  
 International Council on Active Aging:Media
List the benefits you expect from your physical activity program, then make sure these are realistic and reasonable.
Build your list of benefits as you increase your physical activity-you'll be surprised at how long your list becomes.
List all the reasons to be physically active-things like decreasing stress or depression, stronger bones, greater strength and flexibility to help maintain independence, increased energy, better sleep, etc. Keep this list in a visible place as a daily reminder of the long-term rewards.
www.icaa.cc /PressInfo/elevenexperts2004.htm   (1573 words)

  
 Internet Public Library: Pathfinders
There are currently many books on starting up a small business, as you may have already noticed in your local library or bookstore.
Starting a Small Business is no small feat - it takes a lot of time and effort to seriously research and plan your own business.
The listed resources are in no way a comprehensive list, but rather a place to start from and expand.
www.ipl.org /div/pf/entry/48527   (803 words)

  
 ODA Plant Division Sudden Oak Death and Related Diseases
In 2003, this disease was reported for the first time in nurseries in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
A single spore is capable of starting an infection (i.e., canker).
If you see a host plant with suspicious disease symptoms, report it to the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture or the Oregon Dept. of Forestry immediately.
egov.oregon.gov /ODA/PLANT/path_sod_index.shtml   (667 words)

  
 The Autonomist - Logic Fallacies
It is especially important today that we be able to detect the spurious and fallacious arguments that eminate in a continuous stream from the media, our educators, political leaders, and so-called intellectuals.
It is hoped this list of fallacies will also help make such intended obfuscations of truth more obvious.
Equally "valid studies," are the basis for the vilification of cigarettes (cause cancer), the condemnation of high protein and fat diets (cause heart disease and stroke), and the forbidding of a host of chemicals and substances (dangerous to people or environment) all examples of how effective the correlation fallacy is.
usabig.com /autonomist/fallacies.html   (14595 words)

  
 All National Women's History Month Honorees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Starting in 1974, her massive works have brought together young people from different ethnic neighborhoods to explore their cultural histories and make connections to their lives today.
Dix started helping the mentally ill and prisoners when she visited the East Cambridge jail for women inmates in 1841.
She saw the horrible conditions in the jail where mental patients and prisoners were thrown together in filth, some chained or kept in cages.
www.nwhp.org /whm/all-honorees.html   (10878 words)

  
 Pesticides and Polio
The problem is still difficult, especially when viruses are considered as causative of chronic diseases (including several of the hepatitides), neoplastic diseases, and slowly progressive neurological diseases.
Yet, far from admitting a causal relationship [for polio and other diseases] so obvious that in any other field of biology it would be instantly accepted, virtually the entire apparatus of communication, lay and scientific alike, has been devoted to denying, concealing, suppressing, distorting and attempts to convert into its opposite, the overwhelming evidence.
Needless to say, the charge that DDT predisposed to poliomyelitis was dropped after the disease was controlled through the use of vaccines.
www.geocities.com /harpub   (2275 words)

  
 DogInfomat:
To that end, it is intended to: Educate the audience on the subject of genetic diseases in dogs.
They encourage breeders to perform genetic tests which then appear on their Registration Certificates, and strive to educate consumers to realize that terms "registration" and "champion" do not have the significance that we previously thought they had.
Many breed clubs have either formed or are investigating the formation of tax exempt foundations to pursue health issues within their breeds.
www.doginfomat.com /mason.htm   (3551 words)

  
 AAS Biographical Memoirs - Frank Macfarlane Burnet 1899-1985   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Burnet's first paper on animal virology was the demonstration that the causative agent of a disease of canaries was a poxvirus (82), a study that led to his lifelong devotion to the use of the developing egg as a laboratory animal.
After his retirement from the Hall Institute, Burnet continued to lecture and write on autoimmune diseases, and in 1972 he followed up the earlier technical book on the subject(175), written mainly by Mackay, with a second more general book of which he was sole author(176), designed for the 'physician or biologist', rather than the immunologist.
Initially his interest was in the ecology of the infectious diseases of man. His laboratory experience with the population genetics of bacteriophages and later of influenza virus was then applied to the populations of lymphocytes that make up the immune system, leading to the enunciation of the clonal selection theory of acquired immunity.
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/aasmemoirs/burnet.htm   (18287 words)

  
 Schizophrenia.com - Assisted and Involuntary Treatment for Schizophrenia
Approximately 40% of people with schizophrenia are unable to understand that they have the disease, because the part of the brain that is damaged by schizophrenia is also responsible for self-analysis.
For the 40-50% of people with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia who have only partial or no awareness due to the biological nature of the disease in their brains, a form of assisted treatment (if possible) may be a way to get them the treatment that will help to alleviate their symptoms.
For example, some programs might choose to enforce treatment compliance by taking the stance that their housing is limited to persons with psychiatric disorders, and an individual who chooses not to be in treatment is implying that he/she does not have such a disorder.
www.schizophrenia.com /invol.html   (2034 words)

  
 Fias Co Farm: Goat Information: goats, goat managment, health care, natural & holistic health care, kidding, ...
List of Wormers use for goats and their dosage amounts
My doe has kind of formed her udder, but her teats are still small and not starting to elongate.
Is it possible for a doe to start filling her udder and making milk without ever being pregnant?
fiascofarm.com /goats   (3821 words)

  
 List of rare diseases starting with O Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
List of rare diseases starting with O Information - TextSheet.com
You are here: Home » List of rare diseases starting with O
This list of rare diseases was originally taken from the NIH public domain resource at http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/diseases/diseases.asp.
www.textsheet.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_rare_diseases_starting_with_o.html   (83 words)

  
 NBC: Arkansas kids weigh in - Diet and Fitness - MSNBC.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had predicted that 30 percent of young people measured would be at risk or overweight, but the Arkansas numbers came in at 40 percent.
The urgent matter now is to “target young people because that’s the place to most likely prevent obesity from starting.
The topics of eating habits is also high on his list of behaviors to change for the overweight child.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5467044   (1051 words)

  
 [No title]
These results are incompatible with a placebo effect or natural remission of the disease, and indicate that the overall success rate is due to a genuine effect of the treatment regime.
Because patients often have to rethink their entire environment it was felt that it would be useful to start from scratch and build a new, environmentally safe Unit which would then be functional on two levels: 1.) As an allergy assessment unit and 2.) As a demonstration of ecologically safe building methods.
Pharmaceutical agents such as penicillin and industrial chemicals including toluene diisocyanate, which is extensively used in the paint, varnish, plastics and the electronics industry, are known to trigger mast cell degranulation in sensitized subjects, sometimes at extremely low concentrations.
www.aehf.com /articles/87symp.htm   (6817 words)

  
 Genome FAQs File
See a list of post-sequencing research challenges on the Sequencing Fact Sheet.
See an index of the primary papers published about the sequence and a list of insights learned from this information.
Contributions to this answer were made by Morey Parang and Richard Mural formerly of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Mark Adams formerly of The Institute of Genome Research.
www.ornl.gov /hgmis/faq/faqs1.html   (1948 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I was wondering whether AskMen.com had some sort of newsletter or mailing list available.
We compiled a list of the most popular colognes according to AskMen readers, which you can find by checking out Men's Top Colognes: When & Where.
If you'd like to start scanning them starting with the letter "A," just click here.
www.askmen.com /editor/1_10/faq.html   (3522 words)

  
 Folding@Home FAQ
We are now moving to other important proteins used in structural biology studies of folding as well as proteins involved in disease.
Suggestions for solving this are closing other applications when the screen saver is running, and setting the wait time higher (perhaps 5 or 10 minutes), so that the screen saver won't come on while you are working.
This is to prevent users from inadvertently closing down Folding@home, since it takes a short while to start processing every time it starts up.
www.stanford.edu /group/pandegroup/folding/faq.html#project.own   (5587 words)

  
 Nutrition, Healing, Health, Protein, Fat, Carbohydrate & Cholesterol Science.
The bottom line in the prevention of heart disease, diabetes and cancer is a diet low in carbohydrates and low in hydrogenated vegetable oils.
James F. Fixx wrote two books on the health benefits of exercise and running, but he died in 1984 from a heart attack at a young age of 52 in his running shoes on a daily run.
The list of amino acids, their descriptions and the diseases caused by their deficiencies is listed.
www.biblelife.org /vitamins.htm   (10461 words)

  
 InspiRING - Autoimmune Disease
Also aligned with a support group for people with the disease or their family members and caretakers.
Angels for Hope crochets angels, butterflies and smiley faces to those who are severely injured and/or chronically ill, as well as their caregivers, or just someone that needs hope free of charge - as a tangible reminder that you are not alone, that others care, and that we remember you in our thoughts and prayers.
A starting point for Christians who want to find practical health tips or learn about medical problems like chronic fatigue, fibromylgia, cancer, digestive system problems, allergies, yeast problems and much more.
l.webring.com /hub?ring=lvngwell   (2150 words)

  
 Electronic Journals and Periodicals in Psychology and Related Fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If you know of any electronic journals that are not on this list do not hesitated to contact me at krantzj@hanover.edu.
Starting with Volume 8 it is published both electronically and in print.
Psicologica {Starting with the third issue, this journal is available in full text form on line.
psych.hanover.edu /Krantz/journal.html   (3041 words)

  
 Melanoma Introduction - Skin diseases, conditions and procedures on MedicineNet.com
In other words, instead of describing the disease in exhaustive detail, I will try to help answer the questions: "How do I know if I have melanoma?" and "Should I should be checked for it?"
Moles may be flat or raised, and they may range in color from tan to light brown to fl.
Cancer - Explains cancer, which is an abnormal growth and disease of cells.
www.medicinenet.com /melanoma_introduction/article.htm   (492 words)

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