Classical music moves the heart in vegetative patients
Tuesday 7th September 2010
Classical music pulls at the heartstrings of people in a vegetative state as well as those of healthy listeners. If you play music to vegetative patients, their heart rate changes in the same way as that of healthy controls, suggesting that music can affect the neural systems even when conscious thought is impossible. More...
Rabies on Bali update (Sep)
Tuesday 7th September 2010
The rabies situation in Bali does not appear to be improving. The total number of deaths officially reported at the end of '08 is 78. So far no tourist has been involved. The number of dog-bites has increased steeply in the last several months; 36,000 dog-bite incidents this year, which compares to 24,000 for all of '09. More...
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 37
Tuesday 7th September 2010
The MOH Egypt has announced a new A(H5N1) case of a 33yo female from Qaluibia governorate. She developed symptoms on 17 Aug, was hospitalized on 24 Aug, where she received oseltamivir treatment, and died on 26 Aug. Investigations indicated exposure to sick and dead poultry. More...
World's first plastic antibody works in mice
Tuesday 31st August 2010
Antibodies made entirely from plastic have saved the lives of mice injected with bee venom - the first time such a strategy has worked in live animals. Researchers say it is the first step towards customised antibodies for a host of other medical applications, from treating poisonings to combating infection. More...
Avian Influenza - update 115
Monday 30th August 2010
Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia. In India, the current national influenza H1N1 2009 epidemic first began during late May and June 2010. More...
eMedicine
Wednesday 25th August 2010
A 61-Year-Old Man With Crampy Abdominal Pain.
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Gene variant role in Parkinson's uncovered
Tuesday 24th August 2010
A tiny, gene-regulating snippet of RNA may play a role in Parkinson's disease. Bingwei Lu, a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California, has shown that a microRNA sequence which suppresses certain genes is linked to the death of brain cells in fruit flies. More...
Malaysian Parks Closed Following Fatal Infections
Tuesday 24th August 2010
Malaysia has closed parks and warned the public about swimming and dumping trash in rivers after up to 10 people died from a disease spread by rats. Several parks throughout the country have been closed since the first deaths last month. The latest death from the bacterial disease leptospirosis was 21st Aug. More...
POEMs em portuguese
Tuesday 24th August 2010
Não há diferenças entre a aplicação de calor ou frio na contratura lombar ou cervical.
O que é mais efetivo para adultos com contratura lombar ou cervical: uma compressa quente ou fria?
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Plague in Peru
Monday 23rd August 2010
As of 30 Jul the MOH Peru confirmed 17 cases of plague in Ascope province of Department La Libertad. The onset of symptoms for the last reported case of pneumonic plague was on 11 July. During investigations strains of the Yersinia. pestis plague organism were isolated in humans, rodents and domestic cats. More...
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