U.S. researchers of an ultrasound device developed, with the slightest changes in a tissue can be detected. Similar to the search for tiny damage in the wings of the aircraft so that tissue changes in cancer or lung disease should be followed by the propagation of ultrasonic waves is analyzed…
10 Deadly Diseases That Hopped Across Species
Bacteria and viruses that are deadly to one type of creature can evolve quickly to infect another. While the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) is the latest example,a host of infectious and deadly diseases have hopped from animals to humans and even from humans to animals. The cross-species infection…
How many rare diseases are there?
Some diseases are like black swans. They occur so rarely that many physicians never encounter them in their clinical practice, complicating efforts to treat them. How many rare diseases are there? According to a new study co-led by University of New Mexico data scientist Tudor Oprea, MD, Ph.D., no one…
Undiagnosed diseases program finds novel genetic variant
The Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently found a previously unknown genetic variant that is believed to account for a severe movement disorder in a young woman. In a case study published in the Sept. 9, 2019 issue of Neurology, the journal of the American…
Adults with cerebral palsy about twice as likely to develop non-communicable diseases
Adults with cerebral palsy are about twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory disease compared to adults without cerebral palsy, according to a new study led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and Brunel University London. The study compared 1,700 adults with cerebral palsy and…
Florida Man Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria — Without Touching Water Where It's Typically Found
A Florida man contracted a flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio without ever coming into contact with the warm, brackish water where it typically lives, officials say. Tyler King was at work in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, last week when his left arm starting to swell, according to CBS News. He took…
Scientists discover complex connections between social dynamics and diseases
Large gatherings—from music festivals to religious pilgrimages to sporting events—have long been known to increase risks of infectious disease outbreaks. Now results from an NSF-funded study led by UC Berkeley researchers associate even small-scale community gatherings with increased transmission of diarrheal diseases. The results are published in the American Journal…
Acute abdominal pain (acute Abdomen)
Strong and sudden abdominal pain Acute and severe abdominal pain as an emergency: the term acute Abdomen or acute abdomen to collect various abdominal diseases in which suddenly, a life-threatening condition can occur. Accompanies the acute Abdomen of the most violent, strong abdominal pain, colic occur fast or permanently. Often,…
Breaking the vicious cycles of age-related diseases
Biologist Aleksey Belikov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed that rapid progression of age-related diseases may result from the formation of so-called vicious cycles. An example of this is when toxic products of a biochemical reaction trigger that same reaction to happen again. The study, published…
Waist-to-size ratio shows the risk for many diseases
For years experts warn of too much belly fat, because it increases the risk for cardiovascular disease. According to a Brazilian study, however, are compromised of active, normal-weight men, the relationship between waist circumference and the body size is close to the normal. More and more study data suggest that…
This toilet-we all make mistakes on the toilet
Toilet visit: the failure of pathogen spread when flushing Wr speaks about his toilet? Most of the people assume some of the habits in the toilet, as you have learned from the parents. After that, the topic of toilet is taboo. This is exactly why but most of them do…