Source: EBV-Multiple Sclerosis Jan 14, 2022 4 months ago
EBV-Multiple Sclerosis: A new study by led researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has discovered that the Epstein-Barr Virus could possibly be the leading cause of multiple sclerosis!
Multiple sclerosis or MS is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system of unknown etiology. It is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord, ca...
Source: Thailand Medical News - Salmonella infantis Nov 07, 2021 7 months ago
Its November 2021, almost coming to 3 years and 7 months, since America's top disease detectives noticed a rare and virulent strain of salmonella circulating in the food ecosystem primarily in poultry meat but even as entities like the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. CDC are aware of this dangerous pathogen circulating in the food supply chains, nothing is being done due to lobb...
Vaccines are basically meant to protect individuals against a disease but in some cases the things could go wrong and backfire especially when proper studies are not conducted and things are expedited over monetary concerns.
The WHO or World Health Organization finally admitted that a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad, a week after ...
Influenza: A new large population-based study led by the US CDC and in collaboration with numerous institutions has shown that acute cardiovascular events, especially heart failure and ischemic heart disease, were found to be common among patients hospitalized with influenza.
The researchers suggest that vaccination is particularly important among those with cardiovascular risk factors.
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TB Treatments: New protocols involving the drugs Bedaquiline and Delamanid for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have shown early effectiveness in 85 percent of patients in a cohort that included many individuals with serious comorbidities that would have excluded them from clinical trials, according to the results of a new international study.
The clinical trial results, based on...
Source: Toxoplasma Gondii Aug 01, 2020 2 years ago
Toxoplasma Gondii: A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA) indicates that more than two billion people are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats and contaminated meat, but most will never show symptoms and the research findings could have important implications for brain infections, neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune disorders.
The study...
Meningitis: The US CDC is warning about the emergence of a new strain of antibiotic-resistant meningitis bacteria.
Neisseria meningitidis
A detailed analysis of meningococcus isolates from US health departments has identified a novel strain of ciprofloxacin-resistant and beta-lactamase–producing Neisseria meningitidis, scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
Lyme Disease affects about 320,000 individuals in America each year and much more all over the world. The disease is caused by the spirochete bacteria: Borrelia burgdorferi which is transmitted by an infected tick bite. Typical symptoms can include arthritis, cardiac and neurological problems if left untreated. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characte...
Lyme Disease: The Canadian Medical Association is warning doctors and the general public about unusual clinical manifestations of Lyme Disease and has published three articles in its journal CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) to better illustrate this new emerging symptoms and clinical manifestations.
Some of these diverse symptoms include heart abnormalities, atypical skin lesio...
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