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Neglected Tropical Diseases
Not a Bulletin Buruli Ulcer is one of several diseases that are barely known because their devastation is not as global as malaria, or HIV/AIDS. Yet, the Neglected Tropical Diseases affect over ... .com Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa ...
Lyme group wants action on tick disease
Erythema_migrans_-_erythematous_rash_in_Lyme_disease_-_PHIL_9875.jpg Debilitating Lyme disease is a growing concern in the Netherlands. A patients’ association has collected more than 65,000 signatures calling for government action on the tick-borne disease. The Dutch ...
Haiti survivors facing disease outbreaks
. The WHO says medical teams have been reporting a growing number of cases of the diseases over the past few ... number of violent assaults and rape cases. (contagious diseases, Haiti, increased crime ...
Mobile phones may prevent Alzheimer's disease
appears to offer protection against Alzheimer's disease, at least in mice. Researchers in the United ... after extended exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Those that already had the disease were cured ... the disease. For years there have been suspicions that mobile phones may actually cause brain tumours ...
Mysterious virus hits Ukraine
. Almost 40,000 Ukrainians have contracted the disease. Around 100 are in hospital. In the west ... from reaching it. Who is this man? His profile on biomedexperts.com says he is a plant disease expert ... stossel susteren. Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan It's BORAT Disease! It's BORAT Disease! Nope ...
Philippines threatened by disease after floods
the spread of disease. In the wake of the floods, diseases such as leptospirosis, which is caused by rat urine, have broken out. The disease has already claimed close to 100 lives. The E. coli bacterium ...
New drug project for tropical diseases
to promote drug development for the treatment of two deadly tropical diseases – African sleeping sickness ... Pharmaceuticals, Mercachem, Nycomed, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, the Royal Tropical Institute ... and both are high on the WHO’s list of neglected diseases for which no medication is available. This new ...
Bird disease threatens Dutch greenfinch
have died following an infection with Trichomonas gallinae , and the disease appears to have spread ... , the disease called "canker"or "frounce" in English, and & ... told NRC Handelsblad that the disease is probably caused by a hitherto unknown strain of Trichomonas ...
Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa
Mosquito.jpg By Aveseh Asough Buruli Ulcer is one of several diseases ... /AIDS. In Africa, because of ignorance around such diseases , people believe they are caused by witchcraft. To create awareness around the issue, the Unites Nations decided in 1994 to group these diseases into what ...
A needful obsession with medicine and disease?
We always dread the We always dread the unkown:unknown people, countries and diseases. Knowing about ... (global, health, medicine, Mexican flu dossier, swine flu, Tropen museum, tropical diseases) ...
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