and reduce the risk of rabies and other diseases is now the focus of a new effort by the Wildlife Conservation Society the Peregrine Fund and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
Dr. Steve Zack Coordinator of Bird Conservation at WCS who is working with Dr. Kendall
and risk of disease. â#¢Different foods provide different types of fat. Some fats improve your health (omega-3s help your heart
and brain) while some are detrimental to your health (trans fat increases heart disease risk factors).
when designing public health messagesâ#concludes Dr. Choi. â#oeresults from this study suggest that messages about the lack of evidence on e-cigarettes being cessation aids
First author Theodore R. Holford professor of biostatistics and member of Yale Cancer Center and six other researchers who are part of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Intervention
Senior author on the study was David Levy of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.
and Jihyoun Jeon and Suresh Moolgavkar of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center. This study was funded in part by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (R01-CA-152956.
Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Yale university. The original article was written by Michael Greenwood.
Although in several countries substantial uncertainty remains in monitoring tobacco exposure and estimating the disease burden associated with it there can be no doubt that both are large.
#Researchers target cancer stem cells in malignant brain tumorsresearchers at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Department of Neurosurgery identified immune system targets on cancer
Like normal stem cells cancer stem cells have the ability to self-renew and generate new cells
if the cancer stem cells can be destroyed a tumor may not be able to sustain itself
but if the cancer originators are removed not or destroyed a tumor will continue to return despite the use of existing cancer-killing therapies.
The researchers identified certain fragments of a protein--CD133--that is found on cancer stem cells of some brain tumors and other cancers.
In the laboratory they cultured the proteins with dendritic cells the immune system's most powerful antigen-presenting cells
CD133 is one of several proteins made at high levels in the cancer stem cells of glioblastoma multiforme.
Because this protein appears to be associated with resistance of the cancer stem cells to treatment with radiation
We have found at least two fragments of the protein that can be targeted to trigger an immune response to kill tumor cells.
if the response would be strong enough to prevent a tumor from coming back but we now have a human clinical trial underway to assess safety for further study said John Yu MD vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery director of surgical neuro-oncology medical director
#Dietary fibers protect against asthma, study suggeststhe Western diet probably has more to do with the asthma epidemic than has been assumed so far
because developing asthma is related to the amount of fruit and vegetables consumed. Gut bacteria ferment the dietary fibers contained in them
and fatty acids enter the blood as a result influencing the immune response in the lungs. This has been shown by a research project funded by The swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF.
In the West an increasing number of people have developed allergic asthma in the past fifty years. But dietary habits have changed also during the same period:
A team of researchers led by Benjamin Marsland from Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) has shown in experiments with mice that the lack of fermentable fibers in people's diet paves the way for allergic inflammatory reactions in the lungs.
when digesting and fermenting fibers plays a significant role in preventing intestinal cancer. We are now showing for the first time that the influence of gut bacteria extends much further namely up to the lungs says Marsland His team
When the researchers exposed the mice to an extract of house dust mites the mice with the low-fiber food developed a stronger allergic reaction with much more mucus in the lungs than the mice with the standard diet.
Attracted by the extract of house dust mites these immune cells wander into the lungs where they eventually trigger a weaker allergic response.
We plan to conduct clinical studies to find out how a diet enriched with fermentable fibers affects allergies and inflammations.
The products are designed specially for people with allergies to cow's milk lactose or gluten intolerance as well as children and pregnant women.
which could alleviate allergic reactions caused by food and increase the bioavailability of iron. The caseins of cow's milk as well as being on the list of allergens components hinder the absorption of iron.
They also have components of great nutritional value that can provide numerous health benefits for both consumer groups with specific problems (lactose intolerance allergic to cow's milk vegetarian...
and carbohydrates with low glycaemic index (suitable for diabetics). Moreover they constitute an important source of vitamins B and E antioxidant compounds (phytosterols and/or polyphenols) and dietary fibre
and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century according to a review published today in the New england Journal of Medicine.
Such a large tax increase would double the street price of cigarettes in some countries and narrow the price gap between the cheapest and most expensive cigarettes
and the World health organization's 2013 Assembly to decrease the prevalence of smoking by about one-third by 2025 to reduce premature deaths from cancer and other chronic diseases by 25 per cent.
Do you want a flu shot? The kiosk has the capability to ask a series of targeted questions.
Have you been exposed to swine flu? The machines are all the same, but the questions are tailored by the client.
when your last tetanus shot was shot, so the is wasted not if your shot is current.
We give you the tetanus shot if you need it, but we don't depend on you to remember
a social network for fresh, cheap food Weed killer causes new cancer fears; under EPA review Images:
The bacteria can cause skin infections and can lead to more serious illnesses such as pneumonia and sepsis.
Here's a summary of what the study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious diseases, found:
half of the meat sold in grocery stores are contaminated with S. aureus one in four samples were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics methicillin-resistant staph was found in three of the samples the staph are resistant to up to
The New york times reports that federal health officials estimate that staph accounts for less than 3 percent of all food-borne illnesses.
Businessweek reports staph infections occur only three percent of the time and are not nearly as common as other foodborne illnesses like salmonella and E coli.
Still the study highlights a risky farming practice that began nearly 50 years ago. The researchers suggested that the super bug likely made its way into the food chain
If we could get people to wash their hands six times a day we could cut infectious diseases in half.
We need to start the fight against the scourge of noncommunicable diseases right now, the princess said.
Some of the things that indoor growing environments don't have are pests, molds and infections.
it's probably a cancer or HIV patient that can't hold down food because of the disease's affect on their appetite.
The last thing they need to be introducing into their system are extra toxins and parasites.
The cancer fighting pizzai never really understand it when people dismiss pizza as unhealthy food.
Pizza could help fight cancer. Yes, if the chef makes the sauce from the latest in tomato technology-genetically engineered purple tomatoes-a 16-inch pie could have the same health benefits as other foods such as blueberries and cranberries.
a molecule believed to battle afflictions including cancer, coronary heart disease and strokes. According to The Independent in the U k.,a shipment of purple tomato juice is on its way from Canada to scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich
Anthocyanin has been shown to help fight cancer in animals. The BBC quoted John Innes'Prof Cathie Martin:
You could call it the Healthy Heart attack. Cover photo is from John Innes Centre
The demise of book publishing as we know itfor years the book publishing industry has been in turmoil over the future of books,
while 34.8 percent of those in schools without it were overweight. 2.)Can coffee stave off Type 2 diabetes?
A new study suggests your morning cup of coffee may be beneficial for thwarting Type 2 diabetes.
 Previous research has createdâ tenuousâ links between coffee and a reduced risk of the disease,
U s. Secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack indicted the new regulations may prevent thousands of foodborne illnesses a year--by modernizing the poultry industry and increasing efficiency.
and may reduce risk of diseases such as salmonella. 5.)UN considers U s a major ethanol offender.
While genetic information may help physicians fend off severe diseases earlier than ever it may also be used to stigmatize people who will be stripped of opportunity based on some familial history of disease.
If the world looked like that, Peel said, Lou Gehrig would never get a contract to be a ball player
if the team knew he had a disease that would degenerate his muscles, or Ronald Reagan would never get elected president
These goats produce human breast milkthis Spring brought news of goats engineered to lactate the building blocks of a malaria vaccine.
who've shown increased resistance to illness after drinking the milk. No word yet on when it will enter clinical testing in humans. via Co. Exist Photo:
The on-the-ground experience of apple growers is that risk of contamination is quite high,
There s always going to be some level of contamination and risk. Whether or not consumers are ready for more GMO fruit,
but the usual suspects (viruses and bacterial infections) didn't have anything to do with the poor health of the trees.
While the number of tree injuries is relatively small-51 people between 2006 and 2011,
The quality of other Lowcountry crops deteriorated as growers prioritized disease resistance and transportability over flavor.
Baltzley selected shrimp, unaware that Laukkonen was allergic to it. He felt awful upon discovering the error,
In other words, Colony Collapse Disorder is not the only thing affecting bees. But even though the physical urban environment supports healthy bees,
Since the 2006-2007 Colony Collapse Disorder there s been a growing concern about the survival of European honey bees.
Å Australia is the last country to not have been invaded by this disease --if and when it arrives to our shores,
or swelling due to a bee sting does not equal an allergic reaction. Everyone gets that reaction, if anyone finds themselves having difficulty breathing then they are allergic to bees.
Honey bees often get mistaken for the European wasp. The two behave and want totally different things,
who conduct disease prevention and control programs for the benefit of beekeepers. An additional requirement of the bee registration is compliance with the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 and Regulations
and the Apiary Code of Practice May 2011. Get involved The MCRH suggests a few ways we can help to restore the bee population:
diseases are on the rise and the future of the climate is uncertain? Dr. Roger Beachy, chief scientist of the U s. Department of agriculture, has some ideas.
Then we will need a robust monitoring system to help us know what diseases are there now and
how do we ensure those plants are not susceptible to diseases? It may be more use of biological control mechanisms.
This will lead to developing new plant varieties that can cope with the diseases. We will need global monitoring
and the National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control on a program to look at the sociology of healthy eating,
and you have to adjust their genetics to be more resistant to diseases or drought or flood.
pathogens or weeds that could harm local crops. Led by USDA plant geneticist Stephanie Greene and St petersburg State university scientist Alexandr Afonin,
If you're going to plague a high-density downtown with a parking garage, I can't think of a better addition.
According to global nonprofit medical center Mayo Clinic, celiac disease (in which your body is unable to process gluten) is four times more common now than it was 60 years ago.
Weed killer causes new cancer fears; under EPA reviewglyphosate is the key ingredient in the world's top selling weed killer, Roundup.
And still others say it raises health concerns like infertility and cancer. Glyphosate's days are numbered,
Some users of glyphosate were observed to have a higher risk of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting bone marrow,
including indications it can cause birth defects. The EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is in charge of the review
In fact, in some cases, the landfill disposal of biodegradable materials might be causing more harm than good.
Why might biodegradable products actually harm, rather than help, the environment? If a biodegradable material is placed in a landfill,
The mysterious phenomenon is known as colony collapse disorder and there are many theories about what's contributing to it:
pesticides, stress, Â diesel exhaust, disease and habitat loss. While the impact of CCD might be overblown,
but has been the subject of the terrifying colony collapse disorder, right? Maybe not as good as you think it is.
A new article in The Biologist by professors at The University of Sussex says that the beekeeping boom in London is actually doing more harm than good to bees.
you have heightened risk for bacterial infections and other diseases in the bees that could require burning entire hives.
Of course, not every area has the beehive density of London. But if your city is also experiencing a beehive boom
Also, studies suggest that biodiversity loss is one of the environmental factors associated with disease emergence.
wild monkeys with special collars to help track contamination levels in places that are hard for us to reach.
and had died from blunt force  trauma to the head. Right, so back to the autopsy.
 The social cost of water contamination is already enormous and increases every year.  Although todays announcement is about giving millions more people affordable access to safe water,
percent of bacteria that cause waterborne disease. Â The filter lasts 200 days for a family of five.
Fungal disease and habitat destruction have endangered the bats and modern buildings pose new problems for bats pushed out of rural habitats to urban areas because of development.
China While guidelines for designs that don't harm birds have been published in the US, a library in China takes the idea one step further.
Can bees be trained to prevent plant disease? Dr. Andrew Sutherland, a researcher with the UC Davis Plant pathology Department is training honey bees to detect plant disease in agricultural crops.
Bees have excellent chemosensors on their antennae, so they're able to detect organic molecules.
A subsequent major development was the development of disease-resistant strains of wheat that could handle artificial fertilizer and produce higher yields.
but minutes after its birth the calf died of lung abnormalities (which have been cloned common among animals to date).
and disease while producing higher yields. The joint research project is designed to improve on the cocoa growing process to create a sustainable supply
and nerdy round spectacles, specializes in vertigo-inducing towers of steel and concrete that exceed 1,
The 2003 photo shows a dense thicket of trees vulnerable to drought, disease, and the type of high severity fire that can wipe out swaths of forest
and potato crops across the U s.--even attacking genetically resistant potatoes that have been bred to fend off infection.
That ability helps the pathogen to outsmart its plant hosts. Now discovered it may clue researchers into unlocking ways to control it.
This pathogen has an exquisite ability to adapt and change, and that's what makes it so dangerous,
As the team sequences additional strains and close relatives of the pathogen they'll be able to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the blight's adaptation.
tomatoes and related plants, causing a late blight disease that can destroy entire crops in days.
The findings reveal the pathogen's unusual strategy to support the rapid evolution of critical genes, known as effector genes,
On the other hand, some effector genes can also trigger plants'immune responses--making them prime targets for combating P. infestans infection.
and death of genes that are key to plant infection. As a result, these critical genes may be gained
Further study should yield a deeper understanding of plant infection and help identify potential targets for fighting back.
Potato blight and flu have much in common
Dell, HP vie for spotlight again. This time, on environmental leadership. It being climate week
and life-threatening lysosomal disease that could previously only be manufactured by expensive cell culture techniques.
People who have this inherited disease endure progressive damage to the heart, brain, and other organs,
the enzyme used to treat the rare lysosomal storage disease mucopolysaccharidosis I. Other plants are already being used to make biopharmaceuticals.
Elelyso for the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher disease, produced in carrot cells. Drugs made in duckweed, safflower,
On the other hand, this price difference is very small in comparison to the economic costs of diet-related chronic diseases,
Finally, some (sort of) good news about honeybeessadly, bees are dying in large swaths from a mysterious affliction called colony collapse disorder (CCD.
the media may have made exaggerated claims about the impacts of the disorder. Calm down, there s no beepocalypse, Quartz reports.
the herbicide and GM seeds maker) is developing a new weapon to battle the disorder:
--which are critically important for tracking sources of contamination. We take our responsibility in the food supply chain seriously,
that this genetically engineered fish might cause unique allergic reactions in humans; that it might escape
and mouth disease and pigs that contain heart-healthy omega 3 fatty acids. In the meantime, crucial research work in the United states is now going begging overseas.
so their milk contains high levels of an antimicrobial enzyme to help infants ward off stomach infections, a problem that plagues the developing world's children.
an abnormality in the chromosomes that stop female fish from reproducing. plans to sterilize embryos in Canada before shipping them to Panama,
and arteries clean and functioning, has boomed in recent years as Americans face an obesity and heart-disease epidemic.
The measures have been a major setback to seed giants like Monsanto who argue that GMOS--like those that produce crops resistant to disease--are feed necessary to a growing planet and pose no harm to humans or the environment.
But the architects downplayed the headaches that the opposition presented for their design and were quick to highlight the calm,
and devotees of the gin and tonic are staring down a disease that threatens to obliterate their classic hot weather elixir.
Now, we're able to extract contaminants from the wastewater--for example salt, which can then be used for road salt here in the Northeast.
especially as cancer and other chronic illnesses are being linked the huge quantities of pesticides used in agricultural production.
They are aware that pesticides are causing sickness said Vikas, a cashier at a local organic store in Gurgaon who didn't want to reveal his last name.
It found contamination of banned pesticides heptachlor and chlordane which affects the liver, in spinach and bitter gourd.
The National Cancer Control Program estimates that there  are 2 to 2. 5 million cancer patients at any given point of time in India with about 0. 7 million new cases coming every year
According to The Lancet, by 2020,70%of the world's cancer cases will be in poor countries
pesticides are being linked to cancer especially in the state of Punjab, the bread basket of India,
But now the Malwa region of the state, called the cancer belt of India, has 136 cancer patients for 100,000 people.
Overall, Punjab has 90 per 100,000, which is higher than the national average of 80 per 100,
and remarked that many families she knows have diagnosed a member with cancer. Ten years ago, one would only hear about cancer in the movies...
This is really scary. Photos: Betwa Sharma
High oil prices: Fortunately and unfortunatelyhigh oil prices are changing our world in many ways;
Coined the colony collapse disorder (CCD), researchers are still trying to figure out if pesticides or viruses or something else is the cause for the colony decline.
maybe we've got a new disease we haven't identified before. We fell into that category.
but in Hong kong, a frightening outbreak of the SARS virus 10 years ago awakened an interest in living more healthfully.
Especially after SARS, more people started going out to the countryside, Chan said. More people started to think about death â
she was diagnosed with breast cancer (something else she shares with her grandmother. She could have neglected her new role,
and went public with her illness--something that wasn't done in the early 1990s.
Having cancer is a scary thing, there's no doubt about it, Bartz recalls. It takes a good three
I'm not going to minimize the impact of cancer on a person and their families and friends.
Lifelong learning Aside from gardening and her lead director role at Cisco, much of Bartz's time these days is devoted to quietly volunteering for various organizations with a focus on cancer support,
studying issues from psychology to pathology. Nobody knows exactly how many people around the planet think of bugs as lunch.
An important aspect of any such study is pathology: knowing which insects are safe to eat and
it is more likely to be pathogen-free. They read any books and papers they can find on the subject,
Kavita Srivastava, a member of the Right to Food campaign, a coalition of non-government organizations, said that the national food security bill is a crucial opportunity to end hunger and malnutrition in India.
Interactive map shows where HIV cases are most prevalent Infographic: Just how safe is your neighborhood?
whether that food is harboring a dangerous pathogen. Researchers are designing packaging that could alert consumers to a pathogen in the food
or to a food product that s nearing the end of its shelf life, Cooksey said. A French company has developed a sensor that can detect
Researchers are working on an antimicrobial film that would go inside food packaging to provide an extra barrier against pathogens.
Better still, the permanent etching-hence tattoo--does not increase water loss, nor the entrance of food pathogens or postharvest pathogens.
stopping decay and food pathogens. Wax coverage is recommended still to prevent water loss. To test for decay, the fruit was inoculated with decay organisms and then etched with the laser.
No pathogens were found in the peel or the fruit interior. So how does it work?
and disease control, rotate the crops, and maintain the irrigation system. One of the things that people don t talk about
management tips from Intel Pepsico grant supports clean water in rural China Many businesses blind to water risks
Malaria vaccine from the teats of genetically altered goatsmost malaria vaccines require multi million dollar facilities for production.
But most cases of malaria occur in heavily impoverished countries. And grant me one more generalization--most third world countries have plenty of goats.
Co. Exist reports that Texas A&m researchers have engineered goats that can produce a malaria vaccine in their milk.
There is tremendous potential to produce malaria vaccines and other types of medicines, especially for Third world countries.
In another application of this technology, scientists at UC Davis have reared goats that produce milk with an antidiarrheal disease enzyme.
Our obesity epidemic is not a demand problem. It's a supply problem. The mass production creates the mass production,
The answer to the obesity epidemic lies in changing our production incentives. Take the price supports off mass produced grain
and to the unhealthiness of fast food diets. Mcdonald's tried to dodge all this by making apple slices an option, next to french fries, in its meals.
or optometrists, or dentists, teaching them how to take care of these needs for their own people.
he argued that even the smallest amount of red meat could increase your chances of dying a variety of causes including cardiovascular disease and cancer...
Can you name one disease caused by a vegetarian diet? Impact on the environment We re increasingly aware that animal production is a major factor in climate change, Singer stated.
will help to alleviate the pandemic of inactivity and obesity in the city. A recent Victorian Health Report shows poor nutrition accounts for around one-sixth of the total burden of ill health in the state
costing the government between AUD$1. 25 to $4. 15 (USD$1. 19 to $3. 94) billion every year.
HIV drug made in GM tobacco enters clinical trialstoday in London, UK regulators announced the approval of Europe's first clinical trial of an anti-HIV product produced in genetically modified tobacco plants.
Yep, tobacco. The phase I trial, carried out at the University of Surrey Clinical Research Centre,
will test the safety of the plant-produced antibody designed to stop transmission of HIV when applied directly to the vaginal cavity.
anti-HIV microbicide. The active ingredient is called an antibody P2g12 â oe it recognizes proteins on the surface of HIV to block infection.
More specifically, it's a monoclonal antibody made from immune cells for one specific role. It was discovered by private Austrian biotech Polymun.
P2g12 hasn't been shown to actually prevent HIV infection in humans, Nature News reports, so a version made by tobacco plants won't see approval anytime soon.
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