Scientists have identified yet another risk from a high-salt diet. High concentrations of salt in the stomach appear to induce gene activity in the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori, making it more virulent and increasing the likelihood of an infected person developing a severe gastric disease.
As the Earth?s temperatures continue to rise, we can expect a signficant change in infectious disease patterns around the globe. Just exactly what those changes will be remains unclear, but scientists agree they will not be for the good.
A viral hand-foot-and-mouth disease killed a 14-month-old boy in eastern China’s Shandong province, state media reported.
Obesity, excessive body fat has its severe consequences for physical and mental health, and the difficulty of treating it make the prevention of obesity a major public health priority.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the bird flu situation in Bangladesh remains serious and called for action to get it under control.
The following is GlaxoSmithKline?s (NYSE: GSK) response to a press release issued by the US Senate Committee on Finance about Avandia? (rosiglitazone maleate):
GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE:GSK] issued the following response to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Avandia? (rosiglitazone maleate), a widely used and highly effective treatment for type 2 diabetes:
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) challenged psychiatrists to learn more about the importance of substance abuse as a factor in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.
Lubiprostone is a novel therapy indicated for treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults.
Researchers are continually looking for unique pathways to treat digestive diseases, such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.