The North Dakota Department of Health announced the state?s second West Nile virus-related death in 2007, according to Senior Epidemiologist and West Nile Virus program manager Tracy Miller.
A mosquito-borne disease often known as ?break-bone fever? has found a new enemy in a unique type of mouse.
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease in which the amount of bone tissue is reduced sufficiently to increase the likelihood of fracture. Calcium supplements, with or without vitamin D, cut the overall risk of bone fractures, revealed by Australian researchers.
A new study looking at the relationship between vitamin D serum levels and the risk of colon and breast cancer across the globe has estimated the number of cases of cancer that could be prevented each year if vitamin D3 levels met the target proposed by researchers.
Experts at the University are studying an illness known as HAPE (high altitude pulmonary oedema), which causes fluid to build up in the lungs can and can occur from as low as 2,500 metres, affecting people of all age groups and fitness levels.
A study in the August 21st issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, reports some of the first conclusive evidence in support of the long-held notion that men and women differ when it comes to their favorite colors.
Weather conditions permitting, spraying to control adult mosquito populations will be conducted during the evening hours on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in Bristol and Bensalem townships, Bucks County.
Summer heat waves significantly increase pressure on hospitals, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health. The good news for hospital staff is that scorching weather must last four or more days before admissions rise significantly.
Halfway through West Nile season, more than 180 cases of West Nile virus have been reported in 22 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.
Heart attack patients received lifesaving treatment quickly when hospitals and communities used an integrated, rapid transfer system to get patients to a facility equipped to perform artery-opening procedures, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.