Health and Medical Guide to Poisoning, Toxicology and Environmental Health Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health Health information topics about Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health: Air Pollution (Air Pollution) Anthrax (Anthrax) Arsenic (Arsenic) Asbestos (Asbestos) Asbestosis (Asbestos) Biodefense and Bioterrorism (Biodefense and Bioterrorism) Biological Weapons (Biodefense and Bioterrorism) Bioterrorism (Biodefense and Bioterrorism) Campylobacter (Food Contamination and Poisoning) Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Carbon Monoxide Poisoning) Cell Phones (Electromagnetic Fields) Chemical Weapons (Chemical Weapons) Cleaning Products (Household Products) Drinking Water (Drinking Water) Electromagnetic Fields (Electromagnetic Fields) EMF (Electromagnetic Fields) Environmental Health (Environmental Health) Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Secondhand Smoke) Food Contamination and Poisoning (Food Contamination and Poisoning) Food Poisoning (Food Contamination and Poisoning) Food Safety (Food Safety) Fungicides (Pesticides) Germ Warfare (Biodefense and Bioterrorism) Hazardous Waste (Hazardous Waste) Herbicides (Pesticides) Household Products (Household Products) Indoor Air Pollution (Indoor Air Pollution) Insecticides (Pesticides) Lead Poisoning (Lead Poisoning) Mercury (Mercury) Molds (Molds) Noise (Noise) Ozone (Ozone) Passive Smoking (Secondhand Smoke) Pesticides (Pesticides) Pfiesteria Infections (Pfiesteria Infections) Poisoning (Poisoning) Poisons in the Home (Household Products) Q Fever (Bacterial Infections, Biodefense and Bioterrorism) Radiation Exposure (Radiation Exposure) Radon (Radon) Rodenticides (Pesticides) Secondhand Smoke (Secondhand Smoke) Smallpox (Smallpox) Smoking, Passive (Secondhand Smoke) Terrorist Attacks (Biodefense and Bioterrorism, Chemical Weapons, Disasters and Emergency Preparedness) Tularemia (Biodefense and Bioterrorism, Tick Bites) Water (Drinking Water) Yersinia (Food Contamination and Poisoning   Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Mechanism Uncovered Behind Salmonella Virulence And Drug Susceptibility 31 Jul 2010 at 2:00am Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects its virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics by changing its production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner. This allows Salmonella to selectively change its levels of certain proteins to respond to inhospitable conditions... Polio Cases In India Lowest In A Decade; Vaccination Effort Begins In Afghani... 30 Jul 2010 at 6:00am This year "India has reported the lowest number of polio cases in [the] January-June period ... in a decade," PTI/ZeeTV reports. Twenty-four cases were detected between January and June this year, compared to 151 in the corresponding 2009 period, and 317 in January-June 2008 (7/29). According to LiveMint... Horn Of Africa Once Again Polio-Free, UNICEF And Polio Partners Announce 30 Jul 2010 at 6:00am The Horn of Africa is again polio-free, with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda having reported no wild poliovirus cases for more than a year. Today marks a step towards the achievement of a major objective of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's new strategy - stopping polio in Africa... Study Finds Respiratory Symptoms More Reliable Indicator Of H1N1, Not Fever A... 30 Jul 2010 at 5:00am New research shows that individuals with mild H1N1 infection may go undetected using standard diagnostic criteria, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, (APIC)... AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For 90 Minutes Protocol For Yeast Traff... 30 Jul 2010 at 4:00am AdvanDx announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a fast, 90 minutes protocol for its Yeast Traffic Light® PNA FISH® test. The faster protocol reduces the PNA FISH turn-around time from the original 2.5 hours to 90 minutes by reducing PNA probe hybridization from 90 minutes to 30 minutes... Dengue Fever And Insect-Borne Infections Emerging As Public Health Problem In... 30 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Several cases of dengue fever, a potentially fatal viral disease transmitted by the bite of urban dwelling Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, have recently been reported in the continental United States. Prevalent in Central America and the Caribbean, dengue fever's most common symptoms include fever, chills, headache, and body aches lasting several days... Infectious Disease Specialists See Increase In Babesiosis Cases In Lower Huds... 30 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Babesiosis, a rare and occasionally fatal tick-borne disease caused by microscopic parasites known as Babesia which infect red blood cells, is on the rise in the Lower Hudson Valley according to the NYS DOH, including the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan and Rockland. Babesiosis is a malaria-like disease most commonly transmitted by infected deer ticks... Study Finds Vaccination Strategies Could Help Slow Spread Of Infectious Disea... 30 Jul 2010 at 3:00am The best way to prevent the spread of disease in rural areas may be by targeting select popular hangouts, according to a new study by the Kansas State University EpiCenter research team. The team published "Efficient Mitigation Strategies for Epidemics in Rural Regions" in the July edition of the journal PLoS ONE... A Breakthrough In Tuberculosis Research: Researcher Discovers Existing Drugs ... 30 Jul 2010 at 3:00am Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis (TB) infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is highly contagious as it is spread through coughing and sneezing... What Is Infection? What Causes Infections? 29 Jul 2010 at 11:00am A human with an infection has another organism inside them which gets its sustenance (nourishment) from that person, it colonizes that person and reproduces inside them. The human with that organism (germ) inside is called the host, while the germ or pathogen is referred to as a parasitic organism. Another name for an organism that causes infection is an infectious agent... The Mysterious Workings Of The Cholera Bacteria Revealed By Rensselaer Professor 29 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Researchers have found that an enzyme in the bacteria that causes cholera uses a previously unknown mechanism in providing the bacteria with energy. Because the enzyme is not found in most other organisms, including humans, the finding offers insights into how drugs might be created to kill the bacteria without harming humans... Nutra Pharma Receives Patent For Novel Antiviral Treatment Using Modified Cob... 29 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Nutra Pharma Corporation (OTCBB: NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Pain, announced that it has received approval from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent describing a method of treating and preventing infectious diseases, i... Advanced Life Sciences Applies For FDA Fast-Track Designation For Restanza In... 29 Jul 2010 at 4:00am Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, announced that the Company has applied to the U.S... Scientists Devise Strategy In Bid To Beat Viruses 29 Jul 2010 at 3:00am Scientists have developed a new way to target viruses which could increase the effectiveness of antiviral drugs. Instead of attacking the virus itself, the method developed at the University of Edinburgh alters the conditions which viruses need to survive and multiply... Genetic Architecture And The Evolution Of RNA Viruses 29 Jul 2010 at 2:00am In biology and genetics, the concept of epistasis is what gives rise to the whole being more (or less) than the sum of its parts. The quantitative effect of a given mutation upon the traits of an organism has the potential to depend strongly upon the gene versions present in other parts of the genome, or even other mutations co-occurring in that gene...     HealthBusinessBuilder.com Build your Health Business Fast!