Epidemiology in Europe: the problem starts in childhood
...years. The consequences resulting from this modern epidemic represent an enormous burden upon European health services, although fortunately not to the magnitude of that in the US. Resources are urgently needed to research and undertake the most effective public health measures to prevent the situation from g...One in every hundred Londoners could be crack cocaine users, claim researchers
... since the 1980s, there has not been the predicted epidemic across the UK until now. We must be cautious but the analysis suggests there is a substantial problem. "With almost 60 percent of crack-cocaine users also opiate users, part of the increase in use is driven by heroin users, which has implications fo...Resistance to anti-flu agents increasing worldwide
... governments planning to stockpile these drugs for epidemic and pandemic strains of influenzaWith the increasing rates of resistance shown here, amantadine and rimantadine will probably no longer be effective for treatment or prophylaxis in the event of a pandemic outbreak of influenza." (Quote by e-mail; doe...Study provides insight into virulent strain of clostridium difficile
...and southern Quebec, Canada, began experiencing an epidemic of severe C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD), suggesting a more virulent strain of the bacterium was involved. In this study Michel Warny (Acambis, Cambridge, MA, USA) and colleagues examined whether the increased virulence of this strain could b...U.S. House introduces Microbicide Development Act of 2005
...r acquiring HIV infection. The feminization of the epidemic calls for a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS that includes prevention, treatment and care, as well as research into new prevention technologies such as microbicides. In addition, no existing HIV prevention method also allows conception. Some microb...'Healthy weight, healthy shape' key in preventing heart disease
...dded that lack of sports is closely related to the epidemic of other risk factors for future heart attacks: Obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels. According to Professor Schmid, moderate aerobic training in most coronary artery disease patients is safe and can also help their ...Research offers new approach to developing treatments for cocaine and amphetamine addiction
...GO, ILL. (September 28, 2005) -- A methamphetamine epidemic rages across the United States with addicts blinded by uncontrollable desires for a drug that eventually thrusts them into a dire and catastrophic existence. Doctors don't have any effective treatments for these addicts, or for any other drug addicts...Training local health workers improves TB control in South Africa
... and so cannot benefit from treatment, leaving the epidemic unchecked despite global treatment programmes. Lack of trained staff is thought to be the most important constraint on the control of tuberculosis, but training is of doubtful effectiveness. Eight specially trained nurses delivered educational outrea...KwaZulu-Natal's successful fight against malaria
...reintroduction of the insecticide DDT. The malaria epidemic has been particularly resurgent in recent years as the parasites transmitting the disease have developed resistance to many of the existing drugs. Approximately a million people are killed by malaria every year, predominantly in Africa. KwaZulu-Natal...UK foot and mouth epidemic was a human tragedy, not just an animal one
The 2001 UK foot and mouth disease epidemic was a human tragedy, not just an animal one, concl...by the BMJ today. The UK's foot and mouth disease epidemic in 2001 has been described as the most serious event ever to occur in a country previously free of t...Preventing chronic diseases - need for concerted action
... is eager to reinforce the message that the global epidemic of chronic diseases can only be stopped through concerted action. Professor Tendera, ESC President, states, "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Europe, and what's worse is that many cardiovascular diseases can be prevented or at ...Research Australia unveils top 12 issues threatening our children's health
...7. Diabetes Australia is facing a future diabetes epidemic with type 1 (or juvenile) and type 2 (late onset) ...e still low. 12. Sun Awareness with a skin cancer epidemic hitting older Australians, experts believe sun exposure during childhood is an important risk factor...Study questions widespread use of C-reactive protein test to assess cardiovascular risk
...such as obesity and diabetes, which are growing to epidemic proportions and have become a major public health concern in the U.S. Otherwise, we run the risk of erasing the great advances that have contributed to the reduction in cardiovascular disease during the past 40 years."...VGTI researchers receive $12.6 million to study West Nile virus in the elderly
...titutes of Health. West Nile virus is a seasonal epidemic that occurs throughout the summer months. Typically, the disease is carried from animals to humans by mosquitoes. As many as 20 percent of humans who are infected may display symptoms. However only less than 1 percent of those infected will become se...Mailman School receives grant to study reducing skin cancer risk from arsenic in water
...ve already accrued decades of chronic exposure, an epidemic of arsenic-induced cancers is thus almost inevitable in the Bangladesh population." Long-term studies from Taiwan indicate that once chronically exposed, a population continues to experience elevated cancer risk for several decades. With very littl...International conference on AIDS India presents lifetime achievement award
... number of overall people living with AIDS and the epidemic continues to shift towards women and young people with nearly half of people living with AIDS being women. Dr. Gabelnick joined CONRAD at its inception in 1986 and is also a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Eastern Virg...Innovative drug Tarceva now available in Europe to tackle growing lung cancer epidemic
Lung cancer has become a global epidemic with 1.2 million people being diagnosed and 1.1 million people dying each year. There have been no significant improvements in the effectiveness of chemotherapy agents in the last ten years so new therapies, that can improve survival, are urgently ne...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...rs have helped him focus on a component of the flu epidemic to gain a clear perspective on its causes, scope, legacy and lessons. As a result, Higgins has found himself growing increasingly concerned with what he describes as a "bifurcated health care system where the best, state-of-the-art care is availa...Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions
...que position to confront the challenges of the HIV epidemic for the communities they serve," Chin said. "The c... they come in contact, Chin said. AIDS has reached epidemic proportions in parts of the Asia-Pacific region including China and India, with an estimated 8.2 mil......e weakening of the safety net in order to get this epidemic under control."According to the Center on Hunger and Poverty, food insecurity increased by nearly a million households from 2003 to 2004. Rates of hunger increased in almost every single category of household during the same time, with single mothers...