Robot Helps Disinfect Rooms at Rose Medical Center in Denver
A robot is helping to disinfect hospital rooms at the Rose Medical Center in Denver. The robot from Xenex blasts the rooms with UV light to destroy microorganisms that can cause hospital acquired infections. Xenex says its robotic device uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV-C) light that is 25,000 times more powerful than sunlight to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and even bacterial spores. Take a look:
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - August 31, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: xenex rose-medical-center Source Type: blogs
Measles Outbreak Reported at Texas Megachurch
A measles outbreak reported at Texas megachurch where pastor preached against child vaccinations. CNN says there have been at least 16 cases that originated at the church, including nine children. The pastor of the church, Kenneth Copelan, has long preached against child vaccinations and has linked vaccinations to autism. Take a look:
NBC News reports that the number of cases at the Eagle Mountain International Church has grown to 21 and is expected to continue to climb. NBC says the pastor's daughter, Terri Pearsons, is now urging followers to get vaccinated.
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - August 28, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: measles Source Type: blogs
Deadly MERS Virus Discovered in Egyptian Tomb Bat in Saudi Arabia
The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has been discovered in an Egyptian Tomb Bat in Saudi Arabia. Experts have been trying to track the source of the mysterious MERS outbreak since it was first discovered in September 2012. 70 of the nearly 100 cases have been in Saudi Arabia. The novel coronavirus has killed 47 people so far.
Over a six-week period during field expeditions in October 2012 and April 2013, the researchers collected more than 1,000 samples from seven bat species in regions where cases of MERS were identified. Analysis was performed using polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. One ...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - August 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: bats mers Source Type: blogs
Scientists Show Silencing Extra Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome is Possible
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have shown that the extra copy of chromosomes 21 responsible for Down syndrome can be silenced in the laboratory using patient-derived stem cells. The discovery provides the first evidence that the underlying genetic defect responsible for Down syndrome can be suppressed in cells in culture (in vitro). The scientists say the discovery "paves the way for researchers to study the cell pathologies and identify genome-wide pathways implicated in the disorder, a goal that has so far proven elusive."
Jeanne B. Lawrence, PhD, professor of cell & developmental biology a...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 23, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: extra-chromosome down-syndrome Source Type: blogs
Wild Parsnip Can Be Worse Than Poison Ivy
CBS News reports that poison parsnip is proving to cause people more serious skin ailments than poison ivy. The wild parsnip can cause a skin condition called phytophotodermatitis. A warning from Iowa State says a skin reaction occurs when the plant juice gets on the skin and the skin is exposed to sunlight. The reaction causes skin reddening, burns and blisters. Iowa State says a dark red or brownish discoloration can develop after the blisters that does not go away for months to as long as two years. It grows quickly and can be found on the side of roads. Take a look:
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: parsnip wild-parsnip Source Type: blogs
Wild Parsnp Can Be Worse Than Poison Ivy
CBS News reports that poison parsnip is proving to cause people more serious skin ailments than poison ivy. The wild parsnip can cause a skin condition called phytophotodermatitis. A warning from Iowa State says a skin reaction occurs when the plant juice gets on the skin and the skin is exposed to sunlight. The reaction causes skin reddening, burns and blisters. Iowa State says a dark red or brownish discoloration can develop after the blisters that does not go away for months to as long as two years. It grows quickly and can be found on the side of roads. Take a look:
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: microbe anthrax Source Type: blogs
Another Study Links Heading in Soccer to Brain Damage
A new study published in the journal, Radiology, has found that the brain scans of people who frequently head the ball in soccer are similar to those who have suffered traumatic head injuries. Heading is often used in professional soccer. There was even a famous head-butt during the World Cup of a player heat-butting another player. 37 soccer players underwent diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in the study.
Dr. Michael Lipton says changes to the brain were seen in players making a range between 885 to 1,500 headers a year. Memory scores were impacted in players with headers of over 1,800 a year. Take a look:
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - July 7, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: brain-damage headbutting Source Type: blogs
MERS-CoV Cases Increase to 70 with 39 Fatalities
The number of MERS-CoV cases - the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus - have increased to 70. There have been a total of 39 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has received lab-confirmed cases of MERS in the following countries: Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). France, Germany, Italy, Tunisia and the United Kingdom have reported cases, but these cases involved people who had been traveling in the Middle East.
A recent report said MERS spreads easier and is deadlier than SARS. This may turn out to be true, but it is also possible there are infected people with no sy...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - June 25, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: mers Source Type: blogs
MERS Death Toll Climbs to 30 After Three More Deaths Reported in Saudi Arabia
Middle East Respiratory Symptom Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to spread slowly in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has reported 3 more deaths from the SARS-like respiratory virus. The virus has now sickened at least 49 people and killed 30.
UPI reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) reported cases in healthcare workers, which is not a good sign because it indicates the virus is capable of spreading from human to human.
A Forbes story reports that MERS may have a longer incubation period than experts previously thought. The incubation was initially thought to be 1 to 9 days and now they think it may be as long a...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 30, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: disease mers saudi-arabia Source Type: blogs
Research Finds Copper Destroys the Norovirus
The dreaded norovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. The highly contagious norovirus spreads easily from person to person. One way people contract the virus is by touching a surface touched by an infected person. Researchers from the University of Southampton have found that copper and copper alloys will rapidly destroy norovirus.
Professor Bill Keevil, Chair in Environmental Healthcare at the University of Southampton and lead researcher, presented his work at the American Society for Microbiology's 2013 General Meeting last week. His presentation showed norovirus was rapidly destroyed on...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 29, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: disease norovirus copper Source Type: blogs
Mystery Respiratory Illness Reported in Southeast Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is reporting a cluster of a mystery respiratory illness. The ADPH says seven people have been admitted to a hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Two of the patients have died.
The ADPH says lab samples are currently being tested at the ADPH Bureau of Clinical Laboratories and CDC's Respiratory Laboratory. The ADPH and CDC are both recommending the hospital use respiratory precautions, which includes staff wearing N95 masks.
NBC reports that state helath officials say there is no evidence of any flu virus, including the deadly new H7N9 strain in China. NBC also...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: disease alabama respiratory-ilness Source Type: blogs
CDC Study Finds Fecal Contamination Common in Public Pools
A new CDC study has found that fecal contamination is common in public swimming pools in the U.S. The CDC collected samples of water from pool filters from public pools and tested the samples for genetic material (for example, DNA) of multiple microbes. The gross study found that 58% of the pool filter samples tested were positive for E. coli.
The CDC says the finding indicates swimmers frequently contaminate pool water when they have a "fecal incident in the water" or when feces rinse off of their bodies in the pool because they "do not shower thoroughly before getting into the water."
The CDC study also revealed that P...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: children public-pools Source Type: blogs
Human-to-Human Transmission Likely in New SARS-like Coronavirus Case in France
There has been a likely case of human-to-human transmitted Sars-like coronavirus, nCoV, in France. Reuters reports that a 50-year-old man contracted the virus after sharing a hospital room with another patient who was confirmed to have the disease.
Despite these two cases showing human-to-human transmission is possible, experts say that the virus does not transmit quickly from person to person. The two men had shared a hospital room for about three days. The case does suggest that isolating nCoV patients is wise. 124 other people that were in contact with the patient have been screened and none were found the the virus. ...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: disease sars coronvirus Source Type: blogs
CDC Finds Suicide Now Tenth Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
This report highlights the need to expand our knowledge of risk factors so we can build on prevention programs that prevent suicide."
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Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - May 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: suicide mental-health Source Type: blogs
Researchers Discover New Type of Human Fat Cell
Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered another type of human fat cell. The researchers say humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not just one kind as previously thought. Unlike white fat cells, which store the body's surplus energy in the form of fat, brown fat cells are able to burn energy and turn it into heat. A brown fat cell photographed via microscope is pictured above.
The researchers are calling the new type of brown fat tissue that they have discovered "classical brown fat." According to the Gothenburg study, young people have this classic brown fat tissue, but it seems to disappear d...
Source: HealthNewsBlog.com - April 27, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: diet fat-cell brown-fat-cell Source Type: blogs
