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New coronavirus spreads to Tunisia, 66-year-old man dead

Health News: CBSNews.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:09 +0100

Novel coronavirus tied to Middle East has infected at least 40 people, killing 22 since last September (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

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Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus

Reuters: Health — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:24:05 +0100

Tunis (Reuters) - A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

The science of webcomics| Dean Burnett

Guardian Unlimited Science — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Do webcomics use an 'emergent system'? Maybe not but it's enough for Dean Burnett to shoehorn an interview with the authors/artists/web gurus behind Exterminatus Now in the Guardian science sectionWebcomics are increasingly widespread and popular. It could be argued their proliferation is linked to the decline of print comics, in the same way that free news sites and blogging are often blamed for the decline in newspapers. Webcomics don't get nearly as much mainstream publicity though (at least none that I've seen). Even the more popular examples like XKCD seemingly go largely unmentioned in other media formats, despite their considerable success.Webcomics are interesting from a scientific perspective. They rely on both new and ancient technology (the internet and drawing, respectively) be...

Towards Increased Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Syria - 08 May 2013

UNFPA News — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:18:27 +0100

NIZIP, Turkey — More has to be done to ensure the health and wellbeing of women and children affected by the Syrian conflict, said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the UNFPA, on a recent visit to Turkey's Nizip refugee camp, about 40km east of the southern city of Gaziantep. One of Turkey's newest camps, Nizip houses some 10,000 refugees, or "guests" as the government prefers to call them, in white canvas tents and containers arrayed in neat numbered rows along the rocky, sun-bleached banks of the Euphrates. (Source: UNFPA News)

Syria's Refugees: Birth and Life in Zaatari Camp – in Pictures - 22 April 2013

UNFPA News — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:18:27 +0100

Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp houses more than 100,000 Syrians who have fled the civil war; 3,000 of those registered are pregnant women. Against the odds, women are adapting to the cycle of life. (Source: UNFPA News)

Syrian Women Giving Birth in Exile - 07 May 2013

UNFPA News — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:18:27 +0100

ZA'ATARI, Jordan — In a tent hospital bed, a Syrian woman who was four months pregnant when she fled her country's civil war cradles one of the newest residents of this dust-swept refugee camp: Her newborn son, just delivered by Caesarean. Around a dozen babies are born every day in Za'atari camp, which is home to 120,000 Syrians and counting – and there's only one, overworked Moroccan doctor performing C-sections. (Source: UNFPA News)

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Making it Real: Sexual Health Communication for Young People Living with Disadvantage: Deborah Keys, Doreen Rosenthal, Henrietta Williams, Shelley Mallett, Lynne Jordan, Dot Henning Melbourne School of Public Health, University of Melbourne, and Family Planning Victoria, Australia, 2008 ISBN 9780734039675

Reproductive Health Matters — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:17:37 +0100

The Making it Real research aimed to identify best strategies in STI communication for marginalised young people and to provide an evidence base for the development of appropriately targeted STI communication strategies for these young people. The project sought: (Source: Reproductive Health Matters)

Women's shelters in Turkey: a qualitative study on shortcomings of policy making and implementation - Diner C, Toktas S.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

This article aims to reveal the shortcomings of shelter policy through the len... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Violence against women in the context of war: experiences of Shi'i women and Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon - Holt M.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

In times of war, women are likely to experience, in addition to the "normal" violence of peacetime, random cruelties perpetrated by the enemy against all members of the community. During research conducted with Palestinian refugees and Shi'i Muslims in Leb... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Femicide and colonization: between the politics of exclusion and the culture of control - Shalhoub-Kervorkian N, Daher-Nashif S.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

This article explores the murder of women and girls, which we name Femicide, among the Palestinian community living in Israel. Specifically, it analyzes how the dialectic interrelationship between informal and formal legal-social systems constructs the mur... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

When media and world politics meet: Crisis press coverage in the Arab-Israel and East-West conflicts - Ben-Yehuda H, Naveh C, Levin-Banchik L.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

This study employs crisis press coverage (CPC) to examine the uniform reporting assertion raised in communication theories. To explain CPC, the authors outline and apply a conceptual framework that links crises diversity and reporting modes. Findings on al... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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Attitudes of Palestinian physicians toward wife abuse: their definitions, perceptions of causes, and perceptions of appropriate interventions - Haj-Yahia MM.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

The article presents results from a larger survey, which examined the attitudes and perceptions of Palestinian physicians (N = 396) toward wife abuse. The instrument was a self-administered questionnaire, with open-ended questions in which participants exp... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

The predictive influence of family and neighborhood assets on fighting and weapon carrying from mid- to late adolescence - Haegerich TM, Oman RF, Vesely SK, Aspy CB, Tolma EL.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

Using a developmental, social-ecological approach to understand the etiology of health-risk behavior and inform primary prevention efforts, we assess the predictive effects of family and neighborhood social processes on youth physical fighting and weapon c... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

What's Impeding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Prevention?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder caused by serious, often life-threatening traumatic events. Previously considered almost exclusively in the context of war-related traumatic stressors—which have rightfully been in the forefront of public and medical attention in recent years, owing to the experiences of U.S. troops in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts—trauma is, in fact, more commonly experienced outside of military situations. Millions of individuals every year are exposed to life-threatening and life-altering events that put them at risk for mental disorders such as PTSD. These events include motor vehicle collisions, intimate partner violence and other physical or sexual assault, childhood maltreatment, natural disasters, and a myriad of other more rare (e...

Nuclear war between Israel and Iran: lethality beyond the pale - Dallas CE, Bell WC, Stewart DJ, Caruso A, Burkle Jr FM.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

BACKGROUND: The proliferation of nuclear technology in the politically volatile Middle East greatly increases the likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear war. It is widely accepted, while not openly declared, that Israel has nuclear weapons, and that Iran has... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Prevention and treatment of respiratory consequences induced by sulfur mustard in Iranian casualties - Razavi SM, Salamati P, Harandi AA, Ghanei M.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

BACKGROUND: About 100,000 Iranian have been exposed to chemical weapons during Iraq-Iran conflict (1980-88). After being spent of more than two decades, still about 30,000 of them are under follow-up treatment. The main aim of this study was to review vari... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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Open globe eye injury characteristics and prognostic factors in southern Israel: a retrospective epidemiologic review of 10 years experience - Knyazer B, Bilenko N, Levy J, Lifshitz T, Belfair N, Klemperer I, Yagev R.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:15:35 +0100

BACKGROUND: Open globe injury (OGI) is a common cause of unilateral visual loss in all age groups. OBJECTIVES: To describe and identify clinical characteristics, prognostic factors and visual outcome in a group of patients with OGI in southern Israel. METH... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Carbon Dioxide Intercalation in Hydrated Na-Montmorillonite

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:12 +0100

The Journal of Physical Chemistry CDOI: 10.1021/jp312589s (Source: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

Drought Gobbles Up Texas Turkey Hunt

Scientific American - Official RSS Feed — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:00 +0100

Turkey hunting in Texas dried up along with the state's water due to the epic drought of 2011. And while the drought has relented, turkey season hasn't been the same. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)

Scientific research and the European Union | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:00 +0100

What effect does European Union membership have on science and research? And what would it mean if the UK left?A recent edition of the BBC Radio 4 science programme "Material World" fulfilled current BBC policy by including a member of UKIP. Roger Helmer MEP was in discussion with Professor Ed Hinds, from Imperial, about the effects of EU membership, or lack of it, on research. I was also there, to talk about pear-shaped nuclei and electric dipole moments.Ed is a world expert on electric dipole moments, and I am the UK representative on the CERN Council European Strategy Group (our draft strategy will hopefully be adopted in Brussels next week). So we both had things to say about each other's topic.I know from experience that applying for, and spending, EU research funds used to be very bu...

The role of family background on adolescent khat chewing behavior in Jazan Region

Annals of General Psychiatry — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Background: Khat is a well-known natural stimulant from the Catha edulis plant and is widely used in certain Red Sea countries, including Yemen and the province of Jazan in Saudi Arabia. Jazan is located in the southwestern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia adjacent to Yemen, where the practice of khat chewing is deeply rooted throughout the entire population. The main objective of this paper was to assess the association between family background, i.e., parent and sibling khat use, and adolescents' khat chewing behavior in Jazan. Other variables were also tested for association, including parents' education levels, family income, and peer influence.Material and methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with a representative sample (n = 4,100) of intermediate and upper secondary schoo...

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Twenty-year route of prevalence of risk factors, treatment patterns, complications, and mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction in Iran

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The results indicate prominent improvement in the management process of patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction within the past 20 years. (Source: Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease)

Cement dust pollution induces toxicity or deficiency of some essential elements in wild plants growing around a cement factory

Toxicology and Industrial Health current issue — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

In the present study, it was aimed to determine the effects of cement dust pollution on contents of some significant essential elements (P, S, K, Ca, Fe and Cl) in wild plants (Medigago varia, Anchusa leptophylla, Euphorbia orientalis, Lactuca serriola, Artemisia spicigera, Crambe orientalis, Convolvulus sepium and Senecio vernalis) using wavelength-dispersive spectrometer X-ray fluorescence technique. Plant samples were collected from different locations around a cement factory which is located at Askale about 50 km from Erzurum (Turkey). The element contents in the plant specimens that existed in both 0–100 m (dense dusted) and 2000 m (undusted) areas were compared. P, S, K and Cl contents were found to be high in the plants growing in areas 0–100 m from t...

PLANEX: the plant co-expression database

BMC Plant Biology - Latest articles — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: PLANEX provides a correlation database, a cluster network and an interpretation of enrichment test results for eight plant species. A typical co-expressed gene generates lists of co-expression data that contain hundreds of genes of interest for enrichment analysis. Also, co-expressed genes can be identified and cataloged in terms of comparative genomics by using the 'Co-expression gene compare' feature. This type of analysis will help interpret experimental data and determine whether there is a common term among genes of interest. (Source: BMC Plant Biology - Latest articles)

Shinseki Faces Mounting Criticism Over Backlog of Benefit Claims

NYT Health — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:21:24 +0100

The secretary, Eric Shinseki, is being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems dealing with claims for disability compensation. (Source: NYT Health)

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO

Reuters: Health — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:09 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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5 things to know about SARS-like virus

WDSU.com - Health — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:55 +0100

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)

Novel coronavirus infection - update

WHO Disease Outbreaks — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:15:00 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)

Among Patients Carrying BRCA Mutations, PARP Inhibitor Shows Activity In Pancreatic, Prostate Cancers

Health News from Medical News Today — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers. Results of the study, led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel, will be presented during the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago in early June (Abstract #11024)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Leptin suppresses anti-Mullerian hormone gene expression through the JAK2/STAT3 pathway in luteinized granulosa cells of women undergoing IVF

Human Reproduction — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

This study included a luteinized granulosa cell model as these cells were collected from women who were hyperstimulated with gonadotrophins. The results obtained may not fully extrapolate to non-luteinized granulosa cells. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Leptin may program abnormal AMH signaling, thereby resulting in ovarian dysfunction. This study opens a new perspective for understanding the low ovarian reserve seen in obese women and provides new insights into potential mechanisms that explain the lower AMH seen in obese women. Whether our findings explain the worse response to ovulation induction observed in obese women needs to be further elucidated. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS The study was funded by New England Fertility Society Fellowship Award and Ferring Pharmaceutical...

Mammographical mass detection and classification using Local Seed Region Growing–Spherical Wavelet Transform (LSRG–SWT) hybrid scheme

Computers in Biology and Medicine — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:13 +0100

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to implement accurate methods of detection and classification of benign and malignant breast masses in mammograms. Our new proposed method, which can be used as a diagnostic tool, is denoted Local Seed Region Growing–Spherical Wavelet Transform (LSRG–SWT), and consists of four steps. The first step is homomorphic filtering for enhancement, and the second is detection of the region of interests (ROIs) using a Local Seed Region Growing (LSRG) algorithm, which we developed. The third step incoporates Spherical Wavelet Transform (SWT) and feature extraction. Finally the fourth step is classification, which consists of two sequential components: the 1st classification distinguishes the ROIs as either mass or non-mass and the 2nd classification distingu...

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Solid-State Thermal Dewetting of Just-Percolated Gold Films Evaporated on Glass: Development of the Morphology and Optical Properties

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:37:03 +0100

The Journal of Physical Chemistry CDOI: 10.1021/jp400895z (Source: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

5 things to know about dangerous, SARS-like virus

CNN.com - Health — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:48 +0100

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

Tuning Effect of Silyl Protecting Groups on the Glycosylation Reactivity of Arabinofuranosyl Thioglycosides

Organic Letters — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:15 +0100

Organic LettersDOI: 10.1021/ol401166x (Source: Organic Letters)

Study Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicide Risk In Deployed Military Personnel

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100

JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A study by Craig J. Bryan, Psy.D., A.B.P.P., of the National Center for Veterans Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, suggests that suicide risk is higher among military personnel with more lifetime traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Patients included 161 military personnel referred for evaluation and treatment of suspected head injury at a military hospital's TBI clinic in Iraq... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Substituent Effects on the Electrochemical, Spectroscopic, and Structural Properties of Fischer Mono- and Biscarbene Complexes of Chromium(0)

Inorganic Chemistry — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:18:19 +0100

Inorganic ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/ic4007422 (Source: Inorganic Chemistry)

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Intensive care nurses' opinions and practice for oral care of mechanically ventilated patients

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Nurses did not consider oral care in intensive care patients as a high priority. This result highlights the need to continue education programs on oral care for improving the knowledge and attitude of intensive care nurses with respect to oral care. (Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine)

Genetic and functional characterization of culturable plant‐beneficial actinobacteria associated with yam rhizosphere

Journal of Basic Microbiology — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Abstract Actinobacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of yam plants from agricultural fields from Yeoju, South Korea and analyzed for their genetic and plant‐beneficial functional diversity. A total of 29 highly occurring actinobacterial isolates from the yam rhizosphere were screened for various plant‐beneficial traits such as antimicrobial activity on fungi and bacteria; biocontrol traits such as production of siderophore, protease, chitinase, endo‐cellulase, and β‐glucanase. The isolates were also screened for plant growth‐promoting (PGP) traits such as auxin production, phosphate solubilization, 1‐aminocyclopropane‐1‐carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase activity, and in vitro Arabidopsis growth promotion. 16S rDNA sequence‐based phylogenetic analysis was carried out ...

Introns of plant pri-miRNAs enhance miRNA biogenesis

EMBO Reports AOP — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

EMBO Reports. doi:10.1038/embor.2013.62 Authors: Dawid Bielewicz, Malgorzata Kalak, Maria Kalyna, David Windels, Andrea Barta, Franck Vazquez, Zofia Szweykowska-Kulinska & Artur Jarmolowski (Source: EMBO Reports AOP)

Preeclampsia and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) I/D and angiotensin II type-1 receptor (AT1R) A1166C polymorphisms: association with ACE I/D polymorphism

Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System : JRAAS — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Our study indicates that lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress are involved in the development of preeclampsia that might be influenced by polymorphism in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genes. (Source: Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System : JRAAS)

Fungal Subtilisin Induces the Plant Defense Response [Genomics and Proteomics]

Journal of Biological Chemistry — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

In this work, the purification and characterization of an extracellular elicitor protein, designated AsES, produced by an avirulent isolate of the strawberry pathogen Acremonium strictum, are reported. The defense eliciting activity present in culture filtrates was recovered and purified by ultrafiltration (cutoff, 30 kDa), anionic exchange (Q-Sepharose, pH 7.5), and hydrophobic interaction (phenyl-Sepharose) chromatographies. Two-dimensional SDS-PAGE of the purified active fraction revealed a single spot of 34 kDa and pI 8.8. HPLC (C2/C18) and MS/MS analysis confirmed purification to homogeneity. Foliar spray with AsES provided a total systemic protection against anthracnose disease in strawberry, accompanied by the expression of defense-related genes (i.e. PR1 and Chi2-1). Accumulation o...

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Photochemistry of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 LOV1: transient tetramerization

RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:11:06 +0100

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2013, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/C3PP50047K, PaperYusuke Nakasone, Kazunori Zikihara, Satoru Tokutomi, Masahide TerazimaThe photochemical reaction of the LOV1 (light-oxygen-voltage 1) domain of phototropin 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana was investigated by the time-resolved transient grating method. As with other LOV domains, an absorption...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles)

Letters: Boycott of Israel is a personal choice

Guardian Unlimited Science — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:05:18 +0100

In their letter (15 May), condemning Professor Hawking for not going to a conference in Israel, professors Michael Yudkin and Denis Noble state that the international code that governs the conduct of all scientists requires them to refrain from discrimination "based on such factors as ethnic origin, religion, citizenship, language, political or other opinion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age" (statute 5 of the International Council for Science). I think that they are being a little ingenuous. I have been attending scientific meetings and congresses in all parts of the world for over 50 years, and have even organised a few; I have never heard of ICSU, nor have I ever heard that as a scientist I am bound by their code of conduct. A quick straw poll of colleagues c...

Disorder–Order Structural Transformation in Electron-Poor Sr3Au8Sn3 Driven by Chemical Bonding Optimization

Inorganic Chemistry — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:18:07 +0100

Inorganic ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/ic400626x (Source: Inorganic Chemistry)

SARS-Like Virus Spreads From Patient to Nurse: WHOSARS-Like Virus Spreads From Patient to Nurse: WHO

Medscape Medical News Headlines — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 +0100

Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)

Low Temperature Synthesis of NH3 from Atomic N and H at the Surfaces of FeS2{100} Crystals

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:58 +0100

The Journal of Physical Chemistry CDOI: 10.1021/jp308872y (Source: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

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Health care workers sickened by new virus

WDSU.com - Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:50:52 +0100

Two health care workers in Saudi Arabia were sickened while treating patients with a dangerous new virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)

A City That’s Not a City - 19 April 2013

UNFPA News — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:38 +0100

ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan — A city that’s not a city, Jordan’s Zaatari camp sits just across the border and houses more than 100,000 Syrians. Located in desert terrain, the ground is so white and dusty it almost looks as though it is snowing. (Source: UNFPA News)

Syria's Refugees: Birth and Life in Zaatari Camp – in Pictures - 22 April 2013

UNFPA News — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:38 +0100

Towards Increased Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Syria - 08 May 2013

UNFPA News — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:38 +0100

Syrian Women Giving Birth in Exile - 07 May 2013

UNFPA News — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:38 +0100

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Rift Valley fever among children and adolescents in southwestern Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:36 +0100

Conclusions: Despite the low virus activity recently reported among animals, neither clinically apparent RVF infections nor outbreaks among humans have been documented, indicating that the control measures taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health are effective. (Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health)

Antimicrobial agent prescription patterns for chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in patients with hematological malignancies at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

Journal of Infection and Public Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:36 +0100

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that there is a large variation in the antimicrobial treatment of FN episodes in patients with hematological malignancies at SQUH. All chosen drugs were within international guideline recommendations. (Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health)

Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G) test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in dialysis patients

Journal of Infection and Public Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:35 +0100

In conclusion, the AUCs of the examined diagnostic modalities are significantly different in predicting LTBI and tuberculosis. (Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health)

Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj & Umra) for 1434 (2013)

Journal of Infection and Public Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:34 +0100

(a) In accordance with the International Health Regulations 2005 , all travellers arriving from countries or areas at risk of yellow fever (listed below) must present a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate showing that the person was vaccinated at least 10 days prior to arrival and not more than 10 years before arrival at the border of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health)

A cross-cultural examination of the Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form among Egyptian and Omani adolescents - Abd-El-Fattah SM.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10:51 +0100

The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Aggression Questionnaire-Short Form (AQ-SF) were examined in 2 samples of Egyptian and Omani adolescents. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) revealed that the 4-factor model had adequate fit to the da... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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Human-to-human transmission of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia

Health News - UPI.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:49:16 +0100

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- Two healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia are confirmed to have the novel coronavirus -- SARS-live virus -- officials at the World Health Organization said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)

The saving and empowering young lives in Europe (SEYLE) randomized controlled trial (RCT): methodological issues and participant characteristics

BMC Public Health - Latest articles — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: SEYLE achieved its objective of recruiting a large representative sample of adolescents within participating European countries. Analysis of SEYLE data will shed light on the effectiveness of important interventions aimed at improving adolescent mental health and well-being, reducing risk-taking and self-destructive behaviour and preventing suicidality.Trial registration: US National Institute of Health (NIH) clinical trial registry (NCT00906620) and the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00000214) (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)

Endothelium, heal thyself

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Investigators from the Center for Vascular Biology Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center publish new findings showing that the endothelium's efficient barrier function relies on an enormous self-restorative capacity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Brunner's Gland Hyperplasia and Adenoma Associated with Colic in an Aged Arabian Mare

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

(Source: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine)

LIPS database with LIPService: a microscopic image database of intracellular structures in Arabidopsis guard cells

BMC Plant Biology - Latest articles — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: The updated LIPS database provides a benchmark image dataset for representative intracellular structures in Arabidopsis guard cells. The newly released LIPService allows users to inspect the relationship between organellar three-dimensional configurations and morphometrical parameters. (Source: BMC Plant Biology - Latest articles)

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A dual‐isotope rubidium comagnetometer to search for anomalous long‐range spin‐mass (spin‐gravity) couplings of the proton

Annalen der Physik — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Abstract The experimental concept of a search for a long‐range coupling between rubidium (Rb) nuclear spins and the mass of the Earth is described. The experiment is based on simultaneous measurement of the spin precession frequencies for overlapping ensembles of 85Rb and 87Rb atoms contained within an evacuated, antirelaxation‐coated vapor cell. Rubidium atoms are spin‐polarized in the presence of an applied magnetic field by synchronous optical pumping with circularly polarized laser light. Spin precession is probed by measuring optical rotation of far‐off‐resonant, linearly polarized laser light. Simultaneous measurement of 85Rb and 87Rb spin precession frequencies enables suppression of magnetic‐field‐related systematic effects. The nuclear structure of the Rb isotopes ma...

The Hard Road Back: Baffling Rise in Suicides Plagues U.S. Military

NYT Health — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:19:02 +0100

Of the crises facing American troops today, suicide ranks among the most emotionally wrenching — and baffling. (Source: NYT Health)

WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus

Reuters: Health — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:13 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said. (Source: Reuters: Health)

WHO Reports First Patient-to-Nurse Spread of New SARS-Like Virus

MedlinePlus Health News — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:43:35 +0100

Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: International Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

[Video] Jordan: Shattered Lives in the Middle East

MSF Multimedia — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:53:00 +0100

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EDUCATION: Spotlight! on NLM Resources – Multiple Language Resources – Wed. May 22

Midcontinental Region News — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:12:58 +0100

Spotlight on National Library of Medicine Resources – Wed. May 22, 2013, 1:00 MT, 2:00 CT – Multiple Language Resources. Research conducted over the past 25 years has shown a strong correlation between language barriers and poor quality health care. Language can affect the accuracy of patient histories, the ability to engage in treatment decision-making, poorer understanding of a medical diagnosis or treatment, underuse of primary and preventative services, lower use and misuse of prescription medications, and a decreased level of patient trust. In the MidContinental Region there are many languages used: American Sign Language, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Cushite, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, ...

Health care workers sickened by new virus

CNN.com - Health — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:12:31 +0100

Two health care workers in Saudi Arabia were sickened while treating patients with a dangerous new virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

Trauma registries in developing countries: A review of the published experience

Injury — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:55 +0100

Conclusion: Amongst the small number of trauma registries in developing countries, there is a large variation in processes. The implementation of trauma systems with trauma registries is feasible in under-resourced environments where they are desperately needed. (Source: Injury)

Getting little ones to eat healthy

Pediatric Health Associates — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:00 +0100

Having trouble getting your kids to eat spinach? Here's some tips on how to "sneak" nutrition into your child's meals and get them involve with making healthy choices. From the desk of Brittany Jimenez, RNBrittany Jimenez, RNAll Hands on Deck: Keep those little hands busy! While at the grocery store or farmer’s market let your child help to put fruits and veggies in the cart. Encourage them to pick out foods by colors and letters- turn shopping into a game! By being active participants at the store, you are also helping them to develop good eating habits for life!Main Squeeze: Buy a healthy whole-wheat pancake mix or make your own. Put the batter into a squeeze bottle and let breakfast (or dinner) fun begin! Squeeze ...

Novel coronavirus infection - update

WHO Disease Outbreaks — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:00 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases with infection of the novel coronavirus (nCoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)

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Novel Coronavirus Might Spread Between Humans, Says World Health Organization

Health News from Medical News Today — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) is emerging as a major challenge for countries across the world and experts from the various governments that have been affected are desperately looking for some form of guidance. A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the virus may be able to spread by human-to-human contact. In fact, WHO has just been invited by the The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to try and help them fully assess nCoV and come up with recommendations and ways to try and tackle it... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Adolescent MERS-CoV Cases Raise Transparency Concerns

Recombinomics — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:12:25 +0100

The commentary discusses transparency concerns regarding MERS-CoV transmission in Saudi Arabia. (05/14/13 13:00) (Source: Recombinomics)

Repeat brain injury raises soldiers' suicide risk

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

(University of Utah) Researchers studied 161 military personnel in Iraq who had received a traumatic brain injury and found that suicide risk is higher among military personnel with more lifetime TBIs, even after controlling for clinical symptom severity. Results suggest that multiple TBIs, which are common among military personnel, may contribute to increased risk for suicide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

World Briefing | Middle East: Saudi Arabia: New Virus Spreads

NYT Health — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:46:23 +0100

Saudi Arabia has confirmed six new cases of the SARS-like coronavirus in its Eastern Province in recent days, the state news media reported. (Source: NYT Health)

No Significant Change Seen In Overall Smokeless Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youths

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:00 +0100

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. "However, limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U.S. youths," writes Israel T. Agaku, D.M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues. As reported in a Research Letter, the authors analyzed recent trends in prevalence of smokeless tobacco use among youths using the 2000-2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a biennial national cross-sectional survey of U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Saudi Arabia makes big strides in healthcare IT

AuntMinnie.com Headlines — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:37:24 +0100

The opening of the Saudi Health meeting this week highlights the major investments (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)

Saudi Arabia confirms six new cases of deadly SARS-like virus

Reuters: Health — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:17:23 +0100

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has confirmed six new cases of the SARS-like novel coronavirus in its Eastern Province, state media reported on Monday and Tuesday, citing the health ministry. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Saudi Arabia Confirms Six New Cases of Deadly SARS-Like Virus

MedlinePlus Health News — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:17:18 +0100

Saudi Arabia has confirmed six new cases of the SARS-like novel coronavirus in its Eastern Province, state media reported on Monday and Tuesday, citing the health ministry.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: International Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

New coronavirus infects four more in Saudi Arabia

Health News: CBSNews.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:01:24 +0100

Saudi authorities have reported nearly 30 cases since the virus was identified last year (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

Nanotech filter may protect farmed fish from fungus

SciDev.Net — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:41:29 +0100

Toxic nanoparticle treatment of ponds of farmed fish could be made safe by embedding in into water filters, find scientists in Iran. (Source: SciDev.Net)

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Turkish Womb Transplant Patient Loses BabyTurkish Womb Transplant Patient Loses Baby

Medscape Medical News Headlines — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 +0100

A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heart beat, doctors in Turkey said. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)

Turkish womb transplant patient loses baby

Reuters: Health — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:38:14 +0100

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heart beat, doctors in Turkey said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Saudi Arabia: 4 new coronavirus cases found

WDSU.com - Health — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:19:56 +0100

Health officials reported four more cases of a dangerous new virus in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)

Saudi Arabia reports 4 new cases of dangerous virus

CNN.com - Health — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:20 +0100

Health officials reported four more cases of a dangerous new virus in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

Novel coronavirus infection - update

WHO Disease Outbreaks — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:15:00 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional four laboratory-confirmed cases with infection of the novel coronavirus (NCoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)

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Saudi Arabia confirms four new cases of deadly SARS-like virus

Reuters: Health — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:33:06 +0100

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of the SARS-like novel coronavirus in its Eastern Province, state media reported late on Monday, citing the health ministry. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Vaginal douching by women with vulvo-vaginitis and relation to reproductive health hazards

BMC Women's Health - Latest articles — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Vaginal douching is a prevalent practice in Egypt and has traditional and religious roots within the community. There are many misbeliefs around this habit in Egypt. Vaginal douching increases certain reproductive health hazards especially preterm labor and PID. Much effort and awareness campaigns are needed to increase women awareness about health hazards of this incorrect practice and to limit its use. (Source: BMC Women's Health - Latest articles)

Non-coding RNA: R-loop stability controls expression

Nature Reviews Genetics — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Nature Reviews Genetics 14, 368 (2013). doi:10.1038/nrg3506 Author: Mary Muers Using a forward mutagenesis screen, Sun et al. studied regulation of a set of antisense transcripts named COOLAIR, which are important for controlling flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. They found that a plant homeodomain protein called NDX1 regulates COOLAIR by binding (Source: Nature Reviews Genetics)

Carnegie Mellon partners with human rights data analysis group to improve Syrian casualty reporting

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

(Carnegie Mellon University) Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Human Rights Science is partnering with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group to improve mass casualty estimation and will start with the ongoing uprising in Syria. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Peptide Separation Methodologies for In-Depth Proteomics in Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

In the post-genome era, several tools that have increased our global understanding of the molecular basis of several cell-based phenomena have been developed. However, proteomics has not been efficiently integrated with the other ‘omics’ (e.g. transcriptomics and metabolomics), because of the relatively low number of proteins identified by mass spectrometry (MS). Peptides from low-abundance proteins are often not detected by MS due to ionization suppression. To improve the number of peptide identifications in MS analyses, we propose three separation methodologies; namely, OFFGEL electrophoresis, 2D-liquid chromatography (LC) and the long monolithic silica-C18 capillary column method, with the common aim to decrease peptide complexity prior to MS analyses. Proteomics using the a...

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Secondary Evolution of a Self-Incompatibility Locus in the Brassicaceae Genus Leavenworthia

PLoS Biology: Archived Table of Contents — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

by Sier-Ching Chantha, Adam C. Herman, Adrian E. Platts, Xavier Vekemans, Daniel J. Schoen Self-incompatibility (SI) is the flowering plant reproductive system in which self pollen tube growth is inhibited, thereby preventing self-fertilization. SI has evolved independently in several different flowering plant lineages. In all Brassicaceae species in which the molecular basis of SI has been investigated in detail, the product of the S-locus receptor kinase (SRK) gene functions as receptor in the initial step of the self pollen-rejection pathway, while that of the S-locus cysteine-rich (SCR) gene functions as ligand. Here we examine the hypothesis that the S locus in the Brassicaceae genus Leavenworthia is paralogous with the S locus previously characterized in other members of the family....

SS-mPMG and SS-GA: Tools for Finding Pathways and Dynamic Simulation of Metabolic Networks

Plant and Cell Physiology — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Metabolomics analysis tools can provide quantitative information on the concentration of metabolites in an organism. In this paper, we propose the minimum pathway model generator tool for simulating the dynamics of metabolite concentrations (SS-mPMG) and a tool for parameter estimation by genetic algorithm (SS-GA). SS-mPMG can extract a subsystem of the metabolic network from the genome-scale pathway maps to reduce the complexity of the simulation model and automatically construct a dynamic simulator to evaluate the experimentally observed behavior of metabolites. Using this tool, we show that stochastic simulation can reproduce experimentally observed dynamics of amino acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. In this simulation, SS-mPMG extracts the metabolic network subsystem from publ...

Smoke-derived karrikin perception [Plant Biology]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Genetic studies in Arabidopsis implicate an α/β-hydrolase, KARRIKIN-INSENSITIVE 2 (KAI2) as a receptor for karrikins, germination-promoting butenolide small molecules found in the smoke of burned plants. However, direct biochemical evidence for the interaction between KAI2 and karrikin and for the mechanism of downstream signaling by a KAI2–karrikin complex remain elusive.... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Copper Regulates Primary Root Elongation Through PIN1-Mediated Auxin Redistribution

Plant and Cell Physiology — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

The heavy metal copper (Cu) is an essential microelement required for normal plant growth and development, but it inhibits primary root growth when in excess. The mechanism underlying how excess Cu functions in this process remains to be further elucidated. Here, we report that a higher concentration of CuSO4 inhibited primary root elongation of Arabidopsis seedlings by affecting both the elongation and meristem zones. In the meristem zone, meristematic cell division potential was reduced by excess Cu. Further experiments showed that Cu can modulate auxin distribution, resulting in higher auxin activities in both the elongation and meristem zones of Cu-treated roots based on DR5::GUS expression patterns. This Cu-mediated auxin redistribution was shown to be responsible for Cu-mediated inhi...

Two WUSCHEL-related homeobox Genes, narrow leaf2 and narrow leaf3, Control Leaf Width in Rice

Plant and Cell Physiology — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Leaf shape is one of the key determinants of plant architecture. Leaf shape also affects the amount of sunlight captured and influences photosynthetic efficiency; thus, it is an important agronomic trait in crop plants. Understanding the molecular mechanisms governing leaf shape is a central issue of plant developmental biology and agrobiotechnology. Here, we characterized the narrow-leaf phenotype of FL90, a linkage tester line of rice (Oryza sativa). Light and scanning electron microscopic analyses of FL90 leaves revealed defects in the development of marginal regions and a reduction in the number of longitudinal veins. The narrow-leaf phenotype of FL90 shows a two-factor recessive inheritance and is caused by the loss of function of two WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes, NAL2 and NAL3 (NAL...

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Environmental study of azole‐resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with TR34/L98H mutations in the cyp51A gene in Iran

Mycoses — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

We report the emergence of resistance to triazoles in environmental Aspergillus fumigatus isolates in Iran. The TR34/L98H mutation was the only resistance mechanism. Overall 3.3% of the A. fumigatus isolates from hospital surroundings in Sari and Tehran had the same TR34/L98H STRAf genotype and were related to some resistant clinical and environmental TR34/L98H isolates from the Netherlands and India. It is emphasised that routine resistance surveillance studies focusing on environmental and clinical samples are warranted to yield the true prevalence of azole resistance in A. fumigatus in Iran. (Source: Mycoses)

Hawking decision fuels Israel debate

Nature — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/497299a Author: Daniel Cressey Physicist’s stance a ‘turning point’, claim supporters. (Source: Nature)

New SARS-Like Virus Can Probably Pass Person-to-PersonNew SARS-Like Virus Can Probably Pass Person-to-Person

Medscape Today Headlines — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:03:01 +0100

World Health Organization officials said it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Initiators, Leaders, and Recruitment Mechanisms in the Collective Movements of Damselfish.

The American Naturalist — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:23:38 +0100

Ashley J. W. Ward, James E. Herbert-Read, Lyndon A. Jordan, Richard James, Jens Krause, Qi Ma, Daniel I. Rubenstein, David J. T. Sumpter, and Lesley J. Morrell The American Naturalist, Volume 181, Issue 6, Page 748-760, June 2013. (Source: The American Naturalist)

'SARS-like' virus infects second French patient

Nursing in Practice — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:57:25 +0100

A second diagnosis of the new SARS-like virus coronavirus was confirmed in France on Sunday as clinicians are urged to watch for 'a-typical' respiratory symptoms in patients who have recently visited the Middle East Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Nursing in Practice)

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EDUCATION: Spotlight! on NLM Resources – Multiple Language Resources – Wed. May 22

Midcontinental Region News — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:48:16 +0100

New coronavirus 'likely' to spread person to person

NHS News Feed — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:52:00 +0100

‘WHO warns that a deadly novel coronavirus could be passed from person to person’, The Independent reports. The news – featured in much of the media – is based on the latest ‘state of play’ advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the novel coronavirus (nCV). nCV, which is genetically similar to the SARS virus, was first reported in the autumn of 2012 and appears to have originated in the Middle East. Initial symptoms of nCV are similar to a severe case of the flu and include: fever cough shortness of breath breathing difficulties Unlike flu, nCV is thought to have a high risk of causing serious, life-threatening, complications such as pneumonia and kidney failure. What have the WHO said about nCV? The WHO has confirmed that as of May 12 2013 there ...

Coumarin In Cinnamon Causes Liver Damage In Some People

Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Sensitive people who consume cinnamon-flavored foods, drinks and food supplements may have a higher risk of liver damage, researchers from the University of Mississippi, USA, and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, report in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. Cinnamon is one of the most important flavoring agents in foods and drinks, team leader Ikhlas Khan explained. It is the second most popular spice, next to black pepper, in the United States and Europe. Ceylon cinnamon, also known as "true cinnamon" (cinnamon verum) is very expensive... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

New SARS-like virus can probably pass person-to-person

Reuters: Health — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:35:37 +0100

RIYADH (Reuters) - World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Two New Viruses Could Both Spark Global Outbreaks

RWJF News Digest - Public Health — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)

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Arabin cervical pessary in pregnant women at high‐risk of premature birth: an MR imaging observational follow‐up study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

ConclusionIn patients at high risk of premature delivery, correct placement of the Arabin cervical pessary should be immediately controlled, which can be easy and fast done with MRI. Our study provides some evidence that in singleton pregnancies with short cervix, cervical pessary delays birth by a mechanical effect on the utero‐cervical angle. (Source: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology)

The foetal posterior fossa dimensions: normal and anomalous development as assessed in the median cranial plane by 3D‐MPR sonographic imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

ConclusionsSonographic evaluation of the foetal PF size in the median plane is feasible. The constructed nomograms provide reference data that may be helpful, when evaluating PF congenital malformations. (Source: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology)

A survey of distribution of terrestrial radionuclides in surface soil samples in and around the Osmaniyeprovince, Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

The purpose of this survey was to determine the distribution of terrestrial radionuclides (238U, 232Th and 40K) in surface soil samples collected from different locations in and around Osmaniye and assess the radiological implications of outdoor external exposure. The activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K in soil samples ranged from 2.6 to 38.1 Bq kg–1 with a mean of 10.4±0.7 Bq kg–1, 3.7–40.5 Bq kg–1 with a mean of 12.2±0.7 Bq kg–1 and 30.0–639.7 Bq kg–1 with a mean of 243.4±12.8 Bq kg–1, respectively. The concentrations of these radionuclides, presented in this article, were compared with those obtained from similar studies related to Turkey reported in the literature as well as earth's crust average values. Th...

Western Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hazard potential greater than previously thought

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

(National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, according to recent research published in Geophysical Research Letters. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Highlights from the literature

Emergency Medicine Journal — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Scoop and go Debate continues over a ‘scoop and go’ versus a ‘stay and stabilise’ approach to patient care in the prehospital trauma setting. Analysis of data from more than 19 000 patients presenting to a level 1 trauma centre in California revealed increased odds of mortality if the scene time was greater than 20 min in the case of penetrating trauma. Interestingly, this association was not demonstrated amongst patients who had sustained blunt trauma (Ann Emerg Med 2013;61:167–74). Ambulance crashes There is evidence to suggest that the risk of road traffic collisions is up to 13 times higher for emergency ambulances per mile travelled than other vehicles. Researchers from Turkey reviewed forensic records and identified 21 deaths of patients who we...

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Genome scan study of prostate cancer in Arabs: identification of three genomic regions with multiple prostate cancer susceptibility loci in Tunisians

Journal of Translational Medicine — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Our findings, identifying novel GWAS prostate cancer susceptibility loci, indicate that prostate cancer genetic risk factors could be ethnic specific. (Source: Journal of Translational Medicine)

Rumors, grief and questions: A virus ravages a Saudi family

Reuters: Health — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:36:04 +0100

HOFUF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish. (Source: Reuters: Health)

New SARS-like virus can probably pass person-to-person

Reuters: Health — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:29:17 +0100

The intrinsically disordered C-terminal region of Arabidopsis thaliana TCP8 transcription factor acts both as a transactivation and self-assembly domain

RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:11:21 +0100

Mol. BioSyst., 2013, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/C3MB70128J, PaperIsabel Valsecchi, Emilie Guittard-Crilat, Regis Maldiney, Yvette Habricot, Sabrina Lignon, Regine Lebrun, Emile Miginiac, Eric Ruelland, Emmanuelle Jeannette, Sandrine LebretonTCPs are plant specific transcription factors with non-canonical basic helix-loop-helix domains. While Arabidopsis thaliana has 24 TCPs involved in cell proliferation and differentiation, their mode of action has not been...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Mol. BioSyst. latest articles)

New SARS-Like Virus Can Probably Pass Person-to-Person

MedlinePlus Health News — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:29:14 +0100

World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

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Anomalous reactivity of supported V2O5 nanoparticles for propane oxidative dehydrogenation: influence of the vanadium oxide precursor

RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:10:35 +0100

Dalton Trans., 2013, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/C3DT50611H, PaperCarlos A. Carrero, Christopher J. Keturakis, Andres Orrego, Reinhard Schomacker, Israel E. WachsV2O5 NPs in the [similar]1-2 nm range exhibit anomalously high propane ODH TOF values for supported vanadia catalysts on Al2O3, SiO2, and TiO2 supports.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles)

[News of the Week] Around the World

Science: Current Issue — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:11:07 +0100

In science news around the world, the Large Millimeter Telescope will begin its first scientific observation season next week, journals are being asked to help tighten U.S. trade sanctions on Iran, and a new research challenge seeks studies that reveal differences between males and females in the development of Alzheimer's disease. (Source: Science: Current Issue)

[News & Analysis] Infectious Diseases: Amid Heightened Concerns, New Name for Novel Coronavirus Emerges

Science: Current Issue — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:11:07 +0100

Pathogen to be christened Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.Author: Martin Enserink (Source: Science: Current Issue)

Architecture and evolution of a minute plant genome

Nature AOP — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Nature advance online publication 12 May 2013. doi:10.1038/nature12132 Authors: Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Eric Lyons, Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán, Claudia Anahí Pérez-Torres, Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet, Tien-Hao Chang, Tianying Lan, Andreanna J. Welch, María Jazmín Abraham Juárez, June Simpson, Araceli Fernández-Cortés, Mario Arteaga-Vázquez, Elsa Góngora-Castillo, Gustavo Acevedo-Hernández, Stephan C. Schuster, Heinz Himmelbauer, André E. Minoche, Sen Xu, Michael Lynch, Araceli Oropeza-Aburto, Sergio Alan Cervantes-Pérez, María de Jesús Ortega-Estrada, Jacob Israel Cervantes-Luevano, Todd P. Michael, Todd Mockler, Douglas Bryant, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Victor A. Albert & Luis Herrera-Estrella It has been arg...

Antilock braking system effectiveness in prevention of road traffic crashes in Iran - Khorasani-Zavareh D, Shoar S, Saadat S.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:11:04 +0100

BACKGROUND: Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) helps the equipped vehicles to stop under heavy braking, in a shorter distance and with a better control of direction. It was expected that this technology will reduce the rate of fatal road traffic crashes (RTC); h... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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The association between completed suicides and season of the year in an Iranian population - Shojaei A, Moradi S, Alaeddini F, Khodadoost M, Ghadirzadeh MR, Khademi A.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:11:04 +0100

BACKGROUND: The main objective of the present study was to determine the association between completed suicides and season of the year in Iran during 2006-2010. METHODS: Data on completed suicides were collected by questionnaires field out by the family me... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

PTSD symptoms and family versus stranger violence in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans - Sullivan CP, Elbogen EB.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:11:04 +0100

As a diagnosis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with violence committed by veterans in many studies; however, a potential link to specific PTSD symptoms has received relatively less attention. This paper examines the relationship b... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Rates of adherence and persistence with allopurinol therapy among gout patients in Israel

Rheumatology — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion. Only one out of six gout patients is adherent with allopurinol. Intervention programmes to increase adherence with treatment should focus on high-risk populations. (Source: Rheumatology)

Doctors Seeing Younger Thyroid Disorder Patients

Sat, 11 May 2013 03:00:26 +0100

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World Briefing | Europe: Concern Over New Virus in France

NYT Health — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:12:25 +0100

French officials said Friday that they are examining three people who came into contact with a man hospitalized with a new respiratory coronavirus related to SARS. (Source: NYT Health)

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DSM-5: “A Living Document” Dead on Arrival?

Psychology Today Personality Center — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:54:24 +0100

Why is DSM-5 being considered a "living document?" The main rationale, to my mind, is to “correct” for the shoddy work that is being launched this month. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)

Iraq War Contractors Denied Retrial In Oregon Guard Suit For C6 Poisoning Injuries

LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:10:20 +0100

PORTLAND, Ore. - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on April 26 reduced the noneconomic compensatory damages award from $850,000 to $500,000 for each of the 12 veterans whose claims were tried in October; defense motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial were denied (Rocky Bixby, et al. v. KBR, Inc., et al., No. 09-632, D. Ore.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60390; See 3/5/13, Page 23). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)

[Correspondence] Economic sanctions strangle Iranians' health, not just drug supply

LANCET — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:10:05 +0100

Dara Mohammadi, in his piece “US-led economic sanctions strangle Iran's drug supply” (Jan 26, p 279), correctly explains some of the consequences of economic sanctions on Iran, but some clarifications are needed. (Source: LANCET)

MERS-CoV Spreads from Dubai UAE to Douai France

Recombinomics — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:12:13 +0100

The commentary discusses the spread of MERS-CoV from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Douai, France (05/08/13 13:15) (Source: Recombinomics)

Frequency of combined factor V and factor VIII deficiency in southern Iran

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:14:34 +0100

No abstract available (Source: Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis)

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Visualize three decades of changes to the Earth s surface with Google Earth timelapses

Scientific American - Official RSS Feed — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:19:00 +0100

One of our greatest innovations is our ability to look at our planet from the heavens. From hundreds of miles above the surface of our planet, we can see how everything fits together. We can see the erosion of soil over millions of years, and life that springs up in the presence of water. We also see the human experiment play out on fields and plains, along rivers and oceans. From up there, our mark is left on the planet in the form of a gray organism of concrete and steel that grows and spreads to fill in valleys and dot mountain ridges. And miles away from urban centers, other signs of our existence are found: forests are cleared and lakes are depleted.Google's Earth Engine project lets us see these changes happening over time. Google highlights changes on the planet's surface in eight s...

Novel Coronavirus Spreads To France

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100

The new novel coronavirus (nCoV), which is similar to the SARS, is spreading across the globe. The French Ministry of Health has just reported the first case of the virus in France. The 65 year old Frenchman was diagnosed with nCoV following a visit to the United Arab Emirates. He had an underlying medical condition and became ill on 23 April 2013 and was hospitalized. A laboratory test conducted on 7 May 2013 by experts at the Institut Pasteur confirmed that the man was infected with the nCoV. France is now the second European country (along with the UK) to confirm a case of nCoV... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Dental caries and chemical analyses in reconstruction of diet, health and hygienic behaviour in the Middle Euphrates valley (Syria)

Archives of Oral Biology — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:36 +0100

Discussion: These data suggest a similar socio-economic status during the Late Roman and Islamic periods. The diet of the population living in the Late Roman and Islamic periods contained a larger number of products containing strontium than calcium. In the modern population these proportions have been reversed. (Source: Archives of Oral Biology)

Matrix therapy in regenerative medicine evidence in tendinitis

British Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Heparan sulfates (HS) are key elements of the extracellular matrix (ECM), which store and protect various cell communication peptides (CCP). HS play a central role in tissue homeostasis, by modulating the bioavailability of CCP. As such, they control the cell migration and differentiation required for wound healing processes. Tissue injury will lead to destruction of cells and surrounding ECM is destroyed. CCPs synthesised by inflammatory and circulating cells can then promote tissue repair, but with a loss of tissue quality, leaving traces, scars or fibroses. We have engineered biodegradable nano-polymers mimicking the HS. They bind to the structure proteins of the damaged ECM, and to the CCP produced by healthy neighbouring cells, thereby restoring the ECM microenvironment and tissue hom...

Contemporary Home Care Service and Family Medicine in Turkey

Home Health Care Management — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Home care service is providing health care to the patient in his or her dwelling when care in the hospital is no longer required. Home care services provide not only medical services but also the social services that the human needs. Studies concerning home care services bear great importance. In this review, the authors aim to guide new studies by stating the legal and scientific point reached at the moment in Turkey. (Source: Home Health Care Management)

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Enhanced microRNA accumulation through stemloop-adjacent introns

EMBO Reports AOP — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

EMBO Reports. doi:10.1038/embor.2013.58 Authors: Rebecca Schwab, Corinna Speth, Sascha Laubinger & Olivier Voinnet (Source: EMBO Reports AOP)

Nuclear war between Israel and Iran: lethality beyond the pale

Conflict and Health — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: This will cause a very limited medical response initially for survivors in Iran and Israel. Strategic use of surviving medical response and collaboration with international relief could be expedited by the predicted casualty distributions and locations. The consequences for health management of thermal burn and radiation patients is the worst, as burn patients require enormous resources to treat, and there will be little to no familiarity with the treatment of radiation victims. Any rational analysis of a nuclear war between Iran and Israel reveals the utterly unacceptable outcomes for either nation. (Source: Conflict and Health)

Paediatric nephrology - A

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: AKI incidence in NICU was 14%, and 80% of AKI developed during the first week of life. AKI is associated with low birth weight, prematurity, birth asphyxia, sepsis, hypovolemia, cardiac diseases and urinary tract anomalies. Mortality in patients with AKI is increased independent on the birth weight, gestational age and underlying etiology. (Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)

Hypertension - human studies

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions:Higher predialysis SBP variability is associated with stroke on HD populations suggesting a potential role for cerebral perfusion instability. We confirm known associations between age, diabetes, pre-existent cerebrovascular disease and hypertension. In contrast to studies in non-dialysis patients we do not find an association between EPO dose and stroke. Interventional trials of blood pressure management on stroke are recommended. (Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)

Ancestral founder mutations in calpain‐3 in the Indian Agarwal community: Historical, clinical, and molecular perspective

Muscle and Nerve — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

ConclusionsFounder mutations have immediate clinical application, at least in selected population groups. Clinically available gene panels may provide a definitive molecular diagnosis for heterogeneous disorders such as LGMD. Muscle Nerve, 2013 (Source: Muscle and Nerve)

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Small‐Platelet Thrombocytopenia in a Family With Autosomal Recessive Inheritance Pattern

Pediatric Blood and Cancer — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:12:19 +0100

We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a family of Arab ancestry and consanguinity. Five affected individuals were diagnosed in two sibships. All affected members have small platelets, severe to moderate thrombocytopenia of neonatal onset, increased bleeding tendency and bleeding complications such as: life‐threatening massive hemoperitoneum due to corpus luteum rupture during ovulation and severe mucosal bleeding. The familial involvement and early onset of the disease support the presence of a congenital genetic disorder with an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This does not fit the clinical spectrum of any of the currently known thrombocytopenia disorders. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013;9999:XX–XX. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer)

Opportunities for the NHS in the Middle East

HSJ — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:01:00 +0100

There are financial and patient benefits waiting for ambitious trusts (Source: HSJ)

Facile Synthesis of β- and α-Arabinofuranosides and Application to Cell Wall Motifs of M. tuberculosis

Organic Letters — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:23:00 +0100

Organic LettersDOI: 10.1021/ol400931p (Source: Organic Letters)

$240M Awarded for Abuse of Workers with Intellectual Disabilities

Disabled World — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:44:26 +0100

Jury Awards $240 Million for Long-Term Abuse of Workers with Intellectual Disabilities - Historic Verdict Against Henry's Turkey Service for Men Subjected to Verbal and Physical Harassment, Housed in Substandard Facilities, Denied Medical Care. (Source: Disabled World)

Novel coronavirus infection - update

WHO Disease Outbreaks — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:15:00 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has informed WHO of an additional two laboratory confirmed cases of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)

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WHO experts to visit Saudi hospital where coronavirus spread

Reuters: Health — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:22:16 +0100

GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - World Health Organization (WHO) experts and local officials will visit a Saudi hospital where the SARS-like coronavirus has spread, killing seven people, the U.N. agency said on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Nutrition labelling and the choices logo in Israel: positions and perceptions of leading health policy makers

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

ConclusionsThe results of the present study highlight the importance of a need for an integrated programme of nutrition promotion, including the use of social marketing based on a cooperative effort between the food industry, regulators and professionals, to recommend changes and adjustments in nutritional front of package labelling with the aim of promoting healthier nutrition consumption. (Source: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics)

The velocity of fetal growth is associated with the breadth of the placental surface, but not with the length

American Journal of Human Biology — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 +0100

ConclusionsTissue along the breadth of the placental surface may be more important than tissue along the length in the transfer of nutrients from mother to baby. This may be part of a wider phenomenon of regional differences in function across the placental surface. Am. J. Hum. Biol., 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: American Journal of Human Biology)

France Sees Case of Novel Coronavirus

WSJ.com: Health — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:24:57 +0100

A 65-year-old man is in intensive care in northern France after contracting novel coronavirus, the country's first case of the virus after an outbreak in Saudi Arabia caused seven deaths. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)