Study suggests parasite in bad meat affects memory and learning YEARS after you're sickened
One type of parasitic food poisoning has been linked to dementia, schizophrenia and decreased intelligence. A new study from Prague adds to the evidence. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors thought woman, 77, had cancer... then they discovered she had a brain-eating amoeba
An elderly woman in rural China died from the rare brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, which doctors initially mistook for a brain tumor. The parasite has infected just 200 people worldwide. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Growing Eye Mass Leads to a Rare Diagnosis
(MedPage Today) -- Tropical parasitic disease is often asymptomatic, but beware of unexplained ocular symptoms (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Potential association between latent Toxoplasma gondii infection and suicide attempts: a case-control registry-based study - Fakhar M, Montazeri M, Nakhaei M, Soleymani M, Zakariaei Z, Abbasi A, Solaymani E.
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous parasitic protozoan that may be an important cause of neurological and psychiatric diseases. The purpose of this case-control registry-based study was to evaluate the prevalence of T. gondii infection and related risk fact... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Nonprofit Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) Warns Parasitic Pet Diseases Will Spread Further in 2024
CAPC Forecasts Expansion of Lyme, Heartworm and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Pets; CAPC Annual Pet Parasite Forecasts Predict Prevalence of Diseases with Proven Accuracy and 30-Day Forecasts at PetDiseaseAlerts.org Help Pet Owners Track Their Progression SALEM, Ore., April 2, 2024... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PET ANW Source Type: news
Warning that brain-eating parasite with 99% death rate might be making its way into British water
If you get infected by the Naegleria fowleri 'you die', said Professor Naveed Khan, a microbiologist based in Edinburgh with decades of experience researching pathogenic amoebae. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity
A young Quechua mother, originally from Peru's southern Andes highlands, walks through the streets of Lima, carrying her young daughter in her lliclla (a colorful shawl made by native women in the Andes). A quarter of Peru's rural population under the age of five suffers from chronic malnutrition, clear evidence of inequality, which will have severe impacts on the rural child population. CREDIT: Wálter Hupiú / IPSBy Mariela JaraLIMA, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) Quechua farmer Felipa Noamesa, who lives in the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, prepares a cream of fava bean soup for breakfast every morning with bread and vegetab...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariela Jara Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva Unit Source Type: news
Roche receives FDA approval for the first molecular test to screen for malaria in blood donors
The cobas Malaria test is the first FDA-approved molecular test to screen U.S. blood donors for malariaMalaria is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes that can also be spread through blood transfusionRoche is dedicated to saving patients ’ lives through diagnostic solutions that aid in the protection of the global blood supply from infectious diseasesBasel, 26 March 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the cobas® Malaria test for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems. This approved test ca...
Source: Roche Media News - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche receives FDA approval for the first molecular test to screen for malaria in blood donors
The cobas Malaria test is the first FDA-approved molecular test to screen U.S. blood donors for malariaMalaria is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes that can also be spread through blood transfusionRoche is dedicated to saving patients ’ lives through diagnostic solutions that aid in the protection of the global blood supply from infectious diseasesBasel, 26 March 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the cobas® Malaria test for use on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems. This approved test ca...
Source: Roche Investor Update - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
I discovered why seemingly healthy amphibians were being wiped out
The mass deaths were puzzling scientists around the world – there were no signs of viruses or parasites. Then we looked closely at their skinIt was while we were sitting and talking in a hotel bar at the first global congress of herpetology that the world ’s amphibian experts realised there was a problem: frogs, toads, salamanders and newts were disappearing in their thousands around the world and nobody understood why.Not a single talk at the 1989 congress at the University of Kent had discussed the strange disappearance of the world ’s amphibians. But scientist after scientist had the same story: from Central Ameri...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 21, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Cunningham Tags: Amphibians Animals Endangered species Australia news UK news Conservation Environment World news Wildlife Zoos Zoology Biology Science Source Type: news
Why Massive Numbers of Farmed Salmon Are Dying
The popularity of farmed Atlantic salmon on dinner tables worldwide has been a disaster for the king of fish. A new study determined that 865 million farmed salmon have died in mass die-offs in the last decade. The scientists blame the deaths on several factors, from ocean warming caused by climate change to the aquaculture industry’s overuse of antibiotics and pesticides and its aggressive attempts to increase production. Beyond the staggering number of dead fish, the findings raise questions about the future of growing salmon in cages on the ocean—and aquaculture in general.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins Tags: Uncategorized freelance Sustainability Source Type: news
Waterborne Parasite That Can Kill Dogs Is Spreading to U.S. West
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 -- A parasite that can kill dogs has been found in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through Southern California.
Heterobilharzia americana is a flatworm usually referred as liver fluke. It has never been reported... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Presence of parasite that's deadly for dogs now confirmed in California: Signs to watch for
A parasite that sickened 10 dogs and killed another in Southern California was found in the Colorado River in Blythe, its first known presence in the state. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - March 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Andrew J. Campa Source Type: news
Bong Joon-Ho ’s ‘Mickey 17’ Going Earlier In Helmer’s South Korea Homeland
Bong Joon-Ho‘s next big movie post his Parasite Oscar winner, Mickey 17, will open in his native South Korea homeland on Jan. 28, 2025, three days before the pic’s global launch on Jan. 31. Warner Bros. specifically moved the Robert Pattinson sci-fi movie from this March to the end of January in…#bongjoonhos #oscar #warnerbros #robertpattinsonscifi #lunarnewyear #plf #dolby #andrewcripps #korea #edwardashtons (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Deadly Amoeba Is Linked to Neti Pots. Here ’ s What to Know
NEW YORK — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of deadly amoeba to nasal rinsing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to neti pots and other nasal rinsing devices.
Officials also renewed their warning that extremely rare, but potentially deadly, consequences can come from flushing nasal passages with common tap water.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
