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13 Crucial Things You Need to Know About Ebola Virus

Written on February 12, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, World News.

As a deadly Ebola epidemic spreads across western Africa, world leaders are scrambling to find solutions. Here’s what you need to know about the disease and the havoc it is wreaking: 1. Ebola is primarily ravaging the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal. Authorities in these nations have scrambled to contain the disease. In Sierra Leone, the government quarantined a third of the entire population — about...

CBD May Reduce Seizures & Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy

Written on February 11, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News, Treatments.

A team of Stony Brook University researchers have identified fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) as intracellular transporters for two ingredients in marijuana, THC and CBD (cannabidiol). The finding, published early online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, is significant because it helps explain how CBD works within the cells. Recent clinical findings have shown that CBD may help reduce seizures and could be a potential new medicine to treat...

3D Vaccine Could Help Prevent Cancer & Infectious Disease

Written on February 11, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News.

NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a novel 3D vaccine that could provide a more effective way to harness the immune system to fight cancer as well as infectious diseases. The vaccine spontaneously assembles into a scaffold once injected under the skin and is capable of recruiting, housing, and manipulating immune cells to generate a powerful immune response. The vaccine was recently found to be effective in delaying tumor growth in mice. “This...

Medical Marijuana for Depression? Study Shows Likely Benefit

Written on February 10, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News, USA News.

Scientists at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) are studying chronic stress and depression, with a focus on endocannabinoids, which are brain chemicals similar to substances in marijuana. The findings raise the possibility that components of marijuana may be useful in reducing depression that results from chronic stress. “In the animal models we studied, we saw that chronic stress reduced the production of...

Hepatitis C More Common Than HIV or Ebola Yet Lacks Attention

Written on February 9, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, World News.

More than 180 million people in the world have hepatitis C, compared with the 34 million with HIV/AIDS and the roughly 30,000 who have had Ebola. Yet very little is heard about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the way of awareness campaigns, research funding or celebrity fundraisers. One of the global regions highly affected by hepatitis C is West Africa. In developed countries, hepatitis C, a blood-borne disease, is transmitted through intravenous...

Measles Outbreak: What You Need to Know

Written on February 6, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News, World News.

Measles, a highly contagious respiratory infection that causes serious complications in about 3 of 10 people, has been grabbing headlines since last December’s outbreak at Disneyland. In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 102 cases of measles in 14 states. One unconfirmed case was just reported in New Jersey. Measured against the approximately 600 cases reported in 2014, this year is on track to set a record for a...

Could Cannabis Be a Cure for Ebola?

Written on February 4, 2015. Posted in Business News, Featured, Health News, Opinion News, World News.

There have been many people suggesting that Cannabis can treat and even cure Ebola. While there is no scientific evidence to back up such claims… Cannabis can be used to treat a variety of illnesses such as: HIV and AIDS Alzheimer’s Arthritis Asthma Crohn’s Disease Epilepsy and Seizures Glaucoma Hepatitis C Migraines Multiple Sclerosis Nausea from Chemotherapy Pain Some Psychological Conditions Tourette Syndrome Those that...

Contagion: How One Person Can Set Off a Measles Outbreak

Written on February 3, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, World News.

Americans may be victims of their own success when it comes to the eradication of infectious diseases and take their disease-free lives for granted, says Jorge Parada, MD, hospital epidemiologist and medical director of the Infection Prevention and Control program at Loyola University Health System. “There are plenty of countries in the world where measles and chicken pox are very commonplace; I have served in Angola where mothers begged...

How Winter Gives Flu a Boost Could Be Key to Prevent Flu

Written on February 3, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, World News.

Linsey Marr, a professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, is obsessed with flu transmission. This time of year, she’s not alone. Hand sanitizers and cough drops abound, and banners outside drugstores and doctors’ offices proclaim, “Get your flu shot.” But this year, that vaccine will only reduce your risk of ending up in the doctor’s office with the flu by about 23 percent. The vaccine...

Got Bees? Got Vitamin A? Got Malaria? Risk of Malnutrition

Written on January 30, 2015. Posted in Featured, Science News, World News.

A new study shows that more than half the people in some developing countries could become newly at risk for malnutrition if crop-pollinating animals — like bees — continue to decline. Despite popular reports that pollinators are crucial for human nutritional health, no scientific studies have actually tested this claim — until now. The new research by scientists at the University of Vermont and Harvard University has, for the first time, connected...