Parasite in cats may lead people to suicides
August 21st, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Exposure to a parasite hosted by cats could make people more likely to attempt suicide, says a new study.Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause toxoplasmosis, is easily ... Read more...
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Women cat lovers may end up killing themselves
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Women cat owners are likely to develop mental health problems and commit suicide since they could be infected with a common parasite which can be caught ... Read more...
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Compound created to fight malaria-causing bug
April 5th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Research by a Yale University team has found a drug showing promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria to prevent the malaria-causing parasite from growing, a statement ... Read more...
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Never allow pets in your bed!
September 28th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 28 (IANS) You may lavish attention on your pets, seeing that they are well fed and cared for. But don't let them share your bed, because they could ... Read more...
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Many slum, civic body-run school kids have worms: Study
September 4th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A high percentage of intestinal worms has been found among children living in slums and those in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run schools, according to ... Read more...
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Amoeba parasite causes second death in the US
August 17th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Aug 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fear seems to have gripped a section of the US public after the second death linked to a rare creature was confirmed in the country. Autopsy carried ... Read more...
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US is global economy parasite, says Putin
August 2nd, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Seliger (Russia), Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US spends beyond its means and "lives like a parasite off the global economy", Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.US President ... Read more...
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Epilepsy causing parasite found in eels
May 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, May 18 (IANS) A parasite that can cause epilepsy and or lead to paralysis has been detected in eels imported from Indonesia and the Philippines, officials said here.This was ... Read more...
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HIV drugs can also kill malaria parasites: Study
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that drugs used to treat HIV may also one day become lifesaving drugs targeted at parasitic diseases such as leishmaniasis and malaria.Colin Berry, a researcher ... Read more...
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Study of parasite behaviour holds hope for sleeping sickness disease
April 23rd, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 23 (ANI): A study of a sleeping sickness parasite by the University of Edinburgh researchers could help offer new treatments for the disease.Scientists have found that the parasite, which can ... Read more...
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EPO doping ‘can cut cerebral malaria related deaths’
April 22nd, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 22 (ANI): EPO- the doping drug known from professional cycling- can significantly reduce cerebral malaria related deaths, according to the researchers at the University of Copenhagen.When more than 700,000 people ... Read more...
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Aimless protein plays crucial role in pathogen-based disease
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that a supposedly inactive protein actually plays a crucial role in the ability of one the world's most prolific pathogens to cause disease, findings that ... Read more...
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New insight into parasite’s reproduction paves way for new therapies
March 17th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 17 (ANI): A recent study has shed light on how parasite that causes malaria reproduces and it could lead to new treatments to help curb the spread of the disease.Scientists ... Read more...
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Under the radar tick diseases spreading across the US
March 12th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Incidence of babesiosis has increased in the United States dramatically. Babesiosis is a potentially deadly parasitic disease.The parasite that causes the disease lives in the red ... Read more...
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Parasites’ struggle for ‘long-term survival’ makes malaria ‘deadly’
February 15th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Malaria is particularly deadly because the parasites that carry it battle other infections for survival, Edinburgh University scientists have claimed.They found, when malaria parasites enter the bloodstream, they ... Read more...
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Bugs that control sex of female spiders’ offspring by killing male embryos
January 31st, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 31 (ANI): A new study has found that female spiders are at the mercy of certain parasitic bugs that kills of their embryonic sons.Wolbachia bacteria are transmitted through eggs, so ... Read more...
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Malaria parasites caught in act of invading cells
January 20th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 20 (IANS) Scientists relying on new imaging technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells (RBCs). Researchers from the Walter and ... Read more...
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Jet lag key to tackling malaria parasites: Study
January 7th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the malaria-causing parasite is poor at spreading the disease if it is jet lagged.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh 'jet lagged' the ... Read more...
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I’m like a parasite: Shahana Goswami
December 12th, 2010 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Shahana Goswami, who plays Neil Nitin Mukesh's love interest in their upcoming film "Tera Kya Hoga Johnny", compares herself to a parasite and says she ... Read more...
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Scientists one step closer to finding cure for snail fever
November 8th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 8 (ANI): Edinburgh scientists have made a key discovery in a bid to cure a potentially fatal tropical illness, which threatens 600 million people worldwide.Scientists have found a type of ... Read more...
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Deadliest form of malaria can be wiped out in a decade
October 31st, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 31 (IANS) The deadliest type of malaria could be wiped out in most parts of the world in 10 to 15 years, scientists are predicting on the basis of data ... Read more...
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New gene study paves way for more anti-malaria treatments
October 11th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 11 (ANI): Scientists have discovered genes that are capable of making some malaria-carrying mosquitoes resistant to insecticide.Scottish researchers have found a gene that enables the parasite that causes the ... Read more...
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Soap ingredient could treat parasitic disease that affects 2 billion
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Soap, toothpaste, odour-fighting socks, and even computer keyboards contain an anti bacterial ingredient that could treat a parasitic disease that affects almost two billion people, reports a new ... Read more...
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For ants and trees, multiple partners are a boon: Study
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): A new study has revealed trees that sequentially partner with multi-species sets of ants produce more offspring than trees that maintain a lifelong association with any single ant.The ... Read more...
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Coming soon: Single-dose malaria drug
September 4th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
London, Sept 4 (ANI): Just one dose of a new experimental drug could cure malaria, scientists at U.S. National Institutes of Health have reported.Malaria is spread by night-biting mosquitoes, which infect people ... Read more...
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King Tut’s early death related to his incestuous lineage: Study
August 21st, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 21 (ANI): King Tutankhamen died at a tender age of 19, and now scientists have found that it was because of his incestuous family ancestry.Using a combination of CT ... Read more...
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48mn-year-old fossil reveals history of zombie ants
August 19th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have stumbled across a 48mn-year-old leaf fossil in Germany that depicts how a deadly fungus infected ants and turned them into zombies.Dr David P Hughes, from the ... Read more...
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Now, a cheap and organic drug treatment for malaria
August 17th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 17 (ANI): Researchers are testing a new drug for malaria - one that is made from simple organic molecules and will be cheaper to mass-produce.Traditionally, an extract of a Chinese ... Read more...
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Kala Azar affects 252 people in West Bengal district
July 28th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) At least 252 people have been afflicted by Kala Azar in West Bengal's Malda district this year, a medical officer said Wednesday.
"Six to seven blocks in Malda district ... Read more...
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Antibiotics could act as ‘needle-free’ malaria vaccine
July 21st, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Advance administration of antibiotics in residents of areas with high malaria transmission could act as a natural "needle-free" vaccination against the disease, a new study has found.In the ... Read more...
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New findings on sleeping sickness pave way for novel treatments
June 15th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 15 (ANI): New revelations about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease.Scientists studying the parasite - which is spread ... Read more...
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Eating raw crayfish ‘can cause severe parasitic infection’
May 26th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 26 (ANI): Anyone planning to spend time at the river this summer should avoid eating raw crayfish, suggests a new study which found that doing so can result in a ... Read more...
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Fly gut bacteria may help fight sleeping sickness
May 11th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Scientists in France have discovered a new bacterial species in the gut of the fly that transmits African sleeping sickness. They say that the bacteria could be engineered ... Read more...
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Wayne Bridge to face ex in court over cash battle
March 25th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 25 (ANI): English footballer Wayne Bridge is set to face former flame Vanessa Perroncel in a London court over weekly cash settlement.The 29-year-old soccer star, who bedded the French lingerie ... Read more...
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King Tut had a clubfoot & he died from malaria had
February 17th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cairo, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Latest forensic research indicates that King Tut had a clubfoot and due to this shortcoming, he had lots of difficulty in walking, and had to take ... Read more...
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