Celebrities: infection
Management of powdery mildew in sunflower
Avoid high plant densities Sunflower is one of the largest produced oilseed crops in the country annually. Though it is grown on a large scale for oilseed production in India the crop suffers huge losses due to many pest and disease outbreaks. Especially during the flowering and grain formation stages sudden outbreak of diseases like [...]
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Fogging drive puffs up as dengue stalks Chennai
CHENNAI: Doctors in the city say they are starting to see patients infected with dengue and Corporation of Chennai, while continuing to deny that there have been cases in the city, has got into top disease prevention mode. Doctors in private hospitals and clinics say they are treating children for dengue, with the disease spreading [...]
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Diabetic sues doctor for amputating infected penis
Washington, May 18 (ANI): A man who had decided to undergo a penile implant in a Florida hospital is now suing his doctor after a post-surgical infection resulted in the amputation of his organ. Enrique Milla who was reportedly deported from the United States last year back to his native Peru, has been testifying in [...]
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Diabetic Sues Doctor After His Infected Penis Is Amputated
A man who elected to have a penile implant in a Florida hospital is now suing his doctor after a post-surgical infection resulted in the amputation of his organ. Enrique Milla, 65, who was reportedly deported from the United States last year back to his native Peru, has been testifying in court via Skype that [...]
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Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria
By Ronnie Cohen FAIRFAX, California | Fri May 4, 2020 8:18am IST FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San Francisco lab where he was working on a vaccine against it, public health officials said on [...]
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Got diabetes? Take your multivitamin
(NewsUSA) - For people with diabetes, taking a multivitamin every day can mean much more than a little protection against the common cold. Research is finding that multivitamins can be the first line of defense against many different types of infections, including respiratory infections and influenza. “Once a person with diabetes gets an infection, it’s [...]
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Vietnam Hit by Mystery Skin Disease
Hanoi, Apr 22 (IANS): A province in Vietnam has been hit by a mysterious skin infection that has already killed 19 people and affected more than 170, BBC reported. Vietnam will now ask for international help to find out what was causing the skin infection in the central province of Quang Ngai. The disease begins [...]
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Vietnam Hit by Mystery Skin Disease
Hanoi, Apr 22 (IANS): A province in Vietnam has been hit by a mysterious skin infection that has already killed 19 people and affected more than 170, BBC reported. Vietnam will now ask for international help to find out what was causing the skin infection in the central province of Quang Ngai. The disease begins [...]
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11000 Hit by Hand-foot-mouth Disease in China
Beijing, Mar 31 (IANS): More than 11,000 people have been affected and at least four have died from the infectious hand-foot-mouth disease in a Chinese province, health authorities said Saturday. During the first quarter of this year, a total of 11,757 cases have been reported in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the China Daily reported [...]
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Dengue cure lies in diabetes drugs
Scientists have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection. The findings suggest a potential new approach to control the aggressive mosquito-borne pathogen. The study indicates that medications used to treat high cholesterol and other lipid-related conditions might also inhibit dengue’s replication and could represent [...]
