Parasitic Diseases

75% emerging infectious diseases zoonotic: UN Report - Down To Earth Magazine 75% emerging infectious diseases zoonotic: UN Report - Down To Earth Magazine Posted: 07 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Document emphasises on importance of a 'One-Health' approach to manage and prevent zoonotic disease outbreaks and pandemics Factory farming of livestock has led to the emergence of newer zoonotic diseases. Photo: Flickr About 60 per cent of known infectious diseases in humans and 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, according to a new report published recently by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission  was released on July 6, 2020, celebrated as 'World Zoonoses Day'. "It may be the worst, but it is not the first," Inger Andersen, executive d...

Doctors find worm in woman’s tonsil 5 days after she ate sashimi - FOX 2 Detroit Doctors find worm in woman’s tonsil 5 days after she ate sashimi - FOX 2 Detroit Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Woman has worm in tonsil removed A woman in Japan had a worm removed from her tonsil after consuming raw fish five days earlier. A woman in Japan had a live worm removed from her tonsil several days after she consumed raw fish, according to a medical journal. The 25-year-old anonymous patient got checked at Tokyo's St. Luke's International Hospital after suffering from throat pain and irritation, according to FOX 2 Now . The woman told the physician that she had eaten an assortment of sashimi five days before her visit, according to a study published on the incident in The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. During her physical examination, the doctor found a live worm inside her left tonsil, th...

Understanding the role of diet in adult constipation - Nursing Standard Understanding the role of diet in adult constipation - Nursing Standard Posted: 28 Jul 2020 01:50 AM PDT Julie Thompson , Information Manager/Specialist Gastroenterology Dietitian, Guts UK Charity, The Media Centre, Huddersfield, England Why you should read this article: • To learn about the various types of constipation and their causes • To recognise the role of diet in treating constipation • To understand how to advise patients about changes they can make to their diet Constipation is a common condition in adults and symptoms such as straining and the sensation of incomplete bowel emptying can be distressing for patients. The nurse's role includes preventing, monitoring and managing the condition. Fibre and fluid intake have an important role in prevention, while first-line treatments include increased consumption of wholeg...

Ultra-small, parasitic bacteria found in groundwater, moose -- and you - Science Daily Ultra-small, parasitic bacteria found in groundwater, moose -- and you - Science Daily Posted: 21 Jul 2020 09:07 AM PDT Inside your mouth right now, there is a group of bacteria whose closest relatives can also be found in the belly of a moose, in dogs, cats, and dolphins, and in groundwater deep under the Earth's surface. In a stunning discovery, scientists have found that these organisms have adapted to these incredibly diverse environments -- without radically changing their genomes. The organisms are members of the TM7, or Sacchraribacteria, phylum. These are ultra-small, parasitic bacteria with small genomes that belong to a larger group called the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR). These CPR bacteria are mysterious "dark matter" that represent more than 25 percent of all bacterial diversity, yet we know very little about them since the va...

75% emerging infectious diseases zoonotic: UN Report - Down To Earth Magazine 75% emerging infectious diseases zoonotic: UN Report - Down To Earth Magazine Posted: 07 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT Document emphasises on importance of a 'One-Health' approach to manage and prevent zoonotic disease outbreaks and pandemics Factory farming of livestock has led to the emergence of newer zoonotic diseases. Photo: Flickr About 60 per cent of known infectious diseases in humans and 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, according to a new report published recently by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission  was released on July 6, 2020, celebrated as 'World Zoonoses Day'. "It may be the worst, but it is not the first," Inger Andersen, executive d...

As parasites might in your blood - Barfblog As parasites might in your blood - Barfblog Posted: 26 Jul 2020 11:05 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] As parasites might in your blood    Barfblog Pesticides promote the spread of parasitic disease • Earth.com - Earth.com Posted: 17 Jul 2020 01:40 PM PDT Pesticides and other chemicals used in agriculture are speeding up the spread of schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease caused by parasitic worms. Researchers at UC Berkeley report that agrochemicals disrupt the balance of aquatic ecosystems in ways that expose more animals and people to infection. Schistosomiasis develops when parasitic worms multiply inside of freshwater snails. The infection, also known as snail fever, is transmitted through contaminated water.  This disease affects hundreds of millions of people each year, potentially causing lifelong liver and kidney damage. Among parasiti...

Traditional Chinese medicine could help treat COVID-19 - Massive Science Traditional Chinese medicine could help treat COVID-19 - Massive Science Posted: 15 Jul 2020 07:00 AM PDT Eight years ago, I was packing my home and entire life in Mexico to move to the US to pursue a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California-Irvine. Those were easier times, although it did not seem like it at the time. I spent a few months worth of income to pay for paperwork to apply for an F-1 student visa, and to pay for other documents to enroll as a graduate student. This was after I dedicated months to emailing professors everywhere in the US, hoping that one of them would reply to my email and would invite me to apply to join their lab. It was also after spending time and money paying for standardized tests, official document translations, and application fees. It was a one-and-a-half-year process but in July 2012, I was finally movin...