Vitamin D Abnormalities Jun 21, 2008
Vitamin D deficiency, in general, can be due to inadequate intake of vitamin D, minimal exposure to sunlight, intestinal diseases that limit absorption of vitamin D from the gut, altered liver function, kidney disease, and resistance to active vitamin D in rare cases. These processes may act alone or on conjunction with one another to reduce vitamin D in the body. (Suite101.com)
Arizona tomatoes linked to salmonella Jun 4, 2008
Ken Komatsu, Arizona's state epidemiologist, said salmonella poisoning is one of the more common intestinal diseases. Arizona had 229 reported cases reflecting a variety of salmonella strains so far this year, he said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Post-quake China watches for disease May 22, 2008
" The sanitation workers perch on the back of trucks, spraying disinfectants as the slow-moving vehicles comb the streets. They moved into a new school which opened on Wednesday in Mianzhu, making their entrance just as the schoolground was packed with students, parents and teachers. EVERYONE SPRAYED "Everyone, there is no need to run away," a voice roared over the loudhailer, as the men in white began spraying the ground and everyone there, including a Reuters journalist, liberally with... (International Herald Tribune)
Life from disaster| Feb 28, 2008
The most recent floods were directly responsible for the deaths of 10 people, with another 70 dying from intestinal diseases caused by a lack of access to clean water. In Buzi, no one died, but the red flag was hoisted three times and 4370 hectares of crops were lost. (iAfrica.com)
Third Cousins Have Most Offspring Feb 8, 2008
2, 2007) Researchers and clinicians have widely noted an intriguing link between some intestinal diseases and some forms of arthritis. Comparing the data on all living Icelanders diagnosed with a certain form. (Science Daily)
Emergency Relief for Iraq's Cholera Outbreak Nov 10, 2007
These severe intestinal diseases cause a massive loss of fluid and are deadly within hours if not treated. Cholera is spread by contaminated water or food. (AlertNet)
Mathematics Might Save You A Trip To The ER Sep 17, 2007
Since the days of Hippocrates, people have known that certain illnesses come and go with the seasons. More recently, researchers have learned that these cyclic recurrences of disease, known as seasonality, are often related to the weather. (Science Daily)
How to Clean Up The Slums -- Cook on Garbage Aug 31, 2007
Garbage pollutes the air and seeps into ground water, or is picked over by pigs and other farm animals, its toxins entering the food chain and causing intestinal diseases. Now a "community cooker" project in Africa's biggest slum, Kibera, offers a way not only of getting rid of garbage, but of creating work for unemployed youths, and providing hot water and cooking facilities. (Planet Ark, United States)
China is determined to step up fight to prevent substandard foodstuffs from going overseas, said a white paper issued Friday.• Full Text: China's food quality and safety Aug 18, 2007
Four, it has strengthened efforts on hygienic work in schools, directed and carried out special inspections on food and drinking water hygiene, and prevention and treatment of contagious diseases in schools all over the country, as well as prevention of food poisoning and the spread of communicable intestinal diseases. Five, it has conducted food-related jeopardy assessment and issued early warnings for food safety problems on a scientific basis and provided food assessment information. (Xinhuanet, China)
Bangladesh health facilities overburdened after floods Aug 13, 2007
The Dhaka-based specialised international facility on Saturday said they treated a record 1,000 patients, while in normal period they receive less then 300 patients of intestinal diseases a day. The disaster management control room said death toll in floods reached 268, mostly from drowning, while the health ministry reported another 29 deaths from diarrhoea, respiratory diseases and snake bites. (Hindu)
New strategy for treating allergic disorders Aug 1, 2007
In the battle against chronic intestinal diseases, VIB researchers have been using L. lactis as a producer of a drug against gastroenteritis. The initial results of the clinical trials are promising. (EurekAlert!)
The Breast of All Worlds Jul 30, 2007
First milk, known as colostrum, protects baby from common respiratory and intestinal diseases and provides protection from developing immune system cancers. And babies from families with a tendency to allergic diseases particularly benefit from breastfeeding. (INQ7.net)
Evidence of a common genetic background for ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease Jul 30, 2007
Researchers and clinicians have widely noted an intriguing link between some intestinal diseases and some forms of arthritis. In particular, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) frequently afflicts patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), marked by chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac joints. (EurekAlert!)
* Daan Beach fails EPA environmental water inspection Jul 17, 2007
Contracting colon bacillus, an entero-bacterium, can potentially lead to intestinal diseases. CFU is the unit used to measure the amount of colon bacillus in sea water. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Dangers lurk in refrigerators: study Jun 29, 2007
The survey questioned 400 people between the ages of 15 and 70 in Taichung, Kaohsiung and Taipei about their habits and knowledge of preserving food, as well the connection between proper food storage and intestinal diseases. The results showed that people in Kaohsiung had the dirtiest fridges, while Taichung area residents were most prone to keeping food beyond its expiration date and people in Taipei had the poorest understanding of food storage. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rob Hill: Scaling mountains to raise awareness Apr 19, 2007
Through his campaign Hill aims at breaking the stigma surrounding ostomates and raise more awareness of intestinal diseases in Asia Pacific ... As Hill began to recover his physical strength and make do with his new life after the surgery, his parents gave him the spirit that propelled him to do something about the social stigma surrounding intestinal diseases and living with an ostomy. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Forty years of perverse "social responsibility" Mar 24, 2007
Women and children are plagued with lung infections caused by wood and dung fires, and by acute intestinal diseases caused by tainted water and spoiled food. Some ten million die from these causes every year. (Townhall.com)
Great Comebacks(R) Program Announces 2006 National Award Winners Mar 1, 2007
Author Sandra Benitez and Tony Snow Honored for Their Inspirational Comebacks from Intestinal Diseases, Colorectal Cancer and Ostomy Surgery WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sandra Benitez, mother, teacher and author from Edina, MN, was named this year's Great Comebacks(R) National Award recipient, and White House advisor Tony Snow was named Honorary Great Comebacks Award recipient this evening at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1984 by former San Diego Charger and... (PR Newswire)
Is Your Office Making You Sick? Feb 17, 2007
Dr. Charles P. Gerba, a nationally known expert on household microbes and intestinal diseases, is one of the first microbiologists to intensely study bacteria counts in the workplace. Along with The Clorox Company, Gerba and his team of researchers have tested thousands of samples in hundreds of offices throughout New York, Chicago, Florida, San Francisco, Arizona and Oregon. (MSNBC)
EDITORIAL : Review animal shelter contracts Feb 15, 2007
Though shelter officials say they were unaware of any problems, the Humane Society inspectors found dogs and cats suffering from serious, contagious respiratory and intestinal diseases almost upon walking in the doors of the overcrowded shelter. Those overcrowded conditions -- brought about by a reluctance to destroy animals that had not been adopted in a reasonable time -- had helped spread the canine distemper and Parvovirus, as well as the feline panleukopenia, Humane Society officials said. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
ANIMAL SHELTER: Lied ending its 'low-kill' policy Feb 15, 2007
The team arrived Feb. 5 for a four-day inspection but stayed on Friday after noticing dogs and cats with serious respiratory and intestinal diseases. The team declared a state of emergency and closed the facility to the public Friday. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
More than 4.6 mln epidemic cases reported last year: MOH Feb 14, 2007
Respiratory diseases and intestinal diseases were down 11 percent and 8 percent each. Eight people died of avian flu out of the 12 cases reported in nine provinces and autonomous regions last year, said the report. (People's Daily Online, China)
CONTAGIOUS OUTBREAK: Shelter: Disease forced hand Feb 14, 2007
Although shelter officials were unaware of problems, the team noticed dogs and cats suffering from serious respiratory and intestinal diseases shortly after it arrived Feb. 5 in Las Vegas for a four-day inspection. The animal protection group had been invited by Lied to assess shelter operations and suggest improvements. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Ohio students accused of posting fake snow-day notice on school's Web site Feb 11, 2007
The Human Society team was invited to inspect the facility by shelter officials and noticed dogs and cats suffering from serious respiratory and intestinal diseases shortly after it arrived in Las Vegas on Monday. "It is common for there to be problems in animal shelters. But we realized the disease situation was grave," said Kim Intino, director of animal sheltering issues for the Humane Society. (North County Times)
Crowding and poor hygiene fuel India's polio problem Nov 18, 2006
Crowding and poor hygiene fuel India's polio problem. Overcrowding is linked to the persistence of polio in India, say scientists. (SciDev.net)
IRAQ: Country's healthcare system rapidly deteriorating Nov 7, 2006
"The money invested in healthcare is not enough, especially with the increase in emergency requirements. The number of injured people increases every day and we have observed the appearance of diseases that were under control before, such as stress, cardiologic and intestinal diseases," said Barak Ahmed, public information officer at the Ministry of Health. Urgent requirements. (AlertNet)
PAUL DRIESSEN: The real climate catastrophe Nov 5, 2006
That's several times what it would cost to provide the world with clean drinking water and sanitation -- which would prevent millions of deaths annually from intestinal diseases. Over 2 billion of the Earth's citizens -- including 95 percent of Africans -- still do not have electricity. (Washington Times)
* Beaches deemed unsafe Oct 2, 2006
An EPA spokesman said that tests conducted on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25 showed that the water quality at Fulong () Beach in Taipei County, Chiting (T) Beach in Miaoli County and Taan (jw) Beach in Taichung County were rated "below average" because they contained high levels of escherichia coli -- a bacteria that could lead to intestinal diseases -- and enterococci bacteria. He said that Hsin Chinshan Beach (ss) in Taipei County received an "excellent" rating, while the water quality was... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
General Dog Care Sep 19, 2006
Liver or intestinal diseases may cause foul breath, whereas a sweet, fruity smell may be indicative of diabetes. If your dogs breath smells like ammonia or urine, kidney disease is a possibility. (KIRO TV, WA)
If we want to help the Third World, let's promote nuclear power Sep 13, 2006
Tainted water and spoiled food cause intestinal diseases that kill another 2 million annually. The dearth of electricity also means minimal medical facilities, manufacturing and commerce--and impoverished countries forever dependent on foreign aid. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
PAUL DRIESSEN: Nuclear power to the rescue Sep 5, 2006
Tainted water and spoiled food cause intestinal diseases that kill another 2 million annually. The dearth of electricity also means minimal medical facilities, manufacturing and commerce -- and impoverished countries forever dependent on foreign aid. (Washington Times)
Album Park Closed Due To Standing Water Aug 12, 2006
Health experts warn that anyone who gets into the standing water can get intestinal diseases. Copyright 2006 by. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
News in brief from Northern California Aug 8, 2006
Intestinal diseases kill more than 2 million children worldwide each year, mostly in developing nations, according to the World Health Organization. . (Fresno Bee -- State)
Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease Aug 4, 2006
"This study underscores the potential for using biotechnology to improve the healthfulness of the milk of dairy animals by introducing the beneficial properties of human milk into dairy animals, Murray said. He and Maga note that this procedure could be used to produce lysozyme-rich powdered milk and eventually transgenic dairy goat herds for developing nations, where intestinal diseases threaten the lives of infants and children. They project that the potential for even more widespread benefit... (EurekAlert!)
* Taiwan Quick Take: EPA rates beach water Jul 24, 2006
Beaches were rated based on the amount of escherichia coli, a bacteria that leads to intestinal diseases, found in the water. The latest water quality report is available online (epa. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Misguided social responsibility at General Electric Apr 22, 2006
As a result, 4 million people die annually from lung infections caused by breathing polluted smoke from wood and dung fires; another 6 million perish from intestinal diseases caused by unsafe water and spoiled food. But radical CSR and environmental activists oppose fossil fuel generators (global warming), hydroelectric power (damming rivers) and nuclear plants (too dangerous). (Townhall.com)
Keeping up with mother's milk Feb 20, 2006
Studies also suggest that people who were breastfed are less likely to become overweight or obese and to develop breast cancer, allergies, insulin-dependent diabetes, and chronic intestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease. And, intriguingly, several large studies have shown that breastfed babies have IQs that are, on average, about six points higher than formula-fed babies. (Los Angeles Times)
