| | Headlines | Eye Awareness Week: Glaucoma - a devastating disease
US researchers develop targeted approach to pain management
Animal study identifies potential treatment for Huntington's disease
Big Brits!
Potent peptides inhibit HIV entry into cells
Industry news: Juicy Lucy launches diabetic menu
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) – Not just a part of growing old
Industry news: The dos and don'ts of working with the pharmaceutical industry
Bird flu virus mutating
Brain-eating amoebae in lake kills sixth victim in US
Starch and sugar for a slimmer you?
Researchers studying how ADHD meds enter brain
Anorexia - as addictive as drugs?
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Medical | | US researchers develop targeted approach to pain management
Scientists have combined a normally inactive lidocaine derivative with capsaicin, the ‘heat'-generating ingredient in chilli-peppers, to produce pain-specific local anaesthesia. When injected into rats, this combination completely blocked pain without interfering with either motor function or sensitivity to non-painful stimuli.
Big Brits!
Soaring obesity rates have been reported in the UK.
Brain-eating amoebae in lake kills sixth victim in US
A young boy in Texas has become the sixth person this summer to die from brain-eating amoebae.
Starch and sugar for a slimmer you?
A new study from the U.S. might be just the news you have been waiting for....that a diet rich in starch and sugar may leave you slimmer and healthier. According to Professor Glenn Gaesser of the University of Virginia, the current "anti-carbohydrate hysteria" is nonsense.
Researchers studying how ADHD meds enter brain
For adults and children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), sometimes finding the right medication is more difficult than getting diagnosed in the first place.
Anorexia - as addictive as drugs?
French scientists say that anorexia is comparable to the drug Ecstasy as both appear to activate some of the same brain pathways.
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Chronic diseases | | Animal study identifies potential treatment for Huntington's disease
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegererative Disease (MIND) researchers have identified a compound that may lead to a treatment that could protect against the effects of Huntington's Disease (HD).
Nigeria: Polio vaccine back in the headlines
A report in an American medical journal that children in northern Nigeria have been infected with polio by the vaccine designed to prevent it have raised fears that Nigeria's already lagging polio prevention efforts could be further delayed.
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Corporate Social Responsibility | | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) – Not just a part of growing old - Magna Carta
As they grow older many men have to adapt their lifestyle to accommodate what they might consider a weak bladder. Yet the problem is not a bladder dysfunction but an enlargement of the prostate.
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HIV/AIDS | | Potent peptides inhibit HIV entry into cells
 Protein analysis at Brookhaven's light source helps researchers in design of new AIDS drugs.
HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit
Rev Maxwell Kapachawo is the only known pastor in Zimbabwe who publicly admits to being HIV-positive; he is also encouraging any of his peers infected and affected by the disease to speak openly about HIV/AIDS from the pulpit.
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Infectious diseases | | Bird flu virus mutating
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
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Medical Technology | | Telemedicine technology for hospitals
Tanzania could soon join the world of telemedicine, following an announcement by the Ministry of Health that in the near future Tanzania's doctors will make use of electronic gadgets to conduct medical checks.
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| | Events to diarise | Natural & Organic Products Exhibition - Cape Town, 12 October
The Natural & Organic Products Exhibition, taking place 12-14 October at the CTICC, is the largest forum of its kind in South Africa to educate and assist consumers interested in lightening their ecological footprint and lead more sustainable lifestyles. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Operational hospital management conference 365 Projects and Consultants - Main Bizana Rd Wild Coast, 10 October Roche Diagnostics Forum Roche - Johannesburg, 10 October | More... Submit an event | | |
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Private hospital situated in the northern suburbs seeks ICU nurse to join their expert team. Must be registered with the SANC and prior experience within an ICU ward is essential. read more
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| | News for medical professionals | | Barriers to scaling up co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV-infected children
| Influenza mortality in the elderly: vaccine controversies
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