Health officials on alert for tick fever
24 May 2012, 10:58 am
Summer is almost here, which means the Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Program is once again bracing for an epidemic the Navajo Nation has managed to avoid for several years through, near as anybody can tell, sheer luck.

MALARIA IS STILL LIFE-THREATENING
24 May 2012, 6:00 am
KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (Bernama) -- Do you know what is malaria and how itspreads among human beings? This question was briefly posed to some teenagers recently. Their responses were vague.One wide-eyed teenager hesitantly replied, “It is a fever-like sickness.”"I only heard of it recently, we were taught about how one can contract thefever – through mosquitoes, and if I am not wrong, there was a ...

Donohue: Use of oral antibiotics for acne should be limited
24 May 2012, 12:05 am
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For more than a year I've been taking Bactrim to control acne. I recently went to the doctor with unexplained stomach pains. He told me to stop taking Bactrim. Not long after, acne reappeared on my back, chest and face.

Antibiotics for acne need limits
24 May 2012, 12:00 am
Dear Dr. Donohue • For more than a year I've been taking Bactrim to control acne. I recently went to the doctor with unexplained stomach pains. He told me to stop taking Bactrim. Not long after, acne reappeared on my back, chest and face.

Anthrax, anthrax, everywhere
22 May 2012, 4:31 pm
Terrorism Drill This past week brought news about another successful bioterrorism response drill, effectively delivering hypothetical medicines to protect the citizens of Baltimore from a hypothetical anthrax attack . Frankly, I always shake my head in dismay when I read of such preparedness exercises. I think back to my childhood, with its duck and cover Cuban missile crisis school drills and ...

Lyme Awareness Event is Informative and Illuminating for People and Pet Care
22 May 2012, 2:12 am
A Lyme-literate physician, a Master Herbalist and a Veterinarian share concerns about treatments for Lyme Disease and climate changes effects on proliferation of ticksSouth Salem, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 The subject of Lyme disease and other related tick infections has become near and dear to Bernadette Durham. It all started for her in 2006 and, after running around to various doctors and ...

Regenerating sensory hair cells could help treat hearing loss
14 May 2012, 12:45 am
Regenerating sensory hair cells, which produce electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear, could form the basis for treating age- or trauma-related hearing loss. One way to do this could be with gene therapy that drives new sensory hair cells to grow.

Gene therapy for hearing loss: Potential and limitations
11 May 2012, 2:17 pm
Regenerating sensory hair cells could form the basis for treating age- or trauma-related hearing loss. One way to do this could be with gene therapy that drives new sensory hair cells to grow. Researchers have shown that introducing a gene called Atoh1 into the cochleae of young mice can induce the formation of extra sensory hair cells.

Huntsville police blotter
6 May 2012, 5:04 am
Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Friday and Saturday.

Mylan Launches First Generic Version of Doryx® 150 mg
30 April 2012, 1:17 pm
PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched doxycycline Hyclate Delayed-release (DR) Tablets USP, 150 ...