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Researchers studying a cancer cluster say they're still mastering the basics in an investigation that's stretched five years.
Five years have passed since federal researchers first came to Pennsylvania's coal region seeking the origins of a mysterious disease.
And while numerous government agencies, hospitals, doctors and universities have joined the hunt, a cause remains elusive, those gathered in Tamaqua for an update of the studies found out Wednesday.
"PV" is as well-known as anthracite in the Pennsylvania coal region, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the rare form of cancer has taken unusually strong root. Estimated to affect one in 100,000 Americans - though researchers aren't firm on that number - Polycythemia vera has been known to hit four families on a single street in Tamaqua.
The victims have little in common, researchers say. They don't have the same jobs, the same ancestry, the same lifestyle. The only things they share are age - the disease strikes few under 60 - and an attachment to the three-county region of Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, home to one of the CDC's few confirmed cancer clusters.
Five years have passed since federal researchers first came to Pennsylvania's coal region seeking the origins of a mysterious disease.
And while numerous government agencies, hospitals, doctors and universities have joined the hunt, a cause remains elusive, those gathered in Tamaqua for an update of the studies found out Wednesday.
"PV" is as well-known as anthracite in the Pennsylvania coal region, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the rare form of cancer has taken unusually strong root. Estimated to affect one in 100,000 Americans - though researchers aren't firm on that number - Polycythemia vera has been known to hit four families on a single street in Tamaqua.
The victims have little in common, researchers say. They don't have the same jobs, the same ancestry, the same lifestyle. The only things they share are age - the disease strikes few under 60 - and an attachment to the three-county region of Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties, home to one of the CDC's few confirmed cancer clusters.
Seven more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district taking the death toll to 20, officials said on Sunday. The children reported high fever, followed by bouts of unconsciousness and convulsions, leading to their death. Local people termed the mysterious disease as chamki ki bimari and claimed that the symptoms are similar to encephalitis, a disease that causes inflammation of the brain.
Health officials however, are still unable to identify the disease.
"In the last twenty four hours, seven more children died due to a mysterious disease at two hospitals in Muzaffarpur. Till now twenty children have died of the disease and over 50 children have been admitted to different hospitals in the last six days," a district health official said.
Bihar health minister Ashwani Kumar Chaubey on Sunday said that government was serious to take care of children suffering from the unknown disease.
Health officials however, are still unable to identify the disease.
"In the last twenty four hours, seven more children died due to a mysterious disease at two hospitals in Muzaffarpur. Till now twenty children have died of the disease and over 50 children have been admitted to different hospitals in the last six days," a district health official said.
Bihar health minister Ashwani Kumar Chaubey on Sunday said that government was serious to take care of children suffering from the unknown disease.
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Then, five years ago, he had a stroke. His life changed in an instant.
Thanks to years of therapy, David's gotten his independence, and some skills back.
While David and countless others face the daily challenges of life after stroke, LSU researchers have been looking for a way to stop the damage.
Five people with the fungal infections have died, but Kristen Nordlund, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said it was unclear if the five are included in the 12 confirmed cases or in addition to them.
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On Friday, a lightning strike during a thunderstorm set an apartment building afire in Memphis. Everyone inside escaped unharmed, but damage was considerable. Five days earlier, lightning struck a building in Gallatin, starting a fire that killed a woman who lived there.
While it isn't possible to be completely safe from lightning, there are ways to reduce the chances of being harmed.
The National Weather Service safety slogan cautions, "When thunder roars, go indoors."
Take heed, urges Dr. Corey Slovis, chairman of the Emergency Medical Department at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, because the consequences of being struck by lightning range from mild burns with no long-term complications to instant death.
Here's some news about cell phones and cancer which even the mainstream media has found impossible to ignore. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), has declared after a review of the research that cell phones are possible cancer-causing agents. The expert panel ruled that there was some evidence that cell phone use was linked to two types of tumors - brain tumors (gliomas) and acoustic neuromas.
Some scientists say the IARC classification is still not strong enough, and that cell phone radiation should have been classified as a "Probable Human Carcinogen" based on the existing science, but evidently there were not enough studies to classify it more strongly at this time.
Alasdair Philips of Powerwatch in the U.K. says,
"The existing science is very clear there is risk of cancer from cell phone use. The warning might have been 2A if there were a larger number of animal studies showing this, or if there were a larger number of up-to-date human studies. It's important to recognize the Interphone study on which the classification to a large extent relied was completed in 2004, and current studies reflecting usage patterns today would be far more damning, possibly earning a Class 1 "Human Carcinogen."
Thirteen children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district during the past five days, officials said Saturday. Of these, five children succumbed in the last 48 hours.
"In the last five days, a total of 13 children have died of a mysterious disease and over 50 children have been admitted to different hospitals," a district health official said.
A.P. Singh, district civil surgeon, told IANS on phone from Muzaffarpur that the cause of the deaths could not be ascertained till now.
"We cannot say what disease led to the death of the children here. The disease is yet to be identified. Whether it is encephalitis or some unknown disease, we can say only after medical reports come," he said.
"In the last five days, a total of 13 children have died of a mysterious disease and over 50 children have been admitted to different hospitals," a district health official said.
A.P. Singh, district civil surgeon, told IANS on phone from Muzaffarpur that the cause of the deaths could not be ascertained till now.
"We cannot say what disease led to the death of the children here. The disease is yet to be identified. Whether it is encephalitis or some unknown disease, we can say only after medical reports come," he said.
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BPA has been linked to fertility problems, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, attention deficit disorder and cancer. Scientists at the University of Missouri, led by Cheryl Rosenfeld, found that a constant stream of BPA into the body could result in the chemical sticking around longer than expected.
"When BPA is taken through the food, the active form may remain in the body for a longer period of time than when it is provided through a single treatment, which does not reflect the continuous exposure that occurs in animal and human populations," Rosenfeld said. "We need to study this further to determine where the ingested BPA becomes concentrated and subsequently released back into the bloodstream to be distributed throughout the body."
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Six women in the study who were infertile due to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a condition that can occur with weight gain and cause infertility, became pregnant following weight-loss surgery, the researchers say.
The study was small and more research is needed to confirm the findings. But for women with PCOS, weight-loss surgery may be a cure for infertility, said study researcher Dr. Mohammad Jamal, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
"Many other studies have shown bariatric surgery can improve or resolve a multitude of diseases and conditions," including diabetes, Jamal said. "It appears that infertility now joins that list."
However, infertility experts disagree the surgery is a cure. If women with PCOS regain the weight, their infertility would likely return, said Dr. Beth Plante, a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University Medical School who was not involved in the study.
"We wouldn't typically recommend having the surgery just to treat infertility," Plante said.
But she said weight loss through any means has been shown to improve fertility in those with PCOS.
"If this is how a patient chooses to achieve that weight loss, then we would usually encourage that," Plante said.
The study will be presented today (June 15) at the meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Orlando.
