News about disease
New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks
African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.
11 April 2013
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry makes rating of fatal diseases
A rating of the most hazardous fatal diseases has been made in Kazakhstan.
03 April 2013
Saudi death from SARS-like virus: WHO
A SARS-like virus that has struck in Britain and the Middle East has claimed a new victim in Saudi Arabia, bringing the global toll from the mystery illness to nine.
13 March 2013
Extra pounds don't cancel benefits of quitting smoking
Quitting smoking sharply reduces the risk of heart disease -- even if kicking the habit comes along with a few extra pounds.
13 March 2013
What have we learnt from SARS?
A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.
10 March 2013
Scientists use brain electrodes to treat anorexia
Scientists said Thursday they had, for the first time, helped women with severe anorexia through electrodes implanted into their brains.
07 March 2013
Kazakhstan to sue Austria over sick cattle
If the Austrian party does not voluntarily reimburse for caused damage, we will sue them: Kazakhstan Minister.
22 February 2013
State to pay for exterminated sick cows in north Kazakhstan
The state agreed with KazAgroFinance on reimbursement of costs to the Kazakhstan farms, including the expenses for food and care, as well as the salaries of the farms' employees.
19 February 2013
Extermination of sick cows started in North Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan veterinary services will exterminate 700 Simmental cows diagnosed with virus diarrhea and Schmallenberg virus.
18 February 2013
US regulators approve bionic eye
US regulators approved a so-called bionic eye on Thursday, giving hope to people with a rare genetic disease.
15 February 2013
Mass cattle import to Kazakhstan should be suspended: Ex-Minister
Former Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister expressed his opinion on cattle import to Kazakhstan.
13 February 2013
Hungary did not supply sick cows to Kazakhstan
Hungarian embassy has refuted the statement of Kazakhstan Agricultural Ministry that sick cows were imported by a Hungarian company.
13 February 2013
Kazakhstan Agriculture Ministry accuses Austrian veterinary services of negligence
When the cattle supply to Kazakhstan was organized, Austrian veterinary services already knew that almost all its cattle had the disease: Kazakhstan Ministry.
13 February 2013
Austrian cows could get virus diarrhea with vaccines in Kazakhstan
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety insists that the cows exported to Kazakhstan were infected with virus diarrhea after they left Austria.
13 February 2013
Supplier to reimburse for sick Austrian cows
All losses will be reimbursed by this foreign company from Hungary: Kazakhstan Minister.
12 February 2013
Hazardous virus causes extermination of elite cows in north Kazakhstan
An epidemiological team has arrived in Akky region of North-Kazakhstan oblast with all the required equipment for extermination of cattle.
11 February 2013
Professional diseases growing in Kazakhstan
The level of professional diseases remains high in mining, coal and chemical industries; construction sector remains the leader by the number of injuries: Kazakhstan Minister.
11 February 2013
Gunmen kill 10 in attacks on Nigeria polio clinics
Gunmen killed at least 10 people in horrifying attacks on two Nigerian polio clinics on Friday that dealt a new blow to the campaign to wipe out the disease.
09 February 2013
Alzheimer's cases to triple by 2050: study
Alzheimer's disease cases in the US will nearly triple in the next 40 years, according to new projections Wednesday that suggest there will be nearly 14 million sufferers by 2050.
08 February 2013
Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study
Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB.
05 February 2013