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The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 1994.
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Cholera : Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe. Approximately one in 20 infected persons has severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours.
Cholera - Epidemics are Major Health Concerns : Epidemic and endemic cholera are not new disease entities and the disease has raged in Africa since the early 1970’s. Currently, South Africa is in the midst of a major cholera epidemic that has highlighted several problems in the current system of water supply, sanitation and disease control. While health care workers struggle to treat patients presenting with severe diarrhoea, the water supply in several areas remains heavily con-taminate
Guidelines for the Control of Infectious Diseases: Cholera : Factsheet from Australia.
MDTravel Health - Cholera : Features links, disease and vaccine information, and prevention.
Medmicro: Cholera, Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139, and Other Pathogenic Vibrios : Scientific and medical information about the organisms and the diseases they cause.
Pan American Health Organization: Cholera : Incidence reports, surveillance, and databases.
Cholera : WHO fact sheet with cause, treatment, pandemics, prevention, and transmission.
WHO: Cholera Vaccine : Directory of resources concerning cholera and its vaccine.
WHO: Cholera : Includes factsheets, news releases, control measures, vaccines, and information for travelers.
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Health Tip: Screening for Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) --
The best way to get a good prognosis when it comes to cancer is to get
diagnosed as early as possible -- and that's where cancer screening tests
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Health Tip: Getting Full Too Quickly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you find yourself only able to eat a few
bites of food before you feel "full," don't brush it off as a new
weight-loss strategy, the U.S. National Library of Medicine advises. |
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