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Study Suggest Microbiome-Boosting Supplements as a Solution to Severe Malnutrition in Children
A recent study in Bangladesh highlights the potential of microbiome-directed supplements in treating severe malnutrition among children. Conducted by Jeffrey Gordon from Washington University and Tahmeed Ahmed from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, the research involved 124 children aged 12 to 18 months. Those receiving the ...
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Nearly 30 Cruise Ship Passengers In US Mysteriously Fall Ill With Diarrhoea
The "Easter-themed" cruise began in Peru on March 31 and ended in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday.
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More Trees Can Reduce Diarrhoeal Disease In Rural Children
New York: When it comes to sanitation, trees may not be more important than toilets, but a study of 300,000 children in 35 nations has found that increasing tree cover in watersheds can reduce the burden of diarrhoeal disease, which has many causes, including waterborne pathogens. Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death for childre...
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Dense Tree Cover Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease In Children: 5 Foods That You Should Avoid in Diarrhoea
About 30 per cent increase in upstream tree cover in rural watersheds could have a comparable effect to improved water sanitation, such as the addition of indoor plumbing or toilets.
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Gut Damage May Cause Malnutrition, Vaccine Failure: Study
Damage to the gut from infection can cause malnutrition and vaccination failure in children, scientists have discovered, offering a new strategy to improve nutrition of infants.
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South Sudan Cholera Outbreak Spreads, Deaths Rise to 39: WHO
Cholera in war-torn South Sudan has spread to another state, with at least 39 dead since an outbreak was declared last month, the World Heath Organization (WHO) said today.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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Britain's Queen 'Worried Ebola Could Eclipse Malaria'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has voiced concerns that malaria risks being sidelined because of the focus on the Ebola virus, a medical professor said after meeting the monarch on Tuesday.
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Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak: United Nations
Syrians are pouring across the border to escape fighting in their battered homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,000 Syrians have been registered in four neighbouring countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), the United Nations refugee agency said.
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Zinc during pregnancy prevents infantile diarrhoea
Giving pregnant women zinc supplements helps reduce diarrhoea-related illness in their babies.
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Gastroenteritis boosts bowel disease risk
A bout of gastroenteritis or diarrhoeal disease caused by the bacteria - Salmonella or Campylobacter, increases the odds that a person will develop inflammatory bowel disease.
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Study Suggest Microbiome-Boosting Supplements as a Solution to Severe Malnutrition in Children
A recent study in Bangladesh highlights the potential of microbiome-directed supplements in treating severe malnutrition among children. Conducted by Jeffrey Gordon from Washington University and Tahmeed Ahmed from the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, the research involved 124 children aged 12 to 18 months. Those receiving the ...
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Nearly 30 Cruise Ship Passengers In US Mysteriously Fall Ill With Diarrhoea
The "Easter-themed" cruise began in Peru on March 31 and ended in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Tuesday.
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More Trees Can Reduce Diarrhoeal Disease In Rural Children
New York: When it comes to sanitation, trees may not be more important than toilets, but a study of 300,000 children in 35 nations has found that increasing tree cover in watersheds can reduce the burden of diarrhoeal disease, which has many causes, including waterborne pathogens. Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death for childre...
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Dense Tree Cover Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease In Children: 5 Foods That You Should Avoid in Diarrhoea
About 30 per cent increase in upstream tree cover in rural watersheds could have a comparable effect to improved water sanitation, such as the addition of indoor plumbing or toilets.
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Gut Damage May Cause Malnutrition, Vaccine Failure: Study
Damage to the gut from infection can cause malnutrition and vaccination failure in children, scientists have discovered, offering a new strategy to improve nutrition of infants.
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South Sudan Cholera Outbreak Spreads, Deaths Rise to 39: WHO
Cholera in war-torn South Sudan has spread to another state, with at least 39 dead since an outbreak was declared last month, the World Heath Organization (WHO) said today.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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Britain's Queen 'Worried Ebola Could Eclipse Malaria'
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has voiced concerns that malaria risks being sidelined because of the focus on the Ebola virus, a medical professor said after meeting the monarch on Tuesday.
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Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak: United Nations
Syrians are pouring across the border to escape fighting in their battered homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,000 Syrians have been registered in four neighbouring countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), the United Nations refugee agency said.
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Zinc during pregnancy prevents infantile diarrhoea
Giving pregnant women zinc supplements helps reduce diarrhoea-related illness in their babies.
-
Gastroenteritis boosts bowel disease risk
A bout of gastroenteritis or diarrhoeal disease caused by the bacteria - Salmonella or Campylobacter, increases the odds that a person will develop inflammatory bowel disease.
