Tuberculosis

Treating Alcohol-Use Disorders And Tuberculosis Together

Treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and tuberculosis (TB) is rarely integrated, even though the two diseases have a high co-occurrence. * American and Russian researchers have jointly designed and are monitoring an...

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‘TB bigger killer than a tsunami’

— PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR NEW ROLE: Actor Suhasini Mani Ratnam addressing an awareness workshop on tuberculosis and health reporting for Mount Carmel College students in Bangalore on Friday. Bangalore: Did you think tuberculosis...

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Review: Soap and Water & Common Sense, by Dr. Bonnie Henry

Bonnie Henry's guide to avoiding infection make a few mistakes but gets the basics right: Be careful, people Looking for the perfect gift for the incorrigible germaphobes on your Christmas list? Try Bonnie Henry's Soap and...

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The infectious diseases we face today are relatively tame

Last week, Robby Bitting '11 ate a Z-pack, slept diligently, and drained at least a keg of water. This week, he's quarantined in Brunswick Apartments with both H1N1 and a sinus infection. Despite the waves of vaccines rolling...

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An Anaerobic-Type α-Ketoglutarate Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Completes the Oxidative Tricarboxylic...

Author Summary Knowledge of the basic biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential to identifying novel ways to combat the emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Since the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a...

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Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis together

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Treatment for alcohol use disorders and tuberculosis (TB) is rarely integrated, even though the two diseases have a high co-occurrence. American and Russian researchers have jointly designed...

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Opinions: Fighting TB; Currency Transaction Tax

Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers … few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research,...

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Kenya: Stigma Hinders Fight Against TB

When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help. Instead, she found herself so severely ostracized, she...

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Tanzania: TB Growing Concern Despite Efforts to Control It

TANZANIA is one of the 22 countries with the highest Tuberculosis burden in the world, despite having a well-functioning TB programme, based on World Health Organisation (WHO) strategy for the last 25 years.

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Sir John Crofton obituary

Leading figure in respiratory medicine and the treatment of tuberculosis Sir John Crofton, who has died aged 97, was a world leader in respiratory medicine for more than 60 years and was at the forefront of the modern treatment...

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