malaria treatment Archives - Amazing Health Advances https://amazinghealthadvances.net/tag/malaria-treatment/ Your hub for fresh-picked health and wellness info Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:48:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AHA_Gradient_Bowl-150x150.jpg malaria treatment Archives - Amazing Health Advances https://amazinghealthadvances.net/tag/malaria-treatment/ 32 32 8 new weapons in the anti-mosquito arsenal https://amazinghealthadvances.net/8-new-weapons-in-the-anti-mosquito-arsenal-8215/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-new-weapons-in-the-anti-mosquito-arsenal-8215 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/8-new-weapons-in-the-anti-mosquito-arsenal-8215/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:48:05 +0000 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/?p=15975 Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Cases of West Nile virus highlight the urgency of dealing with disease-carrying mosquito populations, which are only growing… Cases of West Nile virus in areas of Israel and other countries this summer highlight the urgent need for solutions against female mosquitoes, which are the ones that bite to get blood that helps them produce eggs. If a mosquito becomes infected with a virus from a person or animal it bites, the virus then multiplies in its body. Then the insect becomes a vector, transmitting viruses through saliva deposited when biting your skin. The American Mosquito Control Association estimates that more than 1 million people die each year from mosquito-borne diseases including West Nile, malaria, dengue, Zika, yellow fever and more. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts a rise of these diseases in many parts of North America due to the warming climate that allows mosquitoes to thrive. Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, said, “Europe is already seeing how climate change is creating more favorable conditions for invasive mosquitoes to spread into previously unaffected areas and infect more people with diseases such as dengue.” Here’s an overview of ways in which Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs are working to solve this growing problem. In the lab A highly effective, yet natural, skin-coating repellent offering both mechanical and chemical protection is in advanced stages of development at Hebrew University. The formula contains indole, a fragrant extract from flowers, and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), an abundant renewable plant substance. The project grew out of a research collaboration among PhD student Daniel Voignac from the Department of Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Prof. Yossi Paltiel; Prof. Jonathan Bohbot, head of the university’s Neurobiology Of Insect Olfaction Lab; serial inventor/entrepreneur Prof. Oded Shoseyov and PhD student Evyatar Sar-Shalom.

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]]> https://amazinghealthadvances.net/8-new-weapons-in-the-anti-mosquito-arsenal-8215/feed/ 0 New Hydroxychloroquine Study Proves Trump Right, Says It ‘Significantly’ Cuts Death Rate https://amazinghealthadvances.net/new-hydroxychloroquine-study-proves-trump-right-says-it-significantly-cuts-death-rate-6668/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-hydroxychloroquine-study-proves-trump-right-says-it-significantly-cuts-death-rate-6668 https://amazinghealthadvances.net/new-hydroxychloroquine-study-proves-trump-right-says-it-significantly-cuts-death-rate-6668/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2020 07:00:40 +0000 http://amazinghealthadvances.net/?p=9147 Benjamin Gill via CBN News – A substantial new study has found that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helped patients survive COVID-19. In fact, the study from the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan said the drug “significantly” cut the death rate of patients. “Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects,” the health organization reports. Their analysis of 2,500 COVID-19 patients found the drug can be effective if patients received it early in their treatment. “Our analysis shows that using hydroxychloroquine helped save lives,” said neurosurgeon Dr. Steven Kalkanis, CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group and Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Henry Ford Health System. “As doctors and scientists, we look to the data for insight. And the data here is clear that there was benefit to using the drug as a treatment for sick, hospitalized patients.” President Trump had touted the drug early on as a possible experimental treatment for virus patients, but then studies found conflicting results about its effectiveness and the news media hammered him on it. One of the earlier negative studies was later retracted. Scientists from the Henry Ford Health System explained why their study was successful. “The findings have been highly analyzed and peer-reviewed,” said Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of Infectious Disease for Henry Ford Health System, who co-authored the study with Henry Ford epidemiologist Dr. Samia Arshad. “We attribute our findings that differ from other studies to early treatment, and part of a combination of interventions that were done in supportive care of patients, including careful cardiac monitoring. Our dosing also differed from other studies not showing a benefit of the drug. And other studies are either not peer-reviewed, have limited numbers of patients, different patient populations or other differences from our patients.” To read the original article click here. For more articles from CBN News click here.

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