6 diseases you never knew you could catch


	6 diseases you never knew you could catch
Lexica
10-20-2009 5:38 PM
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health, research, infection, disease, cancer, mental-health
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10-20-2009 5:57 PM
lollipop10
Wow, this is an interesting clip Lexica. Thanks
10-20-2009 11:45 PM
debbyski
This is interesting hypothesis, but wouldn't you agree that type 2 diabetes is triggered by poor diet? Weight loss and proper diet almost always reverses the need for medication.
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For example, several autoimmune diseases arise because infection with a microbe triggers an immune attack, which cross-reacts with similar molecules from the host, causing the immune system to attack human tissues. And several cancers may be caused by viruses, sometimes because they insert themselves into our DNA and disrupt the genes that usually stop cells multiplying out of control.
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		<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427301.400-1-obesity.html">
Obesity
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/DA5248BF-A43F-409D-B28C-D9603E554A0A" alt="Adenovirus AD-36 could be partly responsible for human obesity (Image: Russell Knightley/SPL)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">People may get fat because of</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">catching the wrong kind of cold</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><H3 class="marker">	
		<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427301.500-2-diabetes.html">
Diabetes
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/657B0D18-2925-4217-AD99-6B9B57289EB4" alt="Coxsackie B4 virus is known for causing diarrhoea and vomiting but could also be responsible for diabetes (Image: CDC)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><H3 class="marker">	
		<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427301.600-3-schizophrenia.html">
Schizophrenia
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/82868204-F6B1-48FA-A02B-B83486B9194C" alt="Commonly found in cats, <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> could be a cause of schizophrenia (Image: Bsip Vem/SPL)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">a parasite that lurks in cat faeces could be linked with schizophrenia</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><H3 class="marker">	
		<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427301.700-4-breast-cancer.html">
Breast cancer
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/AD3A5524-AA17-4F18-A98B-0629951631DB" alt="Known to cause cancer in mice, mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) has now been linked to human breast cancer (Image: Eye of Science/SPL)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">genes are to blame for only about 1 in 10 cases. Maybe the answer lies with the mouse mammary tumour virus</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><H3 class="marker">	
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/3CECDFD9-C2A9-4554-872A-F8D91D0C5065" alt="<i>Streptococcus</i> bacteria could be partly responsible for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (Image: S. Lowry/University of Ulster/Getty)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">a small subset of cases may be triggered by infections</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><H3 class="marker">	
		<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427301.900-6-prostate-cancer.html">
Prostate cancer
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		</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/EB197A86-B3F4-4803-A597-1F105C0343AB" alt="Xenotropic murine leukaemia (XMRV) has been linked to prostate cancer (Image: A J Cann)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">The link</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">is perhaps the weakest</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/special/six-diseases-you-never-knew-you-could-catch">but if confirmed it could lead to better screening techniques</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/79E59466-AC80-49BF-9086-66CD31F60635/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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