Sentences with phrase «is the ancient disease»

«The only disease being spread through this city — and being sewn in this chamber — is the ancient disease of irrational discrimination,» she testified.

Different forms of malaria, which is now known to be an ancient disease, may have been at work many millions of years ago and probably had other implications affecting the outcome of vertebrate survival, Poinar said.

Not exact matches

He spoke 10 languages and objected to many ancient medical treatments, including the practice of bloodletting, but he also suggested that coffee was responsible for many diseases.

It is almost a decade since Gates first dared to revive what in global health circles is known as the «e-word» in relation to this ancient disease.

The claim was a simple thing to do in ancient times because scientifically ignorant people still did not know why the sun rose and set and why the seasons changed and why lightning and why thunder and why earthquakes and why disease and why just about anything... so people all thought that a god or gods controlled it all.

The origin of the disease was found to be from an ancient monkey specie called ramapheticus.

For example, modern knowledge based on scientific discovery shows us that disease is not caused by evil spirits, so why believe in ancient creation myths which are shown to be incorrect.

[92] In ancient Rome, epilepsy was known as the Morbus Comitialis («disease of the assembly hall») and was seen as a curse from the gods.

Many of the diseases that roamed the earth in ancient times, devastating all who crossed their paths, have now been tamed.

The ancient dream of a society free from famine, disease, poverty, and despair is beginning to be fulfilled by the applications of science.

Leprosy, a skin disease, during the last stages of which members of the body rot away, was considered a communicable disease in ancient society.

Papa John's states they do «not recommend pizzas with Papa John's Ancient Grains Gluten - Free Crust for customers with celiac disease» as the pizza might be exposed to gluten some time during preparation.

They chose Niemann - Pick Type C, a lysosomal storage disease associated with mutations in two ancient genes that are well - conserved in many organisms.

George, then 44, was trying to determine whether bacterial spores could survive in amber for millions of years, part of his larger efforts to trace the ancient origins of modern disease.

There's time to consider whether bringing back ancient animals might cause them to suffer, release dormant diseases or harm today's already struggling species and ecosystems.

Environmental groups and many ecologists say the ministry's cure is far worse than the disease, and that nothing less than the future of Europe's last ancient wilderness is at stake.

Poor sanitation would have meant that disease was rife in ancient cities, but exposure to the pathogens would have led to resistance developing, which the inhabitants would have passed on to their descendants.

But diagnosing ancient diseases from fossils is tricky for a number of reasons.

That's the conclusion of a study that assessed 103 ancient and contemporary languages using a technique normally used to study the evolution and spread of disease.

We may be in a position to eradicate the guinea worm (see «Southern Sudan's votes could kill an ancient disease»).

«The ancient iconic symbolism and cultural impact of the olive tree in Europe and the Mediterranean gives this disease an impact I haven't experienced with grapes, citrus and other crops that were hit suddenly with Xylella,» he told Scientific American on Skype.

Despite being thought of as an ancient disease, cholera still affects 47 countries world - wide and claims the lives of nearly 100 thousand people a year.

That finding suggests that the immune - related genes of the ancient Tsimshian were well - adapted to local diseases but not to novel infections like smallpox and measles, the team reports today in Nature Communications.

They add: «What is similar between now and then is the human genetic material, our genome, including ancient polymorphisms that were uncovered to predispose the carrier to the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease... however, our ancient ancestors were certainly susceptible to many other conditions, such as infectious diseases, nutritional deprivation, and trauma, which often resulted in death at an early age, before atherosclerotic heart disease had a clinical impact.»

ANCIENT they may be, but the Icelandic sagas could provide new insights into the genetic causes of many common diseases.

Tuberculosis, which infects roughly one quarter of the world's population and kills nearly two million people a year, is not only deadly but ancient: signs of the disease have been found in Egyptian mummies.

«This is an ancient neurotransmitter system that's implicated in many different diseases, and it's starting to be cracked open,» said Morgan Freret, a graduate student in the Dymecki lab and co-first author of the paper.

Although the bacteria shared common features (most live inside animals and many cause disease), the pattern of species carrying and lacking the gene suggested that the gene had been shuffled horizontally in the family tree, between distantly related species, not passed down from an ancient ancestor.

Our guests will be two experts on studying ancient diseases with two different methods — using ancient DNA or studying fossil bones.

What are we learning from studying ancient diseases?

While Mitchell says care must be taken when relating ancient texts to modern disease diagnoses, some researchers have suggested that intestinal worms described by Roman medical practitioner Galen (130AD — 210AD) may include roundworm, pinworm and a species of tapeworm.

While many studies provided molecular evidence for the presence of infectious diseases in ancient populations, leading to deep insights into the evolution of such diseases, only a few reports on the recovery of blood from mummified bodies are available.

Tuberculosis is an airborne infectious disease that has existed for centuries, with evidence of the disease found in ancient Egyptian mummies.

The team believe their methodology can be used to unravel the transmission mysteries of other ancient diseases — such as human pubic lice, also introduced via an intermediate hominin from ancestral gorillas over 3 million years ago.

At last, the enormous power of modern technology is penetrating the mysteries of an ancient disease, a disease that continues to kill millions.

Before the pharmaceutical industry discovered just how profitable disease could be, ancient traditions like Ayurvedic medicine understood the value of herbs and spices in helping to maintain optimal health.

In Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Mesopotamia, garlic was prescribed for many ailments, from circulation issues and insect infestation to gastrointestinal disorders, skin problems and joint diseases.

Black seed oil is an ancient remedy with modern uses for cancers, heart health, eczema and skin health, autoimmune disease and more.

The single most mentioned fruit in all of Ayurveda (an ancient natural medicine practice used in India for the past 5,000 years), amla is a medicinal plant with incredibly effective capabilities to minimize inflammation and reverse chronic disease.

«In a similar manner, newly introduced foods during the Neolithic, Industrial and modern eras are discordant with our species» ancient and conservative genome, and can also result in illness and disease.»

Yes, I do think it's important to point out that there are some of us (I'm celiac, but people with other immune diseases like the two commentors above) who can never have gluten, ancient grains or not.

Since ancient times, people have looked to nature for treating disease, and in modern times most remedies are plant based extracts from various parts of the world.

Below is a link with general information about the grass - fed trend and diseases in ancient civilizations, as well as an excerpt from a Plant Positive video which is generally more philosophical but does contain a couple points on health implications of grass - fed meat.

Future treatments and prevention of many diseases may fall back on the ancient wisdom of Hippocrates when he said «let food be thy medicine»

The ancient brew has been associated with just about everything healthy, from boosting the immune system to preventing and reversing chronic diseases.

This principle is used in ancient system of Ayurveda and Naturopathy to cleanse the body and prevent future diseases.

During an initial consultation, a practitioner of this ancient system will assess your life as a whole, including mind, body and emotions, so as to understand which patterns are creating harmony (which in turn creates an environment for optimum health) and which patterns are creating disharmony (disease).

Claimed by ancient Indian medicine to cure over 30 diseases, oil pulling has been in practice for around 3000 years.

This is how the ancient disease of type 2 diabetes has become the 21st century plague.

Hippocrates, the ancient philosopher and physician credited as being the father of medicine, warned that all disease starts in the gut.