The SARS response -- building and assessing an evidence-based approach to future global microbial threats
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The response to and ultimate control of the SARS outbreak has taught doctors and public health officials how to respond to any other infectious disease outbreaks, whether natural or resulting from a terrorist attack. The December 24/31, 2003 issue of JAMA contains several articles about the SARS outbreak. One evaluates a drug treatment, another recounts how Beijing effectively contained the outbreak in a relatively short time, and another talks about the balance between public health and individual civil liberties during infectious disease outbreaks.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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Understanding the causes of schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia appears to have many different causes, all of which must be present for the disease to occur. Schizophrenia is a mental illness probably caused by abnormal connections between nerves, which distorts information processing by the brain. However, unlike dementia, schizophrenia does not involve visible damage to the brain. Most schizophrenics develop the disease during the late teens and early 20s, when the brain is reaching full maturity. A 1999 study found that environmental factors played a much larger role than genetic factors.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1999
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