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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified nerve cells associated with mice feeding behaviors. They said that the findings can possibly result in development of new techniques to fight obesity among human beings. Obesity has become a major issue in developed and developing countries. Johns Hopkins research team is confident that control over signals in brain to control food consumption, would be one of the easiest ways to control diet.

Researchers have discovered the newly identified brain cells helping in portion control that tells the animals when to stop eating. Many people who suffer from obesity, eat more calories than they can burn during their daily activity. This leads to accumulation of fats in body and leads to many serious health issues.

The Michigan health department said that quite uncommon bloodstream infection Elizabethkingiam, which has made dozens of people ill in Wisconsin since November, has been confirmed in a Michigan resident.

On Thursday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said that the older adult, who had underlying health conditions, has died due to the infection. No other information was given regarding the victim. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has seen 54 cases.

In a statement, the Wisconsin agency said that most of the patients suffering from the infection were 65 or above, and all of them have had a history of minimal one underlying deadly illness.

Currently, Zika virus outbreaks have been reported in many countries and WHO has declared it an international health issue. Health experts are advising people not to visit Zika-affected regions. The mosquito-borne disease has claimed many lives in Brazil alone, and several studies have linked it to a rare birth defect, called microcephaly, where a baby takes birth with a small head.

How to stay safe while travelling to area where the deadly virus is growing rapidly? Health experts say pregnant women, or those who are planning to have a baby, must avoid visit to a Zika-affected place.

An analysis by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute has linked neuro-developmental disorder autism to much shorter lifespan and the alarming sign is high risk of suicide among individuals suffering from autism spectrum disorder. People with autism die at a young age, some 12 to 30 years earlier compared to normal age for other individuals, as per the study.

Study researchers examining mortality trends among autistic individuals have found that major cause of death in adults with the condition isn’t a disease, but suicide. Detailed study results have been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

The listeria outbreak in recent years has been associated with Miller's Organic Farm in Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania. The raw milk sold by the farm to people who were drinking unpasteurized milk, could have been the cause of infection. The cases of listeria infection have been reported since 2014. However, the cause was discovered only after when two patients got sick from the bacteria and one of them died.

Most recent outbreak of disease includes one case from California and another from Florida and the latter one died. The Pennsylvanian organic farm was held responsible for causing infection by The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.

Thousands of carcasses of sea birds discovered at the Alaskan lake have left biologists wondering about the reason behind the same. The common murres, which are not much seen at the lake, come flocking there in winters in search of food. Biologists opine that they could have died because of one or more reasons which could be lack of food, the weather, or some disease. However, that ultimate cause of mass death of the species in the region is yet unknown.