Controlling Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Adds Up to Prevent Stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • Apr 30 09
Reaching optimal levels for cholesterol and high blood pressure in people who’ve had a stroke adds up to prevent a second stroke or…
Expert Available to Talk About Contingency Planning for Flu Outbreaks/Pandemics
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 30 09
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech are using high-performance computer simulations to show how diseases like flu spread through large populations.…
New Study Describes First Large-Scale Computer Simulation of Gene Therapy
• Genetics • Apr 30 09
In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at…
Mexico’s Health Insurance Success Offers Lessons for U.S.
• Public Health • Apr 30 09
As America considers major healthcare reforms, it may have lessons to learn from Seguro Popular, Mexico’s ambitious plan to improve healthcare for its estimated…
Athletes with Asthma Need More Help from Their Team Trainers
• Allergies • • Asthma • Apr 30 09
Very few athletic trainers associated with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) programs said that they were following best practice standards for managing asthma among…
Avian Flu Research Sheds Light on Swine Flu Outbreak
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A new study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that the potential for an avian influenza virus to cause a human flu pandemic is…
Nasal Flu Vaccine in Kids: One Dose Is Good, but Two Are Better
• Flu • Apr 30 09
For infants and children under age three, one dose of nasal influenza vaccine reduces the risk of getting sick with the flu, but two…
Texas flu death first outside Mexico
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A baby in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, the first confirmed death outside Mexico from a virus which health officials fear…
Heat scanners give cold comfort during flu outbreak
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Alarmed by the spread of a new swine flu virus, airports around the world have rushed to install temperature scanners to pick out the…
In swine flu, Obama faces big domestic test
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Barely 100 days in office, President Barack Obama is facing his first domestic emergency with the outbreak of swine flu and is seeing yet…
Swine flu fears jeopardize sporting events
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A string of sports events were left feeling the shivers on Wednesday as the specter of swine flu continued to spread fears globally, sparking…
Mexican boy first U.S. flu death, more cases reported
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A Mexican toddler in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, the first confirmed death outside Mexico from a virus which health officials…
Britain confirms three new swine flu cases
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Britain confirmed another three cases of swine flu on Wednesday, one in London, one in Birmingham and one in a 12-year-old girl in…
France to ask EU to suspend flights to Mexico
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
France will ask the European Union on Thursday to suspend all flights going to Mexico because of the outbreak of swine flu, Health…
Australia approves new swine flu detention powers
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
Australia’s government has approved tough new powers to detain and disinfect people suspected of carrying swine flu as authorities await test results from 91…
U.S. confirmed swine flu total rises to 91: CDC
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
U.S. health officials confirmed a total of 91 human cases of H1N1 swine flu across the country on Tuesday.
“We’re reporting 91 confirmed cases…
U.S. lawmaker urges Mexico border curbs to stop flu
• Swine Flu • Apr 30 09
A U.S. Congressman urged the government on Wednesday to restrict travel over the Mexico border to prevent the spread of deadly swine flu,…
Kids who die from cold meds often very young
• Children's Health • • Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 30 09
If used as prescribed, over-the-counter cough and cold medications are very safe for use in children. The deaths that do occur typically involve…
5 Things You Need to Know About Swine Flu
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
Concern that the world could be on the brink of the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years escalated Sunday as France, Hong…
Researchers Identify Stroke Predictors in Black Patients
• Stroke • Apr 29 09
Predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) might offer physicians a better way to prevent stroke in blacks, according to a new study done…
Swine Flu: to Panic Or Not, That Is the Question
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
Thanks to the 24-hour media coverage about swine flu, we’re all aware that a potential flu pandemic could be nigh. But before you stock…
Experts Available to Discuss Swine Flu
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
The University of Michigan School of Public Health and the U-M Health System have several experts available to discuss various aspects of the recent…
How Does a Person Catch Swine Flu?
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
What is swine flu, and how is swine flu different from other kinds of flu? How does a person catch swine flu?
Swine flu…
Swine Influenza and You - Questions & Answers
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
What is swine flu?
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular…
Swine Flu (Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus)
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
What is the swine flu?
The swine influenza A (H1N1) virus that has infected humans in the U.S. and Mexico is a novel…