Swine Flu Antiviral Treatment
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
Suspected Cases
Empiric antiviral treatment is recommended for any ill person suspected to have swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. Antiviral treatment with…
Swine influenza - update 4
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
The situation continues to evolve rapidly. As of 19:15 GMT, 28 April 2009, seven countries have officially reported cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 infection.…
Swine influenza
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
The Emergency Committee, established in compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005), held its second meeting on 27 April 2009.
The Committee…
The Sky is Falling: An Analysis of the Swine Flu Affair of 1976
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
In 1976, due to an outbreak of influenza at Fort Dix, New Jersey, the United States set a precedent in immunology by attempting to…
CDC: Swine flu viruses in U.S. and Mexico match
• Swine Flu • Apr 29 09
U.S. health officials expressed concern Friday that a swine flu virus that has infected eight people in the United States matches samples of a…
The 1976 Swine Flu Outbreak
• Swine Flu • Apr 28 09
The 1976 swine flu outbreak at Fort Dix, New Jersey set a precedent in immunology through attempts to vaccinate an entire population of a…
Swine flu’s next move impossible to predict
• Swine Flu • Apr 28 09
Sometime in the last few years, as the world’s attention was focused on the bird flu that killed more than 250 people in Asia,…
Swine Flu: Health and Science Experts Available
• Swine Flu • Apr 28 09
Understanding Swine Flu
Thomas Fekete, M.D., Section Chief, Infectious Diseases at Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, can break down the minute-by-minute…
Swine Flu: Top 20 Answers You Need to Know
• Swine Flu • Apr 28 09
With more outbreaks of the new strain of swine flu come outbreaks of misinformation and rumor. Below are 20 questions answered by infectious disease…
Swine Flu Experts
• Swine Flu • Apr 28 09
Iowa State University experts in Swine flu
Dr. Butch Baker Senior Clinician of Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Unit.
As current president of the…
Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 28 09
A research team has connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions…
Reducing Health Risks for Women and Children
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Apr 28 09
Diet and nutrition counseling for virtually all overweight and obese women of childbearing age can reduce health risks associated with excess weight for mothers…
My QuitLine iPhone App Helps Smokers Kick the Habit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 28 09
Smokers can turn to their iPhones to help them quit smoking with evidence-based treatment through a free app downloadable from iPhone or iTunes. The…
Increased Mortality Associated with Nocturia
• Urine Problems • Apr 27 09
Patients suffering from nocturia, the need to urinate at least twice during the night, may have a significantly increased risk for mortality. Researchers…
Autism Linked to Being Firstborn, Breech or Moms 35 and Older Giving Birth
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 27 09
Children who are firstborn or breech or whose mothers are 35 or older when giving birth are at significantly greater risk for developing an…
Long-Term Complications of Melamine Consumption in Children
• Children's Health • Apr 27 09
Children with a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder are at an increased risk of developing kidney stones and other urological complications. Researchers presenting…
Drinking Diet Soda May Reduce the Risk of Forming Kidney Stones
• Dieting • • Urine Problems • Apr 27 09
Patients with stone disease could benefit from drinking diet soda. New research from the University of California, San Francisco suggests that the citrate and…
The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 09
When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment,…
Researchers discover that gene switches on during development of epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Genetics • Apr 23 09
A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic…
Binge Drinking May Hamper Information Relay System in Teen Brain
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 23 09
A study of adolescent binge drinkers has found that even relatively infrequent exposure to large amounts of alcohol during the teen years may compromise…
Pain Relievers Ibuprofen and Naproxen May Delay- Not Prevent -Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 23 09
A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen do not prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but they…
The Price of Pain and the Value of Suffering
• Pain • • Public Health • Apr 23 09
During these trying financial times, the cost of healthcare and how much we are willing to pay for it is at the top of…
PAI-1 Gene Could Be Important Biomarker of Risk in Patients With Severe Pneumonia
• Respiratory Problems • Apr 23 09
A study published in the May 2009 issue of Anesthesiology offers strong evidence that variations in the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) gene are…
Enforcing tobacco laws cuts kids’ smoking
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 09
Enforcement of laws banning tobacco sales to minors has curbed U.S. teenagers’ smoking rates, a new study finds.
Between 1997 and 2003, merchants’…
Resuscitation at birth tied to lower IQ later on
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 23 09
Babies who require resuscitation at birth and subsequently remain healthy may still be at risk for having a low IQ when they reach…