Containing the flu virus

After two students diagnosed with Influenza A(H1N1) prompted a 10-day suspension of classes at De la Salle University in Manila, several universities have postponed for a week their school opening as a precautionary measure. The postponement gives school authorities more time...

Video Games Used To Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Researchers are seeing positive results after experimenting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder with video game therapy. A realistic video game, Virtual Iraq, is being tested in the United States to see if it can help veterans feel more comfortable with...

Dengue Fever, Sign, Symptoms, and Prevention

Summer has come and gone, and now the rainy season has begun. More typhoons will be paying us visit here in Capiz, Philippines, now and then and you’ll be thankful for the “no classes today” announcements. Since rainy season has begun more and more viruses and diseases...

Cop's "Jungle Monkey" Comments Sign of Color Aroused Illness?

Officer's Extreme Color Aroused  Ideation, Emotion and Behavior Point Toward Extreme Color Aroused Disorder A Boston, MA police officer, Justin L. Barrett, has been fired after writing an e-mail to a Boston Globe columnist in which he called Harvard University'...

Swine Flu Symptoms: Pandemic A/H1N1 Infection Spread by Humans

Swine Flu is not a new illness and is well known to scientists, but the new strain, A/H1N1 is at pandemic proportions and is easily spread by humans which is new.  A version of Swine Flu is seen every year and is often combined with Bird Flu, but the newest version...