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...
created by Annina Bergman | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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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...
Policeman's wife twice wrongly diagnosed with swine flu dies
" A senior policeman's wife died 'in terrible circumstances' from Legionnaires' disease after her symptoms were twice 'mistaken' for swine flu. Carol Rowe, 46 was told she had swine flu by an ambulance crew who...
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'... 309 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Arroyo orders highest alert level vs H1N1
" MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered health authorities Saturday to organize quick reaction teams to address the rising number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the country. Schools have been...
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...
created by Tina Kells | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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77822 views | 47 recommendations | 27 comments
ECONOMIC FAILURE or more distractions from reality?
Today like any other day the business of Politics it’s all about creating distractions from reality and so are we simply to accept that a New Labour Government had no knowledge of what was to occur, especially...
Nuts can cut heart problems
Just 30g of nuts a day on top of a Mediterranean style diet can cut heart problems. Scientists believe the nuts contain compounds that stop damage caused by insulin.A Mediterranean diet in itself has been shown to...
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 48 wks ago
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799 views | 27 recommendations | 17 comments
Many still ignorant about cancer, study shows
Research shows that people across the world are still ignorant about cancer and that this ignorance leads to more chnce of death from the diseases. In a report highlighting ignorance in Singapore almost two thirds...
Viral Therapy May Provide a New Weapon in Cancer Fight
A virus that many people have been exposed to by the end of their teens could provide a massive breakthrough in the fight against cancer.The reovirus is being used to produce the drug Reolysin and viral therapy...
Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions
"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by... 70 school kids hospitalised after food poisoning
About 70 school children were hospitalised near Delhi on Wednesday following food poisoning. Doctors and officials suspect either the daily mid-day meal they were served in the school or jatropha fruits could have caused the illness. "Children of the Government Primary...Spoiled Soup Sickens 170 Wedding Guests in China
170 wedding banquet guests became ill and were rushed to hospital after cooks added rust remover to the large pot filled with food instead of salt. ""All food was stewed in a big pot but after dinner...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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499 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
