Avian Flu Symptoms Avian Flu Symptoms Influenza viruses are constantly changing and mutating Today the current risk to the world population in that the H5N1 strain of avian bird flu will adapt and start to spread from human to human If the H5N1 strain does adapt and start to spread, the concern for health and government officials is since humans do not have any natural protection or immunity against the new strain of bird flu, we will quickly be in a worldwide pandemic There have been bird flu epidemics ...

Stigma: Building Awareness And Understanding About Mental Illness Mental illness can strike anyone! It knows no age limits, economic status, race, creed or color During the course of a year, more than 54 million Americans are affected by one or more mental disorders Medical science has made incredible progress over the last century in helping us understand, curing and eliminating the causes of many diseases including mental illnesses However, while doctors continue to solve some of the mysteries of the brain, many of its functions remain a puzzle Even at ...

Face Transplants: Medicines New Victory The whiners who cry about face transplant surgery not being warranted need try walking around the mall for a couple days shopping for Christmas presents and then get back to me about moral and ethical issues There are no moral or ethical issues Period As you read this the Cleveland Clinic in the United States is screening candidates in preparation for the world's first full face transplant Nothing could be more exciting or moral ethical! The surgeons, who need not defend themselves spoke at ...

Bird Flu: Diagnosis Central to the problem of dealing with bird flu is diagnosis A number of upper respiratory infections have similar symptoms--at least at the onset of the illness, including the common cold, seasonal influenza, and bird flu Seasonal flu and bird flu have almost identical symptoms--including fever, cough, malaise (feeling unwell), nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea This is, needless to say, a gigantic problem in accurately diagnosing bird flu--which is critical to beginning appropriate treatment as well as initiating infection control procedures and public health measures Currently, accurate ...

New Information Revealed On Preventing Up To One Third Of All Cancer A new study, published in the Lancet, suggests that specific lifestyle changes would impact more than a third of cancer deaths worldwide Many cancers have preventable causes that could be managed and prevented through changes in lifestyle and environment These factors include Smoking Alcohol use Unsafe sex Low fruit and vegetable intake obesity lack of exercise contaminated injections indoor smoke from fuels While the impact of smoking is a well-known risk factor in health, many of these other factors ...

Coping With Narcolepsy Copyright 2006 Anne Wolski Are you one of those people who can drop off to sleep anywhere? Do you find that you are going to sleep at inappropriate times? Are you constantly fighting to stay awake during the day despite having a good night's sleep? If so, you may be suffering from a condition called Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a condition in which the sufferer has episodes in which he/she suddenly falls asleep These episodes are uncontrollable and can last for anything from a few minutes ...

Who Else Wants General Information On Arthritis? Today there are about 70 million Americans with arthritis…that’s one person out of every four who suffer both pain and the expense of this crippling disease In one year alone, arthritis will be responsible for over half a billion dollars in lost wages The economic consequences of arthritis are important to review because each year, arthritis takes a devastating financial toll on our societyOver the course of ten years, arthritis related work loss ...

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Career Decisions In Uncertain Times Career Decisions in Uncertain TimesAmy CrawfordWith the state of our security and economic times cracking beneath our feet, what are Americans thinking about their current career positions? Torn between building job security in a low-risk environment and pursuing a career that adds to their quality of life, will Americans be sure about which way to jump if the bottom falls out?Since the terrorist attacks, career choices have been challenged in a few ways “Being a ...

A Chat with Osama After speaking with Saddam, I was not especially surprised to hear from Osama He did not care to speak with me off the record and wanted me to record and publish our conversation He said he could no longer imagine talking to any American in a position of authority He said he had been trying to do that for more than twenty years and the response was always; who are you that we should listen? He ...