]> http://www.healthedia.com/latest Cold & Flu Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923799?rsstype=latest&cid=81 The Flu Clinic's Indonesia thread continues to discuss the 15-year-old's death. Dutchy in post #218 has some ideas worth considering: Dewi Sartika: tested positive or negative?Local tests said: positive. It was the first positive human patient in Sem... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:19:21 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923799?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/achoo-the-blog/923969?rsstype=latest&cid=81 A study released today by Vanderbilt University suggests that babies born during the fall before the normal cold and flu season are at a greater risk of developing asthma. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:01:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/achoo-the-blog/923969?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923807?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Via CIDRAP: Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies href= http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/biz-plan/news/nov2008coal.html Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies. Excerpt:A new report from the Uni... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:10:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923807?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/924002?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Do you have trouble mustering up the energy to get out of bed in the morning? Or do you function normally until after lunch, then come crashing to a near-halt? Lots of us suffer from low energy at one time or another, and for some it s an every... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/924002?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923901?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question What are you doing? via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. You can select the messages you find useful, amusing, or both. Here is the 14th edition of M... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:11:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923901?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/923870?rsstype=latest&cid=81 What do Jack, Sawyer, Freckles and my appetite all have in common?They've all been Lost.(bad dum bum)About a month ago, I my appetite went buh-bye for a few days. The doctor had warned me this might happen - I was taking a new medication for some pai... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:29:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/923870?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/ask-doctor-joshua/924024?rsstype=latest&cid=81 About 4-5 weeks ago, the lymph nodes on my neck were swollen. It caused me so much pain just to move my neck. I also sometimes experienced sharp pain around my collarbones and a bit below them. One night, I was breathless and couldn t complete my s... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:36:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/ask-doctor-joshua/924024?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923817?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Not a directly flu-related story, but antibiotics would doubtless be used to treat opportunistic infections in flu patients. Via the Globe and Mail, a CP story by Helen Branswell: Antibiotics hit guts longer than thought. Excerpt:This is your gut. Th... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:16:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923817?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/923658?rsstype=latest&cid=81 The rift between ER docs and hospitalistsThis rift does not just involve hospitalists. Rather, I see problems between the ER and everyone else.Back in the old days, when I was a resident, we had no specialty of ER medicine. We had this same pro... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:45:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/923658?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/924008?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Asthma can be a dangerous and life-threatening disease. Even if you rarely have asthma attacks, one serious episode can severely harm you, or even be fatal. That s why it s important to protect yourself against attacks, particularly in the wi... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:21:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/924008?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923662?rsstype=latest&cid=81 For all of man s scientific prowess and evolutionary advancement, we are the helpless victims of this sneaky little villain. Cold viruses have very few genes, so they have one purpose and one alone - to make our lives miserable! So we hack, snort,... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:59:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923662?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=latest&cid=81 AlterNet has an article on harm reduction in Vancouver.Vancouver has essentially become a gigantic field test, a 2 million-person laboratory for a set of tactics derived from a school of thought known as harm reduction. It's based on a simple premi... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923902?rsstype=latest&cid=81 The LIFE photo archive is hosted by Google which allows you to search millions of photographs stretching from the 1750s to today.According to Google, only a very small percentage of these images have ever been published. The rest have been sitting i... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:32:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923902?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/923739?rsstype=latest&cid=81 As the holiday travel season approaches, people will be heading to the airport for destinations unknown, especially since it is too expensive to drive anywhere now. Most air travelers will not have problems with their ears when the cabin is automatic... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/923739?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923616?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question What are you doing? via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. The service can also be used to collect notes and ideas or to report from a medical conferen... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:14:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/923616?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923582?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Dutchy at The Flu Clinic has a machine translation from Javapos/Radarsemang. Excerpt:News from Semarang, Java; neighours of the deceased girl Dewi also have high fever and similar symptoms like Dewi had; their condition is improving, probably after u... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:33:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923582?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/923491?rsstype=latest&cid=81 One of the good things about the pandemic flu threat (if you'll let me put it that way) is the stimulus it has provided for vaccine technology. While current flu vaccines are still mired in horse and buggy technology of egg-based production, all sort... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:24:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/923491?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923343?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Via the Blackburn Citizen: GP s dire warning over East Lancashire hospital 'chaos.' Excerpt:A family doctor has launched a stinging attack on East Lancashire s hospital service, warning of third world scenes if there was a flu pandemic.Dr I... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:29:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923343?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=latest&cid=81 Pregnancy can be an exciting time: Baby names, baby showers and, oh, those cute little baby clothes. It's also a key time to focus on health, both for mom and her newborn-to-be. Expectant moms know that it is important to eat nutritious food and get ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/923345?rsstype=latest&cid=81 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/923334?rsstype=latest&cid=81 I have always found that when November rolls around, I lose a little of my fitness steam. The combination of the daylight saving time change, the holidays, and the first sneezes of cold and flu season just seem to zap my energy and eat up my free tim... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/923334?rsstype=latest&cid=81