Breathe Easy: Winter Asthma Advice (WebMD)
Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, killing millions of people in pandemic years and hundreds of thousands in non-pandemic years. Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species.
Breathe Easy: Winter Asthma Advice (WebMD)
People with asthma need extra TLC during cold and flu season. WebMD goes to the experts for advice on staying healthy throughout the winter.
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Exercise option to modify fitness routine with a twist to push-ups (Inside Bay Area)
ADDING A little twist to a traditional exercise such as a push-up can really shake up your routine.
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HEALTH & FITNESS: Scrub your way to a healthy winter (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Donna Duberg, a microbiologist and researcher with St. Louis University, recently compiled a list of the germiest places.
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Asthma sufferer lauds newest treatment (Montgomery Advertiser)
HUNTSVILLE -- As a child growing up near New Orleans, Coy Scott was often sick with bronchitis or pneumonia. At age 13, she was diagnosed with allergic asthma. She could not take part in sports, physical education classes or band.
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A shot in the arm for flu season (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
It's that time of year again: flu season. (Minnesota confirmed its first case last week.) Here are some things to keep in mind about what you can do to protect yourself. Q Who should get a flu shot? A Anyone who wants to reduce the chances of getting the flu. The government recommends flu shots for all adults older than 50; children ages 6 months to 5 years; anyone in between with underlying ...
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A new plague: The epidemic is coming (Independent)
We're in for another epidemic. You probably don't want to hear that; we've had enough with bluetongue, foot-and-mouth and bird flu in animals. We're only just beginning to calm down as the bird flu threat to humans apparently recedes, but mad cow disease seems only yesterday and our hospitals are cesspits of MRSA and C.difficile. Haven't we had enough? And how can I be so sure that we're due for ...
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Letters to Cyclingnews - November 16, 2007 (Cyclingnews.com)
Here's your chance to get more involved with Cyclingnews . Comments and criticism on current stories, races, coverage and anything cycling related are welcomed, even pictures if you wish. Letters should be brief (less than 300 words), with the sender clearly identified.
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Senior Fair planned; flu shots offered, and more health news (The Sentinel)
Comfort Keepers of Fayetteville is sponsoring a Senior Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Hampton Inn in Chambersburg.
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FDA ponders pharmacist drug class (The News Journal)
WASHINGTON -- Pharmacists seeking a new class of drugs requiring only their supervision met resistance Wednesday from the American Medical Association, whose doctors are reluctant to surrender their prescription pads.
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Shots, good hygiene may help prevent catching the flu (Branson Daily News)
This is the season — for flu and colds and nasty bugs that make you crawl into bed with medicine, add an extra blanket and hope it passes soon. Preventing the spread of germs that cause illness is possible by following a few easy rules, according to the Taney County Health Department.
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Breathe Easy: Winter Asthma Advice (WebMD)
The symptoms of human influenza were clearly described by Hippocrates roughly 2400 years ago. Since then, the virus has caused numerous pandemics. Historical data on influenza are difficult to interpret, because the symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases, such as diphtheria, pneumonic plague, typhoid fever, dengue, or typhus. The first convincing record of an influenza pandemic was of an outbreak in 1580, which began in Asia and spread to Europe via Africa. In Rome over 8,000 people were killed, and several Spanish cities were almost wiped out. Pandemics continued sporadically throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, with the pandemic of 1830–1833 being particularly widespread; it infected approximately a quarter of the people exposed.
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