Causes of autism elusive (Star-Gazette)
For most people, the flu is a drag, but it goes away in a week or two. But for some people, the flu can make them very sick. Those groups include:
Causes of autism elusive (Star-Gazette)
When most people think of an epidemic, they think of influenza, smallpox or something else just as infectious. What they might not know is a new disorder not preventable by a vaccine that has reached epidemic proportions: autism.
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Cold and flu talk: Wash your hands of these misconceptions (The Argus Leader)
Joleen Thompson learned a tough lesson seven years ago. She got the flu, and so did her two young children - all at the same time. Thompson missed more than a week of work and could only go in half-days a week after that. It took awhile to snap back, says Thompson, early childhood director for Youth Enrichment Services.
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Excess cortisone causes all the signs and symptoms of Cushing's disease (The Standard-Times)
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Much is written about obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and depression, but little is written about Cushing's disease, which can cause all of these. It took me 15 years of suffering from these until I was diagnosed. Cushing's...
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In Tomorrow's Paper (EdmontonSun.com)
See what's keeping Ann Marie McQueen busy this week in her Trends column. Find last weeks column here.
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Flu season hits Lower Hudson (The Journal News)
Flu season has begun in the Lower Hudson Valley with at least one case reported yesterday in Westchester County, the state Health Department says.
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Test method seems effective (The Borneo Post)
SIBU: An experimental dengue control programme seems to work. It was adopted by the Divisional Health Department in a blacklisted area in Jalan Tiong Hua, with no more dengue cases reported there in the last six months.
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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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Inqlings | A.C. pub sues over 'dive' review (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
A dive, you say? The operators of the Irish Pub & Inn in Atlantic City are suing Metrocorp, which publishes Philly Mag, in federal court over a blurb in last winter's edition of A.C. Now, a Metrocorp publication that contained reviews of about 80 bars, eateries and clubs.
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Cold War (New London Day)
With the loss of over-the-counter cold medicines, parents are having to battle their children's viruses with old-fashioned methods. and that makes pediatricians happy.
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Health news in brief (Onalaska Community Life)
Here are a selection of brief health news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.
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Causes of autism elusive (Star-Gazette)
Later flu pandemics were not so devastating. They included the 1957 Asian Flu (type A, H2N2 strain) and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu (type A, H3N2 strain), but even these smaller outbreaks killed millions of people. In later pandemics antibiotics were available to control secondary infections and this may have helped reduce mortality compared to the Spanish Flu of 1918.
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