Health Highlights: Nov. 17, 2007 (MedicineNet.com)
The Spanish flu pandemic was truly global, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. The unusually severe disease killed between 2 and 20% of those infected, as opposed to the more usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%. Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under 65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old. This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918�1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks; in contrast, HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million in its first 25 years.
Health Highlights: Nov. 17, 2007 (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 17, 2007 Category: Health News Created: 11/18/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2007
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Health Highlights: Nov. 18, 2007 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Top 10 Questions About the Flu (WebMD)
Answers to your questions about the flu including flu shots, flu treatments and symptoms of the flu.
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Morris woman learns to live with Crohn's disease (Daily Record)
Rockaway resident Tina Marie Green has learned to live with colitis and Chron's disease.
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Prevention is best, but if you get sick, here's what to do (The Wichita Eagle)
COLD AND FLU SEASON The common cold, predicts Wichita physician Brenda Schewe, will be the downfall of mankind. She doesn't mean that literally, of course. But just think about trying to plan Thanksgiving dinner, do the Christmas shopping and get the kids to all their appointments on time while you're fighting the sniffles, chills and a sore throat. Suddenly you see what Schewe means. And ...
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Spreading more than good will (Daily Telegraph)
KEVIN Rudd and John Howard are spreading more than just election messages among voters during the campaign - they are passing on millions of germs.
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Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference Presenter Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----The Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference takes place Nov. 5 - 7, 2007 at the New York Palace Hotel. Listed below are Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference presenter profiles.
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Clinical Studies Show REMICADE® Reduces Incidence Of Bowel Surgeries In Ulcerative Colitis Patients (Medical News Today)
Clinical data presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) show that REMICADE® significantly reduces the incidence of colectomy surgeries for patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). [click link for full article]
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Health Highlights: Nov. 17, 2007 (MedicineNet.com)
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 �C (32 �F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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