Posted by Jesse - May 4, 2009 | 1:15 pm
CDC H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and you
What is swine flu?
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people.
Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S.?
In late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near Guadalupe County, Texas. Other U.S. states have reported cases of swine flu infection in humans and cases have been reported internationally as well. An updated case count of confirmed swine flu infections in the United States is kept at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/investigation.htm CDC and local and state health agencies are working together to investigate this situation.
Is this swine flu virus contagious?
CDC has determined that this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at this time, it is not known how easily the virus spreads between people.
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Posted by Jesse - May 4, 2009 | 1:14 pm
SWINE FLU COMES TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON, DC – The Swine Flu epidemic has reached the United States. This new mutated strand of influenza starts as a normal flu, then turns people into pigs.
The world is in the grip of fear over an outbreak of a new Swine Flu. A previous strain affected pigs by making them grow enormous and vicious. This flu has since mutated, mixing with human and avian viruses, to create a new and more dangerous Swine Flu. This flu begins with typical symptoms, such as sneezing fever and lethargy, but soon makes humans grow larger and more angry. Then, by the first full moon, sufferers turn into mutated pigs!
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Posted by Jesse - May 4, 2009 | 11:20 am
Symptoms of celiac disease include: chronic diarrhea, muscle cramps, malabsorption of nutrients, iron deficient anemia, weight loss, excessive gas, fatigue, elevated liver enzymes and calcium/vitamin D deficiency. Talk to your doctor if you have any of these symptoms. Eating a gluten free diet can have many health benefits are seen below in the article from Natural News.
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(NaturalNews) Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who eat a gluten-free vegan diet could be better protected against heart attacks and stroke. RA is a major risk factor for these cardiovascular diseases, but a gluten-free vegan diet was shown to lower cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and oxidized LDL (OxLDL), as well as raise the levels of natural antibodies against the damaging compounds in the body that cause symptoms of the chronic inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis, such as phosphorylcholine.
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Posted by Jesse - May 3, 2009 | 12:15 pm
(WXYZ) – The Plymouth – Canton School District is closing all schools for the next two days due to a probable case of the H1N1 virus.
Officials say a 16-year-old girl from one of the schools may have the virus. District officials said the teenager did not go to Mexico but was in contact with a friend who had traveled there. That friend shows no sign of the illness.
Utica High School in Macomb County will also be closed Monday, May 4, because of a probable case of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. The school will remain closed until Wednesday, May 13.
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Posted by Jesse - May 1, 2009 | 1:53 pm
Swine flu virus spread latest update May 1, 2009: 331 people in 11 countries infected, 10 deaths
The swine flu virus alert level is still pegged at phase 5 on a 6-point scale. Though the World Health Organization (WHO) says that a pandemic is imminent (phase 6), the flu virus that has spread globally has not reached the highest health crisis alert level. The WHO also has not scheduled any meetings of its emergency committee as of yet.
The WHO’s latest update on the virus infection is relayed through the statement: “The new flu strain, which it calls Influenza A (H1N1), had been confirmed to have infected 331 people in 11 countries, including 10 deaths.”
The latest human-to-human infection occurred in Spain when one person was in contact with a traveler from Mexico. The WHO has declared, however, that there is no proof of ‘sustained, community-based human-to-human transmission in Europe.’
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Posted by Jesse - May 1, 2009 | 12:27 pm
OCONOMOWOC – The Oconomowoc Area School District has closed Oconomowoc High School as well as Silver Lake and Nature Hill Intermediate Schools for seven days after three students contracted “probable, presumptive” cases of swine flu.
“This morning as we were preparing to brief the media on this case, we received word of two more probable cases,” said Waukesha County Health and Human Services Director Peter Schuler.
“Because intermediate school students have co-mingled with high school students, we have been directed to also close Nature Hill and Silver Lake immediately as a precaution,” the District said in an email to parents.
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Posted by Jesse - May 1, 2009 | 11:04 am
Hydroxycut is a popular weight loss pill and now government health officials are issuing a recall for Hydroxycut.
Hydroxycut is advertised as made from natural ingredients. It accounts for about 90 percent of the market for weight loss supplements. Now, the Food and Drug Administration says there have been reports of liver damage and other health problems. The FDA is warning customers to stop using the product immediately.
Hydroxycut Recall: FDA Pulls It After Liver Damage Reports, Other Health Problems
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Posted by Jesse - May 1, 2009 | 6:45 am
Similar to a scare originally found in Cambodia back in 2005, victims of a new strain of the swine flu virus H1N1 have been reported in London.
After death, this virus is able to restart the heart of it’s victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believe to be a combination of brain damage and a chemical released into blood during “resurrection.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alert to phase six, its highest level, and advised governments to activate pandemic contingency plans.
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Posted by Jesse - April 30, 2009 | 11:50 pm
Swine flu symptoms: Checklist to see if you may be infected
SWINE FLU SYMPTOMS
The symptoms are similar to those experienced by people infected by other flu strains. In the past, pneumonia and respiratory failure and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause chronic medical conditions to worsen.
How can you tell if you might have swine flu and should see a doctor? Here’s a checklist of symptoms linked to the disease, which is suspected of killing more than 150 people in Mexico and sickening hundreds more around the globe:
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Posted by Jesse - April 30, 2009 | 1:58 pm
The first cases of swine flu to be confirmed in the southeastern U.S. have occurred in Georgia and South Carolina, according to reports.
First, the head of Georgia’s Division of Public Health says the CDC has confirmed that a 30-year-old woman from Kentucky who was hospitalized in the town of LaGrange, GA (west Georgia) has been confirmed to have swine flu. She’d been in Cancun, Mexico, earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the CDC also confirmed that there were 10 cases in South Carolina. This raises the total to more than 100 swine flu cases in 11 states.
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