Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease of the red blood cells that affects people from African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries. In the United States, about 1,000 babies are born with the disorder each year, and 1 in 12 African-Americans possess the sickle cell trait.How it occurs: When a person is born with one [...]

Symptoms of Allergies: o Sneezing, itching and irritation of nose, ears, throat, skin. o Stuffy, runny or tingling nose. o Burning, watering, itchy or red eyes. o Cough, wheezing and shortness of breath. o Flu-like symptoms o Skin rashes–Eczema, Hives, etc. o Feeling of sinus pressure in and around the nose and cheeks. o Ear [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) makes reports and updates regarding new human cases of infection with bird flu. The only subtype that can cause severe illness to people is Influenza A /H5N1 virus, initially it affects chickens, ducks and other birds by the process of mutation they can become highly pathogenic. Because highly pathogenic viruses [...]

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs nature has ever made. One of the most interesting aspects of the brain is its power to retain information, which we call as memory. Memory is perhaps the most vital of the aspects that differentiates human beings from other animals. However, memory can become faulty [...]

Swine flu is a derivative and like other derivatives has a genealogy. Often, the crux of finding a successful vaccine hinges on proper understanding of the attributes of the derivative. It follows then that to find out which organism causes swine flu it is necessary to study it’s genealogy.Of course the flu was at one [...]

You may have seen headlines recently about exercise being the new wonder drug. If not you have probably seen adverts encouraging people to get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day. There are two reasons for this. The first is that so few people actually do any exercise. It is estimated that only a [...]

As fears about the Swine flu pandemic increase the freight forwarding industry has announced that it is in a good position to deal with it if it increases and worsens as is expected.In the UK, a House of Lords committee recently warned that the NHS was not prepared to deal with the disease if it [...]

Often misdiagnosed as flu or other viral infections, CFS is 3 times more prevalent in women than in men, and primarily affects young adults between the ages of 20-40. The two main distinguishing factors:Persistent fatigue that does resolve with bed rest and results in a reduction of daily activity by 50% or more. The presence [...]

Sinus infection or allergy is a common discomfort that is encountered by innumerable number of people all around the world. Home medications, heaps of medicines in the market all in a considerable number of cases turn futile because of various reasons including no response to medications etc. Surgery is then advised by the E.N.T specialist/ [...]

Many health conditions have very similar symptoms and therefore it is imperative that if you have any unusual symptoms going on that you get a thorough physical from your doctor to help determine exactly what is going on. Ovarian Cancer and PMS -premenstrual syndrome are two conditions that have some of the same symptoms. The [...]