The virus H5N1, has a few similarities with the Spanish flu of 1918 that resulted in one of the largest pandemics in the last 200 years. Both of these contagious outbreaks cause high fever, lower respiratory tract failure symptoms, prostration, myalgias, and a postviral weakness that could last up to 6 weeks.Twenty-four hour access channels [...]

The stomach flu, also known as gastroenteritis, is a viral infection that attacks the stomach and small intestine. Usually brief in nature, it typically lasts 1 to 3 days. The stomach flu is NOT the same flu for which we receive vaccines each winter. Those flu vaccines are for influenza, which is not the same [...]

The vaccine debate is escalating. With 18 states currently considering laws to mandate the new HPV (cervical cancer) vaccine for school entry, the number of persons questioning the necessity of vaccination is at an all-time high. Those promoting vaccination seem to be pulling out all the stops to defend their positions.On February 4, 2007, New [...]

There are various minerals and vitamins that your body needs every day in order to function at top efficiency. One such vitamin is vitamin C. One of the best ways to get vitamin c is to eat a balanced diet which includes things like tomatoes, milk, broccoli, green peppers, strawberries, citrus fruits, green vegetables, fish, [...]

Influenza, simply known as Flu is a common disease among human population. Every year before the onset of winter or departure of winter most of us are attacked by common cough and cold which is a symptoms of suffering from Seasonal Flu.The recent phenomenon which are shaking the world for the last three four years [...]

There is no person that will like to suffer from hemorrhoids. Unfortunately, anyone could have hemorrhoids and there is absolutely no exception. Having hemorrhoid can be extremely painful and causes discomfort and as such failure to treat it can make it even worse thereby resulting to bleeding and severe anemia. A lot of people choose [...]

The West Nile Virus can become a very fatal disease very quickly. It affects the old and the newborn much more fatally than it would a teenager or a young adult. It is believed that the virus has become a seasonal disease – becoming more active in the summer and dying out in the fall. [...]

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Before we get to discuss the problems surrounding stomach flu and understand the causes of this disease, it is really critical to understand what it is. The cells surrounding the small intestine get infected with the virus and undergo damage. They start producing leaky fluid like substance which in turn results in watery stools. This [...]

‘Tis the season, when the latest versions of flu test our immune systems. As varied as the viruses are, they have one thing in common — they thrive in acidic environments and die off in alkaline ones.We are talking about the pH of our bloodstream, pH being that range between acidity and alkalinity. Viruses will [...]