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Dog flu versus Cat Flu
Region: United States
Nov. 4, 2009 - Has your cat lost it's appetite for tasty food? Does it have respiratory problems? According to an Iowa Dept. of Public Health press release published today, a 13-year old pet house cat has caught the H1N1 flu virus which has been confirmed. Two of the three people who live with the indoor cat had the flu before the cat got sick, according to reports from officials, noted in today's NY Daily News article... more
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Vegetarianism Gets a Voice on Progressive Radio Network and Online
Region: United States
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – (November 3, 2009) – Each year, the fast-food industry spends billions of dollars advertising on television, radio and in print, among other methods. According to a November 3, 2009 press release, Vegetarianism Gets a Voice on Progressive Radio Network, "Because of this, they often tie the hands of media outlets when it comes to speaking out against the negatives that accompany ea... more
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Electrohypersensitivity conference: wireless phones & technology, anxiety, and heart irregularities
Region: United States
ElectromagneticHealth.org—Boulder, CO, November 2, 2009. Dr. Magda Havas, Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, Canada will present new evidence validating electrohypersensitivity at a conference organized by the EMR Policy Institute in Golden, CO this Sunday. To register contact EMR Policy Institute Vice President, Deb Carney. Symptoms of electrohypersensitivity include head... more
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UPDATE: Typhoon Santi (Mirimae): 12 dead several missing in floods, damaged bridges, and, blackouts
Region: Philippines
Media reports say at least a dozen people have lost their lives in flood waters that swelled rivers just south of the capitol region of manila due to tropical cyclone Santi (Mirinae) and at least 28 area are flooded south of Manila. VIDEO: Overflow of Sta. Cruz River submerged 85% of Sta. Cruz town. 6 ft. at Brgy San Pablo Norte; waist-deep at Brgys Santisima Cruz and San Pablo Sur; leg-... more
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Philippines: Typhoon Santi (Mirinae) Capitol in the Eye of the Storm
Region: Philippines"Severe Storm Warning Philippines"The Philippine Government has laid out plans to deal with the incoming storm - this is typical of the NDCC it also offersa insight onto what one can do with government resources in a disaster and how invoelvement is coordinated. The best laid plans however can not be enough when nature takes over and storms shift or things get worse. But the plan to deal with it is in place: Here it i... more
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You can be thin, vegetarian, a marathon runner, and still get exercise-induced hypertension and calc
Region: United States
You can be thin, vegetarian, and a marathon runner and still have your arteries calcified, according to a March 14, 2007 press release from the University of Maryland Medical Center, "University of Maryland Researchers Find Heart Disease in a Marathon Runner: Is Too Much Excercise a Bad Thing?" The press release doesn't say whether the person had been taking vitamin K-2 (MK-7) from natto, or whether the person had bee... more
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Can vegetable juices lower your blood pressure and help you lose weight?
Region: United States
October 26, Davis, CA - Can drinking vegetable juice lower your blood pressure and help you lose weight? If so, how much? Researchers at the University of California-Davis conducted a 12-week study among adults ages 40-65 years. All of the people in the study who drank at least two cups of vegetable juice met daily vegetable recommendations. But only seven percent of the non-juice drinkers met the goal. The part... more
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Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle With Rationing Decisions
Region: New York
Spanish Flu Ward, 1918 This story was co-published with the New York Times. New York state health officials recently laid out this wrenching scenario for a small group of medical professionals from New York-Presbyterian Hospital: A 32-year-old man with cystic fibrosis is rushed to the hospital with appendicitis in the midst of a worsening pandemic caused by the H1N1 flu virus, which has mutated into a more... more
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Flu vaccine in short supply
Region: United States
By Junelynn Tran RICHMOND, Va. – The number of swine flu cases in Virginia is rising, but the vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus is in short supply, the state’s top health official said Friday. Health Commissioner Karen Remley said that fewer than 400,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine are available in Virginia, which has almost 8 million residents. The limited supply of vaccines has been distributed or is in... more
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Interactive new website on flu symptoms - ask questions, doctors online
Region: United States
The new website, AMAfluhelp.org, now offers information about seasonal and H1N1 pandemic flu. The site offers advice on when to seek a doctor's help. Healthy Circles, a personal health record provider is behind the new, free interactive website featuring real doctors that will answer questions about flu symptoms. It has just been started by the American Medical Association, built with... more
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