With the need to have more organs for people in need, a new pilot project has been launched to maximize the number of organs that can be recovered from already dead people. When people die at the hospital, it is much easier to save some vital organs. That is however not the case with [...]
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Greater Effort Has To Be Geared Towards Breastfeeding
According to the CDC 3 out of four babies which are born in the U.S begin life by being breast fed. These stats actually meet the Healthy People 2010 objective, but according to a Federal Study the rate plummeted to 43 percent at six months and 22 percent at one year. The Healthy People’s program [...]
New Study Reveals That H1N1 Only As Bad As Seasonal Flu
A new study today showed that the H1N1 pandemic flu, which overshadowed the United States in the spring of 2009, is actually no more lethal than the seasonal strains. Based on stats from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between April 2009 and April 10, 2010 there were about 46-90 million cases of [...]
Boston Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus
Boston Health Commission announced today that Boston pools have tested positive for Nile virus for the second time this summer. Allegedly five pools tested positive for Nile virus. Four of which were in West Roxbury district and a fourth which was in the North Dorchester area. Health officials in the area are concerned, because mosquitoes can transmit the virus [...]
Australian Government Implements Food Calorie Checks
Internationally the current day concerns have been over the amount of calories one consumes for every day of his life. It has been reported by researchers that people, who are able to afford the price of high calorie fast food, are never hesitant about getting them anyway. This has lead to many problems for the [...]
WHO Declares Swine Flu Pandemic Over While India Experience Other
Today WHO (World Health Organization) declared the dreaded swine flu as a thing of the past. In truth this simply means that the world is no longer in an influenza pandemic state, but is moving on to a post pandemic state. This announcement was made by WHO Health Director Margaret Chan. WHO originally declared swine flu [...]