Flu cases up across North Iowa

February 28, 2011

MASON CITY — if you have been suffering from upper-respiratoryinfections or the stomach flu lately, take solice in knowing thatyou are not alone. A spokeswoman for Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa said theEmergency Department has had several cases of sore throat, upperrespiratory infection, ear pain and coughs in recent days. The number of cases reported at [...]

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Paget’s disease of bone is treatable

February 28, 2011

Last Updated: February 08. 2011 1:00AM Dr.. Paul Donohue: your Health dear Dr. Donohue: this winter my dad complained that his hat was too tight for him. My dad wears hats year-round. he happened to mention this to the doctor when he had his annual physical. the doctor did a special blood test and told [...]

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Oral Candidiasis (Thrush) Causes, Symptoms & Remedy

February 28, 2011

Wish to know what causes oral candidiasis (thrush), what it seems like and the remedies available? Oral candidiasis, often known as thrush, is a fungal infection that can have an effect on males, ladies and babies. here, you may discover the chance groups, as well as the causes, signs and treatment options. First, let’s go [...]

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Flu spike in the Heart of Carolina

February 28, 2011

Flu cases are not counted. North Carolina keeps track of a broad category of “influenza-like illness” by getting reports from hospital emergency departments and about 100 other “sentinel” sites, such as county health departments, college health centers and doctors’ offices. Sentinel sites reported that 5.8 percent of patients had flulike illness during the week ending [...]

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PR-USA.net – ZRT LABORATORY, PARTNERS IN HEALTH & EDUCATION, ANNOUNCE THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE

February 28, 2011

ZRT Laboratory will host Hormones – Key to Health conference at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, in Portland, OR, on July 28-30, 2011.  Participants, including physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, will attend this annual 3-day accredited Continuing Education course. The mission of ZRT?s CME-accredited Educational Conferences is to provide continuing education which will improve, promote and [...]

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Eight pains not to ignore

February 28, 2011

I’m always intrigued when someone seems to know to go to the ER for something I might decide to wait out — even given everything I know about health and wellness. Maybe when something’s really wrong you can just sense it, but I also realize the importance of knowing what kinds of pain can be [...]

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defence.professionals

February 28, 2011

16:17 GMT, February 25, 2011 Analox Sensor Technology/Analox Military Systems has launched a new Carbon Monoxide (CO) analyser for use by navy divers. A number of diving incidents involving Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning prompted Analox Sensor Technology to design the new analyser. the EII CO is a compact portable analyser that divers can use to [...]

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XMRV Infection of Rhesus Macaques – Watching the Watchers

February 28, 2011

by VincentRacanielloFriday, February 18, 2011 at 06:45 AMEST The first detailed study ofinfection of nonhuman primates with the retrovirus XMRV reveals that the virusestablishes a persistent infection characterized by infection of multipletissues. Viremia (virus in the blood) is low and transient, with proviral DNAdetectable in blood lymphocytes. The results show that the Rhesus macaque canbe [...]

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To have Cystic Fibrosis, do you need to have all the symptoms?

February 28, 2011

For example if you're skin isn't salty tasting, could you still have CF? Cystic Fibrosis is something you are BORN with, its a lung disease! Google it! If you had cystic fibrosis you would have been diagnosed long before you learned to type. Everyone is tested at birth and if not, the symptoms show up [...]

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Medicine, Caught Between Algorithms And Rituals

February 27, 2011

Abraham Verghese, the Stanford physician and writer, has a beautiful piece in the New York Times that’s worth unpacking a bit. He starts off by marveling about the performance of IBM’s Watson supercomputer on Jeopardy, and thinking about how such a machine could change medicine: THE other day as I walked through a wing of [...]

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