The Journal of the American Directors Association has just accepted a report of H1N1 occuring in persons residing in a Nursing Home. These patients living in South Dakota were not only influenza A positive, but had the diagnosis confirmed by…
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Bundle up, people! A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the number of cases of hypothermia and other cold-related diseases is higher than estimated, and treatment of it at emergency rooms is costly because it’s resource-intensive. …
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Some guy gargling
GGGGGGGGGGGG . . . . “Excuse me” . . . . Spit! . . . . . “I’m gargling.”
Neil Schachter, MD, medical director of the respiratory care department at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, has…
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Achoo!
Do you hear that? Sneezing here. Coughing there. And is that you? Sniffling? Everyone has a cold. How long ’til you get one? And what should you do about exercising if you do succumb?
Researchers discovered several years ago that moderate…
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