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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
I have a few non-authoritative comments regarding recent and current medical developments. This concerns the flu (esp. the H1N1 Swine Pandemic Flu), and the two recent changes in screening recommendations, for breast and cervical cancer and related issues....
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
Increasingly we are hearing that the swine flu is peaking now. Some say it looks like were are past a peak and everything is going to be OK. Is this true, does this matter, and what are we doing wrong with this assumption?
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
Kids, before we watch the video, I have to tell you: I just got a flu shot the other day and it did not hurt even a tiny little bit. That's because the needle is very small and your neurons .... that feel the pain...
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
Our offspring is due on the 20th, just prior to Thanksgiving. This causes many people to get very excited because they get to see and play with the new baby. I wonder how mad at me all those people are going to get when they find out I might not let that happen?
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
Athens, Ga. - Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it. A new study by an international team of...
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
So the other day, grandma was taken to the hospital with various medical issues, and treated in the ER. After she was stabilized, she was sent to the ICU, but was unable to get a bed at first because the "ICU was full of H1N1...
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
Effect Measure has an interesting take-down of a post on The Global Language Monitor (GLM), which brings up an interesting point or two. The GLM is a very strange site which has, as Revere points out, declared itself to be an important go-to place to...
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
"I heard about 1%. If you get the flu shot, you'll have a 1% difference in if you get the flu."
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
This idea has been knocking around for a a few days, and is regularly discussed by David Dobbs at his blog. This concerns me quite a bit, as my wife is 8 months pregnant, flu is a very serious risk for pregnant women and their...
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Category: H1N1 Novel Swine Flu
The H1N1 Rap was written, composed, produced, and performed by John D. Clarke, MD, FAAFP. This music video is a fun, highly educational, and entertaining way to learn about prevention of the H1N1 virus....
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