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New government figures show that the H1N1 flu is still on the rise. All but four states have widespread flu activity and children are particularly at risk. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
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The government stepped up the fight against H1N1, declaring the virus a national emergency. As Kimberly Dozier reports, children are front and center at the flu vaccination centers.
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You might not feel like eating when you’re bedridden with swine flu, but Lucy Jones, dietician and spokesman for the British Dietetic Association, says diet becomes vital to fighting off the infection.
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More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
“We’re beginning to get to significant increases in the availability,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a briefing.
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Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.
The regular flu kills between 46 and 88 children a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That suggests deaths [...]
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The coming unique H1N1 influenza surge will pose a challenge to the U.S. health care delivery and economic systems.
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As children head off to summer camp, many parents are concerned about the risk for swine flu.
To protect kids from the H1N1 virus when they’re at camp, Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, recommends the following:
Confirm that the camp is doing regular screenings, promoting proper [...]
The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years — as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.
In a statement sent to member countries, WHO said it decided to raise the pandemic warning level [...]
Scientists say the swine flu virus may have jumped from pigs to people as early as last August. That’s several months before it was reported in Mexico in April.
Scientists came up with a range of possible times for when the virus showed up in people. Their best estimate was that it happened this past January, [...]
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Doug Fieger, leader of The Knack passed away last Sunday of cancer at the age of 57. Doug had battled cancer for several years and told the Detroit News in January that “I’ve had 10 great lives. And I expect to have some more. I don’t feel cheated in any way, shape or form.”
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Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, who led the department for more than a decade, has been hospitalized with bladder cancer, sources said Tuesday.
Chief Charlie Beck informed the police commission during its Tuesday meeting that he had visited the former LAPD chief in the hospital over the weekend. Beck said Gates, 83, had [...]
With his eyes watering and his team standing by his side, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl announced Tuesday night that he is again battling cancer, and he will miss some games and practices during the next six weeks to undergo intense radiation treatment.
Karl has squamous cell carcinoma in his right tonsil that has metastasized to [...]
When doctors perform cancer surgery, they often remove so much tissue that it leaves serious indentations — altering a person’s appearance.
If you saw Hersel Mikelian’s face now, you’d never know he used to have a gaping hole on the right side of his face.
“I was very sad. I was very angry that the doctors previously [...]
Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 20,920 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry who were diagnosed with liver cancer between 1973 and 2004. The researchers [...]
People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
Until now, there has been little proof that quitting smoking after developing lung cancer makes any difference to survival.
British researchers analyzed previous data from 10 studies examining how long smokers survived after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
People with [...]
Being diagnosed with Mesothelioma cancer is serious. As a life threatening disease, Mesothelioma cancer should be handled with care. Not only is it about the medical treatments you will undergo, but also the mental trauma. Hence, it is important to learn some important information about the disease and the ways to handle it.
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Mesothelioma is technically considered a symptom, not an actual illness. Mesothelioma can eventually lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer affects the lungs and breathing functions in the human body. In a few cases, it can also be found lining the abdominal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
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Mesothelioma actually considered a symptom, not an actual disease. Mesothelioma can ultimately lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer is affecting the lungs and breathing functions in the body. In a number of cases, it can also be found lining the intestinal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
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A former paper mill worker and his wife have been awarded $10.2 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit in Washington over exposure to asbestos fibers from dryer fabrics during his nearly 40 year career.
A Seattle jury awarded the damages to Henry and Geraldine Barbin last month in a lawsuit filed against Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. and [...]
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