Winehouse back in hospital
February 1st, 2011 - 1:52 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Singer Amy Winehouse has checked into a private medical facility in London after falling ill with influenza, according to her publicist.The "Rehab" singer has been admitted to ... Read more...
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Young child among eleven H1N1 flu deaths in Jordan
January 23rd, 2011 - 3:29 am ICT by BNO News
AMMAN (BNO NEWS) -- A four-year-old Jordanian girl died of A/H1N1 influenza on Saturday, bringing the total number of flu fatalities this season to 11, Jordan's Ministry of Health said.The girl, who ... Read more...
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Swine flu vaccines go waste in Pakistan
January 22nd, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) District health officials in Pakistan are "not very keen" to use swine flu vaccines donated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), thus resulting in the country's failure to ... Read more...
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Plasma therapy may work for patients with severe 2009 H1N1 infection
January 20th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Using plasma from patients who have recovered from an infection to treat those with the same infection is an old medical therapy to treat multiple diseases.The same ... Read more...
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Britain gives last year’s vaccines to flu hit people
January 7th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 7 (IANS) British physicians have started giving patients doses of last year's leftover swine flu vaccine to try to overcome the present shortage, as the toll from this winter's outbreak ... Read more...
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Obesity ups death risk for swine flu patients
January 5th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) Extreme obesity upped the death risk for those infected with H1N1 or swine flu in 2009, a study shows.Researchers co-related extreme obesity with a nearly three-fold increased odds ... Read more...
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Extreme obesity linked to higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients
January 5th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death for those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, according to a new research.In the study, researchers ... Read more...
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Only one new swine flu case in India
December 24th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Only one swine flu case was reported in India during the last week, the health ministry said Friday.According to the health ministry's data, only one case of ... Read more...
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Vaccinated mums have healthier newborns: Study
December 15th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): Vaccinating pregnant women against influenza is over 90 percent effective in preventing their infants from being hospitalized with influenza in the first six months of life, a study ... Read more...
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Catching flu early can protect you from asthma later
December 15th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) Catching viruses such as flu when you're younger could protect you from developing allergies later in life, says a new study.Kids today are far too 'clean' for their ... Read more...
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People with severe asthma need higher dose of H1N1 vaccine: Study
December 14th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): A government-sponsored study has shown that a standard dose of H1N1 influenza vaccine appears to work well in people who have asthma, but older patients with severe asthma ... Read more...
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Human networking theory explains how infectious diseases spread
December 14th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): A new study using human-networking theory may explain how infectious diseases such as the common cold, influenza, whooping cough and SARS spread through a closed group of people, ... Read more...
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Swine flu claims 10 victims in Britain
December 13th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Swine flu, the H1N1 virus behind last year's global pandemic has reared its head again this winter, claiming 10 lives in Britain, according to the Health Protection Agency ... Read more...
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Groundbreaking research opens door to new HIV treatments
December 11th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): A new University of Victoria study has significantly advanced the understanding of HIV and how to treat it.Stephanie Willerth and her team studied approximately 15,000 different versions of ... Read more...
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Hyperactive immune system kills adults during pandemic flu
December 6th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A study suggests that people are made critically ill, or even killed, by their own immune response during H1N1 flu pandemic.
Fernando Polack, associate professor of paediatrics at ... Read more...
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Youngsters’ over-reactive immune response ‘fatal during pandemic flu’
December 6th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): A new study has claimed that in young adults, a strong immune response can overreact in a violent and uncontrolled fashion, resulting in fatalities.Fernando Polack at Vanderbilt and ... Read more...
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Scientists explore 1510 influenza pandemic and lessons learned
November 13th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have explored the 1510 pandemic and what we have learned since ... Read more...
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Six die at Japanese hospital from suspected Hong Kong flu
November 7th, 2010 - 12:53 am ICT by BNO News
AKITA, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- Six elderly people have died and dozens more are ill from a suspected outbreak of Hong Kong flu at a hospital in northwestern Japan, according to a ... Read more...
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How H1N1 is different from other viruses as a respiratory illness
October 23rd, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): A new study has found distinguishing characteristics of the H1N1 virus in how it affects respiratory illness.Phil Chan, of the Rhode Island Hospital, studied the signs, symptoms, and ... Read more...
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Bacteria found in yogurt turned into ’silver bullets’ to fight flu
October 17th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 17 (ANI): Scientists are hailing a breakthrough that could provide a cure for the common cold.They have turned bacteria, normally found in yogurt, into 'silver bullets' that can destroy viruses.Researchers ... Read more...
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Now, cellphones to reveal emerging disease outbreaks
October 16th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): Texting, browsing, playing games, taking directions, listening to music are the things you use your cellphone for. But now it can be used to fight diseases.Cellphones would start ... Read more...
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Twitter ‘can be used to predict flu outbreaks’
October 3rd, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 03 (ANI): A computer science expert at Southeastern Louisiana University has revealed that keeping track of disease trends such as influenza outbreaks has the potential to be far quicker and ... Read more...
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Study: Seasonal flu shot lowers heart attack risk by 20%
October 1st, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A study has found the link between the flu shots and heart attack. The study results make it clear that those people who get flu shots have ... Read more...
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Scientists review fate of pandemic H1N1 flu virus
September 29th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 29 (ANI): In a new commentary, scientists have reviewed the fates of previous pandemic influenza viruses in the years following a pandemic and speculate on possible future courses for the ... Read more...
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Tamiflu may prevent pneumonia in swine flu patients
September 29th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 29 (ANI): A new Chinese study has revealed that people who caught swine flu during the 2009 pandemic may have been protected against developing radiographic pneumonia by taking Tamiflu.The researchers ... Read more...
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Seasonal flu vaccine ‘lowers first heart attack risk’
September 21st, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): A new study has found that the seasonal flu vaccine is associated with a 19pc reduction in the rate of first heart attack and early vaccination in the ... Read more...
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More seizures in children with H1N1 virus than those with seasonal flu
September 20th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): University of Utah researchers have found that the incidence of seizures in children with H1N1 virus is higher than in those suffering from seasonal flu.The most common complications ... Read more...
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CWG: Government advisory on swine flu, dengue to participants
September 18th, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The central government Friday issued a health advisory to the participants visiting Delhi for the Commonwealth Games stating that the "H1N1 influenza has now peaked in India".
The ... Read more...
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Two more swine flu deaths in Delhi, toll 33
September 4th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Two people died of swine flu in Delhi Saturday, an official said. The deaths take the toll in the capital to 33 this year.
"One was a Delhi ... Read more...
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Three more swine flu deaths in Orissa, toll 22
September 4th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) Three more people, including two children, died of swine flu in Orissa Friday, taking the total deaths due to the H1N1 influenza in the state to 22 in ... Read more...
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54 more cases of swine flu in Delhi
September 1st, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The national capital reported 54 new cases of swine flu, taking the total number of patients infected by Influenza A (H1N1) virus this year to 980, an ... Read more...
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One dies of swine flu in Delhi
August 31st, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A man died of swine flu in the national capital Tuesday, taking the death toll due to H1N1 to 30 in the city, an official said Tuesday.
"One ... Read more...
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Two die of swine flu in Orissa, toll 19
August 30th, 2010 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30 (IANS) Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of deaths due to the influenza to 19 in the state since July, an official said ... Read more...
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Vaccine reduces child cases of bacterial pneumonia: Study
August 28th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 28 (ANI): A new study has shown that the number of children admitted to English hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth in the 2 years following the introduction ... Read more...
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One dies of swine flu in Delhi
August 25th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) One person died of swine flu in the national capital, taking the toll due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 24 in the city, an official ... Read more...
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