CDC's FluView for September 20-26, 2009 found activity above what is expected for the season: rising doctor visits for flu-like illness, high hospitalization rates for adults and children, widespread activity in 27 states, and 60 pediatric H1N1 deaths since April, 11 of them that week.
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H1N1 flu updates - week 38
CDC's surveillance summary for week 38 of 2009 reports influenza activity stayed elevated, with 22.8% of specimens testing positive and 99% of subtyped influenza A viruses being 2009 H1N1. Eleven pediatric deaths were reported, all linked to 2009 H1N1.
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Obesity Rate Could Reverse Positive Breast Cancer Trend
An American Cancer Society report says breast cancer death rates have fallen about 2 percent a year since 1996, meaning 130,000 women did not die of the disease. Lead author Ahmedin Jemal warns that rising obesity, a major risk factor, could reverse the trend.
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Weight loss helps sleep apnea
Among 264 obese patients with type 2 diabetes, those given a weight-loss program lost about 24 pounds in a year against one pound for an education-only group, and were three times more likely to see sleep apnea remit, 13.6 percent versus 3.5 percent.
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New Hampshire Emu Dies from EEE
An emu's death shows Eastern equine encephalitis has reached southwestern New Hampshire. The mosquito-borne illness can cause a brief systemic illness or a far more serious brain inflammation; a third of those with the severe form die, and survivors are often left brain injured.
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CDC H1N1 Flu Website Situation Update, September 26, 2009
CDC's FluView for September 13-19, 2009 found flu activity still climbing: doctor visits for influenza-like illness rose for a sixth straight week and 26 states reported widespread activity, very unusual for September. Nearly all viruses identified were 2009 H1N1.
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"Double jeopardy" facing travel industry in H1N1 travel fears
UAB health economist Bryce Sutton warns that swine flu fears could compound weak consumer spending for airlines, hotels and tourism and stall GDP growth. He notes the SARS outbreak cost Asia between 0.5 and 2 percent of regional GDP.
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Wait and See Approach Appropriate for Many Cases of Prostate Cancer
A JAMA study from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, drawing on SEER and Medicare data, found men diagnosed with early prostate cancer are more likely to die of unrelated causes in the following decade. Only 10% of older men choose watchful waiting over treatment.
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Level of Daily Function Serves as Predictor of Alzheimer’s
Archives of Neurology reports that 28 of 111 people with mild cognitive impairment developed Alzheimer's within two years, and researchers now estimate 10 to 15 percent of MCI patients convert each year. Losing the ability to manage daily affairs is the key predictor.
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2008-2009 Influenza Season Week 36 ending September 12, 2009
CDC's surveillance for September 6-12, 2009: 18.2% of specimens tested positive for influenza, 99% of subtyped influenza A was 2009 H1N1, two pediatric deaths were reported, and 21 states saw widespread activity.
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CDC:Influenza-like illness (ILI) are increasing nationally
CDC's FluView reported doctor visits for influenza-like illness rising for a fifth straight week in September 2009, well above normal for the season, with 21 states reporting widespread activity and nearly all viruses identified as 2009 H1N1.
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The Simple Inexpensive Way to Radically Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
Researchers describe a mechanism tying low vitamin D to heart disease in people with diabetes: short of vitamin D, macrophages take up cholesterol they cannot clear and become foam cells, one of the earliest markers of atherosclerosis.
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New Breakthrough Studies of ADHD Promising
Brain images of 55 adults with ADHD and 44 without, published in JAMA, showed lower concentrations of dopamine markers in the ADHD group. The piece also previews a panel on transcendental meditation, after students meditating twice a school day reported halved stress in three months.
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Update: Influenza Activity --- United States, April--August 2009
Pandemic H1N1 activity peaked in May and June 2009, fell through July and early August, then rose in some areas late in August, which CDC says might signal an early start to the 2009-10 season. From mid-April to 30 August it counted 9,079 hospitalizations and 593 deaths.
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How did the Spanish Flu Enter the United States?
The 1918 Spanish flu reached American soil at Fort Riley, Kansas in March, with a case in Queens two weeks later. Wartime mobilization sped its spread, and unusually it killed young, able-bodied adults, attacking lung tissue the flu normally spares.
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What's the Difference Between a Cold and the Flu?
A cold builds over several days, starting with a scratchy throat and running nose, while flu strikes after a 3-4 day incubation with severe body aches, high fever, sore throat and cough. Cold sufferers can still function minimally; flu patients are left helpless.
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Type 1 Diabetes Explained
A writer recalls a family friend whose irritability and slurred speech turned out to be Type 1 diabetes, then explains the disease as an autoimmune attack on the pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. It is usually diagnosed young and accounts for 5 to 10 percent of diabetes cases.
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Can Animals Catch the Flu?
Flu viruses have infected ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses and seals, but only avian and swine strains readily reach people, sometimes through an intermediate host such as a pig, as in the 1968 Hong Kong pandemic and the 1976 Fort Dix outbreak.
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