A CDC study of 36 children who died of H1N1 between April and August found six had no chronic health conditions, but all had a co-occurring bacterial infection, most often Staphylococcus aureus. Mercola argues those coexisting infections deserve far closer scrutiny.
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Disease
Key Flu Indicators 10-30-2009
CDC's flu indicators for October 18-24, 2009 show doctor visits for influenza-like illness climbing steeply and running above the peak of many regular seasons, with hospitalization rates highest among children aged 0 to 4. The post also promotes a CDC H1N1 texting pilot.
Disease
2009-2010 Influenza Season Week 42 ending October 24, 2009
CDC's report for October 18-24, 2009: 42.1% of specimens tested positive for influenza, every subtyped influenza A virus was 2009 H1N1, 22 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported, and 48 states reported geographically widespread activity.
Miscellaneous
ING Group: Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do
ING Group will split in two and sell off its insurance operations, including the US retirement services and annuities headquarters in Windsor. President Jan Hommen calls last year's government bailout the catalyst for the divestiture.
Miscellaneous
Job Loss: The Emotional Toll On Health and Relationships
In a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation survey, the share of people who lost jobs beyond their control reporting fair or poor health rose 54 percent, and among those with existing conditions the chance of developing another rose to 83 percent. Researchers say the strain reaches children.
Miscellaneous
Halloween Health and Safety Tips
Halloween safety tips: keep costume props short and flexible, add reflective tape, carry a flashlight, skip decorative contact lenses, eat only factory-wrapped treats, and hand out raisins, trail mix or pretzels instead of candy.
Miscellaneous
What is the history of Halloween?
Halloween traces back to the Celtic festival of Samhain, when the Celts believed the dead could mingle with the living. Americans now mark it with costumes, carved pumpkins, trick-or-treating, parties and parades.
Miscellaneous
Should I take the Plunge and Start My Own Business?
An advice column on self-employment that warns most small businesses fail, argues meticulous record keeping matters more than any magic formula, and walks through the fundamentals to weigh once you have decided your business idea is viable.
Drug
What cosmetics are also drugs?
A USA.gov explainer noting that dandruff shampoo, fluoride toothpaste and antiperspirant deodorant count as both cosmetics and drugs, signalled by an active ingredient listed first, plus what to do and whom to call after a bad reaction to a cosmetic.
Disease
Amnesia: Types, Causes, and Symptoms
Prompted by a teenager found in Times Square unable to recall her name, the piece distinguishes simple amnesia, which follows a head or brain injury, from dissociative amnesia, a mental illness usually stemming from trauma or abuse that can run in families and recur.
Miscellaneous
Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner
Ivanka Trump married Jared Kushner at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in a Vera Wang gown modeled on Grace Kelly's. The piece covers the Orthodox Jewish customs observed, a December honeymoon in Africa, and her hotel, television and book projects.
Disease
10 Ways to Address Your Root Causes of Infertility -- Naturally
Writing for Mercola, Iva Keene says 1 in 6 couples now have trouble conceiving and that men are affected as often as women. She argues natural treatment should address every body system, since sub-clinical conditions combine to lower the odds, and starts with cutting toxic chemical exposure.
Miscellaneous
How Do Exchange Rates Work?
An explainer on currency markets: exchange rates follow supply and demand, a cheaper yen makes Japanese goods more attractive to American buyers, and Japanese investors must sell yen for dollars to buy US Treasury bonds when rates are high.
Miscellaneous
Toxins in Halloween costumes scarier than ghosts
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reports that all 10 children's face paints it tested held low levels of lead, and six also carried nickel, chromium or cobalt above industry recommendations, none of them labeled. A second group warns that PVC masks and costumes can leach phthalates.
Disease
Where can I learn about the Great Depression?
A reference summary of the 1929-1939 downturn: the Black Tuesday crash, 9,000 bank failures, and the New Deal that followed, several of whose programs still run, including the FDIC, the FHA, the TVA, Social Security and the SEC.
Drug
Why antidepressants don't work for so many (Press Release)
Northwestern researcher Eva Redei reports almost no overlap between stress-related and depression-related genes in a rat model of severe depression, evidence she says undercuts both the idea that stress generally causes depression and the neurotransmitter imbalance theory.
Miscellaneous
Tax Time: Tips for 2009
A rundown of 2009 tax changes: an $8,000 credit for first-time homebuyers who closed by November 30, the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits tax-free, the Making Work Pay deduction, a 30% credit for energy-saving home improvements, and a deduction for new-vehicle sales taxes.
Miscellaneous
Was “Cash For Clunkers” Successful?
Cash for Clunkers paid up to $4,500 per trade-in and finally cost $2.77 billion, putting 675,000 new cars on the road in July and August and lifting sales tax receipts. September sales slumped, but the piece argues the program was meant to build momentum, not carry the year.
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