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A 13-year-old indoor cat has a confirmed case of H1N1, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS). They remind the public that people who are sick with H1N1...

According to a CNN interview on October 28, 2009, Aubrey Opdyke of West Palm Beach Florida came down with a sore throat back in June. She was 27 years old, in good health, and she was 26 weeks pregnant. She...

One of the first recommendations by the CDC to avoid spreading the H1N1 virus is to stay home when you have flu symptoms and keep your children home if they are sick. But, in this economy, very few families can...

I'll never ignore Katie Couric again. I haven't posted here for the last couple of days because I had a health crisis, the type that seems to occur a lot more nearing age 60 than nearing age 30. To put...

* SENSITIVE MATERIAL * When you get past the potty humor on this one, you begin to sympathize with women of India. With less than 30% of people in India with access to toilets, "no toilet, no bride," has become...

Many are cutting back on spending these uncertain economic times. An economic shortcut we take in our household actually improves what we eat in multiple ways. Breakfast cereals can be costly, and granola is especially expensive. Making it yourself saves...

The USPSTF (U.S. Preventative Services Task Force ), an independent panel of primary care & prevention experts, has put out new guidelines for the frequency of mammograms for women in the 40-50 age group. For the first time since 1989,...

As more of our citizens are aging, a Home Health Care system that is efficient in reducing costs and allows elderly patients to remain at home rather than use long term or institutional based nursing care-- is very essential. These...

The US House of Representatives passed Health Care HR 3962 barely with a 220-215 vote. 218 votes were needed to win by majority. A win counts as a win no matter how close the victory may appear to be. Here...

Nov. 4, 2009 - Has your cat lost it's appetite for tasty food? Does it have respiratory problems? According to an Iowa Dept. of Public Health press release published today, a 13-year old pet house cat has caught the H1N1...