http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us The Centre for Health Protection and the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department will follow up on the reports that some Mainland dogs tested positive to human swine flu virus, Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow says. Speaking to... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714891-info-sought-on-mainland-dog-flu-reports health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:03:52 -0800 Researchers continue to baffle us by selecting really out-of-the-way subjects to find out answers to odd questions. A study carried out in Wales over the last 10 years has come up with 10 reasons on why sex is good for... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714130-why-is-sex-good-for-us health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:18:49 -0800 An official World Health Organization press release is warning that there could be a "reassortment" in which the H1N1 flu combines with the H5N1 virus to produce a completely new strain . A top Chinese scientist is warning that if... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4712152-official-who-press-release-warns-of-potential-reassortment-between-h1n1-and-h5n1 health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:10:49 -0800 The agency is also recommending that anti-retrovirals should be prescribed for pregnant women and mothers who are HIV-positive...Since then, research has shown that those who begin taking anti-retroviral drugs sooner have a better chance of survival. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4713677-treat-hiv-says health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:05:08 -0800 Iowa-It's a subject many people avoid.The suicide rate has increased 14% in just one year in Iowa. Professionals say it's a topic that needs more attention. In 2008, Iowa's suicide rate increased dramatically.376 Iowans killed themselfs last year.That's up 14%... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714400-suicide-rate-increases-14-in-just-one-year health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:12:15 -0800 It took awhile for the "swine flu" vaccine to arrive, but there's been no shortage of takers since. There's plenty of demand for the so-called seasonal flu shot, too. As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714887-it health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:01:28 -0800 HANOI, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- Vietnam is expected to put locally-made antiviral drug to treat A/H1N1 and H5N1 influenza on sale in early 2010 at a price being 4.5 times lower than that of the current medication - Tamiflu, Vietnam... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4714889-vietnam health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:02:17 -0800 French authorities said yesterday they were calling in the army's health services to meet a surge in demand for vaccinations against swine flu, which has killed 30 people in the country. Mass vaccination centres opened on November 12 but "since... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4711590-france-calls-in-army-to-meet-demand-for-swine-flu-jab health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:58:54 -0800 A new mutation of the swine flu, H1N1, a variant, in which the virus uses D225G as a receptor binding domain, causes bleeding in the lungs. Another H1N1 mutation results in the resistance to treatment with antiviral medication. With flu... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4710412-fda-tracks-online-scamsfrauds-as-deadlier-flu-virus-mutates-in-europe health-news Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:05:57 -0800 (Cisco, TX)-- There's no challenge in homemaking quite like keeping your family well during the winter and early spring months... this year has been especially challenging, as wave after wave of pneumonia, flu, bronchitis, sinus infections, and just about everything... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4708768-staying-well-during-flu-season health-news Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:37:06 -0800 Khartoum: Said the latest statistics issued by the traffic management in Sudan, said incidents roads rose to more than 18 thousand incidents were reported during the period from January until late October. Sources confirmed that the number of deaths amounted... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4707339-believe-it-or-not-18-thousand-a-traffic-accident-in-sudan-until-last-october health-news Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:25:15 -0800 Many patients need another service they're even less likely to get than routine prescription counseling: medication therapy management. This review of all the medications a patient is taking -- including over-the-counter medications, herbal products and dietary supplements, as well as... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4713220-pharmacists-prescription-medication-therapy health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:40:50 -0800 Ontario cancer patients fighting colorectal tumours will now have extended access to a pricey drug. Two months after the province's ombudsperson said the previous 16-week cap on Avastin treatment "verges on cruelty," the Ministry of Health announced it was extending... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4712836-ontario-expands-access-costly-cancer health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:54:18 -0800 J. Grant Swank, Jr. Read this letter from an Indianapolis medical doctor: Senator Evan Bayh, As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4709673-detail-obamangst-care-damns-america health-news Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:36:34 -0800 British Columbia — The World Health Organization is sending a representative to the 2010 Winter Olympics to monitor for potential disease outbreaks, and organizers and health experts have taken steps to protect against the H1N1 virus. Planning for any impact... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4712977-vancouver-flu-outbreaks-monitor health-news Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:05:09 -0800