Articles related to "Epidemics"

In Strasbourg France between July and September 1518, why were around 400 people overcome with an irresistible urge to dance?

With much anxiety over avian flu last year, and now swine flu this year, it's helpful to know the lingo: what's an epidemic, what's a pandemic?

Disease outbreaks are common in areas of war and conflict and areas devastated by natural disasters. Diseases in unsafe drinking water spread quickly and widely.

Herbs and some ingredients that are easily acquired or are often in the home can be used to cleanse both body and home and prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

Knowledge of the how and why of the spread of infectious disease is important for control. Without this knowledge increased human disability and death may be inevitable.

In 1962, a remarkable outbreak of contagious laughter struck at a mission-run boarding school in Kashasha village, approximately 25 miles from Bukoba, near Lake Victoria.

First, it was flu in Mexico, then in the U.S., then Canada, now Europe. Who is susceptible? Who is at risk ? Where will the virus appear next? Will this be a pandemic?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a six-phase formal set of guidelines to help communities and health care agencies prepare for and respond to global epidemics.

The H1N1 swine flu, spreading and moving about worldwide since early 2009, is still veiled in mystery. Scientists watch, do not how bad it might be. Vaccines are readied.

In honor of the real-life 2009 swine flu pandemic outbreak, here are 5 of the best fictional films and novels about viral epidemics.

The past year has seen new methods in determining HIV infection rates and a new study that determines the origin of AIDS in the United States.

Chronic Kidney Disease is reaching epidemic proportions.

The status of health care in Afghanistan has been decimated by decades of war. Disease epidemics are common, including outbreaks of polio. Infant mortality is also high.

Find a help resource to end the epidemic of eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia have become a widespread worldwide illness.

The aim of this article is to study a few environmental changes that result from human activity over a period of time and the health hazards they cause.

As American-style food marches triumphantly across the globe, millions die from diabetes, a disease with no cure. Experts say the worst is yet to come.

This article discusses about the fast changing global environment and the reaction of human societies to it.

As experts predicted nearly one year ago, cases of swine flu are at epidemic levels and it is happening at a rate faster and earlier than previous flu seasons.

More than 15,000 people in the District of Columbia have HIV or AIDS, equal to 3 percent of the city's adult population. Older African American men are hardest hit.

With news of a possible swine flu pandemic, what can be done to avoid getting sick? Actually, there's a lot that can be done! Read on and learn how to stay well.

Since the year 2000, out-of-pocket health care costs have driven millions of Americans to financial ruin, including those covered by health insurance.

In simple terms a pandemic is much more widespread geographically than an epidemic. A pandemic is often worldwide.

New antibody treatments and vaccines to combat influenza may soon be possible and recurrent yearly flu immunizations may become a thing of the past.

What started out as a fatality from pneumonia in 2002 in southern China, led to a pandemic and death in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam and Canada.

As the number of A(H1N1) influenza virus victims reaches epidemic proportions in parts of the United Kingdom public health bodies modify their medical strategy.

The H1N1 Swine Flu first made headlines in mid-April 2009, leaving many to wonder if the world is on the verge of another pandemic.

Increasing mobility of people and the ready availability of airline travel allow influenza viruses originating in one part of the world to easily spread around the globe

Some parents and researchers have asserted that vaccines are indicted as a cause of autism. A careful review of the facts reveals this statement to be quite false.

Type 2 Diabetes in children, a disease most commonly seen in adults over the age of 45, is soaring. One in 523 has diabetes and 79 percent are aged 10 to 19.

Today the hype about sex is everywhere. But, just like many people are eating "junk food" they are also getting "junk food" sex to their overall detriment.

The swine flu has killed about two dozen people, so know the risks and precautions of the disease.

The obesity epidemic continues to tip the scales in favour of the rising health care costs of obesity and treatment of obesity related diseases.

Autism rates have risen. Yet a closer look finds that the number of children diagnosed with mental retardation and learning disabilities has fallen at the same time.

Congestive heart failure is sometimes called the "silent epidemic" because it causes more Americans to be hospitalized than all cancers combined.

A healthcare system that limits access for the poor and under-insured will be incapable of responding to a pandemic in a timely fashion.

We had a swine flu scare back in 1976. Is that experience repeating itself, or is this time different?

Many people are not aware that America had a swine flu scare back in 1976. What lessons can we learn from that episode?

As the number of H1N1 cases rose, so did comparisons to the Spanish flu of 1918. The patterns of both pandemics are strikingly similar. But modern era 2009 is not 1918.

The swine flu epidemic was declared a phase 6 pandemic by the World Health Organization in June. Learn what that means, get swine flu facts, and find vaccine information.

There were more than 56,000 new HIV infections in the United States in 2006. Researchers have broken down the statistics to show which groups are most at risk.

Is obesity, or more appropriately, globesity, a new scourge? Are too many fat people causing health risks for the world population? Yes, says WHO.

Tobacco, gambling, and alcohol carry taxes so why not junk food, another product that comprises health and social wellbeing?

Malcolm Gladwell questions everything, no matter how big or small. A gifted storyteller, Gladwell examines social epidemics and rapid cognition in compelling narratives.

Measles was declared "eliminated" from the US in 2000-yet measles cases in 2008 are more than double the annual average for all other years since 2000.

The origins of an emerging outbreak of swine flu in the U.S. and other global areas have been traced to Mexico, medical investigators announced early Monday morning.

Kids are getting fatter and fatter according to the experts. They are eating more and moving less. Can recess in middle schools get them moving once again?

Disease is the ancient foe of mankind. In order to combat modern epidemics, scientists seek to understand the cause and spread of disease in ancient history.

The Portion Teller, by Lisa Young, says to smartsize, not supersize. Stop counting calories and pay attention to your portion sizes to lose weight.

Do your child a favor. Help him or her learn to eat well. This is a gift that lasts a lifetime - a long lifetime.

SARS has gained notoriety again after several years, so know the facts.