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How Are Foodborne Illnesses Contracted

CDC: Swine flu may affect 40 percent of Americans

July 27, 2009
Officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the H1N1 swine flu could end up affecting as many as 40 percent of Americans, if totals include workers who stay home to care for people who contract the illness. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Does food poisoning increases the risk of IBD?
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert

...Nielsen concluded that exposure to two common food born illnesses, salmonella and campylobacter,... Read more »

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Preventing Food Borne Illness
By Amy Thomas , Health Expert

...the safest in the world, a number of people suffer illness, hospitalization, and death related... Read more »

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The Genetics of Schizophrenia
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert

...living with schizophrenia are stigmatized by their illness in many ways.  Aside from living... Read more »

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Living With Quiggles: The Good Ole' Days
By Cheryle Gartley , Health Expert

...either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which can be, and will be... Read more »

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Staph Infections
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...treated with prescribed antibiotics involve longer illnesses and extended hospital stays. More... Read more »

Health Guide

Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three: How HIV Tests Work
...right? Wrong. People can be completely healthy for years before developing any symptoms of HIV-related illness. Because HIV is most easily contracted by direct blood-to-blood contact, you can get... Read more »
Discrimination Against Students with Mental Health Issues on the Rise
...Virginia Tech massacre, the trend of taking harsh disciplinary actions against students with mental illnesses is on the rise. Instead of receiving vital treatment at a time when half of all... Read more »
Caregiving and Work: What Your Employer Can Do
...more awareness of workers who are caring for spouses or other family members with chronic or long-term illnesses such as cancer.Ask your immediate supervisor about policies on caregivers, or go... Read more »
Encephalitis: Viral: Highlights
...complication of West Nile virus than neuroinvasive disease. However, according to a 2006 study, both illnesses can produce similar long-term health problems. Researchers found that a year after... Read more »
Pneumonia: Introduction
...people who are sick, including those who are recovering from the flu (influenza) or an upper respiratory illness, have weakened immune systems that make it easier for bacteria to grow in their... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into what happens to the uterus muscles during pregnancy may offer a therapy for preterm labor, the most serious... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with Parkinson's disease experience more pain than those without the disease, according to a new study. For this... Read summary »