MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'deadly disease'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645370&cid=t_237974_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F6fi3LDQA4xQ%2F As a Milwaukee-area resident, I was surprised to learn that we had one of the highest numbers of Swine Flu than any other area in the country. So much so, that health officials are examining some of the cases to help understand and predict possible outbreaks of the disease come fall. One reason Milwaukee is key to understanding the H1N1 virus is because health professionals tallied severe and mild cases of the disease. Other areas were not doing that, so it gave a skewed projection on how deadly the disease is. Image: sxc.hu. Share and Enjoy: Post from: Blisstree Officials Look to Milwaukee for H1N1 Info (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645370 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:15:52 +0100 2645370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376275&cid=t_237974_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2Fggu1H0poobE%2F Hearing things like “pandemic” and “outbreak” are scary enough when it comes to news about the swine flu. But how about news that the swine flu has been taking down people in the very prime of their lives? People who are 20s adn 30s instead of the elderly and small children? Dr. Sanjay Gupta from CNN is in Mexico City right now and addressed this question. He acknowledged that typically flu or other illness will attack people with a weakened immune system, but said of the swine flu that “it’s the immune system in that reaction to the virus that is causing death in these patients.” In other words, the virus builds on the body’s reaction to fight it. By fighting it, the virus gets stronger. He said the same thing kind of thing happened with SA... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376275 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:07:10 +0100 2376275