News tagged with flu patients

Swine flu fears evident as world's cases top 6,000

(AP) -- In China, mask-wearing police cordoned off more hotels Wednesday, quarantining anyone who came in contact with swine flu patients, no matter how mild their symptoms. Not so in Mexico, where the health ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Obesity a risk factor in swine flu?

(AP) -- Some swine flu cases in Michigan are raising questions about obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously ill.

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality

An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have shorter hospital stays, and have a fifty percent higher ...

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique electronic strategy alerts physicians to latest clinical information on H1N1 flu

History was made at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a broadcast alert on swine flu (H1N1 virus) from the Marion County Health Department. The message was of ...

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0