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7:20 PM Jul 29th
• Womens Health: Stay Connected Twitter Facebook Subscribe to e-mail updates Enter e-mail address Submit Today's Health News Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation Clinical Trials Update: July 29, 2010 Cuvposa Approved for Chronic Drooling in Children Health Highlights: July 29, 2010 Health Tip: Dealing With Separation Anxiety Health Tip: Is … full story
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1:22 PM Jul 28th
• San Ramon: Select your topic... Activities Guide Affordable Housing Agenda Notification via E-Mail Boards, Committees, & Commissions Business Licenses Building Permit Inspection Building and Safety Character Counts Program CCCSD Sewage Spill Child Car Seat Inspection Citizens Police Academy City Charter City Clerk City Council Agenda City Council Liaison List City Facilities City … full story
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2:10 PM May 4th
• STANFORD, Calif. From flu vaccines to antiviral drugs and pandemic planning, Stanford Medicine has a multitude of experts available to respond to media queries related to the H1N1 flu crisis. To arrange interviews, please contact one of our media representatives.rnrn … full story
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2:10 PM May 4th
• STANFORD, Calif. From flu vaccines to antiviral drugs and pandemic planning, Stanford Medicine has a multitude of experts available to respond to media queries related to the H1N1 flu crisis. To arrange interviews, please contact one of our media representatives.rnrn … full story
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12:59 AM May 4th
• As the World Health Organization raised its infectious disease alert level and health officials confirmed the first death linked to swine flu inside U.S. borders, scientists studying the virus are coming to the consensus that this hybrid strain of influenza--at least in its current form--isn't shaping up to be as fatal as the strains that caused some previous pandemics.rnrn … full story
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4:51 AM May 3rd
• HFC: Always stay in the kitchen while cooking. • Keep things that can burn, such as dishtowels, paper or plastic bags, and curtains at least three feet away from the range top. • Before cooking, roll up sleeves and use oven mitts. Loose-fitting clothes can touch a hot burner and catch on fire. … full story
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9:10 PM May 2nd
• Four Contra Costa County schools now are closed for swine flu after county health officials on Saturday announced test results for elementary schools in Antioch and San Ramon.rnrnLone Tree Elementary in Antioch and Coyote Creek Elementary School in San Ramon will be closed Monday and remain closed for at least one week and possibly two weeks, in accordance with federal recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. rnrnA student at each school tested 'probable' for the swine flu Friday, according to county health officials. Both are recovering at home.rnrnTwo other Contra Costa schools, Shore Acres Elementary in Bay Point and Highlands Elementary School in Pittsburg, are also closed due to the swine flu.rnrn … full story
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8:05 PM May 1st
• The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities and scientists suggesting it lacks the genetic fortitude of past killer bugs. rnrnPresident Barack Obama even voiced hope Friday that it may turn out to be no more harmful than the average seasonal flu. rnrnIn New York City, which has the most confirmed swine flu cases in the U.S. with 49, swine flu has not spread far beyond cases linked to one Catholic school. In Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught it. rnrn … full story
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5:59 PM Apr 30th
• A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA researchers have found. rnrn rnrnIn a study published in the online edition of the journal Diabetes, researchers from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA found that sitagliptin, sold in pill form as Januvia, caused abnormalities in the pancreas that are recognized as risk factors for pancreatitis and, with time, pancreatic cancer in humans. Januvia is marketed by Merck & Co. Inc. Sitagliptin is a member of a new class of drugs that enhance the actions of the gut hormone known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), which has been shown to be effective in lowering blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes. The study is available at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/db09-0058v1. rnrn … full story
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5:58 PM Apr 30th
• A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA researchers have found. rnrn rnrnIn a study published in the online edition of the journal Diabetes, researchers from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA found that sitagliptin, sold in pill form as Januvia, caused abnormalities in the pancreas that are recognized as risk factors for pancreatitis and, with time, pancreatic cancer in humans. Januvia is marketed by Merck & Co. Inc. Sitagliptin is a member of a new class of drugs that enhance the actions of the gut hormone known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), which has been shown to be effective in lowering blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes. The study is available at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/db09-0058v1. rnrn … full story
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5:54 PM Apr 30th
• (04-30) 13:15 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco has its first confirmed case of swine flu, a child who recently traveled to Mexico, the city's public health director announced today.rnrn … full story
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5:53 PM Apr 30th
• (04-30) 13:15 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco has its first confirmed case of swine flu, a child who recently traveled to Mexico, the city's public health director announced today.rnrn … full story
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9:48 PM Apr 28th
• HONG KONG What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones. rnrn … full story
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9:46 PM Apr 28th
• Too often school nurses are all but forgotten in the education wars over test scores, standardization and vouchers. Across the country, from Atlanta to New York City, amid budget cuts and economic turmoil, advocates say, the jobs of school nurses are increasingly at risk.rnrn … full story
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6:18 PM Apr 28th
• Be ready for a surprise when your teenager gets his drivers license. Your auto insurance may go up 100% or more with the addition of your new driver. If he gets a couple of tickets and a beginners fender bender, it could go up more than that. You can do a few things to limit your costs, however.rnrn … full story
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5:55 PM Apr 28th
• This calculator walks you through a Capital Needs Analysis (a fancy term for figuring out exactly how much life insurance you should have).rnThe more you know about your current financial situation, the more accurate your results will be. If you don't know the answer to a question, use the calculator's default answer, which is a best-guess estimate based on the average person's finances.rnrn … full story
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5:54 PM Apr 28th
• There's no need to dwell on your demise, but you should use these 18 tips to make sure your loved ones would be taken care of. Get the right policy, and don't pay too much.rnrnFull story … full story
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3:11 PM Apr 28th
• What is a Health Savings Account (HSA)?rnA Health Savings Account is an alternative to traditional health insurance; it is a savings product that offers a different way for consumers to pay for their health care. HSAs enable you to pay for current health expenses and save for future qualified medical and retiree health expenses on a tax-free basis.rn … full story
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11:39 AM Apr 28th
• Epidemics and pandemics refer to the spread of infectious diseases among a population. The differencedifferencedifference between an epidemicepidemicepidemic and a pandemic is two-fold. First a pandemicpandemicpandemic is normally used to indicate a far higher number of people affected than an epidemicepidemicepidemic, and a pandemicpandemicpandemic refers to a much larger region affected. In the most extreme case, the global population is affected by a pandemicpandemicpandemic. from - What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? … full story
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12:35 AM Apr 28th
• This week Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl, with the advice of the campuss SARS task force and public health agencies, has issued updated policies and procedures for the UC Berkeley campus. Below is an interview with the chancellor and Tomás Aragón, a member of the SARS task force and the director of the UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness.rnrn … full story
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12:23 AM Apr 28th
• Here you will find information and links to other programs and services, for Oakland residents, about Emergency Preparedness. … full story
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11:48 PM Apr 27th
• Responding to what appeared to be the leading edge of a global pandemic emerging from Mexico, U.S. health officials declared a public health emergency Sunday as 20 cases of swine flu were confirmed in this country, including seven in California.rnrn … full story
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7:21 PM Apr 27th
• WASHINGTON There are now 40 confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S., the World Health Organization said Monday, adding that it is "very concerned" about the new strain of influenza.rnrnGovernments are racing to find and contain pockets of swine flu around the globe, seeking to stem both the threat of a pandemic and public panic.rnrn … full story
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5:31 PM Apr 27th
• The rising death toll from the Mexican swine flu epidemic sent a wave of panic around the world on Monday with the United States declaring a public health emergency and other nations ordering border clampdowns.rnrnIn Thailand, airport health officials began using thermal screening equipment to monitor passengers arriving from the southern United States and Mexico for flu-like symptoms includIng fever.rnrnrnChina and Thailand joined Russia in banning meat imports from Mexico and the five US states where 20 swine flu cases have been confirmed.rnrnThai health officials joined other governments in warning against unnecessary travel to Mexico.rn rnMexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said the number of confirmed and suspected swine flu deaths had hit 149. In the capital, Mexico City, residents donned blue face masks and stocked up on food and water in anticipation of a long lock-down.rnrn … full story
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5:04 PM Apr 27th
• Several parents have removed their children from the Catholic elementary school Our Lady of the Assumption in Claremont today after school authorities learned a first-grade girl at the school is being tested for possible exposure to the swine flu. rnrnOfficials stressed that the swine flu had not been linked to school, and tests could take some time. But classes at the school have been cancelled for Tuesday.rnrn … full story
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4:59 PM Apr 27th
• [Updated at 12:50 p.m.: The Sacramento County public health officer, Dr. Glenna Trochet, said that swine flu had been confirmed in a seventh-grader at St. Mel's school in Fair Oaks. Three other children at the school had similar symptoms and were being tested, she added. All four had mild cases and recovered or are recovering.] rnrn … full story
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4:58 PM Apr 27th
• PARIS Shares of GlaxoSmithKline and Roche, makers of prescription flu treatments, rose Monday amid expectations that the swine flu scare would lift demand for their products.rnrnThere were no immediate signs of shortages of flu drugs. Roche, the Swiss maker of Tamiflu, said Monday that the World Health Organization has enough stockpiled to treat up to 5 million people, on top of millions more doses held by governments. Tamiflu has been stockpiled for years by governments, companies and health authorities. Still, shares of Roche rose 4.1 percent in Zurich, and GlaxoSmithKline rose 5 percent in London after the W.H.O. warned that the new A (H1N1) swine flu virus, which originates in pigs, could become a pandemic. The disease has killed more than 100 people in Mexico and isolated cases have been detected in countries around the world. rnrn … full story
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4:50 PM Apr 27th
• SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian shares were mostly lower Monday with tourism and airline stocks hit as an outbreak of a new strain of swine flu in the U.S. and Mexico injected some caution into markets, but pharmaceutical and healthcare-related stocks getting a boost. rnrnJapan's Nikkei 225 was still up 0.8% with Australia's S&P/ASX 200 up 0.3% (though well off its highs), but South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 1.1%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index off 2.0%, Singapore's Straits Times Index down 1.9% and Taiwan's main index off 2.2%. rnrnDow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 123 points in screen trade, with S&P 500 futures shown down 1.7%. rnrnRisk aversion was felt in currency markets, where the Japanese yen and Swiss franc - viewed as safe-haven currencies - were on the rise. Higher-yielding but riskier currencies like the Australian and New Zealand dollars fell. rnrnThe U.S. dollar briefly dropped below Y96.63, for its lowest level since March 30, from Y97.17 late in New York on Friday. rnrn … full story
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4:49 PM Apr 27th
• The family of 18-year-old Hayden Henshaw of Cibolo, Texas, has been quarantined inside their home since Hayden was found to have been infected with the swine flu virus. "They wanted us to stay in the house," Hayden's father Patrick Henshaw told ABC News on Monday. "Hayden's in the house. They told him to stay in his room for five days. We were told not to go in and out and interact with other people." … full story
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1:34 AM Apr 27th
• Shelter-in-PlacernrnOne of the instructions you may be given in an emergency is to shelter-in-place. This means you should stay indoors until authorities tell you it is safe or you are told to evacuate. rnrn … full story
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1:32 AM Apr 27th
• Pets Planner: Keep a collar, current license and up-to date ID tags on your pet at all times. Consider having your pet micro-chipped. rnMake sure your pet is comfortable being in a crate, box, cage, or carrier for transport. rnKeep an updated list of trusted neighbors who could assist your animals in case of an emergency. rnTighten and secure latches on birdcages. Fasten down … full story
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1:32 AM Apr 27th
• Seniors & DisabledrnrnSet up a Personal Support Network: Designate someone to check on you in an emergency and to help with evacuation or sheltering-in-place. rnPrepare and carry with you an emergency health information card: This will help you to communicate if you are found unconscious or incoherent. Include information about your medications, adaptive equipment, blood type, allergies and sensitivities, insurance numbers, immunization dates, communication difficulties and preferred treatment, as well as contact information for your health providers, personal support network and emergency contacts. rn … full story
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1:31 AM Apr 27th
• Plan: Include your children in family discussions and planning for emergency safety. rnTeach your children their basic personal information so they can identify themselves and get help if they become separated from a parent or guardian. rnPrepare an emergency card with information for each child, including his/her full name, address, phone number, parentÂs work number and out of state contact. rn … full story
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1:31 AM Apr 27th
• During a disaster, ordinary objects in your home can cause injury or damage. However, there are simple steps you can take to make your home safer. Start by viewing each room with a disaster eye and identify potential hazards bookshelves that could tip over in an earthquake and block exits or heavy objects that could fall and cause injury. rnrn … full story
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1:31 AM Apr 27th
• Talk with your family about potential disasters and why it's necessary to prepare for them. Involve each member of your family in the planning process. By showing them simple steps that can increase their safety, you can help reduce their anxiety about emergencies. rnrn … full story
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1:27 AM Apr 27th
• Storm and flood cleanup activities can be hazardous. Workers and volunteers involved with flood cleanup should be aware of the potential dangers involved, and the proper safety precautions. Work-related hazards that could be encountered include: electrical hazards, Carbon Monoxide, musculoskeletal hazards, heat stress, motor vehicles, hazardous materials, fire, confined spaces and falls. Links to information about hazards associated with storm and flood cleanup can be found below. This information is intended to help employers and workers prepare in advance for anticipated response activities, and to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses in the field once rescue, recovery, and clean-up begin.rnrn … full story
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