Influenza-related deaths occur in both healthy children and those with medical conditions
(ARA) — Each year, influenza and its related complications cause thousands of children to get sick, become hospitalized and miss school – and some even die. To help protect children from this serious disease, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases’ (NFID) Childhood Influenza Immunization [...]

(NC)-If you’re confused about the treatment options for your particular menopause symptoms, now there’s an authoritative guideline, an algorithm, for your doctor or health professional to use.
As estrogen declines in our middle years, the symptoms of discomfort vary greatly from woman to woman and often evolve slowly through a complex range, which if left unchecked, [...]

By J.C. Carroll
(NC)-One in four women in Canada have osteoporosis, experts say. This is a disease that robs the body of bone density and puts it in the highest risk category for bone fractures. Taking steps to prevent osteoporosis is essential for everyone, and particularly for women as their estrogen levels decline during menopause.
Keeping your [...]

The word diabetes is common enough. Nearly everyone has heard it and may know someone who has it. But how many know what it is?
Diabetes is a medical condition identified by continual abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood. It is a disease that results when either the body fails to produce adequate insulin [...]

Diabetes, a disease characterized by chronic high levels of glucose in the blood, is not the major problem it once was. Prior to the end of the 19th century, it might well have been a death sentence for many. Excess glucose can have a number of ill effects, including poor cut healing or kidney damage, [...]

by Dr. Michael Hawke, MD
(NC)-More than 70 per cent of all children may suffer a middle ear infection before the age of three and almost 20 per cent will experience at least three infections before the age of six. Chronic ear infections are disturbing and painful to your child, who may experience ear pain, lack [...]

Exactly how diabetes is treated depends on a number of factors: which type the patient has, how severe it is, the age of the patient and others.
Gestational diabetes, for example, that sometimes afflicts pregnant women at around 6-7 months into the pregnancy, may disappear after birth. Treatment may be as mild as doing nothing to [...]

The symptoms of diabetes can be puzzling. Even the common ones may not be present in all cases. They may come and go. And the same symptoms can be produced by other conditions. Nevertheless, there are a cluster of common circumstances that tend to mark out the disease.
Unusually frequent urination is one of the classic [...]

It takes a year after a woman has had her last period before the condition is called menopause, which is a word from the Greek language that actually combines month and terminate that literally translates to mean “the end of the monthlies.” This is a condition that usually affects a woman by the time she [...]

Coping with diabetes typically involves a combination of physical treatments and psychological adjustments.
Over time, diabetes can affect the kidney, eyes and other vital organs and systems. The kidneys may filter less efficiently. Eyesight may become less sharp. But all those physical circumstances can be managed through careful diet, exercise, and (if needed) drugs.
But coping with [...]