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 [...]

Women are just a bundle of emotions and hormones, especially when you hit puberty and again when you are going through menopause. These hormonal changes, particularly the levels of estrogen, can play tricks on your brain causing mood swings. Of course, the biggest mood swing of them all is depression and menopause can cause that [...]

There are multiple aspects to the relationship between diet and diabetes. On the one hand, anyone with diabetes will need to take extra care with diet in order to help maintain the proper glucose level. On the other, those who don’t have diabetes - but have a genetic and/or environmental or lifestyle disposition to develop [...]

Among the more common early menopause symptoms are night sweats and hot flashes as too changes that cannot easily are explained such as changes to the menstrual cycle, level of blood sugar, your becoming depressed for no apparent reason and being very irritable as well.
Another aspect to early menopause symptoms is that women may be [...]

Why any particular person gets diabetes isn’t completely known. Complicating the situation is the fact that there are different types of the disease, though Type 1 and Type 2 are the most common. Of those, Type 2 accounts for about 90% of cases.
Fortunately for those who are at risk, many factors are lifestyle choices and [...]

The early signs of menopause also known as perimenopause can occur as long as ten years before the actual onset of full blown menopause. Basically, women in their late 30s up through the 40s can start the perimenopause cycle which is basically the reduction of the production of estrogen. Once the ovaries stop releasing eggs, [...]

Having diabetes is never a picnic. But fortunately, for a very large percentage of those who suffer from the disease, exercise can play a large role in the management of the condition. Not only does it improve overall health, helping to stave off future complications and deal with dips in well-being, it directly improves the [...]

The long term prospects for a person with diabetes are not set in stone. In many cases, they are a matter of choice.
There are many possible complications that come with diabetes.
Those taking insulin can experience a low glucose level. Hypoglycemia can lead to several ill effects. In extreme cases, coma is possible. At milder levels, [...]

The causes of diabetes are complex and only partly understood. Complicating the picture even further is the fact that there are multiple types, each with its own risk factors. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are the most common, encompassing about 97% or more of cases in the U.S. Each results from a combination of [...]

Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her menstrual cycle is ending and she is entering a new phase of her life. A woman is considered as being menopausal when she has not had her period for a full year or more, and it usually occurs naturally, most often after the age of [...]

Menopause has been the butt of many jokes not only from comedians but also from women themselves who are either going through it or negatively are anticipating it. The bottom line is that it all boils down to the fact that different bodies will exhibit different first signs of menopause. Some women will experience every [...]

Tracking the level of glucose in the blood is vital for proper diabetes management. Fortunately, the devices available to do that today are easy to use and provide many features.
One of the earliest self-test systems was developed in the mid-1970s. Then as now they used a sample of blood that is chemically analyzed by the [...]

Diabetes can present two main categories of problems, in the form of short term ill-effects and longer term harm. Minimizing both areas requires discipline.
Rapid spikes or dips in blood glucose level can result in several unpleasant effects: dizziness, disorientation, muscle weakness, nausea and others. For some diabetics, it’s very difficult to prevent this from happening [...]

Natural menopause occurs when the monthly cycle of ovulation comes to an end in a woman’s life. Menopause occurs because the ovarian supply of follicles and eggs declines sharply as a woman approaches her later years of life. So the onset of menopause is basically signifying the end of a woman’s fertility period, when she [...]

One of the possible tragic consequences of diabetes is the effects the disease has on various organs and body functions. They cover a wide range of systems and conditions. Fortunately, most are treatable and/or manageable.
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia, for example, is a common side effect of diabetes medications. Since diabetes is characterized by too much glucose in the [...]

There are literally hundreds of different symptoms that most women experience when they go through menopause, but hair loss during menopause is often one of the most difficult. After all, a woman’s hair is often one of her most favorite features and so it is no mystery then as to why it can often be [...]

Most cases of diabetes treatment are primarily in the hands of the patient. While periodic testing by a professional lab is desirable, along with regular physician consultation, the treatments themselves are typically performed by the diabetic.
Fortunately, there are more convenient and relatively painless ways to do that than ever before. While no one wants to [...]

Not being able to sleep well at night can be a terrible thing. A lot of people who did not get a good night’s sleep the night before end up really tired and grouchy in the next day. In most cases, people who were not able to sleep the night before become too tired during [...]

Sleep disorders are often caused by psychological reasons, many of which are based on anxiety and obsession and compulsion. Anxiety and sleep disorders are caused by the person’s worries. The person often thinks too much regarding certain subjects and inadvertently his subconscious stores these worries and these manifests themselves in the person’s dream and nightmares.
Anxiety [...]

Alcohol and insomnia can both cause problems in people’s lives both working together and apart.  Generally speaking, about one in every three people is affected by insomnia every year.  Many of these insomnia problems are reported by the elderly, due to the fact that sleep patterns change as we grow older.  Insomnia can also be [...]

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioral conditions among children today. According to studies, about 80% of those children and adults who are suffering from this type of behavioral disorder have difficulty sleeping.
The same study shows that ADHD sleep disorders rank among the top ten cause why some people cannot [...]