After for a long time we do not hear about bird flu case, now we are surprised by swine flu in Mexico. Since March, it has been reported 103 people die.
General Director WHO, Margaret Chan, has warned the pandemic potency. The mobility of internationally people and farming product may cause the virus movement that causes that flu.
Researchers work hard to find out the virus’s characters. Generally, swine is the place to meet many kind of viruses, which attack the swine itself, birds, or human.
Swine, “coalition place” of gen flu virus
July 2nd, 2009Influenza virus evolution and mutation
June 28th, 2009January 1976. Winter in Fort Dix, in a training centre of US army in New Jersey. What a pity of a soldier named David Lewis (18). He could not celebrate his 200th country anniversary , he died because he kept persist to do heavy training with his platoon even he got some flu symptoms such as headache, sick, tired, fever, and felt pain in his muscle.
Only Lewis who died of that flu which later was identified as swine flu caused by virus H1N1, same with subtype virus influenza A, which was pandemic like Spain flu 1918-1919. The other Lewis partners for 300 people also got that flu, some had to be hospitalized but it was not until fatal. It was said by Laurie Garrett in a special chapter about swine flu in his book, The Coming Plague (1994).
Odapus, do not give up fast!
June 26th, 2009Body can get sick, but do not let your soul get sick too. People with lupus (Odapus) in Indonesia live with limitation, without insurance, expensive medicines, and limited facilities.
“Odapus has to fight, do not give up fast”, Dian Syarief, a odapus and low vision, said in the launching of true story of people with lupus (Odapus) and music album of Care for Lupus, Wednesday (29/4) in Blitz Megaplex, Grang Indonesia, Jakarta, by Syamsi Dhuha Foundation. There was also a talk show about Lupus disease (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus).
The Best Solution for The Health and Beauty of Your Eyes
June 26th, 2009Eyes are one of the important senses which its health is always being kept carefully. Besides that, people also believe that eyes are the windows of beauty; that is why mostly people who need help for their eyes prefer to choose contact lens rather that use glasses.
However, the using of contact lens is needed more care rather than using glasses. That is why you have to know exactly about contact care before you use it. The wrong way that you choose in order to care your contact will affect to the health of your sensitive eyes. Now is presented a ReNu as the contact solution. It will give you a fresh feeling every time you use your contact lens. How it works is simple it will remove all of the protein from your lens and clean it, and as the outcome, you will feel like using a new contact lens every day.
One of the important warning for all of the contact lens user is to not ever clean your lens with waters, use ReNu for the best outcome and will give you a health eyes every day. And following the instruction from your personal ophthalmologist is highly recommended.