The results of a new study show that vaccinating children of five years and younger didn’t decrease in number for influenza related child hospitalization or doctor’s visits.

Dr. Robert Belshe, who is professor of medicine and pediatrics and director of the Center for Vaccine Development at the Saint Louis University Medical Center, said “The finding is not surprising at all if we compare the poor match between the flu vaccine and circulating strains in the past two years.” It’s worth mentioning that Dr. Robert wasn’t involved in the study.

The results of another study that is going to be published in the October issue of Pediatrics show that in the US children flu related deaths are on increase and that’s why the flu shots have become quite important.
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These days, dieting has become a fashion among teenagers as more and more teens tend to dieting no matter whether they are obese or not. Teenagers are at a critical development stage of their lives and their bodies need a sufficient amount of essential nutrients. If they deprive their bodies of these essential nutrients, dieting may bring more harm than good to them.  Another problem is the type of diet that teenagers are consuming as the use of fad diets is on increase in the teenage community. These sorts of diets are deigned to especially targeting the impatient audience as these diets offer quick fix that make people have them. Fad diets often become the cause of serious eating disorder in teens.

Mostly female are prone to develop an eating disorder as they are more body image conscious than male teenagers. Actually the reason is whenever these teenage girls turn on the television or open a magazine, they have to confront the “Barbie Doll’ look. When these girls try to possess the same look (that often proves an unattainable look in most cases.), they start dieting and want to get the desired results immediately.  It has become quite difficult for parents to monitor their teenagers eating habits, but they need to be watchful of the signs that begin to occur when an eating disorder develop.
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A new study on thyroid functionality may prove helpful for doctors to decide when to treat people with an underactive thyroid gland that doesn’t have any worrying symptoms.

Almost 27 million people in the US have some sort of thyroid problem and more than half of these people have not been diagnosed with the disease, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists says.

According to Dr. Anne R. Cappola, who is an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, “At this point, it is not clear how to manage older people with subclinical thyroid dysfunction.” The findings of the study will be published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in its Sept.30 issue.
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After the deaths’ reports from contaminated milk, the scandal of tainted dairy products has spread like a wild fire in China as well as in other countries of the world.

In their inspection, the inspectors noticed that around 10% milk taken from three companies was contaminated with melamine. The milk powder killed four babies and sickened around 6,000 others in three provinces of China.

The manufacturers of this milk powder added a banned chemical melamine (use in making plastic) that makes milk appear higher in protein.
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Nail fungus and ringworm infections can be easily treated at home with the right medicine.

First of all, consult a doctor who will prescribe you the best type of nail fungus medication like Zetaclear. The most popular and effective type of medicine to treat nail fungus and ringworm are ointments that are applied directly to the skin and nails a few times a day until the infection has cleared.

In some cases, ringworm may not clear completely even though the right medication for ringworm has been used correctly as directed. In this case, the infection may be worse and would need to be treated with anti-fungal pills. In most cases, if the nail fungus medication or the medication for ringworm is not taken exactly how the doctor described then the infection can return. If ringworm is left untreated, the blood cells underneath it can also get infected and must be eliminated from the body by antibiotics before it causes any further damage. Ask your doctor to prescribe you the most suitable ringworm medication.

A common home treatment called Zetaclear works effectively to fight fungus. Before considering medication or any home remedy, try to follow proper foot cleanliness by making sure that your feet are cleaned thoroughly and dried completely, especially the areas in between toes and around the nails. Make sure that your socks are clean every time you put them on and your shoes should also be airy and dusted with anti-fungal powder.

To treat nail fungus, Zeta clear works by removing the source of the microbe and should be used exactly as directed. Zetaclear is also an effective ringworm medication that treats and removes ring worm. Like all medication, instructions for treatment should be followed through and should be used frequently to keep fungus at bay.

Before starting every new week on Monday morning, you must commit to yourself to live a healthy and sound life. A healthy lifestyle is not all about eating salads everyday or spend hours on treadmills. Many pleasurable and full of fun activities are also essential for you to live a healthy life. The following activities can help you a lot to live a long healthier and happier life.

Consume one or two glasses of red wine daily

An antioxidant known as resveratrol is abundantly found in Red wine and this antioxidant plays a vital role to protect you from aging. If you really want to keep your body young, consume one or two glasses of red wine daily.

Dark Chocolate can protect your body from aging

You may think that chocolate is suitable only to children but there is an ample amount of antioxidants in dark chocolate that keep body away from the effects of aging. Get a fine quality dark chocolate and appreciate it with every single bite. Chocolate provides an energy boost as well as lower your blood pressure and cholesterol.

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It’s a widespread notion that greater wealth leads people towards better health options, but can it apply reverse?  Isn’t it so, greater health may lead individuals and nations to greater wealth?

To discuss new standards for health system at the WHO European Ministerial Conference, more than 500 delegates of 53 countries, international experts and ministers of health will meet this week in Tallinn and observe the relationship between wealth and health.

WHO’s studies in the European Region demonstrate that increases in life expectancy is evidently matched by betterment in economic activity. In Western Europe, rises in life expectancy were 29-38% of GDP and outdid every country’s health expenditures. While in Eastern Europe, the relation is more evident: it was found that during 1990 to 2003 , in the countries where life expectancy on decrease ,the noted welfare losses were around 16-31% and the countries that experienced increase in life expectancy, there  were benefits of 12-31% in GDP.

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