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<title><![CDATA[The Importance Of A Bird Flu Mask]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/The-Importance-Of-A-Bird-Flu-Mask.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Though the avian influenza virus is hosted by birds, some particular subtype might affect other mammals too, including humans. In a direct manner the virus is contacted from infect]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:34+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How Many People Would a Bird Flu Pandemic Kill?]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-Many-People-Would-a-Bird-Flu-Pandemic-Kill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You see a lot of wild and crazy estimates for this. Yet, the truth is, there's no simple answer. It depends on a lot of things -- and the most important factors are still unknown. ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:34+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prepare Your Body For The Flu Season]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Prepare-Your-Body-For-The-Flu-Season.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're concerned about cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or simply losing weight, you want to eat a healthy diet and focus on foods that are high in vitamins, miner]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:34+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan Ahead to Avoid the Legal Problems of Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Plan-Ahead-to-Avoid-the-Legal-Problems-of-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Any event that holds the potential of causing millions of deaths obviously holds the potential of causing millions of lawsuits. A bird flu pandemic would be a disaster on every fro]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:34+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Symptoms are Not the Disease of Bird Flu Even Though They're Unpleasant]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Symptoms-are-Not-the-Disease-of-Bird-Flu-Even-Though-Theyre-Unpleasant.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's a huge worldwide, multi-billion industry devoted to helping people lie to themselves and spread diseases to the rest of the world. It consists of every over the counter and]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:32+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cold And Flu Season 2007: Are You Prepared?]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Cold-And-Flu-Season-2007-Are-You-Prepared.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although New Year's is a time for celebration, it is also the height of the cold and flu season. You don't want to start 2007 off on the wrong foot, so here are some tips for preve]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:32+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Germ Proof Your Bathroom Against Bird Flu and Other Diseases]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Germ-Proof-Your-Bathroom-Against-Bird-Flu-and-Other-Diseases.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Think your bathroom is safe from disease? I can almost guarantee that unless you know some special germ secrets, your bathroom may be giving you diarrhea and other unpleasant probl]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:31+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Remedies For Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Home-Remedies-For-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Flu is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. Flu is contagious and if you're around someone who coughs or sneezes, or simply touch any object already touched ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:31+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Grandmother Of All Colds!]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/The-Grandmother-Of-All-Colds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who has a bad cold or flu and tells you that it sounds and looks worse than it really is! Such people are not to be trusted! I'm sure there are those who believe]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How a Little-Known Science Can Protect You From Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-a-Little-Known-Science-Can-Protect-You-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You can use a little-known branch of science to help protect yourself and your loved ones from the bird flu pandemic. It's called evolutionary epidemiology. Basically, it means tha]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Some Interesting Thoughts About Bird Flu And Immunity]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Some-Interesting-Thoughts-About-Bird-Flu-And-Immunity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The bird flu saga goes on and fear of a pandemic continues to be promoted...but as many thinking people expected nothing really dramatic has happened other than the loss of the liv]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Croup - An Infection Affecting The Young]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Croup-An-Infection-Affecting-The-Young.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Croup is an inflammation of the larynx, trachea and bronchi. It affects the voice box due to an infection of the vocal cord. In adults this disease is known as laryngitis. It obstr]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why We Cannot Depend on a Vaccine to Save Us From Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Why-We-Cannot-Depend-on-a-Vaccine-to-Save-Us-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[With current vaccine technology a vaccine cannot save us from a pandemic of contagious bird flu. Although criticized as fearmongering, the ABC made for TV movie First Contact: Bird]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avian Flu Is A Potential Pandemic]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Avian-Flu-Is-A-Potential-Pandemic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will the avian flu cause a disaster similar to the Spanish flu of 1918 that killed more than fifty million people in the world? Avian flu or avian influenza is spreading at an alar]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Benefits and Risks of the Annual Flu Shot]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Benefits-and-Risks-of-the-Annual-Flu-Shot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Should you get an annual flu shot? The final decision is yours, and should be made with your doctor. My purpose is to give you the behind the story facts. I'm not vehemently pro or]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:30+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Zinc and the Common Cold]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Zinc-and-the-Common-Cold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You can stay well through the winter with some simple supplementation. Zinc sulphate supplements together with vitamin C can help avert colds and flus, or at least reduce the sympt]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:29+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ending the Common Cold or Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Ending-the-Common-Cold-or-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You catch a cold or flu virus from someone else but sometimes you do not get it no matter how much contact you have. Why does the immune system sometimes beat it but other times it]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:29+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Are The Real Causes Of Bronchitis?]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/What-Are-The-Real-Causes-Of-Bronchitis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you have ever experienced bronchitis, you are familiar with coughing, chest discomfort, a lot of mucous, wheezing, and difficulty breathing. Acute bronchitis is one of the most ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:29+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Basic Survival]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Severe-Acute-Respiratory-Syndrome-Basic-Survival.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As you already know, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a respiratory affection recently emerged in Asia, North America, and Europe. The syndrome starts with high fever (m]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:28+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Protect the Mentally Challenged From Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Protect-the-Mentally-Challenged-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A bird flu pandemic is going to be a great disruption and test of humanity, but even more so to people who are mentally challenged, whether mentally retarded (MR) or who have psych]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:27+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Survival: Learn How to Protect Yourself]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Bird-Flu-Survival-Learn-How-to-Protect-Yourself.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bird flu comes from South Asia and threatens to spread all over the world. Nowadays there is hardly a person who is not aware of expansion of the deadly disease, but still most of ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:27+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Protect Yourself From the Just Discovered Way of Catching Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Protect-Yourself-From-the-Just-Discovered-Way-of-Catching-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There's a new and so far little-known way to catch bird flu. By water. One major outbreak of bird flu among wild birds occurred in the middle of 2005 around Qinghai Lake, in China.]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:27+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Could be the First Pandemic of the 21st Century]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/What-Could-be-the-First-Pandemic-of-the-21st-Century.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Avian Flu: H5N1 Public health officials across the globe are concerned about the avian influenza or H5N1. Although there are many strains of avian flu, or bird flu, only one has be]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting Through the Flu with Alternative Medicine]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Getting-Through-the-Flu-with-Alternative-Medicine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although alternative medicine is not often regulated by the government, it offers new avenues that may not be explored by conventional medicine. Some people have obtained relief fr]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Protect the Immune-Compromised From Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Protect-the-Immune-Compromised-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One difference between the threat of bird flu today and the 1918 flu is that in 1918 we did not have a large number of people with extremely weak immune systems. Before antibiotics]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avian Flu Crisis BMO Nesbitt Burns Economic Update]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Avian-Flu-Crisis-BMO-Nesbitt-Burns-Economic-Update.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Avian flu is spreading rapidly in the bird population, but it is still extremely difficult for humans to become infected. According to Dr. Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist, BMO Nesbi]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird Flu - How the Nightmare Begins]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Bird-Flu-How-the-Nightmare-Begins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in Southeast Asia (or Africa, the Mid-East, Europe etc) . . . A hen clucks and shifts around in her perch. She sniffs and sneezes. Inside the lining of her respiratory tr]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Facts Can Save Lives]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Bird-Flu-Facts-Can-Save-Lives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors and scientists around the world fear it may well become the next pandemic. People have died and many are concerned it's just a matter of time before the crafty bird flu man]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Flu Season, Don't Mess Around with Strep Throat]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/This-Flu-Season-Dont-Mess-Around-with-Strep-Throat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Strep throat is a bacterial infection caused by the Streptococcus pyogenes (strep) Group A bacteria. You see it more in children than in adults, but adults do get it sometimes. Thi]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:26+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why You Need To Cure Your Intestinal Candida Infection As Soon As Possible]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Why-You-Need-To-Cure-Your-Intestinal-Candida-Infection-As-Soon-As-Possible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly all internal yeast infection sufferers aren't apprehensive of the fact that they should cure their internal yeast infection as quickly as possible. It's unlike a vaginal Can]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:25+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight The Flu With A Body Detox]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Fight-The-Flu-With-A-Body-Detox.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Influenza, also known as the flu, is a virus that causes an infection in people. For most people the infection is mild but uncomfortable and in some rare cases it can be severe and]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:25+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can A Vaccine Help Protect From Bird Flu?]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Can-A-Vaccine-Help-Protect-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Well, yes, and No. An effective Vaccine against pandemic(world wide) Avian(bird flu)virus is not yet available. Vaccines are produced each year for seasonal influenza but will not ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:25+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Colds: Getting Past the Misery]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Colds-Getting-Past-the-Misery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[You can not predict when you will get your next cold, but one thing you can be sure of is that you will get one sometime in the next few weeks or months. Although colds get rarer a]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:25+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Common Cold]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/The-Common-Cold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to a new year, and yet another cold season. If you're like most adults, you'll likely have a cold two to four times in the next 12 months. Children, especially preschoolers]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:25+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Preparation and Protection]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Bird-Flu-Preparation-and-Protection.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human Flu or Influenza sounds too common to alarm anyone, but if it is BIRD FLU, the situation becomes appalling from virtue of the fact that the virus is highly fatal for humans a]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Get Better Faster When You Have the Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Get-Better-Faster-When-You-Have-the-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When you have the flu, your first priority is getting well. Here are some things that you can try in order to get better from the flu: Stay at home. There are limits to the air fil]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United States Still Not Prepared For A Pandemic Flu Outbreak: Texas May Be At Particular Risk]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/United-States-Still-Not-Prepared-For-A-Pandemic-Flu-Outbreak-Texas-May-Be-At-Particular-Risk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A year after President Bush's plan to track and treat a pandemic flu outbreak was unveiled, it still has not been fully implemented. In the next few weeks, the White House will rel]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coughs and Colds in Children: What You Can Do]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Coughs-and-Colds-in-Children-What-You-Can-Do.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The common cold is a mild viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. Most children average 4 - 8 cold per year. There are over 200 viruses that are capable of causing the comm]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding The Avian Bird Flu Virus And A Look Into Its History]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Understanding-The-Avian-Bird-Flu-Virus-And-A-Look-Into-Its-History.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Avian bird flu, a viral disease, also termed as bird flu, avian influenza, type A flu or genus. This flu is a kind of influenza hosted by birds but can affect other animals and par]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural Remedies for the Common Cold]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Natural-Remedies-for-the-Common-Cold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Natural cold remedies have been around for centuries. According to the The Berkley Wellness Newsletter, plants that have not been used at some time in hope of combating the common ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia Might Solve the Puzzle of Bird Flu Transmission]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Indonesia-Might-Solve-the-Puzzle-of-Bird-Flu-Transmission.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Is bird flu being spread more by migrating birds or by people transporting infected poultry? That's a question being debated by experts, and although it may not seem important, the]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight Bronchitis With Vitamins And Over The Counter Products]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Fight-Bronchitis-With-Vitamins-And-Over-The-Counter-Products.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bronchitis is often an acute infection of the air passages starting in the nose and extending to the bronchioles. Occasionally the first symptom is hoarseness. It may be mistaken f]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can The Avian Bird Flu Affect People?]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Can-The-Avian-Bird-Flu-Affect-People.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dealing with a possible pandemic... Avian bird flu, often referred to as Avian influenza, is an infectious disease found usually in birds which is caused by A strains of the influe]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Search For A Common Cold Cure Continues]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/The-Search-For-A-Common-Cold-Cure-Continues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite a large number of cold cures the American Medical Society consensus is that there is no official cure for the cold; that most colds seem to last about one week; but that so]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:24+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Protect Senior Citizens From Bird Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/How-to-Protect-Senior-Citizens-From-Bird-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Senior citizens are at high risk of catching bird flu during a pandemic because their immune systems are weaker due to their age. While it's true that not many bird flu victims of ]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:23+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[C is for Curing Common Cold]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/C-is-for-Curing-Common-Cold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The very first thing that comes to mind when treating a common cold is to take Vitamin C. Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling first found the connection between Vitamin C and the comm]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:23+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avian Influenza - Bird Flu FAQ]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Avian-Influenza-Bird-Flu-FAQ.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As more and more cases of bird flu are reported, the world faces an immediate threat of a deadly pandemic. Pandemics (Global Disease Outbreaks) are known to be like flash floods. T]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:22+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Bird Flu is Seen as a Potential Health Risk to Humans]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Why-Bird-Flu-is-Seen-as-a-Potential-Health-Risk-to-Humans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Avian Flu, also known as the Asian Bird Flu or Influenza A (H5N1), is a zoological viral strain that has crossed the species barrier and is now threatening further mutation and]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:21+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Worst Danger From a Bird Flu Pandemic Could Make People Sick for Many Generations]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/The-Worst-Danger-From-a-Bird-Flu-Pandemic-Could-Make-People-Sick-for-Many-Generations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One extremely huge security risk that would come from a bird flu pandemic is nuclear power plants. Right now, about 17% of the world's electricity is produced by nuclear power plan]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:21+08:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Herbal Treatments for the Flu]]></title>
<link>http://medicine.holplus.com/Medical/Epidemiology/Herbal-Treatments-for-the-Flu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are a variety of illnesses a person can come down with throughout the year. One of the most miserable, and unfortunately most common is the flu. While the flu may keep you in]]></description>
<pubDate>2008-12-17T12:36:20+08:00</pubDate>
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