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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an outbreak of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico and the United States that has resulted in a significant number of deaths. Although this illness has been confined to these two countries thus far, we recommend that this outbreak provides a timely opportunity for us all to become familiar with some of the important aspects of the swine flu and influenza in general. What is swine flu? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people. Is this swine flu virus contagious? This swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at this time, it not known how easily the virus spreads betw...

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell whether you are qualified to be a professional Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question! 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. 2. How do you put an elephant into the refrigerator? Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator?" Wrong Answer. Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the Gir...

If you sometimes have trouble cutting yourself off after only one cup of coffee in the morning, don't fret. Actually, going back for a refill might not be a bad move. A few recent large-scale studies have uncovered some new by-the-cup health benefits of coffee. Check 'em out: 1 cup . . . may lower your risk of cancer. A 13-year Japanese study revealed that men and women who drank a cup or more a day were half as likely to develop cancer of the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus compared with people who didn't drink coffee. Be mindful of these symptoms of esophageal cancer. 2 cups . . . may fend off strokes. In a 24-year study, women who drank 2-3 cups a day were 19 percent less likely to have a stroke compared with women who drank less than a cup a month. One caveat: The benefit applied only to nonsmoking women with no history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Do you think you could recognize the signs of a stroke? 3 cups . . . may safeguard your neurons. Mi...

Moringa which is popularly known as Zogale among Hausa speaking people, is a plant which can cure countless diseases. Significantly, it arrests ageing, produces a more retentive memory, and is capable of curing 300 diseases. The common names of the Moringa oleifera include horseradish tree, radish tree, drumstick, West India Ben, and Benzoline in French. Back home the tree is known as Zogale in Hausa, Gawara in Fulfulde, Okwe Oyibo in Igbo, and Ewe Igbale in the Yoruba language. Typically, Moringa can be regarded as a WAZOBIA tree at the local level, since it is found in every part of the country and beyond. Moringa has for a very long time been identified by some traditional herbalists to cure many diseases, and even used as food and nutrition supplement, but it is only of recent that modern scientists began to reap out its benefits. Out of the several researches they have conducted they found many to have medicinal, nutritional as well as raw materials values. Early researches confir...