Remember how requiring fast-food chain restaurants to post calorie counts for food items on their menu boards was supposed to help people make better food choices? If the results of the first study to measure the impact of that initiative are any indication, we might want to rethink the … [Read more...] about Fast Food Calories Do Not Affect Choices

The flu is an airborne virus. This means you can catch the flu just by breathing infected air. However, there is no reason to be alarmed, because the virus does not survive for long in the air. Instead, it needs to rest on surfaces such as your hand, food, door handles, and other objects. The … [Read more...] about How is the flu transmitted?

Vaccines are often heralded has a panacea, a promise of healing before disease even strikes. However, this is not true for flu vaccines, especially for the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine, which was met with a wealthy (not healthy) dose of criticism. The reason why flu vaccines don't always work is … [Read more...] about Is the H1N1 vaccine safe?

The swine flu, H1N1, is getting ready to strike full force. As more and more people grow careless, the virus spreads its evil tentacles and prepares to launch a frightening pandemic that threatens to cause severe social, health and economic consequences. This particular strain of virus is … [Read more...] about Help stop H1N1

The flu is in the news. Not because anyone really cares about people with body aches or fever. What makes this swine flu news-worthy is that it kills. Or better put, it leads to pneumonia which kills. But how, you ask? The influenza virus, responsible for the flu, infects cells in your respiratory … [Read more...] about How does the flu lead to pneumonia?