Bird Flu : A Disease You Can t Ignore
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AS BIRD flu, or Avian Influenza, raged through Asia, countries such as Vietnam, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, Korea and Taiwan are stepping up on massive culling of their poultry as they are seized by a realisation that the animal virus could eventually threaten human lives.
Their fears are not unfounded. According to a warning [...]
Good Food/Bad Food What’s Left to Eat?
We’ve entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet, then the South Beach Diet, now the Hamptons Diet and more. All higher in protein, lower in carbs, but the distinction should be quality of carbs, not singling out one nutrient entirely. If you [...]
How to Protect Your Family Against the Coming Pandemic
How to Protect Your Family Against the Coming Pandemic
by John Hart
Most dictionaries define pandemic as “an epidemic that is
geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region
or even throughout the world.”
Recently, Klaus Stohr, the coordinator of the global infuenza
program at the World Health Organization predicted a bird flu
pandemic that would take more lives than the Spanish Flu of
1918 [...]
