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A small group of kids at high risk for developing Type I diabetes were recently given daily doses of oral insulin to see if it could help them to prevent the inevitability of diabetes. The results were promising.

According to Susan Rehm, MD who is the acting vice chairperson of the Cleveland Clinic Infectious Disease Department the possibility that you can catch an infectious disease from your pet, especially if you are a person with a weakened immune system.

Recently Blue Bell ice cream recalled their products because several cases of food poisoning, three that resulted in death, were linked to listeria bacteria in their products. This food poisoning scare has caused many people to become concerned, and rightfully so.

A bite from a mosquito carrying the La Cross virus recently caused the death of a 6 year old in Tennessee. When a mosquito carrying the La Cross encephalitis virus bites you the result could be nothing more than an itchy bump, or you could develop into a severe brain infection that results in death

What is Atrial Fibrillation?

This is an irregular heart rhythm that happens in the upper chambers of the heart. The heart beats rapidly during periods and it causes people to experience shortness of breath.

Bad breath is blamed on poor dental hygiene practices. People assume that you have not brushed, or flossed when your breath is unappealing, but did you know that halitosis can also be used as a medical diagnostic tool? Your breath can often alert your doctor to things happening inside your body,

 Celiac disease may be an underlying cause for women who have miscarriages or pre-term deliveries. There are many reasons why a pregnancy may not go to term, but when a woman is having difficulty carrying a child to term, and there is no obvious reason,

Sexual abuse of children often goes unreported. Sometimes the child fears that reporting the crime will cause their abuser to hurt them further, and sometimes the child does not understand that what is happening to them is illegal, and that they are not to blame for the abuse.

As any other action of disease control the AMA (American Medical Association) and the leading U.S. health agency take, controlling the increased rates of type 2 diabetes is one of them.

A new study has warned that pregnant women suffering from kidney diseases not only are their health at risk but even those of their unborn babies.