November 9, 2009

Monday’s Health Tip: Clean out Your Medicine Cabinet!

Swine flu (H1N1 for you proper folks) is running amok. Knock on wood, I haven’t gotten sick, and none of my friends or family has been unfortunate enough to catch this icky virus. But, a few acquaintances, friends of friends, and friend’s family members have gotten it, and from what I’ve heard, it’s a real bear to deal with.

Aside from the flu, this time of year is chock-full of other fabulous illnesses, including the regular flu and the common cold. That’s why it’s so important to make sure your medicine cabinet is fully stocked…with fresh medicine.

Swine Flu

Medicine

H1N1

November 6, 2009

Because we all needed another reason to fear swine flu

To be honest, until recently I just wasn't concerned about swine flu. Sure, it targets the young and healthy, and I'm young and healthy, but how bad could it really be? I'm young and healthy! Even as more and more people started coming down with it -- even two of our own bloggers -- they all seemed to recover after a few days. Big whoop.

That was before I found out about the Cytokine Storm.

H1N1

Swine Flu

Cytokine Storm

Vaccine

October 28, 2009

Note from the trenches

You might feel the need to Lysol your computer monitor after all the H1N1 posts I've been putting up this week...

It must be some type of cosmic joke that after spending so much time wrestling with the H1N1 vaccine question and writing about it yesterday, I would come down with the flu.

THE flu.

October 27, 2009

Irony and indecision

Irony
pronunciation: \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural iro·nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler
Date: 1502

the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

OR

Spending weeks and weeks debating whether or not you should get the H1N1 vaccine for your children, making the decision to go ahead and do it, then finding out that you can't get the vaccine anywhere, even if you beg and plead, and wring your hands.

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October 6, 2009