Neuro symptoms in pregnancy rarely stroke-related

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)

According to a report in BMC Medicine, neurological symptoms that occur during pregnancy are rarely caused by a mini-stroke, or "transient ischemic attack" (TIA), but instead are usually associated with migraine with "aura," .

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Attention:Vietnam on alert after latest human bird flu death

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.news-medical.net)

Vietnam has earned worldwide praise for successfully containing the epidemic with its aggressive measures to protect against the spread of the bird flu. Since the virus reappeared in 2003 culling and mass vaccination have kept the spread of the bird flu under control.Those early outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu infected 94 people and killed at least 42 others and killed or led to the culling of more than 50,000 birds.Although the H5N1 virus is highly pathogenic it remains at present a disease of birds and people only become infected when they handle diseased birds

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Bacteria Outbreak Sickens Mo. Tots

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (hosted.ap.org)

"Youngsters in the St. Louis area have been hit hard in the last six months by an outbreak of shigellosis, an infectious disease that isn't typically life-threatening but can cause severe flu-like symptoms."

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