| Consumer Health Care Information |
| Consumer Health Care Information offers updates on health and medical topics of concern to our readers. We use only reputable government and public sources to establish this data. |
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| Flu Season Begins in the Southwest |
| Wisconsin residents who still want to be vaccinated should first check to make sure their health care provider has flu vaccine on hand - shortages have been reported, and many clinics have already been stopped for the year. |
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| The Doctor's Prescription: Forgiveness |
| Researchers have been looking at the health-related effects of an ancient remedy for anger and resentment: forgiveness. |
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| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Cause Unknown, Diagnosis Difficult |
| People with CFS most often function at a substantially lower level of activity than they were capable of before the onset of illness. |
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| Antibiotic Overuse Fuels Drug Resistance |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls antibiotic resistance one of the world's most pressing public health problems. |
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| Avian Influenza on the Move |
The longer the avian influenza A (H5N1) strain continues to circulate, the greater the possibility that people will be infected, and the greater the risk that the virus will adapt to people and trigger a pandemic. The timing and severity of a flu pandemic is uncertain, but most experts predict that one will occur. |
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