Swine flu ‘UnStoppable’, says WHO chief
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan has warned a forum in Mexico that the swine flu virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering unaided.
As the summit opened, the UK alone was projecting more than 100,000 new cases of H1N1 a day by the end of the summer.
“As we see today, with well over 100 countries reporting cases, once a fully fit pandemic virus emerges, its further international spread is unstoppable,” The BBC quoted Dr. Chan, as saying in her opening remarks.
She stressed that the overwhelming majority of patients experienced mild symptoms and made a full recovery within a week, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment.
The exceptions, she said, were pregnant women and people with underlying health problems, who were at higher risk from complications from the virus and should be monitored if they fell ill.
“For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care,” Dr Chan said.
Turning to the summit venue, the WHO chief added: “Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.”
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How Depression Affect The Women In The Workforce?
Depression that affects women in the work force is a big problem that cannot be unnoticed. According to recent study, $45 billion a year in productivity is lost due to depression. The recent study also found that working women seem especially weak to depression while on the job.
Depression on the job can show the way to missed meetings, unanswered phone calls, blankly staring at the computer screen, indecision, late arrival, leaving early and neglect deadlines. A working woman suffering from depression might not get along with colleges anymore or she may withdraw from social participation.
These are all symptoms of depression. 21 percent of the women in the workplace are affected depression through to their work performance and their everyday lives. Depression is a very human illness. Before the dealing with problem, it is important to understand the signs of depression that may affect working women.
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Cleavers - Herbal Medicine
Cleavers is one of the herbal Medicine used for skin related diseases & ulcer related diseases. here is the full details about Cleavers. Cleavers is from family of Rubiaceae with the botanical name of Galium aparine. Cleavers is also well known as Goosegrass, Catchweed, Stickyweed, Coachweed. Clevers is a Completed herbal medicine. Cleavers is abundantly found in Europe and North America regions.
Description: Cleavers has long stem which sprawls over the ground and other plants and generally reaches a height of 1-1.5 m. The leaves of the stem are simple, lance-shaped and borne in whorls of six to eight.
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