2009-2010 Flu Season is here!

Source: US FDA Consumer Updates

The Flu (Influenza if you’re French) is a contagious URI (Upper Respiratory Infection) caused by different strains of influenza viruses.  (Flu? They should eat more fresh fruit!) Each flu season, the US FDA, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the WHO (World Health Organization) work with vaccine manufacturers [...]

Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson’s?

You have to be the right age group for this one and it may be a regional thing but . . Apparently running behind the mosquito truck was NOT a good idea.

Epidemiologists (people who study outbreaks of diseases) are beginning to link cases of Parkinson’s Disease to individuals occupationally (at work) exposed to pesticides. Specifically, [...]

Focus: Parkinson’s Drugs and Compulsive Behavior

A study published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, suggests that dopamine agonists, drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease can lead to the development of compulsive behaviors including gambling and hypersexuality. There’s a joke there somewhere.

Unfortunately the larger joke is on the patients who may be taking these drugs to [...]