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Leading Virologist Says To Expect The Unexpected With Influenza
World renowned virologist Professor Albert Osterhaus told participants at Europe"s largest conference on infectious diseases that the outbreak of influenza A H1N1 is without question the most important event of the past 40 years in human influenza. And he stressed that the current H1N1 threat is a serious one.

Obama Urges Lawmakers To Move Quickly On Health Bills
"After a weeklong overseas trip that pushed him to the fringes of Washington"s health care debate, Mr. Obama moved aggressively to reclaim control," the New York Times reports. "He summoned top Democrats to the White House to urge them to stick to his legislative timetable - he wants the House and the Senate to pass bills before the August recess - and appeared in the Rose Garden to cast himself as a kind of sheriff who had just come back to town."
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TV And Computer Screen Time May Be Associated With High Blood Pressure In Young Children
Sedentary behaviors such as TV viewing and "screen time" involving computer use, videos and video games appear to be associated with elevated blood pressure in children, independent of body composition, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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Age Concern And Help The Aged On New Research On Dementia, UK

Commenting on the new research on Alzheimer"s by the the Institute of Psychiatry at King"s College London, Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director for Age Concern and Help the Aged said: "This research provides more scientific evidence that working is a crucial ingredient of that engaging and active lifestyle we know is key to healthy mental ageing. "Ensuring a more comfortable retirement is not the only reason why older workers want to work for longer. Keeping their brains active and their social relationships fresh are often equally important. "In an ageing society, where the cases of Alzheimer"s are predicted to rise to one million in the next 15 years, more research is needed to find out what can prevent or delay the onset of dementia." Age Concern England and Help the Aged have joined together to form a single charity dedicated to improving the lives of older people. Help The Aged


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