Almost overnight, swine flu has become a major health concern. Swine flu is certainly nothing new, but the current strain of the virus is affecting people much more easily. Until now, swine flu received...
Let's face it - standing in line for hours to get a flu vaccine isn't too appealing. In fact, hanging around a busy waiting room is exactly how the flu virus is likely to be spread. Unless you're one of...
When you're feeling sick, you want the right medicine to treat your condition - fast. At the first sign of illness, many people hastily purchase an over the counter remedy in hopes of putting an abrupt...
Q: What is Tamiflu? A: Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) is a prescription medicine to treat flu, particularly flu infections caused by one of the influenza A or B viruses. Tamiflu belongs to a group of...
Q: What is the flu? A: The flu, or influenza, is a respiratory viral infection caused by type A or type B influenza viruses. Flu is a highly contagious virus that usually enters the body through mucous...
You had the flu last winter and the winter before that. If there's one thing you know for sure it's this: you don't want to get it again this year. The bone-racking aches and pains, the chills, fever,...
Is it possible that there's a link between one of the world's most popular flu medications and unusual or erratic behavior in people who have taken it? Odd as it seems, there have been reports that some...
This is the tale of viruses versus medicines and how drug resistant flu viruses develop. First you have a family of flu viruses busy infecting people. Then the pharmaceutical companies come up with antiviral...
Don't want to shake and shiver with the flu for days on end? A good way out could be Tamiflu, an FDA-approved anti-viral medication that reduces the severity of the flu and can even prevent you from getting...
And Get Over It Faster Once You've Got It Fever, chills, body aches, headache... we all know what the symptoms mean: one or two weeks of feeling awful. While fending off the flu (especially from October...
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