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Why Ebola Kills More Women than Men

Most health industry professionals agree that too much panic has been spread about Ebola, and not enough useful information. In a nutshell: you’re in danger of getting Ebola only if you come into contact with the bodily fluids of someone with the disease.

Now that we’ve cleared that up, here’s another interesting fact about Ebola: it kills mostly women. BuzzFeed recently reported that “75% of Ebola deaths are women. That’s because they are the nation’s caregivers.” [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 29, 2014 @ 12:36 am

How the Internet May Have Contributed to the Recent Measles Outbreak

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Our fast-paced world is often complicated by the ubiquity of technology and the Internet, which touch every aspect of our lives, from our relationships to our finances, and even our health. In many ways, these tools make our lives easier: longer life spans, swift communication with relatives and friends near and far, and real-time news updates, for example.

Unfortunately, the abundance of information available on the Internet and the ease with which we can access it can also have significant negative repercussions. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 27, 2014 @ 7:52 pm

Diseases That Can Be Linked to Family History

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Sometimes there’s very little you can do to avoid illness or disease. Your family background comes into play, sometimes outweighing all of your healthy habits, such as eating farm-to-table organic, and exercising on a regular basis.

Just because your mother or grandfather had a certain disease doesn’t mean you’re doomed, however. It does give you extra information so you can head off disease before it gets out of control; it also lets you know the red flags to watch out for.

In other words, you might have a stronger chance of developing certain diseases compared to someone with no family history of them. The closer you are to someone on your family tree with a certain disease, the more likely you are to develop it.

Likewise, the more people in your family who had the disease, the more likely you are to develop it. That’s why knowing your genealogy and family tree can play a crucial role in taking care of your health. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 10, 2014 @ 12:08 pm

Keeping Your Health Blog Alive and Kicking

Health blogs constantly talk about taking care of human well-being, avoiding sickness, detecting symptoms, and getting cures and remedies for sicknesses. But do you know that as a health blog owner, you need to take care of your site as well or else your message will not come across loud and clear? Besides, there is nothing attractive about a health site that looks near death. Here are some tips to keep your health blog alive and kicking:

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Take Care of It

Take care of your health blog by putting quality content, having it listed in a reputable lifestyle blog directory, or a medical blog directory if the contents and authorship warrant such submission, and putting in new contents regularly. You’re talking about health so take the effort to research and confirm your sources and details provided. Find the best blog directory to submit to and expect to have stable traffic. A blog’s main nourishment is its contents, keep it properly fed.

Avoid Sickness

Keep your blog protected. Keep your contents safe. Regularly update your protection tools. Finally, learn to protect your contents from  theft and plagiarism. After learning, do what is necessary including reporting the site that scraped you content. Duplicate content can hurt its original author because of the maneuverings of the scraper.

Detect Symptoms

Pay careful attention to notices of attempted unauthorized transactions in your site. Get the needed plug-ins to help you protect your blog. Check yourself from unusual lethargy in posting articles. Too long gaps in between posts can be deadly to your blog.

Get the Cure and the Remedy

If your blog unfortunately gets infected by something that threatens its well being or even existence, find the solution as soon as possible. Do not ignore symptoms as the problem may suddenly blow up which will make curing a difficult task even with the help of experts. The sooner the health concerns of a blog is addressed, the higher the possibility that it can be saved.

You may have noticed that we talk about a blog like it was human. We do so to present an interesting analogy. Like humans, blogs cannot preserve well-being without care and the right cure. Be your readers’ best example and take care of your health blog to keep it alive, kicking, and dynamic.

Originally posted on March 31, 2014 @ 4:52 pm