AH1N1 Influenza Virus Going Pandemic!

Education and public cooperation is the key to prevent the deadly AH1N1 influenza or swine flu virus to go pandemic. As of 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths.

We need all to be aware of this. We need to strengthen our immune system and avoid crowded places where migration of people is very likely such as airports, malls and hotels near airports, train stations and bus stations. If you can't avoid them always wash your hands or bring alcogels to disinfect your hands. Drink a lot of water and take double dosage of your daily vitamin C.

The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.

Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)

Country	Cumulative total		Newly confirmed since the last reporting period
	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
Argentina	235	0	33	0
Australia	1224	0	173	0
Austria	5	0	0	0
Bahamas	2	0	1	0
Bahrain	1	0	0	0
Barbados	2	0	0	0
Belgium	14	0	0	0
Bolivia	3	0	0	0
Brazil	36	0	1	0
Bulgaria	2	0	0	0
Canada	2446	4	331	1
Cayman Islands, UKOT	1	0	0	0
Chile	1694	2	1283	1
China	142	0	34	0
Colombia	35	0	10	0
Costa Rica	93	1	25	0
Cuba	5	0	0	0
Cyprus	1	0	0	0
Czech Republic	2	0	0	0
Denmark	8	0	1	0
Dominica	1	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	91	1	47	0
Ecuador	60	0	0	0
Egypt	8	0	7	0
El Salvador	69	0	0	0
Estonia	4	0	1	0
Finland	4	0	0	0
France	71	0	13	0
Germany	78	0	15	0
Greece	5	0	0	0
Guatemala	60	0	30	0
Honduras	89	0	55	0
Hungary	3	0	0	0
Iceland	2	0	1	0
India	4	0	0	0
Ireland	12	0	1	0
Israel	63	0	9	0
Italy	50	0	0	0
Jamaica	7	0	3	0
Japan	485	0	75	0
Korea, Republic of	48	0	1	0
Kuwait	18	0	0	0
Lebanon	8	0	5	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	5	0	0	0
Mexico	5717	106	0	0
Netherlands	22	0	12	0
New Zealand	23	0	9	0
Nicaragua	29	0	11	0
Norway	9	0	0	0
Panama	221	0	42	0
Paraguay	16	0	11	0
Peru	64	0	3	0
Philippines	54	0	21	0
Poland	6	0	1	0
Portugal	2	0	0	0
Romania	9	0	0	0
Russia	3	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	0
Singapore	18	0	3	0
Slovakia	3	0	0	0
Spain	331	0	40	0
Sweden	16	0	2	0
Switzerland	16	0	0	0
Thailand	8	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	0
Turkey	10	0	0	0
Ukraine	1	0	1	0
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	0
United Kingdom	666	0	109	0
United States of America	13217	27	0	0
Uruguay	24	0	7	0
Venezuela	12	0	8	0
Viet Nam	15	0	6	0
Grand Total	27737	141	2449	2

Chinese Taipei has reported 16 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) with 0 deaths. Cases from Chinese Taipei are included in the cumulative totals provided in the table above.
Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision.
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Source: World Health Organization

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Achilles Tendinopathy: An Injury For Life?

It is no accident that the Achilles tendon is so named. The term for the thick sinewy tendon running down from calf to foot is a permanent reminder of its vulnerability. The Achilles heel, for those whose Greek mythology needs a little recap, derives from the legend in which Achilles’ mother, the sea nymph Thetis, dipped her baby son into the River Styx to render him invulnerable, protecting him against his many foes. He became a great hero, but was finally felled by an arrow through his heel – the spot where his mother had held him while she dipped him in the river and therefore his sole spot of vulnerability. Thus we have “Achilles’ heel” to indicate someone’s weak spot….

It is, and for all athletes should be, a constant reminder to treat the Achilles with great respect. If you don’t, as our writers in SIB underline this month, you could gain an injury for life.

Remember just a few short months ago, the sad images of the wonderful Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, as he hobbled away from the track, bowing out of his Olympic challenge? It turns out that Liu had been battling with his Achilles tendinopathy on and off for years, and it had flared up at exactly the wrong moment.

It’s not just Olympic hurdlers who are at risk. As our authors write: “Achilles tendinopathy is a common injury in running, jumping, tennis and other racquet sports, and in team sports such as football. It has a lifetime cumulative incidence of 50% among elite endurance athletes.”

Which all adds up to a lot of Achilles injury.

All the more surprising then, that it has taken a long time for sports medicine to get to grips with the true nature of tendinopathies. We have come a long way from the days when we talked in terms of swollen tendons (tendinitis) being treated with a hot pack and stretching. Yet, even though we know much more about what is going on, neither the science nor the prescriptions are as yet definitive. So the sports therapist needs to remain on top of this subject.

As Chris Mallac explains in our in-depth coverage in the new SIB, there are two good reasons why an Achilles tendinopathy is no short-term injury:

* it is adaptive changes within the tendon -- new collagen growth and blood vessel invasion – that cause the pain, so by the time the athlete is aware of the problem, most of the damage has already been done;
* the damaged tissue will be functionally weaker and will remain permanently “Type 3” collagen; thus it is more susceptible to reinjury than the original Type 1 collagen fibres it replaces.

Our spotlight on Achilles tendinopathy this month brings you a clear explanation of exactly what medical science now knows about this injury and the pain it causes, as well as Chris’s practical advice for therapists on how to manage their athletic clients’ rehab. Once you’ve read SIB on tendinopathies, you’ll never again talk about “tendinitis” or recommend simple calf stretches as the way to go. Chris Mallac’s practical guide covers aspects such as:

* essential information the therapist should share with their client
* why morning stiffness is such a pain for Achilles tendinopathy
* why ice beats heat for relief
* why and how eccentric-loading exercises work in rehab…
* …and the limitations of this treatment
* self-massage techniques for the injured client

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Swine Flu Is Man Made Conspiracy Is it True?

Did the World Governments responsible for the swine flu virus? there is a large amount of speculations that the A(h1n1) virus or as we call it swine flu is man made. This could be for the genetic make up of the virus itself. It has a genetic element of bird flu, wine flu and human flu. Is there a conspiracy?

Well, it's not foolishness to ask if the world governments conspired because of the threat of the climate change and over population. could they asembled some best biologists, built a super secret tsk force to develop this suoer virulent strain called Ah1n1 virus. Could it be designed to correct the human population and prompt a global martial law?

It is possible. The US governmaent has all the access and resources. I'm not saying that they have done it but they are capable. They are capable of releasing that deadly virus, Ah1n1 virus or swine flu. It will be a crime against humanity if they have done it as a bilogical weapon.

Throughout human history, virtually all the great crimes against humanity have been carried out by governments -- mostly in the name of peace, prosperity and security, by the way. So let's be clear about one thing: Governments are certainly capable of doing this if properly motivated. Let there be no question about that.


Is there any hard evidence of laboratory origins?
As of this moment, I have not personally seen any conclusive evidence of laboratory origins for this H1N1 swine flu. I am open to the possibility that new evidence may emerge in this direction, however, and I am suspicious of the genetic makeup of the virus as one possible indicator of its origins.

I am not a medical specialist in the area of infectious disease, but I have friends who are microbiologists, a considerable amount of study on pandemics. What seems suspicious to me is the hybrid origin of the viral fragments found in H1N1 influenza. According to reports in the mainstream media (which has no reason to lie about this particular detail), this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from:

• Human influenza
• Bird Flu from North America
• Swine flu from Europe
• Swine flu from Asia

This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means an infected bird from North America would have had to infect pigs in Europe, then be re-infected by those some pigs with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infected pigs there, and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs -- in Mexico! -- and spread it to others. (This isn't the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening).

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