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What is Flu ? Symptoms, treatment, and prevention

What is Flu ?

Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to serve illness. Serious outcomes of flu infection can result in hospitalization or death.

The best way to prevent it is by getting vaccinated each year.

Symptoms of Flu

Fever* of feeling feverish/chills

Headaches

Cough

Fatigue (tiredness)

Sore throat

Runny of Stuffy nose

Muscle or…

6 Signs Of Protein Deficiency You Need To Know

In general, people who shift to a vegan diet develop protein deficiency and it can be mostly noticed among athletes, bodybuilders as well as in people who are in a diet. Lack of knowledge regarding nutrition is the major factor that contributes to the deficiency of protein. Protein has huge importance in helping the body perform its functions efficiently. Deprivation of protein can lead to…

5 things to know about the growing Zika Virus

What is Zika?

The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness first discovered in 1947 when it was isolated from a monkey found in Uganda’s Zika Forest.

The virus has been reported in humans in Asia and Africa since the 1950s, and was first found outside its usual geographic area in 2007, when there was an outbreak in Micronesia, a small cluster of islands in the western Pacific Ocean.

The virus…

Identify the causes and dangers of Chronic Inflammation

Inflammation. The word probably makes you think of a knee swollen from running or a puffed-up pimple on your face — common problems that can be cured with the help of some ice or OTC meds.

However, there’s another kind of inflammation that means something else entirely: chronic inflammation — a slow, silent disturbance that never shuts off. You can’t feel it. You can’t be tested for it. Yet it…