Summertime is a great time of year to go out and enjoy the hot weather. However, hot summer temperatures can bring about some serious health problems. Extremely hot weather can lead to heat-related illnesses like heatstroke, dehydration, heat cramps, sunburn, heat rash and heat exhaustion.
Heatstroke happens when the body temperature quickly rises to [...]
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Summertime and the living is easy…Or is it?
Posted in Diseases & Conditions, Health, Preventative Health, tagged Health, Health-E Il, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat illnesses, heat stroke, summertime on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RSS-ing for Health-E updates
Posted in Health-E Illinois, tagged feeder, Health, reader, rss on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based Web-content syndication format used to deliver constantly updated headline feeds to readers. Our RSS feeds distribute topics, descriptions, and links to the Health-E Illinois blog. This is an easy way for you to be alerted when new content is posted
To subscribe to our RSS feed, you need to [...]
Rotten Tomatoes?
Posted in Consumer Health, Diseases & Conditions, Health, NLM, Preventative Health, tagged CDC, FDA, Food safety, Salmonella, Salmonella Saintpaul, Salmonellosis, tomato, Tomato salmonella, tomatoes on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Food and Drug Administration has issued several warnings recently about a Salmonella outbreak that has been linked to the consumption of certain raw red tomatoes.
Since mid-April, the CDC reported that at least 167 people in 17 states have been infected with Salmonella, 23 of which were hospitalized with Salmonella Saintpaul, an uncommon strain of [...]
Swim at Your Own Risk
Posted in Consumer Health, Diseases & Conditions, Health, Preventative Health, tagged Drowning, Pool hazards, Pool Safety, Swimming, Water Safety on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Summertime is a time for picnics, vacations, and daily trips to the backyard pool, community pool, water park, or lake. Swimming is one of summers great joys, however, there are possible hidden dangers lurking in those refreshing waters. The first danger most people think of is drowning. According to the Centers [...]
Beyond an Apple a Day
Posted in Health-E Illinois, tagged Add new tag, Consumer health education, Consumer Health in Illinois, Go Local Illinois, Healthcare Providers in Illinois, Healthcare resources in Illinois on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not always easy finding authoritative health information for the general public on the Internet especially for patients and their families. This program will focus on assisting the lay person who have questions on health and medical problems. Areas to be discussed include finding knowledge about symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments for diseases and medical conditions. [...]
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