There are two kinds of bird flu wear protection that a person who will come into contact with infected poultry or just poultry or an infected person. The person should consider wearing either a bird flu respirator or a bird flu mask. A bird flu masks only helps prevent particles or droplets to be discharged in the environment the wearer is in. The mask is not generally used to filter efficiently or to seal the face tightly. A bird flu respirator is what is considered helpful in reducing the wearer s chances of exposure to airborne particles such as bird flu. A bird flu mask is often confused like a bird flu respirator because both look alike. The bird flu mask or respirator should be used by people who think they will come in contact with persons or birds infected with the H5N1 strain. The people who use this should just consider it to be one way of being hygienic way of prevention. A patient who thinks he or she has been feeling symptoms and knows has been in contact with infected birds should wear a bird flu mask as well. People who often travel a lot, especially to those infected places should also...

What s one of the best ways to prevent osteoporosis. According to many experts in the field of bone health, it s exercise. More specifically, strength training offers many benefits for men and women at risk of bone loss from osteoporosis. Strength training, also called resistance training, uses resistance from free weights, resistance bands, and water exercise or weight machines to help build strength in muscles. It also can help work on the bones to prevent the loss of minerals that weaken them. In fact, according to sports doctors, strength training can increase your bone strength, reduce your risk of osteoporosis, improve the strength of your connective tissues, which increases joint stability and increase the functional strength of your muscles. If you already have osteoporosis, say doctors, strength training can still benefit you in many ways, but you should work with your doctor or an experienced physical therapist to design a workout that will benefit your bones without increasing the risk of stress or compression fractures. If your main intent is to prevent osteoporosis, you should work with heavier...

Annie Garcia wishes she d known about hereditary emphysema before she changed her life. In 2002, Annie considered herself to be among thousands of New Yorkers who were suffering breathing problems due to post-9 11 poor air quality. She was so certain about the cause of her increasingly labored breathing that she moved away from New York City, leaving behind a home and corporate lifestyle that she loved. Her symptoms grew worse, and Annie struggled to manage them on her own. As a noted Hispanic executive with an impressive corporate resume, she was used to taking charge, but it took a full-scale medical emergency to persuade Annie to seek help. In the middle of an important meeting, Annie was terrified to realize she could not exhale. She was hospitalized and then referred to a pulmonologist, who administered a battery of inconclusive tests. As a last resort, he ordered a simple, inexpensive Alpha-1 Antitrypsin AAT deficiency blood test. That is how Annie learned that she is one of the approximately 100,000 people in the United States with AAT deficiency,1 a genetically linked disorder also known as...