H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Now Located by New Iphone Application

A new iPhone application, manufactured by researchers at Childrens Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, permits users to trace and report outbreaks of infectious sicknesses, for example.

The application, “Outbreaks Near Me,” builds on the mission and proved capacity of HealthMap, a Web resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about rising infectious illnesses, and offers a new, contextualized view of a user’s precise location locating outbreaks that have been reported in the area of the user and offering the opportunity to search for further outbreak information by location or sickness.

“We hope people will find the new app to be a useful source of outbreak data domestically, nationally, and globally,” claims HealthMap founder John Brownstein, PhD, help professor in the Children’s Hospital Informatics Program ( CHIP ). “As people are supplied with extra info and perception of infectious sickness, the hope is they’ll become more anxious and active about public health.”

This can enable people in cities and states around the world to have interactions with the HealthMap team and take part in the public health surveillance process. They will also get a chance to track the virus and get the latest updates form the application

Users may take footage of eventualities and eventualities of, and / or leading to, sickness with their iPhone and submit them to the HealthMap system for review and eventual posting as a caution on the global map.

“This is grassroots, participatory epidemiology,” claims HealthMap founder Clark Freifeld, a Doctorate student from MIT Media Lab and research software developer at CHIP.

In enabling collusion in surveillance, we also expect to extend worldwide coverage and identify outbreaks earlier.”.

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Ways to Prevent Catching The H1N1 Virus / Swine Flu

As of May 20, 2009 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have ‘confirmed’ some 5,700 cases of H1N1 Influenza. The ‘Swine Flu’ has claimed at least eight lives in the U.S., but the CDC admittedly cannot keep up with testing and has begun to make estimates based on statistical modeling.

The CDC’s modeling shows that the outbreak of H1N1 is currently at a pandemic level. Statistics show that the flu will eventually infect 1/3-1/2 of the world. Today, the number of deaths in the northern hemisphere remains relatively low. This is partially due to positive health effects that we get from the sun. The Vitamin D that your body creates from sun exposure is a natural way to boost your immunity to disease. Unfortunately, this is expected to change in the winter. As most of us have experienced, cooler seasons and shorter days are a traditional time for flu outbreaks.

As the infection rate approaches one in three, millions of us may become carriers of the virus. While the level of infection may not be fatal for all of us, we will still be mixing H1N1 with other flu strains, causing a constant mutation. The mutations can give the H1N1 an infinite number of different characteristics. As the virus becomes more diversified, we will have more difficulty in creating an effective and timely vaccine. If the virus becomes too mutated, it may become impossible to create a permanent vaccine. A great way to fight the flu is by maintaining a healthy immune system. Doing so will reduce our susceptibility to disease.

An effective method that can be used to boost your immune system would be to undergo regular Ionic Detoxing. [I:http://www.healthehow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/JimSugihara1.gif] By working to maintain healthy heavy metal and pH levels, Ionic Detoxification can neutralize harmful elements within the body. The presence of certain elements (i.e. free radicals) added to a pH imbalance within the body can lead to susceptibility to infections and disease. Positive and negative ions entering the body work to neutralize these elements, resulting in an improvement in the body’s ability to fight disease. According to M. Amin, PhD, Naturopathic Doctor of Medicine, “Ionic Detox will strengthen the immune system to fight any invading germs, bacteria or viruses. I am a classic example. I do not take any medication including flu shots since 1989. Do I get the flu? Never! Sometimes I feel my body fighting the attacking viruses. My entire family follows the same lifestyle: Regular ionic detox, high quality supplements, eating properly, exercise, prayer and positive thinking.”

The human gut is host to trillions of bacteria, the maintenance of which is essential to proper digestion and much more, including a strong immune system. A healthy gut is essential to detoxification and protection from viral and parasitic attack. This balance of good bugs can become compromised over time with the direct (medicines) or indirect (food additives) use of antibiotics, poor diet, drugs, stress or the aging process. A good probiotic supplement is essential in righting and maintaining the balance of good bugs, making for efficient and healthy digestive processes. One of the very best that we have found is Primal Defense ULTRA by Garden of Life, a broad-spectrum probiotic formula. Three tablets a day provides a 15 billion live cell count of 13 species of beneficial cultures.

Also important for proper digestion is fiber in the diet, where the daily recommended intake for adults is 25-30 grams. Ideally this would all come from our diets, but getting that last bit can be difficult, especially since many of us do not eat enough fiber rich foods (for example one apple has 4-5 grams fiber, now imagine 5-6x per day). DetoxiFiber, also from Garden of Life is an organic supplement that provides 5 grams of soluble and insoluble fiber in a balanced ratio. It consists of 100% certified organically grown flax seed and pea hull fiber, alfalfa and barley grasses, and chia seed.

Also vital to a healthy body is a proper alkaline to acid ratio. We have some 75 trillion cells that are acidic on the inside while surrounded by an alkaline internal sea. The balance must be maintained for normal metabolic processing. Unfortunately the average American diet is decidedly acidic, especially with the high doses of fatty acids and particularly sugar. Other acid increasers include stress and environmental factors like pollution. Improving or maintaining the right balance of alkaline to acid should be done with multiple methods, the most important of which is a balanced diet with a roughly 60/40 ratio of alkaline foods to acid, even higher if the body is too acidic.

Dehydration is a harmful condition which can open your body up to infections and disease. A lack of hydration creates an environment where toxins can thrive. In order to condition your body to fight off attacks from harmful toxins, it is important to stay properly hydrated. Along with helping the body eliminate toxins, proper hydration can help the body eliminate fatty acids and can help facilitate metabolic functions. Through the basic practice of hydration, we can alkalize our bodies by treating pure water with an alkaline supplement in order to boost the pH. Adding the product ‘pH Booster’ to drinking water is an excellent way to raise the pH level. As an added bonus, it also works to ionize with minerals as well as oxygenate the water. As your body becomes more balanced you should boost your mineral intake with a concentrated mineral supplement. ‘ConcenTrace’ Trace Mineral Drops is a great, natural vegan product which will help maintain a proper mineral balance within the body.

Be careful with what you eat. Environments which are too acidic can cause your body to hold on to heavy metals like Mercury. Certain elements can cause your body stress, leading to chemical conditions that cause your body to produce more acidic elements. It does not take long for a vicious cycle to develop where the acids and metals lead to the stress which creates them. Reducing toxins, increasing alkalinity and reducing acids in the system is a key step towards creating a healthy body.

Let us recap: How can we get the best flu protection?

1 – Eat Right – Reduce acids (sugar and high fructose sweeteners major offender) and increase level of alkaline foods. Supplement with alkalized water. 2 – Get Enough Sleep – The body does its best healing at full rest. 3 – Digestion – Take care of the gut and the whole GI with probiotic foods and supplements. 4 – Exercise – Stimulates cleansing blood flow and stress-reducing hormones. 5 – Exposure to Sunshine – The best source of vitamin D, a natural anti-viral vitamin. 6 – Ionic Foot Detox – Also reduce acid levels, neutralize toxins making them easily excreted.