Common Lung Infection

BioLoser
Blog dedicated to interesting information in the scientific field, especially biology and health.

MRSA Action UK
Organization with the purpose to raise public awareness about the disease and influence the government and healthcare sectors. Includes news, forum, weblog, ...

OSH Answers: Histoplasmosis
What is histoplasmosis and what causes it? How does the infection develop? How can we prevent histoplasmosis?

Lung & Respiratory Disorders Message Board - Archived 8/30/98-12/22/00
Unmonitored message board.

Acute Bronchitis: Lung and Airway Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
Explains the different types of this respiratory illness. Includes causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and what medicines are prescribed.

Neurological Consequences of Cytomegalovirus Infection Information ...
Information sheet about CIBD, compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Spinal cord injury: Smoking and SCI
For SCI survivors who smoke there's even more bad news and more ill health effects than general population.

Pneumonia - Topic Overview - Yahoo! Health
Health encyclopedia with detailed information: definition, causes, incidence, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment and prevention.

Blastomyces dermatitidis, cause of blastomycosis, Tom Volk's ...
Article by Tom Volk on this dimorphic fungus which is the causal agent of blastomycosis, and the nasty infection it can cause.

Asthma: Lung and Airway Disorders: Merck Manual Home Edition
Provides parents and children information about this disorder, how to read a peak flow meter, what triggers an attack, and how to control them.

Paragonimus westermani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Information from Wikipedia on this lung fluke that can cause the disease Paragonimiasis, and the life cycle of the parasite.

Science Explained, avian flu, viruses, influenza and the "chicken ...
Information regarding viral genes, replication, and strain evolution. Written in 1997 but updated in 2005.

Disease Listing: Aspergillosis General Information
CDC DFBMD

Fungal Glossary
Description of fungi commonly identified in outdoor air and in North American buildings. Health effects for these fungi are clearly explained.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of this contagious infection.

The Basics of Bronchitis
Find information including symptoms, prevention, and treatments for bronchitis.

What Is Angina?
Detailed look at this disorder covering what it is and what brings it on, heart attack and angina, diagnosis, treatment, exercise, stable and unstable angina, ...

Bronchiolitis and Your Child -- familydoctor.org
Material from the AAFP.

InteliHealth:
Includes symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and prognosis.

Lung Cancer
Information about radiation therapy for patients, touchng upon such subjects as treatment options, what happens during therapy and possible side effects.

 

 

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