The QiRanger Report - 11th March 2008

A round-up of some health related news.

Images via Google Image Search.

Music, used with permission. Intro: Gary Miller. Shiny Tech 2: Kevin MacLeod.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• news
• commentary
• analysis
• bird
• flu
• vaccine
• indonesia
• drugs
• medication
• drinking
• water
• qiranger
• report

[twiltshi]

Well all this talk is making me double think about getting a flu shot next time. Good stuff Steve...you are looking more professional. :-)

[qiranger]

Thanks Tim.

[TheKnuckleneck]

LOL...love the lower thirds and OTS gfx!

My daughter (18 months) has partial agenesis of the corpus callosum, and she got pretty sick recently (gastroenteritis, they said) after her 2-part flu vaccine...we were starting to get worried about her mental health after hearing about the autism issue, considering her current neurological condition...we've heard from the West...what do you think, given your Eastern medicinal training?

[qiranger]

Eastern Medicine would say stay away from the meds all together. In any case, the data seems to support that this is a rare occurrence.

[blackcat2enterprises]

Hmmm I take a chewable multi-vitamin twice a day. I don't take anything else though except a couple advil now and then but only if I truly can't stand the pain from the headache, backache etc. I don't like taking pills probably because I accidentally overdosed as a small child. I am also more careful about where the pills are kept since I had my boy.

Thanks for another informative entertaining report. =)

- Heidi

[qiranger]

Thanks for taking the time to post a response, in two parts no less!!!!!!

[cooksterz]

I dont know why i kept thinking of the fish mercury levels and the fact that we should limit fish intake as well. I get scared of the bird flu, cause we have so many out here, i still like collecting the feathers, without fear of the bird flu!

[blackcat2enterprises]

Hee hee welcome. I had no choice really as everything I wanted to say wouldn't fit into one. =)

One other point about my son's yearly tummy bug is that the first 2 times I took him to the doctor but after that I just called them and they always told me the same thing so now I don't even call. I just handle it. =)

[blackcat2enterprises]

So glad that I never took that flu shot or got one for my son. He doesn't get sick that often anyway. Once a year he gets a tummy bug which makes him sick for a few days and that is it. The interesting thing I have noted that since he was about 3 and started getting this tummy bug he handles it better each time. Is his system building up an immunity? I can't say for sure but it seems that way.  Going to have to divide this into two comments LOL.

[qiranger]

You think we could do a lot more than we could by now...