Medical Secrets on Facebook

It seems that medical students also cannot keep secrets.

"Having trouble remembering your medical history? Try Facebook. Some 13 per cent of US medical schools have reported that their students have leaked confidential information about patients via blogs or social networking websites.

The students didn't name names, but did provide enough personal information, such as the medical condition involved and hospital, for patients or their families to recognise who is being described. The information was provided by medical school administrators as part of a survey into students' behaviour online."

Full Article:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17828-for-medical-secrets-try-facebook.html

Why H1N1 Spread so fast in Malaysia

*modified*
This is not a truly original post but about an article I read in The Sun today.

What does H1N1 mean?
As the strain originated from America and since America is in the northern hemisphere, it was named "A(H1N1)'. ~by Doctor H.

This is obviously wrong.

The real answer was given by a government veterinarian.
In A(H1N1), A refers to the influenza category.

The H is haemagglutinin, a surface protein that binds the virus to the host cell that is being attacked.

N stands for neuraminidase, an enzyme that penetrates the host cell.

Both H and N are present in the cell membrane of the viruses.

There are 16 kinds of H and only ninekinds of N. And that is why we have numerical digits in the influenza strains.

The bracketed letters and numbers refer to the specific strain or sub-type of the category,Dr K explained.

If you do not believe me click on the picture to enlarge or go to sun2surf.com and check out today's paper page 3.

Cola is bad

Here is something I read recently:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056028.stm