From: Martha B Boone, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Atlanta	Language: English

Does Cranberry prevent Urinary Tract Infections - Martha B Boone, MD. Cranberry juice or cranberry supplementation can give the dose of OPC necessary to prevent urinary tract infections. The most common symptom of a urinary tract infection-UTI is burning when you urinate.

From: Lorraine Dowdy, DO	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Miami	Language: English

H1N1 Swine Flu. This video, courtesy of Wired.MD, reviews all aspects of Swine Flu. Swine flu is a virus that mostly affects the lungs. H1N1 spreads through the air in small droplets. Symptoms include fever (greater than 100), sore throat, headache, muscle ache, dry cough, runny nose, tiredness and weakness, diarrhea, and vomiting. Some patients will need antiviral medication, such as Tamiflu.

From: William Marshall, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Rochester	Language: English

Is the Swine Flu vaccine safe? The best way to protect yourself and your family from swine flu is the swine flu vaccine. The H1N1 swine flu vaccine is safe. It has similar risk as the regular flu vaccine. Dr. William Marshall, an infectious disease physician at the Mayo Clinic, discusses swine flu or H1N1 and the vaccine for Swine Flu.

From: Martha B Boone, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Atlanta	Language: English

Causes of Urinary Tract Infections - Martha B Boone, MD. Most urinary tract infections are caused by the bacteria E.Coli. Bacteria go from the rectum to the vagina, commonly aided by sexual intercourse. Then the bacteria tracts to the ureter and the bladder. The first sign is usually burning when you urinate. Cranberry juice can help prevent some of these infections.

From: Michael Schmidt, PhD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Charleston	Language: English

Dr. Michael Schmidt, from the Medical Univ. of South Carolina, discusses MRSA, methicillin resistant staph aureous. MRSA is contagious, however, the people at risk for MRSA usually have decreased immune function. Good hand washing and other hygeine can decrease the transmission of this infection.

From: Lisa Bernstein, MD, PhD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Atlanta	Language: English

Fever is usually a response to infection. But besides treating the underlying infection, treatment of fever is necessary as there are symptoms with fever, and there can be complications of a high fever. Dr. Lisa Bernstein, from Emory University, discusses when you should be concerned about fever, and treat fever. She also reviews the treatment for fever, and how the treatment of fever varies between adults and children. One important note is to NEVER USE ASPIRIN for fever in children.

From: American College of Physicians Annals of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Report	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Philadelphia	Language: English

The American College of Physicians recommends that doctors routinely encourage HIV screening to all of their patients older than 13 years. HIV affects more than one million people in the United States. Every year, about 20,000 new infections are caused by individuals who are unaware that they are infected with HIV. Timely identification of undiagnosed cases of HIV can help prevent further transmission.

From: William Marshall, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Rochester	Language: English

Swine Flu Questions: Dr. William Marshall, an infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic, answers your questions about swine flu. The most common symptoms are similar to the usual influenza- muscle aches, respiratory illness, fever, cough, and severe fatigue. Fluid and rest are the mainstay of treatment. Some people will need an antiviral- such as tamiflu.

From: Becky Kuhn, MD	Category: Infectious Disease
City: Long Beach	Language: English

Becky Kuhn, MD co-founder of GLobal Lifeworks, covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the sisease AIDS, which can be fatal. THere are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk) and mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals). It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs, from mother to child during childbirth, or nursing, and (early in epidemic) blood transfusions.