A flu virus of this nature resides low in the lungs and that is what makes it difficult for the body to rid itself of it.  Researchers have discovered that the Spanish flu of 1918 was a strain of H5N1 and notably those with the strongest immune system were among the group that suffered the most losses. The immune system sent an enormous amount of white cells to the lungs to destroy the virus but without the ability to communicate properly to the “command center” as it were, they just keep coming, so much so that the fluid builds up in the lungs and the person drowns in their own body fluid.  National Geographic refers to this as “cytokine storm”.

The cytokine system is the alarm mechanism of the immune system.  A component that is capable of boosting the immune system while modulating the cytokine response mechanism would be the ideal way to support the body’s defense system.  This protein would would reduce inflammation and fluid build up in the lungs.  Its known as a cytokine modulating protein.

The following article is a summary of some of the latest information on H5N1.

Bird Flu Back Again, U.N. Agency Warns

PARIS (Reuters Health) Jun 16 – Five children admitted to hospital in northern France after eating beefburgers infected with a strain of E. coli bacteria are seriously ill, health officials said on Thursday, fanning fears of a wider outbreak.

The officials said the bacteria didn’t appear to be related to the lethal strain of E. coli that has killed 37 people and made 3,000 ill, most of them in northern Germany.

Privately owned German discount chain Lidl withdrew boxes of the frozen beefburgers believed to be behind the French infections. The boxes were sold under the brand “Steaks Country” and had expiry dates of May 10, 11 and 12, officials said.

On Wednesday six children, aged between 20 months and eight years and from different towns in the Pas de Calais region, were taken to a hospital in the city of Lille after suffering bouts of bloody diarrhea.

One was released, but five are in a “serious condition” and still being treated at the hospital. Three are being treated with hemodialysis.

Although the outbreak comes on the heels of E. coli cases linked to contaminated bean sprouts which has killed 36 people in Germany and one in Sweden, health officials said the French cases had no apparent link to those in Germany.

“I hope we can launch a search program very quickly, we are working on that already with French researchers in order to identify (the origin) and deal with health problems soon,” Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said on RTL radio.

He said the entire production chain for the beefburgers would have to be examined and stricter controls enforced.

A spokesman for Lidl said that beef used in the suspect boxes had been bought from French supplier SEB-CERF, based in the northeastern town of Saint-Dizier, which produces some 400 tons per week of frozen beef, according to its website.

“The products were made in France, but depending on the expiry date and our suppliers’ opportunities, the beef can come from Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands or even other places,” spokesman Jerome Gresland at Lidl told Reuters.

“We buy the beef through this supplier with a stamp that says it comes from the European Union.”

A box of suspect beefburgers which was found at the home of an infected child was labeled as containing beef that came from Germany, supplier SEB-CERF’s chief executive told Reuters.

But he said that container was not enough to determine the origin of the infection with any certainty because many other boxes of suspect product contained beef that was produced in other locations around Europe.

“There is about 10 tons worth of withdrawn product… Some of it contains beef from Belgium, Italy, there is probably even some from France,” said Guy Lamorlette, adding that he expected the result of analyses on the beef within 48 hours.

French health authorities told Lidl to withdraw “Steaks Country” boxes with a range of expiry dates after finding a box with a May 10 expiry date at the home of one of the infected children.

The firm withdrew the entire line of frozen beefburgers.

[End press release]

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“Given the growth of travel and trade in Europe and across the world, people should be aware that until all countries tackle this, no country alone can be safe” – Zsuzsanna Jakab (WHO regional director for Europe)

We told you about the New Delhi superbug NDM-1 some time ago; the first case was discovered back in January 2008.

Well there are now some 25,000 deaths in the EU from bacterial infections that are outsmarting the most powerful and the latest antibiotics we have available today according to the BBC.  They are genetically resistant to carbapenem antibiotics, the last resort in antibiotics.

According to the Cardiff University Researchers who discovered this bacteria, it has now infected Delhi’s drinking water supply, therefore MILLIONS of people could be carriers.

Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO regional director for Europe, said: “Antibiotics are a precious discovery, but we take them for granted, overuse and misuse them: there are now superbugs that do not respond to any drugs.”

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The dangers “liver damage, kidney failure, respiratory disorders, agitation, confusion, seizures, psychotic conditions, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, rhabdomyolysis, tachycardia, cardiac dysrhythmias, hypertension, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and death.”

We have long warned of the danger inherent to caffeinated drinks, caffeine depletes the body of glutathione, the most important molecule in the body for its antioxidant and detoxification properties.  Excessive levels of caffeine also dehydrate the body so with low GSH (glutathione) levels, and dehydrated, free radicals have open season and can wreck havoc at the cellular level, essentially causing severe oxidation and oxidative stress leading to the conditions mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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From Medscape Medical News

Energy Drinks Pose Serious Health Risks for Young People

February 14, 2011 — A lack of research and regulation associated with energy drinks, combined with reports of toxicity and high consumption, may result in potentially dangerous health consequences in children, adolescents, and young adults, according to a review of scientific literature and Internet sources.

Sara M. Seifert, BS, and colleagues from the Department of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Florida, reported their findings in a report published online today and in the March print issue of Pediatrics.

According to the review, self-report surveys indicate that energy drinks are regularly consumed by 30% to 50% of children, adolescents, and young adults. The current trial questions the use of energy drinks in these young populations, as they provide no therapeutic benefit and are associated with risks for serious adverse health effects.

The authors note that because energy drinks are categorized as nutritional supplements, they avoid the limit of 71 mg caffeine per 12 fluid ounces that the US Food and Drug Administration has set for soda, as well as the safety testing and labeling that is required of pharmaceuticals. As a consequence, energy drinks can contain as much as 75 to 400 mg caffeine per container, with additional caffeine not included in the listed total often coming from additives such as guarana, kola nut, yerba mate, and cocoa.

“Of the 5448 US caffeine overdoses reported in 2007, 46% occurred in those younger than 19 years,” the authors note.

One study included in the review, conducted in New Zealand, found that on average, all children, teenagers, and young men would exceed an adverse effect level of 3 mg/kg per day of caffeine after consuming a single retail unit of energy drink or energy shot in addition to baseline dietary exposure.

Advertising, Risky Behavior Compound Overdose Potential

The authors suggest that youth-aimed advertising of energy drinks and a tendency for risky behavior help compound the potential for caffeine overdose in young people. The authors recommend a maximum caffeine intake of 2.5 mg/kg per day for children and 100 mg/day for adolescents, although safe levels of consumption of other energy drink ingredients have not been established.

Although US poison centers have only recently begun tracking toxicity of energy drinks, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand have reported numerous adverse outcomes associated with energy drink consumption. These include liver damage, kidney failure, respiratory disorders, agitation, confusion, seizures, psychotic conditions, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, rhabdomyolysis, tachycardia, cardiac dysrhythmias, hypertension, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and death.

Despite these reports, there has been a lack of research into the physiological effects of individual energy drink ingredients. Drug interactions and dose-dependent effects remain largely unknown, although the current study reports that the ingredients 5-hydroxy tryptophan, vinpocetine, yohimbine, and ginseng have the potential for drug interactions that could result in adverse effects.

Seifert and colleagues also describe populations at highest risk for adverse health effects from energy drink consumption; these include children, adolescents, and young adults with cardiac conditions, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, and diabetes, and those taking other medications or consuming alcohol. The researchers also note that the caffeine in energy drinks may interfere with bone mineralization during a critical period of skeletal development.

“In the short-term, pediatric health care providers need to be aware of energy-drink consumption by children, adolescents, and young adults and the potentially dangerous consequences of inappropriate use,” the authors conclude.

They add that more research is required to determine maximum safe doses, establish effects of long-term use, and better understand adverse health effects of energy drinks. In addition, pediatric healthcare providers should screen for consumption, especially in high-risk populations, and educate families about potential adverse outcomes. Furthermore, until the safety of energy drinks is ensured, appropriate regulation of sales and consumption should be put in place to protect minors, they suggest.

Dangers Go Beyond Excess Caffeine Consumption

According to independent commentator Dana M. Vieselmeyer, RD, LD, MPH, the special interest group chair of diabetes, wellness and weight management with the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, “this review highlights that consumption of energy drinks goes beyond the dangers of excess caffeine consumption, especially for children and adolescents, due to the supplemental additives these drinks contain and the unknown dangers of those in combination with caffeine and other medications. The fact that there is no known safe dose of any of those additives, or of caffeine, poses a risk.”

“The long-term health consequences of regular energy drink consumption in children and adolescents is unknown, but what information we do have tells us that these drinks can have many harmful and potentially fatal effects,” she told Medscape Medical News.

“Until further research is conducted, clinicians should make it standard practice to assess energy drink consumption when seeing their young patients, and also to educate the patient and families on the dangers of energy drink use, advising against its consumption,” Vieselmeyer said.

“This review provides a good summation of the current body of knowledge regarding energy beverages,” said John P. Higgins, MD, from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, whose group also conducted a similar literature query on this topic.

“The marketing of energy beverages is targeting towards males in the preadolescent, adolescent, and young adult ages,” Dr. Higgins told Medscape Medical News. “The fact that a child can walk into a grocery store or supermarket and buy these and consume [them] is frightening.”

According to Dr. Higgins, as clinicians, it is “our daily duty to promote the health and well being of our patients while minimizing risk. The medical profession, in a global manner, needs to alert our patients to the dangers of these seemingly innocuous drinks and continue to advocate for strict control or overall removal.”

This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation, and the Women’s Cancer Association. The authors and commentators have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Pediatrics. 2011;127:511-528.