Avoiding Health Threats
What's the best way to keep myself informed about the latest threats to my health?
With the best way to keep yourself informed about the latest threats your health, sometimes it's possible to answer a question like that by keeping up with the local media. There are very good reports in the media. For that reason, I ask my students to read the newspaper, keep track of media to find out what's happening, and then I would refer the people to the media to take a look and see what the latest reports are.
What's the best way to inform myself about the most significant threats to my health?
The World Wide Web has many important sources of information. For example, the Centers for Disease Control can be accessed via the Web. The World Health Organization has a website. Many governments have information about diseases that can be accessed via the Web, and your local county or city may have disease related information. There's also Medline, which is a branch of the National Library of Medicine, where one can conduct literature searches on articles that have been published on the latest research on diseases.
What are some good ways to prevent getting an infectious disease?
Regarding the spread of disease, we're fortunate because we have immunity that protects us against many diseases. However, a simple way to prevent disease is hand washing, and then making sure that before preparing food that you wash your hands thoroughly and that if you are in contact with someone who has a cold or some other infectious disease that you wash your hands thoroughly. And of course immunizations play a role in the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases. Then there's someone's general health status; getting enough sleep and having an adequate diet are both factors in improving our resistance to infectious diseases.
What are some of the diseases epidemiologists foresee as being the biggest threats in the future?
