Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 ^oF (37 ^oC). Hypothermia occurs as body temperature passes below 95 ^oF (35 ^oC). If exposed to cold and the internal mechanisms are unable to replenish the heat that is being lost, a drop in core temperature occurs. As body temperature decreases, characteristic symptoms occur such as shivering and mental confusion. When body temperature drops, heart, nervous system and other organs cannot work correctly. Left untreated, hypothermia eventually leads to complete failure of heart and respiratory system and to death.
 
Today, with the popularity of an expanding number of winter sports and increasing at-risk populations, hypothermia has slowly become a civilian, urban problem.

Influenza is a viral infection that affects mainly the nose, throat, bronchi and, occasionally, lungs. Infection usually lasts for about a week, and is characterized by sudden onset of high fever, aching muscles, headache and severe malaise, non-productive cough, sore throat and rhinitis.

The virus is transmitted easily from person to person via droplets and small particles produced when infected people cough or sneeze. Influenza tends to spread rapidly in seasonal epidemics. Influenza virus can be spread if contaminated hands touching the lining of the mouth, nose and eye.

Genes are our continuity. They connect us to previous generations and we leave them to the next one. They are our original recipe, one of our most important determinants. Around 30,000 genes, of which each of us carries within itself, determine our physical appearance, our preference for a particular way of behavior and our predisposition to individual diseases.

World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat that diabetes now poses. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2007 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. It is celebrated every year on November 14. This date also marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental in the discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving treatment for diabetes patients.

WHO estimates that more than 220 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030 without intervention. Almost 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

The European Mobility Week is organised each year from 16 to 22 September and the last day preferably designated as Car-Free Day, also known as “In Town Without My Car Day”. From 16 to 22 September 2011, hundreds of European towns and cities will participate in the 10^th edition of European Mobility Week and invite their citizens to a wide range of activities promoting sustainable mobility.

Each European Mobility Week focuses on a particular topic relating to sustainable mobility, the so-called focal theme. The 10^th edition of European Mobility Week wants to support the transition towards a resource-efficient transport system by promoting clean, fuel efficient modes and human-powered travel. That is why this year focal theme is called “Alternative Mobility” and it was selected in order to bring to light resource-efficient alternatives to break the stranglehold of private cars in urban transport.

Rabies is a viral disease of animal nervous system. This disease most commonly occurs in wild animals (mammals). Animals are infected after being bitten by an infected, in most cases wild animals. Among domestic animals: dogs, cats, horses, cattle and sheep, goats, pigs, and rodents can be infected. 
 
Rabies is widespread throughout the world and the largest number of infected people is reported in countries where there is no compulsory vaccination of dogs. In Croatia mostly wild animals suffer from rabies, usually red foxes, which are considered to be the most important reservoir and vector of rabies. Rabies is confirmed in all of Croatian territory, with the exception of Adriatic islands.

In the Great Hall of the Institute of Public Health Dr. Andrija Štampar on 7th July 2009. (Tuesday) starting at 11 am Dr. Tomris Cesuroglu from GENAR Institute in Ankara, Turkey will hold a lecture about Public Health Genomics and represent a model and implementation of Public Health Genomics in practice.

Healthy Cities Conference, which was held in Zagreb, finished with signing a Declaration between the Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić and WHO's representative Dr. Agis Tsouros.

Opening ceremony of the International Healthy Cities Conference started yesterday in the Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski in Zagreb. This is the largest Conference on health held in Croatia. The Conference was opened by the President of the Republic of Croatia Stjepan Mesić, in the presence of Mayor Milan Bandić, the Minister of Health and Welfare Darko Milinović, and representative of the World Health Organization Agis Tsouros.

Zagreb expressed welcome to many Conference participants from all over the world with its recognizable symbols - professor Baltazar, Zagreb majorettes and a magnificent performance by ensemble Lado.

Opening ceremony of the International Healthy Cities Conference started yesterday in the Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski in Zagreb. This is the largest Conference on health held in Croatia. The Conference was opened by the President of the Republic of Croatia Stjepan Mesić, in the presence of Mayor Milan Bandić, the Minister of Health and Welfare Darko Milinović, and representative of the World Health Organization Agis Tsouros.

Zagreb expressed welcome to many Conference participants from all over the world with its recognizable symbols - professor Baltazar, Zagreb majorettes and a magnificent performance by ensemble Lado.

Autumn brings fall allergies, too. Weed pollen is the main cause of pollen allergy symptoms in the late summer and early fall. Checking local pollen counts can be helpful in determining when and what types of weeds are pollinating, and measures to minimize pollen exposure and limit allergy symptoms can be followed. Find out all you need to know about fall allergies.

What is pollen and how does it cause Seasonal Allergy?
 
Pollens are tiny powdery grains released from flowering plants, which are carried by the wind or insects and serve to cross-pollinate other plants of the same type for reproductive purposes. When pollen is present in the air, it can land in a person’s eyes, nose, lungs and skin and set up an allergic reaction. Pollens that are spread by the wind are usually the main cause of seasonal allergies. Pollen can travel long distances and the levels in the air can vary from day to day.