All too often they carry the germs and viruses that lead to colds, the flu, strep throat and ear infections. After learning how to share at school, students carry contagions home, causing further cycling among households and, often, on to the workplace. It's an endless rotation only a thorough knowledge of health and wellness can cure.This year brings a special cause for concern. Health officials remain very worried that bird flu is poised to make a wholesale jump to humans. Without an effective vaccine, the virus could cause a widespread pandemic – a generalized and geographically outbreak affecting millions -- and exact a high death toll among Americans before it is contained.This month the eHealthInstitute offers Tips for Health concerning common cold and flu season at http://strep-throat-bird-flu.tipsforhealth.com/.

On this handy, easy to follow site, surfers can see all manner of health and wellness resources for getting informed about these everyday and often hard to shake maladies. Information to make informed choices about supplements and behaviors is the chief resource in battling and overcoming even the most common health problems.Head over to the eHealthInstitute to find out the foods to eat and to avoid when you're sick. Dr. Shoshana shares which nutrients, and which doses, make fighting the flu easier. Find a handy six-step checklist for stopping infections like strep throat from jumping from person to person.

Take a true or false quiz on symptoms. Get informed through a series of links to news stories illustrating the current state of bird flu and other hot topics.Tips for Health is a monthly online newsletter published by Dr. Shoshana and the Tips for Heath team at the eHealthInstitute. She is a doctor of Naturopathic Medicine who combines Ayurvedic approaches with Western medicine. However, authors on the site seek to blend naturopathic and Western medicine.

This month, they offer advice on which antibiotics to take to keep strep throat from escalating into Rheumatic Fever and on new drugs the FDA has approved for flu treatment.Tips for Health also offers recommendations and links to a wide variety of the best quality natural health products and supplements. Learn the roles of and find the best brands for effective sick season products like Oil of Oregano, Echinacea/Goldenseal, elderberry and the right bacteria.Take health and wellness seriously as you would the cold. flu or strep throat as that season is upon us again. Visit Tips for Health today..