It is also considered sensible to avoid alcohol for several hours, but similarly this is not an absolute rule: if you must drink, drink moderately.

Yes but it is not recommended. Alcohol has many calories and will not help on your progress with your weight loss.

The flu virus can change from year to year, and the protection you get from a flu vaccine declines over time. That's why you need a flu vaccination once a year, every year. The best time to get vaccinated is in October or November, at the start of the flu season. However, since flu season often does not peak until December or later, you can still benefit from getting the flu vaccine after November.

There is no vaccine for humans against avian flu. The vaccine against human influenza virus does not protect against avian flu.

There is no commercial vaccine currently available, but clinical trials for a vaccine against the H5N1 virus are underway.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded two contracts to support the production and clinical testing of an investigational vaccine based on a strain of avian influenza, H5N1, which might have the potential to cause pandemic influenza.

Vaccines against bird flu are already being made and tested. Experts are also testing new ways of making vaccine quickly. If pandemic flu occurs, we’ll need a vaccine for the specific virus causing the pandemic. Flu viruses change constantly so there’s little time to prepare a vaccine in advance. This new virus would be different from the current bird flu virus. So although it's possible we may have a bird flu vaccine, it's also possible it may not work on the pandemic flu virus.

Vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu currently occurring in SE Asia are under development. These are not the same as a pandemic vaccine ? if a pandemic were to emerge from this virus the virus may have changed to such an extent that this vaccine may not be appropriate.

There is not a flu vaccine (also know as a flu shot) against the current avian flu (H5N1) commercially available at this time. However, vaccines are produced each year for seasonal flu ("the flu") that may prevent the flu or lessen symptoms. University Health Services (UHS) schedules "flu shot clinics" during the fall. For more information please see, Flu Shot Update.

No, alcohol use slows reaction time and impairs judgment and coordination, all skills needed to drive a car safely (2). The more alcohol consumed, the greater the impairment.

When you consume Alcohol, it is the first fuel to burn. While that's going on, your body will not burn fat. While this does not stop weight loss, it will postpones it until the alcohol has been used up. If you must drink alcohol, straight liquor such as scotch, rye, vodka, and gin would be the best choices as long as the mixer contains no sugar. If you have added alcohol to your diet and suddenly stop losing, give it up.

Many people think that there is less alcohol in beer and wine than in distilled spirits. However, the same amount of alcohol, six-tenths of one ounce, is contained in the following: a five-ounce glass of table wine (12 percent alcohol by volume); a 12-ounce beer (5 percent alcohol by volume); one and one-half ounces (one "shot") of 80 proof liquor (40 percent alcohol by volume); and one 12-ounce wine cooler (5 percent alcohol by volume).