CDC recommendations for 2017 influenza season
Flu season affects the United States annually, primarily starting in late fall, and ending in early spring after it has reached its peak. Although most people who become infected with the flu or influenza can recover without much hassle, the flu can cause severe symptoms that ultimately can lead up to a premature death, especially for older adults, pregnant women, and young children. Deaths from influenza between 1976 and 2007 ranged from 3,300 to 49,000 annually, making timely vaccination a mu..>> view originalWalmart to offer free health screenings Saturday
Mega-pack of paper towels - check. Cheap gas - check. Body fat reading - check? Walmart and Sam's Club stores will be offering free health screenings at all 72 New Jersey locations Saturday. The screenings are available to the public. People need not be Sam's Club members to participate, a company spokeswoman said. Sam's Club locations will provide body fat readings, while for the first time in Walmart stores, customers can test for both body fat and body mass index. The Body Mass Index is a s..>> view originalSigns of breast cancer explained, using lemons
Image copyright Worldwide Breast Cancer Image caption Various signs of breast cancer, as shown on lemons, to increase awareness We think we know what the signs of breast cancer are, until it comes to checking our own breasts - then we're not so sure.Is that a lump I can feel? Should I be worried about the dimpled skin there? What exactly am I feeling for?Those were the concerns of Corrine Beaumont, a young designer, who created the 'Know Your Lemons' ..>> view originalProposed Tenn. law bans food stamp recipients from buying junk
Tennessee Rep. Sheila Butt introduced a bill Thursday that would ban shoppers from buying junk food with food stamps. (Mark Humphrey/AP). BY Meg Wagner. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Saturday, January 14, 2017, 3:31 PM. A conservative Tennessee ...>> view originalCVS puts out generic competitor to EpiPen at a 6th the price
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS is now selling a rival, generic version of Mylan’s EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the life-saving allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to consumers. The drugstore chain says it will charge $109.99 for a two-pack of the authorized generic version of Adrenaclick, a lesser-known treatment compared to EpiPen, which can cost more than $600.CVS Health Corp., the nation’s second-largest drugstore chai..>> view originalScientists: US salmon may carry Japanese tapeworm
ATLANTA, Georgia – If you eat raw or undercooked fish, you risk developing an infection from parasites. One of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites that includes Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, or the Japanese broad tapeworm. Though this worm was commonly believed to infect only fish in Asia, a study published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monthly journal Emerging Infectious Diseases says wild salmon caught in Alaska had a..>> view original
Sunday, January 15, 2017
CDC recommendations for 2017 influenza season and other top stories.
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