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Healthy Living – Regular Check-Ups are Important
Start your year off right by scheduling your annual checkup. Regular health exams and tests can help find problems before they start. They also can help find problems early, when your chances for treatment and cure are better. By getting the right health services, screenings, and treatments, you are taking steps that help your chancesRead more
New Year, New Healthy You
Make 2020 your healthiest year yet! Add these tips to your resolution list to boost your health and well-being! Eight Tips for 2020[vc_tta_accordion color="peacoc" active_section="1"]Eat a Healthy Diet A healthy eating plan emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products. It also includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, andRead more
Learn More About The Benefits Of Flu Vaccination
Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness. Serious outcomes of flu infection can result in hospitalization or death. Some people, such as older people, young children, and people with certain health conditions, are at high risk of serious flu complications. With the holiday seasonRead more
Food Safety Tips for Your Holiday Turkey
The Thanksgiving meal is the largest that many cooks prepare each year. Handling poultry (chickens and turkey) incorrectly and undercooking it are the most common problems that lead to foodborne disease outbreaks linked to poultry. The following information may help you to prepare your special Thanksgiving meal and help you countdown to the holiday. FreshRead more
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
Getting enough sleep is important for people of all ages to stay in good health. People will often cut back on their sleep for work, for family demands, or even to watch a good show on television. But if not getting enough sleep is a regular part of your routine, you may be at anRead more
Take Action to Lower Your Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States. While breast cancer mostly occurs among older women, in rare cases breast cancer does affect women under the age of 45. Eleven percent of all cases of breast cancer in the U.S. are reported in this age group. Breast cancer in youngRead more
Managing Arthritis: Strive for Five
There are a lot of things you can do to manage your arthritis. The day-to-day things you choose to do to manage your condition and stay healthy are “self-management” strategies and activities. CDC’s Arthritis Program recommends five self-management strategies for managing arthritis and its symptoms. Practice these simple strategies to reduce symptoms and get relief so you canRead more
Lyme disease: What you need to know
What is Lyme Disease? Lyme disease is an infection caused by the corkscrew-shaped bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread to people through the bite of several types of blacklegged ticks. Where People Most Commonly get Lyme Disease ? In the United States, most infections occur in the following areas: Eastern states, primarily New England and theRead more
Attention Adults: You Need Vaccines Too!
As an adult, you are busy with life and have many responsibilities — but don’t forget to take care of yourself! Every year in the United States, thousands of adults become seriously ill and are hospitalized because of diseases that vaccines can help prevent. These diseases can be deadly for many adults. The need forRead more
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