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Advice for nervous traveler to Asia: 'Always take the adventure'
When I told a friend that I would be touring Asia this summer, she interjected, "Mark and I are going to Hong Kong this year, to see family. He also wants to go to Japan, but I told him I don't want radiation babies in the future, so maybe we'll go to...
Tags: Mumps, Personal Data Collection, Burma, Whooping Cough, Hospitals and Clinics
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Skipping shots at sick visits tied to vaccine delays
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who don't get vaccines when they see their pediatrician for a sick visit - despite being due for the shots - are more likely to fall behind on immunizations and routine check-ups, according to a new study. "It's pretty...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Immunization
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Bewitching memories for this film buff
What a thrill to see the production of "Wicked." It brought back some wonderful memories for me as I was privileged to meet the actress Margaret Hamilton, who magnificently portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 movie version of "The Wizard of...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Career and Workplace, Drugs and Medicines, Employment Opportunities, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Adults Need Vaccinations, Too
Internist and Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff memberMany people believe vaccinations are relegated to childhood, but the viruses and bacteria that cause severe illness in youth can also infect adults. In fact, certain common infectious diseases, like chickenpox or flu, are more aggressive in adulthood....Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Long Term Care, Mumps, Drugs and Medicines, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Imperial Valley doctor celebrates 50 years of practicing medicine
Staff WriterDr. Benjamin Lehr remembers a time when El Centro stopped at Adams Avenue and the Imperial Valley convalescent home was at the end of the farmland. That is how long Lehr has practiced medicine in the Valley, for 50 years. On average Lehr said he sees...Tags: Heart Failure, Obstetrics, Cesarean Section, Hospitals and Clinics
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Briefs: Harvard Health Letters
Premium Health News ServiceWHY YOU STILL NEED PERTUSSIS VACCINATION You might have assumed that you no longer need to be vaccinated for diseases that normally strike in childhood, including pertussis, or whooping cough. Yet a recent study published in the December 2012 journal...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Boston, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Building a family history is better with some company
"Do you think we're related to Jessica Brown Findlay?" one of my cousins asked the other day. We were standing in the kitchen of our Aunt Gayle's house in Georgia. "We can always hope," I chirped, even though when I look in the mirror I see absolutely...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Washington, DC, Pneumonia
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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Science and Technology, Mumps, Mental Illness, Whooping Cough
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Vaccination schedule for children is safe, study says
The recommended schedule of vaccines for children is safe and has done much to dramatically lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, according to a new national scientific study that was partly led by a Northwestern University professor....
Tags: Lupus, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Immunization
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Renewed pertussis threat in Northern Michigan comes with expanded recommendations
The number of pertussis cases, otherwise known as whooping cough, are rising nationally, and cases locally in 2013 are up as well. Pertussis can be unknowingly spread to others, especially infants and young children, to whom it may be deadly....
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance
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Q&A: Weighing the value of less effective flu shot
This season's flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu strain spreading around, a small government study found. Vaccinated people in that age group had only a 9 percent lower chance of going to the doctor...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Demographics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Salisbury school kindergarten registration
The annual kindergarten registration will be conducted at the Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. March 8. At the regular school board meeting on July 13, 2011, a ruling was passed that a child is eligible for...Tags: Hepatitis B , Interior Policy, Mumps, Tetanus, Politics
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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