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Nobody likes needles, but part of caring for your overall health and well-being is getting your annual flu shot. Whenever your body deals with a virus, it creates antibodies, which attack the virus and prevent future illness. But here’s the catch: antibodies only attack specific types of viruses. So antibodies...

As adults, we often avoid vaccines, thinking they’re just for kids. We may worry that vaccines aren’t safe or can make us sick. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vaccine-preventable diseases kill close to 50,000 adults every year. The cost to treat preventable disease can be as much as...

It’s back-to-school time, so if you have kids in the house, or even if you just happen to know some kids, you may have been hearing about how they need to get a physical to play sports. Most people know that kids are supposed to get a physical exam before...

Each year an estimated one million Americans will develop shingles, a painful rash caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox. Shingles infect the nerve supply to areas of your skin, creating unbearable burning pain or tingling that’s sensitive to the touch. Fluid-filled blisters break open and crust over before...