Flu - Prevention

An Extensive Guide to the Flu Vaccine: What You Need to Know

Each year hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized from flu-related complications. Why take that chance? Get immunized to protect yourself from this life-threatening illness.

8 Easy Tips for Organizing Your Medicine Cabinet

Follow this handy guide so you're fully prepared when minor injuries and illnesses strike.

How Effective Is the Flu Shot, Really?

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that everyone six months and older get the flu shot annually. But does the vaccination truly prevent the virus?

Is the Flu Different for Women and Men?

Due to evolutionary factors and hormones, one sex is more prone to a miserable bout of the flu.

How to Recover From the Flu

If you're down for the count with influenza, here's how to get yourself up and going again.

7 Natural Remedies for the Flu

Did you know some of the best fixes for flu-related symptoms can be found right in your home?

How to Weather Winter Asthma

Address your worst asthma triggers and enjoy the best that winter has to offer.

5 Germy Things You Touch Every Day

It's enough to make your skin crawl. They're teeming with bacteria and viruses, and you probably touched at least one of them today.

No Crest for the Antibacterial Wave

You know the old saying, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is? We might want to apply this truism to the idea that using antibacterial cleaners reduces the spread of illness.

4 Easy Ways to Fight the Flu

There are several steps you can take to reduce your risk of infection.

Is Your Job Making You Sick?

Desks and cubicles may seem benign, but they're often a breeding ground for bacteria. Follow these six tips to stay healthy at work.

Flu Prevention 101

Follow these tips to minimize your chances of catching the flu this year.

Sure Shot? Understanding the Flu Vaccine

Are you thinking about getting a flu vaccination this year? Learn about the risks and rewards.

What Your Muscle Pain Is Telling You

Typically when you have muscle pain it's equated to soreness from working out or maybe an injury. But what most don't consider is how muscle pain is often associated with chronic health conditions.

Avoid the Seasonal Flu With the Universal Flu Vaccine

What if you could wipe out your risk of getting the flu in one "shot"?

5 Ways to Keep Asthma From Making You Sick

The cool, crisp days of autumn can be a refreshing treat after a hot, humid summer. Yet with the change of season also comes an increased risk of illness that can lead to fall asthma.

Is the Flu Good for Asthma?

It might be difficult to imagine anything good coming out of the dreadful flu. But researchers have discovered that early exposure to the influenza virus may heighten the immune system's ability to prevent asthma later in life.

The Flu: What to Watch Out for

On average 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. populations gets the flu and more than 200, 000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications. How to avoid and treat the flu.

Should You Get the Flu Shot if You Have Egg Allergies?

It's that time again when the flu makes its unwelcome return. Although the flu shot is the answer to prevent this illness, will it only make matters worse if you have an egg allergy?

5 Causes of Post-Nasal Drip

Identifying causes for post nasal drip is the only way to find the best treatment. Though it can be difficult to decipher, consider these possible culprits.

Swine Flu Center

Learn how to keep your family safe from swine flu, a potentially deadly virus.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Abatacept May Protect Against Flu

A new study suggests that abatacept (Orencia ), a rheumatoid arthritis drug, could fight different strains of the flu.

Swine Flu FAQs

Here, answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about swine flu.

Protect Kids from Swine Flu

There are important precautions you can take throughout the course of your day to help keep you and your family safe from Swine Flu.

Swine Flu: What Even Your Doctor Doesn t Know

While scientists and the government race to control the novel H1N1 outbreak, there are still a few things about this virus that doctors don t know or understand.

4 Surprising Swine Flu Facts and Theories

Learn why young healthy adults are adversely affected, the similarity between human flu and swine flu, conspiracy claims, and more.

Update on the 2008-2009 Flu Season

It s a little early to start celebrating the end of the flu season, which usually stretches out until April, and at the latest, May. However, the good news is that this year s flu vaccine was expected to be a better match to the most prevalent influenza strains circulating across the country.

5 Germiest Spots in Your Home

Your home is crawling with bacteria. Where are the biggest hotspots?

Bacterial Meningitis: Spotting the Signs

Knowing the symptoms of bacterial meningitis could mean the difference between life and death.

Should You Get a Flu Shot?

Will getting the flu shot prevent you from getting sick? Find out here.
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