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Getting A Flu Shot May Lower Your Risk Of Stroke, Study Finds
Protecting yourself from the virus might not be the only benefit of getting the flu vaccine this season.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Cholesterol Vaccine Shows Promise, But Don't Eat Extra Bacon Just Yet
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Madison Small And The Threat Of Bacterial Meningitis
Eighteen-year old high school student Madison Small of Ashburn, Virginia is dead after a swift and unexpected bacterial infection, reported ABC News. Small, an accomplished softball player, complained of a headache on the evening of Monday, Apr. 6 and was taken to the hospital, according to local news station WJLA in the video above. She died the next morning. On April 13, health investigators announced that she had died of bacterial meningitis, but said that her case was not part of a wider outbreak in the community. Bacterial meningitis is rare but severe. The infection, which can be caused by several different strai...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

10 Good Reasons To Get A Flu Shot
By Melaina Juntti for Men's Journal How many times have you heard you should get a flu shot? There's good reason for the hype: Over the past few years, the influenza vaccine has prevented millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although an increasing number of people are getting vaccinated every year, more than half of American men still aren't doing it, for a variety of reasons, most of which aren't backed by science. "Men have this macho sense that if they do get the flu, they can tough it out," says William Schaffner, M.D., chair...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news