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How Effective is the Flu Shot? Here's What Doctors Want You to Know About This Year's Vaccine Throughout your life, you've probably heard two main things about the flu shot: That you should get it every single year, and that, even if you do get it, it might not completely protect you from the flu. Turns out, both of those things are right. That's because, while the flu...

10 Ways to Sleep Better All Winter Long Getting a good night’s sleep in the middle of winter may seem like it should be no problem. After all, it’s the season of long nights, cozy blankets, hibernation, and snuggling up by the fire. But for all the same reasons winter and sleep go together so well, the opposite can also be true: For...

Congratulations: You’ve got the flu! That might sound like a minor inconvenience, but influenza is no joke. Despite the medical community’s best preventive efforts (including the flu vaccine, which most of us should be getting annually), millions of Americans are sickened, hundreds of thousands of us are hospitalized, and tens of thousands of us die from flu every year. Unfortunately, since influenza is...

 Anyone who hasn't had a flu shot this season should make a point to get vaccinated now, U.S. health officials advise. Flu activity usually peaks in January or February, and flu can strike as late as May, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As long as the virus is circulating, it's not too late to receive a flu shot and protect...

4 Foods to Eat to Help stop FluHealthgreb Story :The best flu-fighting foods When it seems as if everyone around you is coming down with a nasty case of the flu, you know you’ve got to help give your body the best chance at warding off illness. Of course, you’ll be practicing good hand-washing habits, you got your flu shot earlier in the...

How To Care With  FluFRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- With a severe flu season now widespread across 46 states, do symptoms you or a loved one have point to the dreaded illness?Amid the sniffles, coughing and fever, "it's sometimes difficult to determine whether you have the common cold or the flu," said Dr. Boris Khodorkovsky. He's associate chair of emergency medicine...

                  Is It safe to have sex with the fluThe risk of hacking when you are coming with flu virus.Italy Levi January 31, 2018Just change the news, and you'll hear awesome stories about this season's Flood, in recent years, one of the most recent terrorist attacks has seen in the United States. Also dirty: Flu...

          When You Have the Flu What to Eat and Drink?When you have found flu, then there is only one right remedy and not time, food or drinking which will remove your symptoms from magic. But to make sure you are hydrated and eat nutrition rich nutrition, can help ensure that you do not feel worse than you and...