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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Vision, hearing tests The Department of Health offers vision and hearing screenings in public schools for children in preschool, kindergarten, first and eighth grade, and also for students new to Anne Arundel county schools. Student in the following...Tags: Gastroenteritis, Health Organizations, Nutrition, Family Planning, Quitting Smoking
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Diagnosis: You're old
Here's a big question: When does old age begin? Will 30 years do it? Is being 50 and the holder of an AARP card with senior discounts enough? Both would be wrong guesses. Until recently, I hadn't thought much about it. Yet, I got the answer to this...Tags: Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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The sniffling and coughing season
Flu season is upon us again, but authorities say it won't exhibit as mild a form this year as in seasons past. On Friday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared flu an epidemic in Maryland and 46 other states, meaning...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Coughing, Preventative Medicine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Flu clinics planned in Bel Air Friday and Saturday, Harford hospital visitation limits continue
Harford County residents who have yet to get their flu shots will have another chance to get them this Friday and Saturday. The Harford County Health Department is offering a free vaccination clinic Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Harford County Council's...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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Harford residents urged to get their flu shots
Harford County Executive David R. Craig got his flue shot, and he's urging all Harford residents to get one as well. His vaccination was administered by the Harford County Health Department in Bel Air. "Flu season is upon us and I join with the Harford...Tags: Disease Prevention, Sneezing, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Coughing
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To fight the flu, Upper Chesapeake Health to limit visitations
Upper Chesapeake Health, owner of Harford County's two hospitals, is offering a flu vaccination clinic Saturday and restricting its visitation policy in order to protect its patients and to help control the spread of the flu this season. Effective Jan....Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Health Organizations, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Flu 411: What everyone needs to know
It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Howard County, Glen Burnie, Chemical Industry, Coughing
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Hospitals seeing large number of patients with flu symptoms
Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with achy bodies, fevers and sore throats as the nation grapples with a flu season that has hit earlier and harder than usual.
The flu virus is unpredictable, so no one knows when the outbreak will...Tags: Disease Prevention, Swine Flu, Vaccines, Coughing, Preventative Medicine
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Flu declared epidemic by CDC
Federal health officials declared this season's flu outbreak an epidemic Friday as Maryland hospitals and clinics continued to treat unusually high numbers of patients for the virus and manufacturers reported low supplies of the vaccine to treat the...
Tags: Glen Burnie, Chemical Industry, University of Maryland Medical Center, Safeway Inc., Viral Diseases and Infections
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Why flu shots won't give you the flu
It inevitably happens to people every flu season - they obediently get a flu shot only to catch the virus anyway. But don't blame the flu shot. Despite what many people believe, the flu shot doesn't cause the flu. The influenza viruses in the shot...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention, Flu, Symptoms, Chemical Industry
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Pondering when old age officially, or unofficially, starts to set in
Editor: Here's a big question: When does old age begin? I have the answer. And, I got it by surprise. Recently, I saw my physician for a routine examination and health review. During the visit she declared for the record, that I made it to old age. On...Tags: Disease Prevention, Pneumonia, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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Ravens won't let flu take them down
The worst flu outbreak in a decade hasn't spared the Ravens or other NFL players during the playoff season.
Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was recovering from the flu while playing the Denver Broncos last week, while owner Steve Bisciotti couldn't make the...Tags: Green Bay Packers, Union Memorial Hospital, Coughing, Chicago Bulls, Ray Lewis
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