Tag: shingles
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March 29, 2008 10:32 PM EDT --
If your 60 or over, get your shingles vaccine. My husband and I just got ours, and I am thrilled. Some insurance won't pay for it, but mine did. I cost me $48. for each shot and . . . more
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September 13, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
Hi everyone
I'm having a rough time lately, I'm not sure whether it is stress or just karma, bad luck or what. My mind I guess wasn't on what i was doing and as I was backing . . . more
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January 15, 2008 06:02 PM EST --
Have you or someone you know ever had shingles? Up to 20% of people get shingles at some point during their lifetime, so it is a good idea to know something about this painful disease.
What is shingles? . . . more
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September 20, 2008 01:23 PM EDT --
Our Ike Adventure
by Marilyn Mackenzie
In Cincinnati, where 90% of homes had no power after the storm went through last Sunday, we were lucky that rain did not accompany . . . more
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August 31, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
Shingles Vaccine for VA Patients
Information from a VA Press Release
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- A vaccine for shingles, which U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers helped develop, is available . . . more
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February 11, 2008 11:23 PM EST --
Doesn't it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line? Here's what happened to Bubba:
Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist . . . more
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January 15, 2008 06:15 PM EST --
When the FDA approved Zostavax in the spring of 2006, it seemed like the shingles vaccine was going to make a big splash. The large clinical trial that the agency based its approval on showed that the . . . more
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May 21, 2008 11:40 AM EDT --
The CDC now formally recommends the shingles vaccine, called Zostavax, for people age 60 and older. The vaccine is expensive, and until now insurance coverage for the vaccine has been inconsistent. With . . . more
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June 19, 2007 04:21 PM EDT --
Adults sometimes mistakenly think that immunizations are something they only have to worry about for their children. But immunizations can also prevent a number of serious adult diseases. And immunizations . . . more
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June 19, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
With all the advertisements for the vaccine to protect women against cervical cancer, men might think that there is nothing new for them. Not so. In the last couple years, the shingles vaccine and a whooping . . . more
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January 15, 2008 06:07 PM EST --
Q. I'm 67 and had shingles four years ago. Am I immune to it now? If not, should I get the new shingles vaccine?
A. Zostavax, the vaccine against herpes zoster (shingles), hasn't been . . . more
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March 25, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
I have a lot of respect for roofers after today. My boyfriend and I were on the roof working with a friend of ours in replacing one side of the roof today. We started at 830 and finally finished . . . more
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December 27, 2007 04:28 PM EST --
We have moved on December 19th to our new apartment (a old farm house) and we are still unpacking. It has been kind of crazy around here. On the 18th I worked on packing and finishing up everything that . . . more
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February 18, 2007 09:26 PM EST --
As some of you know, I am trying to become more serious about photography. I bought a Kodak Easyshare Z650 digital camera in October of 2006 and have been trying to figure out how to take macro . . . more
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February 18, 2008 12:05 PM EST --
Well, I've got my Dad in a nursing home. In ways it's a lot harder than I thought it would be, but in some ways (and I feel guilty about this) it's a lot easier.
You'd . . . more
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January 23, 2007 06:00 PM EST --
Thought you were done with the chickenpox as a kid? Think again. Shingles, a disease caused by the same virus as chickenpox, affects roughly one million Americans each year. As people age, . . . more
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January 09, 2007 08:08 PM EST --
Randy has been sick since Dec. 31. Without worrying you with all the details, after severe chills and high fever, he developed cellulitis, which is a bacterial infection, and the shingles . . . more
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