Many doctors recommend getting a flu shot every year. However, flu shots don't work instantly, it takes time for your body to build up immunity to the flu.
With all of the weather changes that we go through in South Louisiana and especially during cold and flu season, it always a good idea to keep up with keeping yourself healthy. Here are few of my self help tips to stray away from what I call 'the crud.'
Federal health officials are classifying the flu situation in Louisiana as "widespread," as the rate of flu-type illnesses across the region is nearly triple what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects as normal.
Normally, just under three percent of patients who visit a doctor's office may go there with fever, a cough and body aches...
While the peak of flu season may not be until February, Dr. Frank Welch with the La. Department of Health and Hospitals says you need to get them now, before the flu bug gets you.
So you have tons of Facebook friends. You may avoid some of them on the internet. Now you can find out who to avoid in real life as Facebook as launched a new app called Help, I Have the Flu.
During a visit to the doctor, we almost always grab a waiting-room magazine to take our mind off what's to come. But health officials say those very periodicals could pose a health risk and actually make people sick, particularly if they're left out for a lengthy period of time and handled by multitudes of people.
Unless you’re lucky enough to live in one of those beautiful, warm places, where the weather never changes, you are now settling in for a season of gloves, static, chapped lips and chills to the bone. But what do we really know about how our bodies react to winter?
It’s cold and flu season again. While that means many people will be getting flu shots, there’s one member of the family you may not realize needs one too: your dog.
The H3N8 virus, identified in 2004 and commonly known as “dog flu,” has sickened thousands of dogs in 38 states. Currently there are outbreaks in the New York metropolitan area and near San Antonio, Texas, with other states like Penns
So do you really have the flu, or are you just ready for the holidays? Dr. Brad says both are quite possible...No but really here are some symptoms to know if your kids, husband, or yourself are faking sick or really are sick!
I just recently returned from a trip to Memphis where I spent the bulk of my weekend bundled up in a hotel bed and not in a good way! The flu, the common cold, the general "ugh" feeling can strike you anywhere. I found these hints to help keep it from happening to you and your family.