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| Aphasia: Finding the Words |
10-01-2008 |
| The Way We Were How to be a caregiver and still be a couple after a stroke |
04-09-2008 |
| Home Coming Guide to stroke survivor home care |
04-02-2008 |
| Understanding Sudden Death in Teen Athletes | 10-04-2006 |
| The Power of Words | 03-30-2006 |
| Home is Where the Heart (defibrillator) Lives... Experts weigh in on home external heart defibrillators |
02-13-2006 |
| Lower, Lower, Lower Stricter Guidelines for Cholesterol |
08-11-2005 |
| Awakenings: The most dangerous time of the day...is the start of it. |
11-11-2004 |
| Blood Pressure 101 Part Two |
08-31-2004 |
| Blood Pressure 101 Part One |
08-26-2004 |
| Do the Math: The New Cholesterol Numbers |
08-23-2004 |
| Guess Who Has High Blood Pressure? Our Children |
08-05-2004 |
| Erectile
Dysfunction A distress signal from a whole ‘nuther part of the body |
07-12-2004 |
| Can Migraine Really Cause Stroke? The Debate Begins |
04-12-2004 |
| High Blood Pressure And West Nile Virus What You Need to Know |
04-05-2004 |
| Pumped Up Stroke patients gain mobility, calm spasms with new device |
01-15-2004 |
| T.I.A. (mini-strokes): The Wake-Up Call for Your Brain |
07-24-2003 |
| Constraint Leads to Freedom Increasing Mobility for Stroke Patients |
05-19-2003 |
| The Flu Shot: Hidden Heart Protector |
05-12-2003 |
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Special Instructions for Children Being Vaccinated Against Flu for the First Time:
Children 6 months up to 9 years of age getting a flu vaccine for the first time will need two doses of vaccine the first year they are vaccinated. If possible, the first dose should be given in September or as soon as vaccine becomes available. The second dose should be given 28 or more days after the first dose. The first dose "primes" the immune system; the second dose provides immune protection. Children who only get one dose but who need two doses can have reduced or no protection from a single dose of flu vaccine. Two doses are necessary to protect these children. If your child needs two doses, begin the process early, so that children are protected before influenza starts circulating in your community. Be sure to follow up to get your child a second dose if they need one. It usually takes about two weeks after the second dose for protection to begin.
Because flu viruses change every year, the vaccine is updated annually. So even if you or your children got a flu vaccine last year, you both still need to get a flu vaccine this season to remain protected. If October and November slip by, and you haven’t gotten your children or yourself vaccinated, get vaccinated in December or later.
