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November 17, 2015
The best “medicine” for flu is prevention! You have heard this before. The most important current flu prevention tool we currently have is a flu shot. Granted, it is not always the perfect match to...
November 10, 2015
If you have ever cooked a turkey, you probably have done it the traditional way: roast it in a conventional oven! Some have gotten adventurous and have used “commercial cooking bags” (which do cut...
November 03, 2015
Beginning in late October, fresh cranberries begin to appear in supermarkets. By January they are usually gone. (Did you know you can freeze the bags of fresh cranberries for up to a year?) These...
October 27, 2015
It’s the beginning of cold and flu season. No one likes a cold. You don’t feel sick enough to be in bed, yet you don’t quite have your usual energy and those sneezy, drippy symptoms are annoying!...
October 20, 2015
Step 1: Get a flu immunization! Science has demonstrated that this is the most effective tool we currently have to prevent flu.
Step 2: Wash your hands often. If soap and water is not available, use...
October 13, 2015
If you get a flu shot, you may think you don’t need a pneumonia shot. However, this is not true. A flu shot may help to prevent complications like certain types of pneumonia, but pneumonia shots...
October 06, 2015
Fall and early winter bring festivals and community events that serve food. It is a time of the year when groups hold special activities such as agricultural fairs, back-to-school fundraisers and...
September 29, 2015
Probiotics are not medications like antibiotics. They are live microorganisms (bacteria) that are “good” bacteria and can be found in the body or added to certain food products or taken as dietary...
September 22, 2015
Getting a flu vaccine used to be easy. You asked for a flu vaccine and you got one! Now there are many forms and preparations made by six different companies: Three-component (trivalent) formulations...
September 15, 2015
As the summer comes to an end, tropical storms and hurricanes followed by winter storms become part of the daily weather watch. In CT, we are pretty fortunate to mostly avoid the misery of tornadoes...
