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Hand Sanitizer
Make Your Own DIY Hand Sanitizer Can’t get your hands on hand sanitizer? Make your own DIY Hand Sanitizer using a simple formula provided by Healthline.com. Soap and Water is Best Before we dive into the fun DIY stuff it is important to note that the Centers for Disease Control […]

Make Your Own DIY Hand Sanitizer

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Coronavirus vs Flu
How does the New Coronavirus Compare With the Flu? How does the New Coronavirus Compare With the Flu? According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the most frequent symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, dry cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath – symptoms that also happen to show up with […]

How does the New Coronavirus Compare With the Flu?

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Telehealth medicare
Seniors Are Embracing Technology During Coronavirus More seniors are embracing technology during the coronavirus pandemic. This is good news considering older adults are particularly vulnerable to the respiratory disease. While people of all ages can be infected by Covid-19 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 8 […]

Seniors Are Embracing Technology During Coronavirus

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Flu vs coronavirus
Despite Coronavirus alert, this year’s flu is scarier Despite the coronavirus alert, this year’s flu is a scarier threat to Americans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that as of January 2020 over 15 million Americans got the flu. More than 140,000 people have been hospitalized and […]

Despite Coronavirus alert, this year’s flu is scarier

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Improve Balance
Improve Balance and Avoid Falls How do you improve balance and avoid falls? We will discuss this question in today’s post. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are the number one cause of injuries, hospital admissions and death for older Americans. One in four Americans […]

How To Improve Balance and Avoid Falls

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opioid epidemic cdc
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic The US is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. The center estimates the total economic burden of opioid misuse in the United States to be […]

Understanding the Opioid Epidemic

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Antibiotic resistance cdc
CDC Superbug Report 2019 In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the first report on Antibiotic-resistant “superbug” in the United States. This was a first-ever snapshot of the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant germs on human health. 2013 estimates showed there were more than 2.6 million antibiotic-resistant […]

CDC: Superbug Threat Increases

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