We will have Shingrix vaccine as of the end of March. It is highly effective. The cost is $175 for each of two shots. Insurance coverage not yet clear. You want to get this immunization this year.
So-called “almondmilk” is not milk but an emulsion of a few almonds in water combined with chalk and vitamins. Let’s look through the marketing haze to find the facts.
Fish oil supplements do not prevent damage or death from heart disease or strokes, according to a new meta-analysis in JAMA Cardiology. But salmon is tasty.
This continues to be the worst influenza season in at least a decade. There is also a prevalent non-influenza rhinovirus infection that produces severe cough for two weeks. Here’s an update on our miseries.
Frustrated by the apparently simple problem of cleaning the oily residue – that adversely affects coffee flavor – from a stainless steel coffee carafe, I was determined to find an answer. As it turns out, the answer is really simple!
Stairs at home can be dangerous and are a frequent source of significant injury.
Canadian pharmacies sometimes provide needed first-quality drugs at greatly reduced prices. GoodRx helps find drugs inexpensively at local pharmacies.
Shingrix is a new highly effective vaccine for shingles (herpes zoster) infections that has been approved by the FDA and will be available early in 2018. We plan to offer it to everyone over age 50, including those of you who have had Zostavax or had the shingles infection. Shingles is chicken-pox revisited.
Influenza is already here in the states, and will become prevalent this month, much earlier than typical. The vaccines we have are moderately effective, less than ideal, but still worthwhile. Come in to get your shot if you haven’t yet.
The Republican-passed American Health Care Act reintroduces medical underwriting and preexisting conditions into health care. It will take us back to the dark ages of health care that were even worse than you remember now.