A shopping cart has 138,000 bacteria per square INCH! Next time you touch one, you can go ahead and picture those guys plus all the potential viruses, other germs, and particles of God-knows-what. (You know what.) You need to wash your hands ALL THE TIME. Teach your kids to wash theirs, also. Your immune system […]
Flu season is upon us here in the United States, and it’s not something to be taken lightly. I’m very passionate about flu education and information, and that’s why I’m breaking down everything you need to know about the flu, the influenza virus, and the flu vaccines into three different posts over the next few weeks. […]
One of the most serious problems that can occur with getting any vaccine is a severe allergic reaction. If this were to happen, it would most likely happen within a few minutes to a couple of hours after getting a vaccine. Even though this is rare, it’s important to seek medical help if this occurs. […]
I don’t know about you, but I REMEMBER getting the chickenpox as a young child. It was itchy and awful. And oatmeal baths! Oh, the oatmeal baths!! Because this is most often a children’s disease, I thought it would be appropriate to litter this post with the some of the cute photos from one of my […]
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is safe. The end. Phew, that was easy! Of course I’m only kidding. That’s definitely not the end, not even close. There’s so much information out there about the MMR vaccine—good and bad, informative, and plenty of opinions—that it’s hard to know what to believe. I’m not going […]