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Every person should get a flu vaccine.  By doing this you will reduce your risk of getting the flu from dunderheads who don’t get one by up to 90% If you are one of those people who think you get the flu from the flu…

By JAN HOFFMAN   NY Times Misconception: You Can’t Get an S.T.D. From Oral Sex Actually: You sure can — and many do. Oral sex is rather popular, as these things go: According to a national survey, about two-thirds of young adults, ages 15 to 24, have engaged…

10. Tripped on the sidewalk 9.   Fallen down stairs 8.  Walked into a glass door 7.  Hit by a bike 6. Hit by slow moving car 5.  Fallen into the pool 4.  Walked into a street sign 3.  Stepped into pothole 2.  Fell off skateboard…

The ISTM GeoSentinel reports an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. There have been 52 cases identified over the past few weeks with the first onset of illness occurring mid-June. Although recently a food service employee at an ice…

Boca Regional Urgent Care has a DOT certified physician on staff who can perform DOT physicals. We also do DOT drug screens. Call (561) 883-6677 to be sure you come a day that the doctor is working.

As summer starts, mosquitoes and ticks aren’t the only insects you need to worry about, and sunburnisn’t the only way that heat and sun can harm your health. Here’s some summer safety tips to help protect yourself from other dangers: Stings: Bees, Wasps, Yellowjackets, Hornets,…

Aaron E. Carroll THE NEW HEALTH CARE JUNE 20, 2016 After I wrote last year that diet, not exercise, was the key to weight loss, I was troubled by how some readers took this to mean that exercise therefore had no value. Nothing could be…

Up to 80 percent of people suffer from an occasional tension headache: a dull pain across the forehead, temples, or around the back of your head. Anxiety, eye strain, fatigue, and stress can all trigger a tension headache by causing muscles to tighten in the…

Our brains are hardwired to seek pleasure and avoid danger. It’s what helps the human species survive. Biting into something luscious, enjoying a passionate kiss, or delighting in a baby’s laugh lights up the brain’s pleasure centers. Negative experiences set off fear and alarm. Addictive…

Under a new Tricare pilot program, select users will soon be able to receive care at an urgent care clinic without a referral. According to Tricare’s website, the pilot begins on May 23, 2016, and ends on May 23, 2019. The three-year program was ordered…