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Keeping Up With Health Alerts – iPhone and Android Users By Wayne Peate, MD and Robin Braun 3/2/2010 What did we ever do without internet and cell phones, let alone iPhones or Androids? 21st century technology has allowed us to keep up on news as it happens, using television, radio, internet and cell phones. But what about health outbreaks? Well, now there is an “app.” that allows you to keep up on health outbreaks. HealthMap's latest application “Outbreaks Near Me” is a real-time disease outbreak information “app” that is now available for iPhone and Android users. This new “app” allows users to keep up on any new health outbreaks in their neighborhood, such as the ever popular H1N1 flu. It even allows you to enter your personal information so you can get alerts if there are any outbreaks in your area. |
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Healthy snacking should be habitIlene Yalen, Registered Dietitian, 2/19/10 Snack smart: Snacking has gotten a bad rap, thanks to our tendency to purchase snacks from the multi-billion dollar snack industry. For the most part, this industry produces highly processed foods loaded with sugars, fat and calories and very little nutrition. You’ll find several aisles at the grocery store devoted to packaged bars, soda, juice drinks, candy, chips and 100-calorie pouches- many of which are advertised as “healthy”. |
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Are you up to date on your vaccinations? By Wayne Peate, MD, 2/17/10 Believe it of not, many adults are not! Many of us just don't think about it because it was something our parents did for us growing up. But as adults age, it's very important to get immunized because our immune systems fade as we get older and many of the immunizations that we did get as children may not protect us anymore. Most important is that there are new and improved immunizations now that we all should have. |
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