Did you know influenza complications can include heart attack and stroke? Most people didn’t. (BPT) – During the 2017-2018 influenza (flu) season, nearly 80,000 people died and more than 950,000 people were hospitalized due to flu and flu-related illnesses, and fewer than four in 10 U.S. adults (37.1 percent) were vaccinated against flu, fewer than…
8 ways to banish spring allergies (BPT) – Spring. The time of year when, as poet Alfred Lord Tennyson famously said, a young man’s (and woman’s) fancy “lightly turns to thoughts of love.” That is, of course, if you’re not sneezing, coughing or dealing with itchy eyes. Spring allergies seem to get worse every year….
Heroes helping heroes: Shining a light on military caregivers (BPT) – “You’re sitting at home one night and get a phone call that your husband is being medevaced and he’s coming home. They said it was for spinal injuries,” recalled Mandy Spooneybarger, 36, caregiver to her husband, Charles, an Army veteran. “You have to live…
