Posted on 08/17/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News Roundups | Personal HealthBoomers make up the majority of hepatitis C infections in the United States — though many don’t know they’re harboring it. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is officially recommending all boomers get screened for the liver-destroying virus.
Posted on 08/17/2012 by wpengine | AARP Blog Author | Comments
News Roundups | Personal HealthBoomers make up the majority of hepatitis C infections in the United States — though many don’t know they’re harboring it. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is officially recommending all boomers get screened for the liver-destroying virus.
Posted on 08/6/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments
Bulletin Today | Personal HealthUpdated Aug. 10: It’s the season for visiting the local fair, but it might be safer checking out the blue-ribbon pies instead of the pigs: Federal health officials report a “big increase” in the number of people with swine flu after coming in close contact with sick pigs at county or state fairs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there are now 145 cases of the new H3N2 swine flu since July 12 — a significant jump from …
Posted on 06/18/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments
Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWhooping cough, that childhood scourge that seemed to be wiped out when vaccines were introduced in the 1940s, has made a surprising return, and a federal panel wants all adults, including those over 65, to get booster shots. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year nine out of every 100,000 Americans get whooping cough — also known as pertussis — and while that is significantly smaller than before the vaccine was introduced, the number has been …
Posted on 06/5/2012 by Raquel "Rocky" Egusquiza | Washington D.C. | Comments
Personal Health | TravelBrighter colors and shorter outfits are suddenly the norm: After Memorial Day weekend, the summer is here in full swing. But along with family trips, sunshine and humidity the hot season also brings risks for your skin due to sun exposure. The first step to keep these risks at bay is to accept them and stop thinking “no, that can’t happen to me.” Next, you will find that it is not so hard to take care of your skin by …
Posted on 05/21/2012 by Ian Cunningham | AARP Blog Author | Comments
Personal HealthHepatitis C is one of the more dastardly boogiemen in the club of chronic illnesses. In short, it is a blood-borne virus that can cause a variety of complications, such as liver damage. The Centers for Disease control report that around 3.2 million Americans are infected and is most prevalent in people born between the years 1945 and 1965. In the face of this, the CDC had their first national day of testing last week. Their focus was on increased …
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps people 50 and older improve the quality of their lives.
