Basics for Flu Prevention from PandemicFlu.govGet vaccinated
Vaccination is the best protection against contracting the flu. You need two vaccines to be fully protected this year. The seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 (Swine) flu vaccine are separate vaccinations. A seasonal vaccine is distributed routinely every year, the H1N1 (Swine) flu vaccine is in development for the fall of 2009.The seasonal vaccine is not expected to protect against the H1N1 (Swine) flu and the H1N1 (Swine) flu vaccine is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine. Each protects against a different virus and is intended to be used along-side the other. Get both! Practice good hygiene
Take common-sense steps to limit the spread of germs. Make good hygiene a habit.- Wash hands frequently with soap and water.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
- Cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve if you don't have a tissue.
- Put used tissues in a waste basket.
- Clean your hands after coughing or sneezing. Use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
If you are diagnosed with the flu…- Stay home, follow your doctor’s orders, and watch for signs that you need immediate medical attention. Remain at home for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free (no fever) for 24 hours, whichever is longer.
- Avoid close contact with others, especially those who might easily get the flu, such as people of any age with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), pregnant women, young children, and infants.
- Wear a facemask – if available and tolerable – when sharing common spaces with other household members to help prevent spreading the virus to others. This is especially important if other household members are at high risk for complications from influenza.
- Get plenty of rest.
- Drink clear fluids such as water, broth, sports drinks, or electrolyte beverages made for infants to prevent becoming dehydrated.
- Cover coughs and sneezes.
- Clean hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub often, especially after using tissues and after coughing or sneezing into your hands.
- Talk to your doctor about the prescription antivirals,Oseltamivir (TAMIFLU®) and Zanamivir (RELENZA®)
Learn more about H1N1 and take the Emory's self-assessment at https://h1n1.cloudapp.net/Default.aspx |
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Our nationally acclaimed Take Charge® program is designed to succeed where other programs fail. If you feel that your current lifestyle habits are negatively affecting your health then Take Charge® is for you. Unlike faddish diet programs that cut calories to ridiculously low levels, Take Charge® takes you where you are and through a trial and error method of teaching allows you to choose the changes that make sense to you. If you decide whether the change is something you can live with the chances are that you will stick with them. Our pharmacists have led more than 500 patients through this 13 week life changing educational program. You, too can be successful in changing your lifestyle! 
Take Charge is an individualized, custom program that can be tailored to meet the needs of you, the patient. Whether you need to lose weight, control type 2 diabetes, lower cholesterol or reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the Take Charge® program can help you create a plan that you can live with. Each week under direction of your pharmacist you gain knowledge and understanding of the reasons for your difficulty in losing and then maintaining weight loss. Step by step you begin to try different foods and lifestyle changes until you find the ones that work for you.
Take Charge® follows accepted guidelines and allows you to lose weight in a controlled fashion until you reach your goals. Your personal pharmacist will be there every step of the way to teach, encourage, explain and direct you toward your goal. No embarrassing group meetings, no forced changes that you won't or can't stick with, no false promises...just steady results that you learn privately...one step at a time.
Take the short test below to find out if you are ready to Take Charge® or give one of our pharmacists a call for a free consultation. We can help you Take Charge® of your life!
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