With warmer weather approaching, families are making summer travel plans and spending more time away from home enjoying the outdoors. To ensure your family stays safe and healthy while on the road this summer, be certain you have the right first aid supplies and safety gear with you. Here are some helpful…
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Vaccinations are most often associated with young children; however, adults also need vaccines to stay healthy. Vaccines cause the body to produce antibodies to fight infection and prevent disease. Depending on the disease, vaccines can provide lifelong immunity or maintain their effectiveness with “boosters”…
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When you’re ill, it’s tempting to search the internet to find out why you don’t feel well. However, self-diagnosis comes with risks, including missing important symptoms or imagining new symptoms. Both mistakes can lead to incorrect diagnosis and treatment. However, the internet can…
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Passport? Check. Swimsuit? Check. Hep A vaccination? What? The truth about preparing for travel, especially international travel, is that you should consider much more than what to pack in your suitcase. From insect-borne diseases to food preparation hygiene, threats to your good health are greater…
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When the colder temperatures set in, it’s hard for children and adults to be cooped up inside all the time. But before you head outdoors for some winter-time fun, be sure to review these easy tips for keeping children safe in cold weather. Don’t skip the sunscreen: It may be freezing outside,…
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Many of us will be dressing our kids up on Halloween to go trick-or-treating. In fact, costumes and candy have been a topic of discussion for several weeks. Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health wants your family to be safe this year! Here are some safety tips for adults and…
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We all know that we should take our prescriptions just like our doctor tells us, right? But we also know that doesn’t always happen. How many of us have leftover prescriptions lying around? We’ve heard that flushing them or rinsing them down the sink is a bad idea. We also know that just…
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September 16 - 22 is Child Passenger Safety Week, as recognized by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The NHTSA says that car accidents are the number one cause of death for children ages 1 – 12 years old in the U.S.…
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West Nile Virus. Those three little words can strike fear in the hearts of many and have us reaching for our bottles of spray-on insect repellent. We’ve heard so much about this virus on the news, but do we have the facts we need? Dr. Karen Roos, a Neurologist with IU Health Neuroscience helps…
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Lawn mowers are one of the most dangerous tools we have around our homes as too often children are victims of lawn mowing accidents. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), approximately 9,400 children under age 18 receive emergency care each year for lawn mower-related injuries. While…
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