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… Handling respiratory illnesses . COVID-19 immunization For more information on COVID-19 vaccines, please visit: BCCDC: … COVID-19 vaccination Influenza (Flu) immunization To learn more about the flu vaccines, including myths and facts, … note that certain restrictions apply for some vaccines. For more information about each vaccine, including at what age …
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… tone and strengthen your muscles. Stretching helps you be more flexible and avoid injury. For example, you may ride a … It can help you return to work as soon as possible, live a more active lifestyle, and become more independent. Cardiac rehab exercises also can: Lower …
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… some breastfeeding skills and techniques can help you be more successful. Before your baby is born, take classes, … health professional. Get set up Breastfeeding may go more smoothly in the first days and weeks if you and your … breastfeed. Drink enough to satisfy your thirst. Use one or more pillows to support your arms and the baby, support your …
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… Document Spanish Document Vietnamese Immunization has saved more lives in Canada in the last 50 years than any other … to protect you from getting shingles. The vaccine prevents more than 90% of cases of shingles in adults 50 years and … will get shingles in their lifetime. Shingles is more common in people over 50 years of age and in those with …
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… to take the medicine with food. Ask your child's doctor for more ways to manage mild side effects. Call your child's … having very high energy, sleeping less than normal, being more impulsive than normal, or being grouchy or restless. … your child takes too much antidepressant medicine or takes more than one type of medicine that affects serotonin. …
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… They can help you decide on your next steps. You may need more or different treatment. Where to get help 24 hours a … the Kids Help Phone website at https://kidshelpphone.ca for more information. Consider saving these numbers in your … the Kids Help Phone website at https://kidshelpphone.ca for more information. Consider saving these numbers in your …
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… Look for a change in the level of consciousness . Sleeps more or appears to have no energy Cries more than usual or cries during sleep Has refused two … treatment is needed for a fall or injury that causes more serious symptoms, such as a head injury or severe …
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… urine flow rate then men who took a placebo. footnote 1 See more information on beta-sitosterol . Cernilton Cernilton is … from Secale cereale , or rye grass pollen. In two studies, more men who took rye grass pollen said they had improved … how the extract was made or how much the men used. See more information on rye grass pollen extract . Pygeum …
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… come into contact with sick chickens, ducks, or turkeys are more likely to get the virus. Bird flu virus can be passed … hundred people are known to have been sick with bird flu, more than half of them have died. Experts worry because the … for more information. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
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… diabetes . What puts you at risk? The things that make you more likely to develop metabolic syndrome include: Insulin … older. Lack of exercise. If you do not exercise, you are more likely to be obese and develop metabolic syndrome. … be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome if you have three or more of these risk factors: footnote 1 Abdominal obesity …