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Adults are 100 times more likely than children to die of diseases that vaccines can prevent. Each year in the U.S., vaccine-preventable diseases claim the lives of 500 children and approximately 50,000 adults. While childhood immunization rates are at an...
People with diabetes are much more likely to become blind than those without diabetes. Diabetic eye disease can cause permanent vision loss or reduced vision that cannot be corrected with glasses. It’s absolutely necessary for anyone with diabetes to have...
Under the guidance of the new Dallas County Emergency Management coordinator, A. J. Seely, the Dallas County Health Department recently participated in a tabletop emergency exercise. The purpose of the drill was to learn and practice how your Health Department...
You’ve started a new job and are told it includes health insurance. Or you’ve retired and now you have Medicare. How people react to the topic of health insurance ranges from eyes glazing over to ranting about the whole...
Everyone occasionally feels a little down. More serious is depression, a clinically diagnosable condition that can be tied to a particular circumstance or might be an ongoing chronic disorder. Examples of “bad” circumstances that could lead to depression are losing...
Parents and grandparents like to think of themselves as savvy and not easily fooled. A public awareness campaign called What You Don’t See is designed to educate parents, grandparents and teachers on the warning signs of dangerous behaviors that might...
Here’s a not-so-great number: Central Iowa ranks 112 out of 126 mid-sized metropolitan areas in the country for physical well-being, according to the Gallup Well-Being Index 2018. Your personal numbers are part of this bigger picture and are within your...
October weather is perfect for a walk outside. Thursday, Oct. 4 is National Walk to School Day, and on Friday, Oct. 5 there will be a noon walk in Adel for everyone. The health benefits of walking are many both...
The Save Your Brain quiz promoted by the Iowa Department of Public Health is a learning tool to help you make wise decisions to lower your risk of a decline in thinking ability. Such a decline could be memory...
As your Dallas County Public Health staff have been giving vaccinations to children at the start of this school year, some families have inquired about getting flu shots as well. The months of August and September are generally too...