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Adherence to Prescription Medications
Its always important to listen to your pharmacist about adherence to prescription medications
Adult Vaccination
A vaccine produces an immunological response against one or more antigens that cause illness or disease.
Calcium & Vitamin D
Calcium is essential for living organisms, in particular in cell physiology, where movement of the calcium into and out of the cytoplasm functions as a signal for many cellular processes.
Cold & Flu
The common cold, including chest cold and head cold, and seasonal flu are caused by viruses. Symptoms can include fever, headache and muscle soreness.
Dementia
Dementia is a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition where the body loses it's ability to uptake sugars effectively. High blood glucose levels are a result of this.
Foot Health
Foot Health covers treatment and a wide variety of health conditions, including deformity correction, diabetic foot care, and arthritis and orthotics.
Gastrointestinal Problems
Gastrointestinal symptoms that can affect people, include abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, nausea and vomiting.
Heart Health
As we age it's important to visit your family doctor to have your heart checked regularly for any signs of high blood pressure, rhythm irregularities and heart disease.
Insulin
Insulin therapy is often an important part of diabetes treatment. Understand the key role insulin plays in managing your blood sugar, and the goals of insulin therapy. What you learn can help you prevent diabetes complications.
Lipohypertrophy
Lipohypertophy occurs when an area of skin is used multiple times to inject insulin. The subcutaneous fat becomes thickened or 'rubbery' and can feel like a lump or bump to the touch.
Medical Cannabis
There are important differences between medical and recreational cannabis and users may seek out strains and forms to alleviate symptoms while minimizing intoxication (primarily through cannabidiol or CBD).
Obesity
Obesity is a chronic and often progressive condition, similar to diabetes or high blood pressure. Obesity is characterized by excess body fat that can threaten or affect your health.
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and brittle, leading to an increased risk of fracture.
Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccine
Pneumococcal disease is common in young children, but older adults are at greatest risk of serious illness and death. There are two kinds of vaccines that help prevent pneumococcal disease.
Safe and Effective Insulin Injection Techniques
The way that you insert your syringe or pen needle into your skin in order to get a proper dosage of insulin is called your insulin injection technique.
Shingles
Shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last several weeks. Although it usually occurs in one part of the body, such as the torso, shingles can also affect the face and eyes.
Sinus Infections
Sinusitis or sinus infection is inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nose.
Skin Conditions
Common skin conditions can include such things as acne, rosacea, eczema and psoriasis.
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea.
Smoking Cessation
There are a variety of smoking cessation tools including prescription drugs and nicotine replacement aids.