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Your health is important to us. Each month Franklin Medical Center will provide health information and resources available to help you or someone you love.
Disease prevention is a key factor to public health. It is better to prevent a disease than to treat one. Vaccines prevent diseases in people who receive them and protect the people who come in contact with unvaccinated people. Vaccines prevent infectious disease and save many lives. Vaccines are responsible for the control of diseases that were once common in this country, such as polio, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, rubella, mumps, tetanus and HIB. Vaccines work to protect infants, children, and adults from illnesses and death that are sometimes caused by infectious diseases. Make sure you and your children are vaccinated. For more information visit http://www.cdc.gov
National Pain Awareness Month, August 1-31 Statistics show that 25 to 65 percent of older adults
living on their own or with family members and about 80 percent living in long
term facilities have pain. Conditions such as Alzheimer's disease further
complicate an older person's ability to get care for his or her pain.
There are many reasons why older people suffer from pain, from disease to
infection to joint and bone conditions. A list of common pain conditions
are:
Other August dates to remember:
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