Category Archives: Vaccines

The Price of Preventive Health Care (Part 1)

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but is that still true in today’s money? Recently I had an illuminating conversation with a patient that got me thinking about how I may try to answer this … Continue reading

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Syringes Up!: New Vaccine Guidelines

Imagine a world where consumers all knew about the latest developments in preventive health… Earlier this month the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) released the 2010 immunization schedules. Revised annually, the immunization schedules are what doctors in the U.S. use to … Continue reading

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