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Health Info & Classes | Wellness Tips | Tips to Stay Healthy | Protect Yourself
Protect Yourself
Taking some basic precautions can help you lessen your risk for potentially serious diseases.
Take a Daily Multivitamin
A 100% RDA multivitamin will help you make sure you're getting all the vitamins you need to stay healthy. For women of childbearing age, a vitamin with folate also helps prevent serious neural-tube birth defects.
Cover Up in the Sun
You can limit your risk of getting skin cancer by avoiding excessive exposure and limiting your time in the sun. Wear a hat and sunglasses and use a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. Avoid sun lamps and tanning booths.
Wash Your Hands
Frequent washings of at least 15 seconds (about the time it takes to sing one chorus of the “Happy Birthday” song) will help fight germs. Keep antibacterial hand sanitizer around for times when there’s no soap and water.
Avoid Sick People
When you have a choice, stay away from people who are sick. And don’t give your germs to others; if you or a family member is sick, stay home from work, school and activities.
Get Your Annual Flu Shot
Though not a 100 percent guarantee, a flu shot or nasal spray is your best protection against influenza. While flu shots are recommended for everyone, they are especially imperative for those age 65 and older, residents of nursing homes or care facilities and adults or children with chronic diseases. Anyone with significant exposure to the public, such as teachers or retail service workers, should also be inoculated.
Get Screening Tests
There are a number of important tests that can help prevent or lessen the effects of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis. Some of these tests find diseases early, when they are most treatable, while others can actually help keep a disease from developing in the first place.
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