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Image Source: CDC/Unsplash 5 Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child For parents, it is important to see your child happy and healthy. One of the ways you can ensure your child’s health is through vaccinations. Below are five reasons why you should vaccinate your child: Immunizations save lives. In the past, children were killed from numerous diseases due to the lack of technology and preventative medications. Today, medical advancements can protect your child against these diseases

Image Source: rawpixel/Unsplash It’s important to review your current medication regimen on a yearly basis with a clinician. Older adults are taking a multitude of pills, with 66 percent taking five or more and 27 percent taking 10 or more.1 Some of these medications may not even be necessary anymore. While most people rely on their primary physician, “physicians often don’t have enough information about what patients are taking, or may lack the time to talk to patients about

Image Source: qimono/pixabay.com The CDC considers vaccinations to be one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century.1-3 Thanks to vaccines, the incidence, morbidity, mortality, and prevalence of vaccine-preventable diseases have considerably diminished since vaccinations became available. Unfortunately, while vaccines are considered safe and effective in preventing illness, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 US adults die from vaccine-preventable diseases every

Image Source: iStock.com/klenova It seems the older you get the more medications accumulate. About 30 percent of older adults in the United States and Canada filled a prescription in the last few years for one of many medications that the American Geriatrics Society recommends they avoid. In addition, 66 percent of older adults are taking five drugs or more per day – some of them are no longer necessary and may even be causing harm.1 While there’s been a lot of focus placed o

Today is the perfect time to learn more about the impact your pharmacist has on the health care system and what they can do for you. PHARMACISTS ARE MEDICATION EXPERTS Pharmacists are trained on a wide variety of different disease states, but their specialty focuses on how medications used to treat those diseases affect your health. They understand how medications work and identify medication interactions and problems, including those involving over-the-counter medications. A

October is National Pharmacy Month! As experts in medications, Pharmacists provide important guidance to patients and physicians to ensure that individuals have safe, effective and affordable medications. With increasingly complicated regiments and access to over the counter and herbal medications, the involvement of a pharmacist within a person’s health care team continues to grow more important. Tria Health believes that the pharmacists are an integral part of the health ca