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This year's flu-related death toll in Florida is now over 300.  It's victims aren't just the elderly or health-compromised people that we typically think of as being particularly vulnerable to the flu.  The latest victim is a 12 year old boy who was thought to otherwise have been healthy. Dr. Peter Lamelas of South Florida urgent care clinic MD Now speculates Hurricane Irma may have contributed to the unusually high outbreak there. http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/boy-flu-death-spurs-concern-palm-beach-county/MFUdN1nGRRrpAVeTcGF67N/amp.html

The Today Show decided to test their work offices to see which host has the most germs in their work space.  Do you think it was Savannah or Hoda?   There are some pretty simple measures to keep your own work space clean and lower the amount of germs and ways to avoid the ones your coworkers have left behind. https://www.today.com/health/which-today-anchor-has-more-germs-their-office-t121656

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/01/22/neil-diamond-announces-parkinsons-diagnosis-immediate-retirement/1056520001/ Neil Diamond announces his retirement after Parkinson's diagnosis

Kim Painter , Special for USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/health/2017/11/10/apparently-there-such-thing-heart-stopping-sex/107537486/                             Getty Images Heart-stopping sex is rare, but when it occurs it usually happens to a man, says one of the first large studies to examine sudden cardiac arrest during or just after sex. Sex is linked to about 1 in 100 sudden cardiac arrests in men and 1 in 1,000 in women, according to the study presented Sunday at a scientific meeting of the American Heart Association and published in the  Journal of the American College of Cardiology . “The findings are reassuring,” for people with heart disease concerned that sex might be dangerous, said senior author Sumeet Chugh, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles. “Now we can tell them the risk is very low.”  Sudden cardiac arrest occurs...

Officials say passengers at OHare Airport during the same time as the infected traveler may be at risk for contracting measles. http://www.ktiv.com/story/37268456/2018/01/Monday/illinois-health-officials-issue-measles-alert

ACLS Adult Algorithm - ACLS certification prep materials. http://cprtrainingfast.com/downloads/ACLS.pdf

Despite our best intentions to stay healthy, sometimes our well-meaning habits cause more harm than good.  There are ten practices we've become in the habit of that we need to stop doing now! http://www.healthyway.com/a/10-hygiene-habits-its-time-to-ditch/