A Vaccine to Prevent Cancer Gardasil 9 Gardasil 9 has currently been a hot topic in many recent healthcare articles. Gardasil 9 could help protect girls, young women and boys against certain cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, so I thought now would be a great time to inform…
Common questions and answers about the New Pneumonia Vaccine: With increased commercial and ad time, the pharmacy has been receiving many questions on Prevnar 13® —the newest pneumonia vaccine. With this, we have created a blog to answer some frequently asked questions to help increase understanding and to find out if the vaccine is right…
Over the last several years, we have seen a tremendous increase in international travel. From business or missionary trips to simply traveling on vacation, people are visiting more international destinations than ever before. With this increase in travel, people may be exposed to rare and exotic diseases that are not typically found in the…
What is Shingles and should I get the Shingles shot? It seems like shingles outbreaks have started occurring more and more frequently in our patients here at Valu-Med Pharmacy over the last several years. Many of our patients have had to be treated for this disease and we have had more questions than ever on…