Awareness Vaccines: Not Just For Kids From America’s #1 Medical Center The a] aad te ee Lg Jonns Hopkins After 50 The Latest Recommendations from the Hopkins Specialists Over 100 Easy To Use Deraieo 20 Pace Speciat Section DISEASE Fuu Co.or itLusTRATIONS Bony ATLas ~ A-Z Format PREVENTION } \ i Older Americans should con- sider their special health needs. This new book can help. (NAPSA)—The advice of The Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to After 50 (Rebus, Inc., $39.95), edited by Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. states that healthy adults over 50 should get: Tetanus diphtheria boosters every 10 years. An influenza vaccine, annually in the autumn. 65. A pneumonia shot after age Hepatitis B vaccine if they’re dialysis patients; have a sexually transmitted disease or multiple partners, are homosexual, are an intravenous drug user; healthcare worker, police officer, firefighter, or are living with hepatitis carriers. Vaccines against chicken pox, mumps, measles or rubella if they’ve had neither shots nor the disease. The Johns Hopkins Medical Guide to After 50 is available from bookstores, at www. hopkinsafter50.com or 1-800-8299170.
