CDC says flu shot not effective for most

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Time now for your -- health.

Six and and a claimant is here with a roundup of the week's top medical stories and a the morning had a good morning everyone at -- some bad news if he got a flu shot health officials say.

It wasn't as affected as they'd hoped especially in older Americans.

The Centers for Disease Control says it only worked for about 9%.

Of people over the age of 65.

Teens or adults -- someone better at 56%.

Despite the findings the CDC is still recommending that everyone over six months.

Get the flu shot most of the country is still reporting widespread flu activity the southeast Texas in the midwest are the exception.

This is the peak time for flu season.

A 135.

That's the number of medical tests treatments and other procedures doctors say.

You should now avoid or at least seriously questioned for instance.

The American academy of pediatrics says physician should think twice about doing CT scans on kids with minor head injuries or abdominal pains.

The group says they don't usually improve diagnosis and raise the risk of cancer.

Some recommendations if widely adopted would mean significant changes in patient care and could save billions in health care costs.

And could your diet -- making you fat according to a new British survey nearly a third of women have seen a spike on the scale.

After going on a diet gaining an average of nearly four pounds.

In -- five reasons why first a diet can throw your body out of balance that's because -- are too strict and can make your metabolism -- -- -- -- second.

Diets don't allow for wiggle room you have to go -- -- or it's not going to work so you have to be willing to stop eating whatever is prohibited.

For ever because when you start eating it again.

You're gonna put that weight back on in the third reason diets can make you fat.

You have to eat -- you don't light experts say that creates feelings of deprivation and resentment.

Which in turn may intensify cravings for all that bad step number four.

Diets are filled with fake foods most are loaded with additional additives and rarely are filling making you -- -- eat more or something else.

And lastly diets -- foods you can't give up and it's impossible to indulge.

Without derailing your results for more information on these stories and all the latest health news is that fox needs help.

Dot com -- and other.

All right no diets that sense -- Bennett thank you very my --

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