There is a chance you can get the flu anytime of the year, but peak season is between October and February.
Some doctors highly recommend getting the flu shot in order to keep you protected from falling ill.
However, in 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a statement that the 2014-2015 flu vaccine wouldn't be as effective against a certain strain of the influenza virus.
Could that happen again this year?
Listen in as Dr. Jim Roach shares strategies to help protect yourself against the flu.
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Dr. Jim Roach is America's Healer. His new book on his patient's spiritual near-death experiences, God's House Calls, was #1 on Amazon in four categories. Multiple NY Times #1 bestseller, Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, said to Dr. Roach: "You have this amazing amount of knowledge... you are one of the most encyclopedic minds I have ever met... I literally can't talk highly enough about how much I think you are really doing good stuff in the world."
He is one of the world's leading integrative medicine experts, #1 Amazon best-selling author in holistic medicine, national speaker, national consultant, international medical educator, national media communicator, researcher, and widely sought clinician with patients from across the country.
Specializing in nutritional, botanical, functional, integrative, genetic, and holistic medicine, he hosts and is chief presenter for a nationally attended practitioner integrative holistic conference. A national corporate webinar drew a record number of practitioners. He presented at Mayo Clinic in 2014.
He was founder of the second Habitat for Humanity project in Kentucky, was a state-wide anti-smoking advocate prodding University of Kentucky (UK) basketball's Rupp Arena to go smoke-free, is associate professor for UKs College of Medicine, state chairperson for the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Board, and a trustee of Midway University.
Dr. Jim Roach is America's Healer. His new book on his patient's spiritual near-death experiences, God's House Calls, was #1 on Amazon in four categories. Multiple NY Times #1 bestseller, Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, said to Dr. Roach: "You have this amazing amount of knowledge... you are one of the most encyclopedic minds I have ever met... I literally can't talk highly enough about how much I think you are really doing good stuff in the world."He is one of the world's leading integrative medicine experts, #1 Amazon best-selling author in holistic medicine, national speaker, national consultant, international medical educator, national media communicator, researcher, and widely sought clinician with patients from across the country.
Specializing in nutritional, botanical, functional, integrative, genetic, and holistic medicine, he hosts and is chief presenter for a nationally attended practitioner integrative holistic conference. A national corporate webinar drew a record number of practitioners. He presented at Mayo Clinic in 2014.
He was founder of the second Habitat for Humanity project in Kentucky, was a state-wide anti-smoking advocate prodding University of Kentucky (UK) basketball's Rupp Arena to go smoke-free, is associate professor for UKs College of Medicine, state chairperson for the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Board, and a trustee of Midway University.