Staying Healthy
What you can do to keep old ailments from coming back to haunt you
Thanks to modern medicine, most of us have weathered a few accidents and illnesses with little consequence. A broken leg from a skiing accident, a sunburn from a day at the beach, or a week spent in bed with a childhood illness may be distant memories. It may come as a surprise, then, to learn that a decades-old injury or infection can trigger a new round of medical woes.
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