How To Stay Well (When Everyone Else Is Sick) No need to go into
hiding: These research-proven strategies will protect you at the
office, on planes, and in crowded malls By Janis Graham 'Tis the
season...for colds, flu, stomach bugs, and all those other ills
that spread when people come together — whether by choice (at
holiday parties) or circumstance (on airplanes). But don't start
calculating your sick days just yet. This year you can do more
than wash your hands and cross your fingers. Recent research,
some of it sparked by the scary H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009,
has uncovered new steps you can take to protect yourself and
your family. Most of these tactics are targeted at specific
settings as scientists tease out what will safeguard you at the
food court, for example, versus what works to bolster everyday
immunity. Here's what to try — and when and where to use it — to
get through the holidays without sneezes, tummy aches, or flat-
out-in-bed flu. • Pop a vitamin D supplement at breakfast. In a
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