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What is flu?
Flu is a viral infection which can make even the fittest person feel quite ill.
The symptoms of flu may last several days, usually starting with a high temperature often with a headache.
Your limbs can ache and your muscles can feel weak.
You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.

Who can catch flu?
Flu can spread very rapidly, so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others.
Flu is most likely to affect you in the autumn and winter, e.g. from October to March.
In other words, anyone!
However some people are more at risk than others.

If you are elderly, have a heart, lung or kidney disorder or have diabetes, you should take particular care not to catch flu.

How can I protect myself and my family against flu?
If you are one of those patients who are at greater risk from flu, you should try to avoid catching it.
A flu vaccination can help to protect you from flu.
One simple injection, normally given in the autumn, can help to protect you right through the cold months when flu is most prevalent.

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CYMBALTA is an antidepressant developed for the treatment of major depressive episodes and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in adults.

CYMBALTA is a combined serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor.
It weakly inhibits dopamine reuptake with no significant affinity for histaminergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic and adrenergic receptors.
Duloxetine dose-dependently increases extracellular levels of serotonin and noradrenaline in various brain areas of animals.

CYMBALTA was studied in a clinical programme involving 2,951 patients (1,259 patient-years of exposure) meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depression.
The approval was based on the results from six randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed dose acute studies in adult outpatients with major depressive disorder.
CYMBALTA's efficacy has been demonstrated at daily doses between 60 and 120 mg in a total of four out of the six studies.

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Miranda Mouse
The sun was shining down outside, and the mice were all very warm and comfortable.
A bee came buzzing in under the roof.
The bee buzzed in Miranda's ear.
Miranda woke up.
The bee flew off, into the sunshine.

Miranda woke up.
Miranda looked down at the stones below.
She could see the sunlight, shining on the stones.
There was no one in the building.
Miranda blew in her brother 's ear.
Jeremy Mouse opened one eye.
“I'm going out,” she said.
“Come with me, Jeremy.”
But Jeremy was much too sleepy to get up.
He shut his eye, and went back to sleep.
“I'm going out,” said Miranda.

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