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Thursday, October, 15, 2009

Immune System Booster

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Using Water to Boost the Immune System

By Allison Janse Health Expert

We all know that staying hydrated can help keep us healthy, but it turns out that an age-old secret to good health this season could begin by turning on your water faucet -- the cold water faucet, that is.

Alexa Fleckenstein, M.D., coauthor of the book Health20: Tap into the Healing Powers of Water to Fight Disease, Look Younger, and Feel Your Best, has helped a myriad of patients boost their immunity and regain their health, in part, with a water therapy program that dates back to the nineteen...

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...the vaccination. Vaccination should not be given at any time during pregnancy or to a person with an immune system altered by cancer, corticosteroid therapy, or radiation treatment. Although... Read more »
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...vidarabine (Vira A) ointments. Evidence suggests that all are equally effective. Adding interferon, an immune system booster, to trifluridine may speed healing. Interferon in combination with... Read more »
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