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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Can You Get The Flu Vaccine With Antibiotics

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Avoiding Flu Vaccine Toxicity

By David Mendosa Health Expert

When I recommended here a month ago that we all get vaccinated against influenza this year, I had no idea how much controversy it would stir up. Some of the concerns are legitimate, but we have alternatives. Other concerns stem from irresponsible rants on the Internet that I've traced back to a totally discredited South Carolina doctor.

My article here last month jumped the gun. I knew that the flu authorities at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wanted to talk with me s...

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Health Guide

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...Inflammation - bronchi Treatment For acute bronchitiscaused by avirus, you DO NOT need antibiotics. The infection will generally clear on its own within one week. Take the... Read more »
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Ear Infections: Prevention
...value for preventing or treating otitis media in children.Preventing Bacterial InfectionsPreventive Antibiotics. Antibiotics have been used to prevent bacterial infections in children with... Read more »

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