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Shingles

September 1st, 2011 · 12:08 PM

Can you comment on shingles (causes and cures) and do you recommend the vaccine, especially if one has previously had shingles?
Shingles is the reemergence or the chicken pox virus, that has lain dormant on nerve cells for decades. When the immune system gets stressed, it doesn’t keep the virus under control, and shingles emerges. The [...]

Canker Sores: How Do I Treat Them?

October 27th, 2009 · 8:53 AM

Please advise. What causes continual canker sores in an adult?
Thank you.
Canker sores are caused by a virus, a member of the herpes virus family. This is a separate virus from the one that causes genital sores, but in the same family. There are a number of viruses that the body cannot eradicate, the two most [...]

Concerned About Swine Flu? Read This, and There’s More to Come

September 22nd, 2009 · 8:11 AM

In the recent Wall Street Journal article, “Swine Flu Remains Mild as Vaccine Advances,” reporters stated results from a CDC study, showing that most of the U.S. children who had died as a result of the swine flu had pre-existing conditions.
The H1N1 swine flu virus continues to ‘sicken’ people world-wide, but is not becoming more [...]

Tamiflu, the Flu Virus, and What You Can Do

March 25th, 2009 · 11:06 AM

The Wall Street Journal reports, regarding influenza: Tamiflu is an anti-viral drug that can shorten the duration of ‘flu’ symptoms. However, the most common subtype of the flu that penetrated the U.S. has mutated in some unknown way that has made it