People complain of unsafe behaviors during COVID times: going to a bar large gatherings, such as for sports, music concerts or religious services eating at a restaurant buffet working out at a gym not wearing a mask There is one more behavior, which has been...
influenza
Predictability of Pandemics
What do the years 1889, 1918, 1957, 1968 and today have in common? Those are the years of, in order, a severe influenza pandemic that lasted 4 years, the Spanish Flu, the “Asian” influenza pandemic, the “Hong Kong” flu pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition,...
The Flu Shot and the Flu
Hey doc, can I get a shot so that I don't come down with the flu? The CDC recommends it: "The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year." A Washington Post article likens not getting the flu shot to people who choose not to wear their...
Prevention: Muco coccinum
Prevention: Muco coccinum Dr. Cheryl Kasdorf's choice for at-home flu prevention Muco coccinum is a safe and natural way to protect and treat you and your family during the flu season. With over a million doses sold per year, Belgium has been using this successful...
Stay Healthy Through the Holidays
Stay Healthy Through the Holidays How to prevent illness and ward off a cold or flu at the first signs Welcome to Natural Medicine Looking for a quick fix so that you can keep up a hectic overstressed life? That is not what you will find here. What I will be...
Change of Season Wellness
We celebrated the Autumnal Equinox, and nights really are getting cooler! Here is the sunrise on the equinox from a 2012 trip to Salt Lake City! As our bodies are making the shift, we find we might be desiring different foods, getting up and going to bed at different...
Re-Hydrate with Home Remedies
It's summer and it is easy to lose too much of your fluids in the heat. I hope you are taking measures to tank up on highly absorbable water first thing in the morning and frequently throughout the day. However, it sometimes does happen that you are outside too long,...
Flu? What to do?
Flu? If we but knew The cause of flu And whence it comes and what to do. I think that you And we folks, too Would hardly get in such a stew. Do you? -The Illinois Health News , 1918 What worked in the 1918 outbreak? Do we know now much more than in 1918? That was...