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How good is Tamiflu?

When flu symptoms develop, you are not likely to know whether you have influenza A or B; nor will there be much time for laboratory confirmation. (The test is highly inaccurate anyway.) Chances are...

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Walk-in clinics good choice for minor ills

The prescription drug costs were the same at retail clinics, physician offices, and urgent care centers. The exception was the ER where the average prescription costs were higher and the quality of...

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Vaccine-Autism study retracted

A prestigious British journal has retracted a 1998 study that purportedly showed a link between autism, inflammatory bowel disease, and the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. This...

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Diabetes 2 drugs

Whenever I read that a common medical practice has just been proven to be either useless or outright dangerous, I always wonder how the prescribing physicians inform their patients. Do they call each...

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G’bye to low-fat diets

Is it just me? Or are we all hearing less and less about the importance of the low-fat diet? First, it was advised only for people who’ve had a heart attack. In time, the low-fat diet would be...

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