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If you are pregnant and suffering from a winter cold or flu; you
may be wondering which (if any) cold medicine is safe to take, and
if there are any alternatives to the over the counter cold remedies
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Posted in Health Care Ref... by Dr. Jeremy F. Shapiro on Dec 08, 2011
I’m sure many of you have heard my rants about the direction our
health care system is going. You’ve heard my concerns of the number
of children who are under-insured or who have no insurance
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As it is almost cold and flu season once again, now is a good time
to pro-actively support the system that keeps us well and fights
the germs and flu bugs that cause cold and flu – our immune
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Posted in Pneumonia by Dr. Sharon Orrange on Oct 17, 2011
With flu shots on every corner patients often ask me if they also
need the pneumonia vaccine, the Pneumovax. This is much different
than the flu shot and here is the scoop. For adults, the
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Posted in Immunizations by Dr. Jeremy F. Shapiro on Apr 26, 2011
Meningococcal disease, a type of meningitis caused by the bacteria
Neisseria meningitidis, typically presents with high fever,
headache, vomiting and a particular skin rash. It does so by
causing a
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Now don’t get me wrong. I love pets. I grew up with dogs (2 of the
greatest pugs you would have ever met). And if my wife and I
weren’t too tired from having 3 children under the age of 10 (I
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Before I went to medical school, I went to another school where I
received a master’s degree in epidemiology. No, this is not where I
learned about bugs (that’s entomology) nor is it the study
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Yes, there are many “days” devoted to many wonderful causes, but
until just recently, I was unaware of the existence of a World
Pneumonia Day. And while here in the U.S. it may seem like we have
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Everyone knows our taste buds are in our mouths. Now it turns out
they may be in our lungs as well. Research has led to a new
discovery that there are "taste receptors" in lungs that respond to
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Remember back in childhood when Johnny got the chicken pox, everyone else in his class soon followed with those hundreds of lesions scattered over their bodies. Children would be out ... Read More »
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