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"If something sounds too good to be true," the saying goes, "then it probably is." That has certainly been the case for one supposed "natural remedy" after another. For example, Vitamin C does not really prevent cancer, Gingko Biloba does not prevent Alzheimer's disease, Glucosamine has no proven benefit over placebo in arthritis, and Fish oil (despite its ability to lower triglyceride level) has never been shown to prevent heart attacks. Some vitamins (vitamin E) may even increase your chance o...
Now that Ebola is on everybody's mind, influenza seems like a boring topic. When I was at a "Harvard Hospital Medicine" review course a few weeks ago, the speaker commented that it is too bad that one person in this country has died from Ebola, but it is important that we deal with the continuing threat we face every year from influenza. About 50,000 people in the US (and ½ million worldwide) die from influenza every year. Influenza is not "just the flu." It is a big deal, I tell my patie...
