Archive for February, 2008

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Cough Medicines not for Kids

Lately many doctors are questioning the common practice of prescribing medications for cold, coughs, and ear infections. They are looking more closely at how important it is for the body to heal itself of these illnesses. Overuse of over the counter drugs for colds and coughs is not necessary, and may even be harmful. Read […]

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Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Recently Interviewed by WaveMag

Lisette was recently interviewed for Wave Magazine’s Special Issue on Health and Wellness. Click here for the text of the full article.

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

Fever Phobia

In 1876, Claude Bernard, a French physician studied fever in animals, and showed that if the body temperature of an animal was raised by 5 to 6 degrees, he would die. This forever changed our view of fever, for prior to this work, fever was viewed as one of the best of the natural defenses […]

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