Am I Allergic?

This is a question that I hear all the time in my practice. The conventional wisdom is that any person can become allergic to any substance at any point in time. What is really happening with Allergic reactions? To answer this question, we need to understand what

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Calcium… the right stuff

There has been a good deal of talk concerning calcium and osteoporosis. Many post-menopausal women have been advised to supplement their diets with calcium in order to stave off bone loss. This is good advice, but it does not go far enough. Studies have shown that calcium

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Are new antibiotics really necessary?

The local newspaper published an article in the Op-Ed section which encourages new research in this field. Dr. Sheldon Kaplan of Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine wrote to say that “Now’s time to declare war on antibiotic resistance.” Dr. Kaplan observes that drugs have lost

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