The annual flu vaccine scare has reached a new level of frenzy this year with the media and official fear blitz about the swine flu. The pressure to vaccinate has never been greater. Yet, while the issue is still the same – a flu shot – there are special risks and concerns about the [...]

New report form the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) again raises more questions about the effectiveness of flu vaccines. The research is published in Journal of the American Medical Association.
According to a new report from the U.S. CDC most common strain of flu in the United States now resist to Tamiflu, [...]

Large-scale study finds vitamin D role boosting immune system.
It seems every month a new study finds another way Vitamin D is key to maintaing good health. This new study finds that vitamin D may be an important way to arm the immune system against disorders like the common cold, report investigators from the University [...]

A new study published inthe journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that the flu shot fro kids has been ineffective over the last two years. According to the research, the vaccination did not reduce reduce the number of child hospitalizations or doctor’s visits linked to the flu.
THe study is one of [...]

“It can take weeks after you get vaccinated for your immune system to protect you”

This year, get your flu shots early

by Fran Kritz

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Getting ready to send the kids back to school? “Put their flu shots on your list,” says Dr. Jeff Kalina, associate medical director of emergency medicine [...]

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“It can take weeks after you get vaccinated for your immune system to protect you”

This year, get your flu shots early

by Fran Kritz

View Natural Medicine Products for Cold and Flu
Getting ready to send the kids back to school? “Put their flu shots on your list,” says Dr. Jeff Kalina, associate medical director [...]

Is commonly used for pain and fever in children.

The Low-Down on Natural Cold & Flu Treatments

“Products such as Oscillococcinum may decrease severity and duration of flu symptoms”

Easy ways to make yourself better, while battling the winter germs

by Terra Wellington

You know that the common cold can be one of the most fatiguing features of winter, often lasting weeks. The flu is another debilitating infection, [...]

A safety study of a highly touted herbal remedy extract (COLD-fX) from ginseng shows promise for use by Kids as a natural cold and flu remedy. The study, by Canadian researchers, appears in the journal Pediatrics – the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled Canadian trial which was conducted [...]

The effectiveness of the flu vaccine is gamble. Months before the flu season, officials at the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services take a guess as to what flu virus strain will hit in the coming winter. Even if they quess right, the effectiveness of the vaccine has been [...]