Symptoms of Food Poisoning Food poisoning is a relatively common illness that can lead to serious complications. It may even be life-threatening. If you suspect food poisoning, an internal medicine doctor can provide assistance as a primary care physician. The symptoms of food poisoning will depend on the source of poisoning, but many of them…
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Despite the fact that we spend more on healthcare than any other developed nation, Americans visit our doctors less than people in most other industrialized nations. In the US, we visit the doctor an average of 4 times a year. In Germany, they visit the doctor about ten times a year. In Japan, people visit…
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Allergies are an irregular immune response. Your body responds to a harmless substance as though it were harmful, bringing out the full arsenal of immune system tricks. And since most of the things that we associate with flu are actually our body’s immune response, we end up getting many flu-like symptoms. But why do some…
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Hiccups are a very common phenomenon, so common that it’s been suggested that they long predate humans, that they are, perhaps, a vestigial product of a time when our amphibious ancestors were learning to breathe air and needed to protect their primitive lungs before they were ready. But if we’re just looking at the most…
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