Should You Really Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever? - Pulse Nigeria

Should You Really Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever?  Pulse Nigeria

Turns out that ancient phrase is half right. The thinking started in the 1500s, explains Sharon Bergquist, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Emory University ...



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