Flu

Alternative Treatments and Prevention

Written by Randall Neustaedter
Price: $7.95
North Atlantic Books

Every winter, the flu virus presents an international health threat. Sometimes the flu season is mild, while in other years it causes widespread debilitating illness. Vaccination against the flu has been hailed as the primary and best preventive measure, yet shortages and the controversies surrounding the lack of effectiveness of vaccinations...

Childhood Ear Infections

A Parent's Guide to Alternative Treatments

Written by Michael A. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books

Research increasingly questions the safety and efficacy of antibiotics in treating ear infections in small children. This guide explores the underlying causes of the problem and suggests new strategies. The author discusses diet, homeopathic care, and children's vitamin absorption process. The book includes a checklist that advises parents when they should...

When Antibiotics Fail

Restoring the Ecology of the Body

Written by Marc Lappe
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books

When Antibiotics Fail documents the problem noticed in the mid-eighties of the over-reliance of the medical establishment on antibiotics. Biologist and toxicologist Mark Lappe was among the first medical professionals to sound an alarm aabout the effects of ignoring the natural defenses of the immune system and our tendency to substitute...

Beyond Antibiotics

50 (or so) Ways to Boost Immunity and Avoid Antibiotics Second Edition

Written by Michael A. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Price: $21.95
North Atlantic Books

Officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have reported that the overuse of antibiotics in medicine has created an epidemic of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Doctors fear that if antibiotic use is not curtailed, we may soon approach the day when untreatable infections are rampant. In Beyond...