BEST WAY TO FIGHT ILLNESS IS TO KEEP SICK CHILD HOME

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: January 13, 2004| Author: Judy Lyden | Copyright information

Everybody's sick. Flu, colds, bronchitis, sinus infection, elephantiasis, beriberi and pox are some of the delights of living too close, wearing skimpy clothes and eating a host of nutritionless food in overheated rooms while being sleep-deprived.

Let's track illness. In an adult, there is a sudden sluggishness. We just don't feel quite right. We're more than tired; we're pooped! Then there's that little nagging cough, or headache, or that peripheral nausea or scratchiness in the thro...

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