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October 26, 2009

FDA warns consumers about fake swine flu cures

You can get just about anything online these days. Problem is, some of it isn't what it seems.

As the swine flu continues to sicken people, it has also created a market for treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning everyone to take care because some of the stuff isn't real.

The FDA has rooted out all kinds of bogus treatments, including shampoos, dietary supplements and air purifiers that claim to prevent the flu. Officials have also tested samples of "Tamiflu," the drug treatment for the flu, and found them to be talk and aspirin or something else.

Don't be fooled. Search for fraudulent products here:

Posted by Meredith Cohn at 3:18 PM | | Comments (1)
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There will always be folks who will try to take advantage of a bad situation, but the other side of that coin is that even in the worst plagues that ever reached civilization, such as the bubolic in Europe in 1350 that killed off a third of the population, (nothing like this situation), but worth noting is that there were always a large number of people that were untouched.

Almost no focus is on that. Not much money in it is one suspected reason, but it’s too bad most people don’t learn the natural mechanisms that discourage illness and bring about better health. The ones that do have a serious advantage. (This written by a middle aged man who hasn’t had need of a doctor for decades- though I’m glad one was there when I broke my hand in 93 and I have nothing against them).

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Kelly Brewington came to the health beat a year ago after covering everything from education and government to race and immigration in her 11 years as a reporter. Since then, she has tackled stories on autism, heart failure and acupuncture used to treat drug addiction. She’s been fascinated by medicine since childhood, when her doctor dad and nurse mom gave her Gray’s Anatomy coloring book to play with. She also blames her early exposure to the field of medicine for her hypochondria.

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