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Podcast: Late Night Health Radio
Episode: Middle Ages Medicine Taking On 21st Century Problems Part 2
Description: The CDC is worried about two things this winter season: Fighting a flu pandemic, while at the same time trying to stop nightmare bacteria (superbugs). Last year, an estimated 80,000 Americans died from flu and each year more than 23,000 Americans die from antibiotic-resistant germs (superbugs). While modern medicine continues to search for solutions through vaccination and immunobiotics, could the answer be found in medieval medicine?Sherry Torkos, a holistic pharmacist and author of more than a dozen books on natural health and healing says the medical discoveries that came out of the Middle Ages during the bubonic plague “Black De...