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Show 864: Summertime Remedies

Find out what summertime remedies can help you stay healthy on summer vacation.
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Summertime offers great opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, but sometimes there are risks that might be hard to avoid. Chiggers, ticks and mosquitos can make you miserable. What can you do to avoid them or manage the itch that results?

Summertime Remedies:

This summer has broken heat records in many places. Is your medication putting you at risk for heat stroke? We’ll find out how to recognized the signs and what to do.

Watch Out for Sunburn:

Going out in the summer sun can result in a painful sunburn. Little children, with their delicate skin, are especially vulnerable. And there may be serious consequences years later, in the form of skin cancer. How should parents be protecting them?

We explore the stories behind the health headlines and entertain listeners’ summertime remedies.

This Week’s Guest:

Alan Geller, RN, MPH, Senior Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health

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The podcast of this program will be available the Monday after the broadcast date. The show can be streamed online from this site and podcasts can be downloaded for free for four weeks after the date of broadcast. After that time has passed, digital downloads are available for $2.99. CDs may be purchased at any time after broadcast for $9.99.

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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