A few months ago I gave a lunchtime webinar to a regional work group focused on antimicrobial stewardship. Vaccines are an important component of antimicrobial stewardship: preventing infections means you don’t…
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Vaccines in a practice
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“Why does my kid need a second dose of this vaccine? Can’t we just check his titers? What are titers anyway?” When we talk about titers, we are almost always talking…
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On Thursday, I spent a big part of my morning doing something I had hoped I would never have to do in my career. I put in place a set of…
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This year the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians hosted their annual conference in San Diego on July 12-14, 2018. I am happy to report that there were 4 speakers providing a…
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In the last few years we have seen two major milestones towards polio eradication. In 2015, one of the three types of poliovirus was declared eradicated. In 2016, the oral polio…
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When it comes to vaccines, perhaps the most frequent question I get is some version of “As a naturopath, do you recommend vaccines?” If you don’t have time to read the…
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“Does that have aluminum in it?” My patient asks. She practically spits out the word, aluminum. I have just finished cleaning the dog bites on both her hands, and I am…
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One of the unmistakable patterns in the public forum debates on vaccination safety and vaccination policy is that the trained health care professionals tend to line up on one side, while…
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By an overwhelming majority, the membership of the Naturopathic Academy of Primary Care Physicians voted to approve an immunization position paper in support of the ACIP schedule. Here is an excerpt…
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When new families come to my practice, many parents are confused about why the hepatitis B vaccine is on the schedule for newborns. After all, hepatitis B is sexually and IV…