Full Description
The inside source on germ defense-from antibiotics and vaccines to health foods and home remedies.Provides an easy-to-use home reference book of childhood infections and methods of prevention and treatment Includes valuable explanations of the array of defenses against germs and infections Answers parents' most pressing questions, such as "Are vaccines safe?" and "What are the risks of antibiotics?" Offers a wide array of approaches to infection prevention-from vaccines and vitamin supplements to antibiotics and air purifiers Presents material in easy-to-read language, with a light and humorous tone for parents, while offering scientific information detailed and precise enough to satisfy the physician readers as well This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Contents
Table of ContentsI. Worthy Enemies1. Germinology: Know Your Enemy 2. Germ Roots and Germ Routes: Where They Come from, Where They Go, and How They Get from Here to There3. Plagued: a Glossary of DiseasesII. Weapons in the War4. Homeland Security: Our Natural Defenses against Germ Invasions5. Germinators: Antibiotics as Miracle and Menace6. Germinators II: Antivirals, Antifungals, Anti-parasitics7. Vaccine Verisimilitude: Venerated, Vilified, Vindicated8. Over-the-Counter or Over-the-Top: Symptom ReliefIII. Wear Your Boots in the Rain9. Sanitary Sanity: Personal, Household, and Community Hygiene10. From the Fridge to the Fringe: Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements11. Miscellaneous Mom-isms: Sleep, Stress, Weather, and Wardrobe, Exercise, and Everything ElseIV. Wisdom of the Ages12. Prudent Paranoia: Common Sense
