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Myth: Starve a Cold
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With so many respiratory viruses circulating in the community, Dr. Benjamin Springgate, LSU Health New Orleans Internal Medicine and Public Health, takes on the old "Starve a Cold" adage. Watch
Myth: The flu shot can give you the flu
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Each year, we hear the same excuse for not getting a flu shot -- "the flu shot will give me the flu." That is absolutely not true. Watch
Myth: Spicy foods cause ulcers
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For years, hot foods were linked to ulcers. Dr. Benjamin Springgate, Associate Professor in LSU Health New Orleans schools of Medicine and Public Health sets the record straight. Watch