Health & Wellness

An Apple A Day May Help Keep Infections Away

| January 3, 2012

Eating apples on a regular basis may help keep infections at bay. John Schieszer has the latest on the story with The Medical Minute (click the play button on the left to hear the podcast or download it to your computer by clicking on the link below it).

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