Proceed with caution: to take or not to take antibiotics
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When summer heat gives way to cooler fall temps, medical professionals quickly remind us that respiratory illness arrives with the […]
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Dr. Creshelle Nash is Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s medical director for Health Equity and Public Programs. With 2021 […]
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