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Herbalist-Turned-Medical Student Melds Two Traditions of Healing
By Susan Gonzalez — 2010
Not many parents can say they have never given their kids an antibiotic or a pharmaceutical pain-relief medication for an ear infection or sore throat, but first-year medical resident Dr. Aviva Romm can.
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