~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Nussbaum wrote: One of my nurses did not believe me that fever helped to fight infection. However when her two sons caught a viral URI she gave one acetoaminophen and the other nothing. The one who received nothing recovered faster. Not a very large sample but it convinced her. Dan Nussbaum Aside from anecdotes and some animal studies, I'm still waiting to see the evidence that fever is "good". Yeah, I heard that it may initiate the complement cascade blah blah etc etc. Greed may be good, but fever? Bob Schwartz