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Doctor Drupe
04/10/2015 |
Doctor Drupe The Friday File: Contrary to popular wisdom and after controlling for socioeconomic status, persons that eat an apple a day are just as likely to see the doctor or have an overnight hospital stay as those that do not. Despite this heavy blow to the fruit-farmer-industrial complex, the research did show that daily apple eaters used slightly fewer prescription drugs, suggesting that an apple a day keeps the pharmacist away.