Natural remedies are all the rage as flu fears increase

Mardy Ross is thinking about downing some "poison cocktails" this fall. The daily glasses of milk spiked with a few drops of iodine worked in 1918 when her physician great-grandfather was treating patients during the Spanish flu epidemic. So what's to say they won't help ward off H1N1? As this quirky flu of unknown severity bears down and a vaccine remains weeks or months away from distribution, proactive people like Ross are going beyond the standard hand-washing and cough-avoiding recommendations.