They are the familiar sights and sounds of fall and winter: the sniffling nose, the dry, scratchy voice and the grimace that follows a swallow of medicine. Many people tend to consider the flu as something a visit to the corner drug store will cure. Yet, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in the United States more than 100,000 people are hospitalized and approximately 36,000 people will die for the flu and it’s complications every year. The