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Echinacea wards off the common cold
Dear Pharmacist: I've got a cold. Should I start taking echinacea, and will it help me with the sneezing? —A.T., Sanibel Dear A.T.: It's the season for the common cold, with more than 1 billion cases in the United States each year. Sneezing is...
Tags: Symptoms, Allergies, Dietary Supplements, Vitamin C, Common Cold
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7 ways to stay healthy at work
While it might feel like summer, cold and flu season are just around the corner. Stocking up on vitamins may seem like the smart thing to do, but are your wellness methods up to date? We asked Dr. Yael Halaas, an ear, nose and throat doctor based in New...
Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Foods and Beverages, Antihistamines, High Blood Pressure, Health
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5 Ways to Stop a Cold
HealthA few years ago, when I was a new parent, it seemed as if I was constantly sick. My immunity was probably depressed due to lack of sleep. Plus my daughter was in daycare, where she picked up and brought home billions of germs. This past winter was a... -
Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Yeast Infection, Pain, Flu Vaccine, Chemotherapy, Diabetes
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Herbal remedies demand more study
An estimated 38 million adults in the United States use herbal medicinal products and dietary supplements. Unlike prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, herbal products are not well regulated by the Federal Food and Drug Administration....Tags: Dietary Supplements, Ephedra (dietary supplement), Kidney Disease, Herbal Medicines, Medical Research
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Doctor says cold medicines don't work for young kids
When a young child comes down with a cold — congestion, a scratchy sore throat and runny nose, maybe with greenish goo — many parents head straight for the drugstore for a bottle of children's cold medicine. Don't bother. It's worth it...Tags: Symptoms, Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, Coughing, Chemical Industry
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Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream
Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket.
His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Dietary Supplements, Fish Oil (dietary supplement), Duke University, Arthritis
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Immune system advice varied
dkmarmorstein@yahoo.comIn August, I realized that I hadn’t been sick since December. I was due. Then school started and the germ exchange began. Since then, I’ve only been well a couple of days. Four different bugs have attacked, and only a day or two between...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Vitamin D, Immune System
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Westchester firm recalls salmonella-contaminated supplement ingredient
Concern over salmonella contamination has prompted a Chicago-area firm to recall nearly 40,000 pounds of a dietary ingredient, a move that in turn prompted several recalls of supplements containing the suspect material. U.S. Food and Drug...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Mineral Supplements, Salmonella Infection, Immune System, Health Treatments
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The Healthy Skeptic: Probiotics could help in cold and flu season
Now that we're deep into the cold and flu season, it's safe to assume that germs are hiding pretty much everywhere — the keypad at the grocery store checkout, the handrail on the bus, the air around that miserable-looking co-worker.
Avoiding...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Whole Foods Market, Medical Research, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Common Cold
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Dietary supplements: Manufacturing troubles widespread, FDA inspections show
Federal inspections of companies that make dietary supplements — from multivitamins and calcium chews to capsules of echinacea and bodybuilding powders — reveal serious and widespread manufacturing problems in a $28 billion industry that sells...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Litigation, Mineral Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, Panama
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Dietary Supplements, Medical Procedures and Tests, Los Angeles Times, Politics
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