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Got a Cough?
If a sore throat, stuffy nose, sneezing, and headache aren’t enough to make you feel miserable from a cold or other acute upper respiratory infection this winter, you may...
Urinary Incontinence: Don’t Suffer in Silence
Urinary incontinence (UI) can leave you fearing loss of bladder control every time you cough or laugh, or planning your days so you’re never too far from a restroom....
The Long Road to Understanding Long Covid
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, some patients have recovered from an acute bout of Covid-19 but then experienced months or even years of profound fatigue, brain...
Lowering Your Drug Costs at the Pharmacy Checkout
If you feel like you’re paying more for prescriptions than you used to, you’re not imagining things. Adjusting for inflation, Americans spent an average of $1,073 on prescription drugs...
The Activity of ‘Inactive’ Drug Ingredients
When you buy an over-the-counter (OTC) medication, you probably have noticed that there are two sections of ingredients listed on the package label: the active and the inactive. The...
The Healing Effects of Colored Light
Blue light for acne? Red light to erase fine lines and wrinkles? Green light to ease pain? The different wavelengths of various colors enter the skin’s layers at different...
Morton’s Neuroma
If you get a sharp, sometimes burning, pain on the ball of your foot between two toes when you walk, you may wonder what the heck is causing that....
Breathing Devices for Lowering Blood Pressure?
If you have high blood pressure that you control, or try to control, with diet, exercise, weight loss, and other lifestyle measures—and perhaps even medication—here’s something to consider adding...
Life After Tinnitus
We had just finished celebrating my wife’s birthday. She was driving our older son back to his college campus while I stayed home with our younger one. All of...
Coping With Tinnitus
Tinnire: Latin for “to ring”
Described as ringing in the ear, tinnitus can also sound like buzzing, crickets, hissing, whistling, screeching, clicking, static, roaring, swooshing, a dial tone, or pulsing....
