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  • Drugstore Hacks: 5 Off-Label uses for OTC remedies

    Drugstore Hacks: 5 Off-Label uses for OTC remedies

    Ever complain about the itchiness of a mosquito bite, only to have a friend hand you two aspirins? Though you may think your friend has gone to la-la land, she is completely right to hand you the aspirins. This is one of the off-label uses of over-the-counter (OTC) medications. Off-label use of an OTC med…

  • 5 Surprising Uses for Antidepressants

    5 Surprising Uses for Antidepressants

    Antidepressants – the new miracle drug? You’d think so based on the number of non-psychological uses for which they are now prescribed. General pain, migraines, fainting, incontinence and premature ejaculation are all conditions that can be helped with antidepressants. “These antidepressants are often prescribed “off-label,” says David Diaz, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at…

  • 6 Facts You May Not Know About Adderall

    6 Facts You May Not Know About Adderall

    It’s 1:00 a.m., and you are nodding off over a presentation due tomorrow at work. But in a few hours, the meeting will begin. If offered, would you take a pill “guaranteed to keep you awake and focused for hours?” Why not? Lots of kids these days take Adderall, right? Adderall and Ritalin, both amphetamine-based…

  • Which Flu Vaccine Is Right For You?

    Which Flu Vaccine Is Right For You?

    The numbers can be scary: Almost 24,000 Americans will die from the flu this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and more than 200,000 will be hospitalized. Fortunately, becoming a statistic is avoidable. “The best way to protect yourself from the flu is to get a flu vaccine,” says Dr.…

  • Four Supplements for Flu Sufferers

    Four Supplements for Flu Sufferers

    Seasonal flu is a contagious, respiratory illness caused by flu viruses. As it spreads from person to person, it may cause a mild or severe illness, with about one in four suffering complications that can lead to hospitalization or death. While your best line of defense against the flu is a flu vaccine, approximately five…

  • Why Your Flu Shot May Not Be Effective

    Why Your Flu Shot May Not Be Effective

    Influenza, or flu, as it’s commonly known, is a contagious respiratory illness that attacks the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs. On any given year, between 5 and 20 percent of the population may develop this illness, and between 4,000 and 49,000 Americans die each year from complications related to the flu virus. Unlike the…

  • The Flu Shot: Those Who Can Should, Those Who Can’t Don’t

    The Flu Shot: Those Who Can Should, Those Who Can’t Don’t

    When flu season arrives it’s time for the annual debate regarding whether or not to get a flu shot. Influenza is a highly contagious, upper respiratory disease with symptoms that can range from mild to deadly. Every flu season brings with it different strains of the flu virus that differ in severity. And the same…

  • 7 Meds that Could Make You Tired

    7 Meds that Could Make You Tired

    Is it difficult for you to start your day? Do you find previously interesting hobbies tiresome? Have you lost some of your mojo and find yourself dragging from home to work and then back again, eschewing social gatherings because of apathy? What may be happening is that one or a combination of prescription or over-the-counter…

  • 5 Medications that Could Make Your Hair Fall Out

    5 Medications that Could Make Your Hair Fall Out

    Have you ever thought how it would be if, one day, you woke up completely bald? Sans hair? Slick as a bowling ball? Most people would feel devastated, with rapidly sinking self-esteem and emotional well-being, especially if you are a woman. Bald is beautiful in this culture for men, but bald isn’t commonly identified as…

  • Signs It’s Alcohol Poisoning

    Signs It’s Alcohol Poisoning

    One thousand, eight hundred and twenty five. That’s how many alcohol-related injury deaths occur in college students (aged 18 – 24) every year. That means that, on any given night, five college students will succumb to death following an evening of binge drinking. And the drinking doesn’t stop in college: alcohol and drug abuse related…

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