10 Recommended Adult Vaccines
The Centre for Disease Control recommends ten vaccines for adults. Some we should all get; others are for people with certain conditions or risk factors. Ask your doctor which ones could help protect you.
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How to Treat and Prevent a Cold
It's that time of year again. Read on to find out what you can do to prevent catching a cold this season and learn more about how to treat a cold if you happen to catch one anyway.
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Guide to Medicinal Herbs
Looking for an all-natural remedy for arthritis or a quick fix for the common cold? Find out more about medicinal herbs to treat or prevent what ails you.
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6 Secrets to Beating a Cold With Natural Products
Susan Smith Jones, PhD, is no stranger to health secrets. The author of 27 books, including The Joy Factor: 10 Sacred Practices for Radiant Health, has been teaching students at UCLA how to be healthy and fit for 30 years.
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7 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick
We can’t promise you’ll never get hit with another cold or suffer another bout of the flu, but you can increase your odds of staying well with these strategies. Sneak these easy disease-fighting habits into your life and stop sickness from taking its toll.
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Fighting Swine Flu
Everything you need to know about H1N1: what it is, how to get rid of it, and when to seek medical help.
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Tune Up Your Immune System
What multiplies as fast as a flu virus? Claims about immune boosters, most of which just boost a few bucks from your wallet. Here are the ones worth trying out.
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Around-the-World Home Remedies
Every culture has its own special folk medicines that are passed down through the generations. Recent medical studies have confirmed that many of the herbs used in these home remedies are effective.
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Flu Shot, or Not?
Arm yourself with reliable resources and information to protect yourself and your family during the flu season.
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How to Cure the Common Cold
There may be no cure for the common cold, but why suffer through the symptoms or the unpleasant taste of over-the-counter medications? Create your own remedies for congestion, sore-throat, cough, and fever with these easy recipes.
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Dealing with a Sick Child
Whether it's a cold, a chronic illness or an allergy, you can't keep kids home forever. And it’s double-whammy when kids have to miss school and parents have to cut work to care for them. So will it be a sick day or a school day? Here’s how to figure things out.
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10 Healing Herbs
There’s a whole new arsenal of supplements that natural medicine experts “prescribe” for themselves and their patients—because they’re backed by compelling research that proves they really work. Your doctor isn’t likely to tell you about them, so you’ll just have to discover them for yourself. Here are the top ten natural remedies that live up to their promise.
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How to Dodge a Nasty Cold or Flu
Sick of suffering through the sniffles? Next time you feel a cold coming on try one of these strategies to bring it to a dead halt.
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Natural Cough Remedies
Coughing not only annoys you, but also makes you persona non grata at the movies, the symphony, well, anywhere people congregate. Try these home remedies for fast relief from the hacking.
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Brew Up a Cough Taming Tea
Sometimes things that feel good are actually good for you. A cup of hot tea can soothe your throat and tame your cough if you brew it with the right ingredients.
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