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• People’s Pharmacy: More studies show benefits of liquor

  December 20, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Ethanol, also known as drinking alcohol or booze, may be the oldest and most popular drug in human history. In fact, there is strong evidence that alcohol was consumed before …

• People’s Pharmacy: Ice cream soothes patient’s migraine

  April 19, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Q. You recently wrote about an ice-cream cure for a migraine. I am a lifetime sufferer. While in the throes of a multiday migraine, I ate ice cream too fast …

• People’s Pharmacy: Chocolate bar boosts aspirin power

  December 28, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q.I take aspirin for arthritis pain. It’s the only painkiller that works for me, but sometimes if I have a headache, the aspirin doesn’t seem to work. A fellow worker …

• Hot-water therapy can work on warts

  December 21, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I saw a question about warts on the toes of a 7-year-old. My daughter had the same problem 20 years ago when she was that age. We tried everything, …

• People’s Pharmacy: Readers debate coffee-cup quandary

  December 14, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I am sick and tired of reading about germs in restaurants or coffee shops. I think this is all much ado about nothing. If you are that worried about …

• People’s Pharmacy: Drug interaction alerts often ignored

  December 7, 2010 in Features on Page C3 In the United States, most law-abiding citizens don’t run red lights. They know that the traffic rules are there to protect everyone from accidents. There’s also the fear factor. If …

• People’s Pharmacy: Ask barista to let you handle the lid

  November 30, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I love the lattes from the local coffee shop. I usually grab a cup on my way to the office. What I don’t like is when the barista slaps …

• People’s Pharmacy: Is natural HRT safer than Prempro?

  November 23, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. When I read the news about the link between HRT and aggressive breast cancer, I discovered that it related only to Prempro. That’s the drug that was used in …

• People’s Pharmacy: Germs with your lemon wedge?

  November 16, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. One of my co-workers always asks for a slice of lemon in his water. I shudder every time I see that piece of lemon floating in his glass, but …

• Drinking water unlikely to raise blood pressure

  November 9, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. When we ask how much water is healthy for us, the standard response is eight glasses of water per day. If someone had high blood pressure, could eight glasses …

• People’s Pharmacy: Cancer link to HRT gives women pause

  November 2, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Women worry about breast cancer and for good reason. Almost everyone knows a friend or relative who has been diagnosed with this disease. That is why the link between hormone …

• People’s Pharmacy: Pickle juice helped ease leg cramps

  October 26, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I experienced leg cramps that started in my toes and went up almost to my diaphragm. I tried sublingual homeopathic tablets, without success. My son, a handball player, told …

• People’s Pharmacy: Reader discovers you are what you eat

  October 19, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I was overweight, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. I was taking three different medications (plus a statin to lower cholesterol) and living in a kind of …

• Hand washing with soap, water still best

  October 12, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I was in the hospital for serious injuries resulting from an automobile accident. They included a crushed tibia that was a compound fracture. As you can imagine, there was …

• People’s Pharmacy: Ant bites mysteriously cure severe pain

  October 5, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. On Wednesday afternoon, I saw the doctor to request an appointment for an MRI, as I was having such severe hip and leg pain. It was at times unbearable. …

• People’s Pharmacy: Prune juice not addictive

  September 28, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. My wife had vascular surgery for blocked arteries in both legs three months ago. She also had an aneurysm in her abdomen repaired. The doctor told her she probably …

• Calcium report causes controversy

  September 21, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. Thank you for writing about calcium supplements. I have been taking a 1,000 mg calcium supplement daily for years. About a year ago, September 2009, I had what my …

• People’s Pharmacy: Older Americans take too many pills

  September 14, 2010 in Features on Page C3 If you watch any prime-time network television, you would have to conclude that America is a nation of sick old people. That’s because so many of the commercials focus on …

• People’s Pharmacy: Black pepper can stop bleeding

  September 7, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. Black pepper works great to stop bleeding! I build cabinets. While moving a large cabinet on rollers across a gap in my concrete floor, the cabinet slipped back into …

• Cancer researchers give marijuana a closer look

  August 31, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q.I would like you to know about medical marijuana for cancer. In her late 30s, my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4a. It was a 6 centimeter tumor … 1

• People’s Pharmacy: Zaps triggered as meds taper off

  August 24, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I was on Prozac for two years for obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it decimated my libido. My doctor prescribed citalopram instead. If I missed a dose or two of Prozac, …

• People’s Pharmacy: Almonds worked for indigestion

  August 17, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. Your column helped me finally get off Prevacid. All my previous attempts failed until I learned to eat almonds to stop the indigestion. Now that I have eliminated the …

• Tincture of iodine kills skin, nail fungi

  August 3, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. For more than 20 years, I was plagued with dry, flaky skin on the side of my nose and behind my earlobes. I went to several doctors, including dermatologists. …

• Blood-pressure drugs have pitfalls

  July 13, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q.I have been dealing with high blood pressure for years. When I am under stress, my blood pressure goes up to around 150. My doctor has prescribed lots of different …

• Hot water is soothing on itchy insect bites

  July 6, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I am a mosquito magnet. The only thing that eases the itch is to put my poor bitten legs under hot running water. Tap water is hot enough. After … 1

• Study links naproxen to hypertension, bleeding

  June 29, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. I have taken naproxen regularly for the past several years, having had knee replacement and shoulder surgery. When I take naproxen, my blood pressure goes up from 115/70 to …

• Readers defend home remedies

  June 22, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Home remedies have been a mainstay of healing for most of human history. People turned to specialists like bonesetters or doctors only when they didn’t really know what to do …

• Drugs affect Vitamin D and bone health

  June 15, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Q. My physician recently found that my vitamin D level is very low. I find this hard to believe since I drink nearly a gallon of milk weekly and take …

• Through trial and error, some healed rosacea

  June 8, 2010 in Features on Page C3 It’s called acne rosacea, but the name is confusing. This skin condition is nothing like your teenager’s pimples. Rosacea affects women more than men and usually strikes during middle age. … 2

• Analysis on red meat hard to swallow

  June 1, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Americans are passionate about food. We’re not suggesting that they are fanatical about gourmet cooking like the French. After all, the U.S. is the home of fast food. What gets …

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