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Keep a Common Cold Out of Your Lungs—Especially If You Have Asthma
If you’re prone to bronchitis or pneumonia or have asthma, you may freak out any time someone near you coughs or sneezes, as viral droplets...
The Best Trigger Finger Cure (It’s Not Surgery or Cortisone)
Injections or surgery won’t fix trigger finger (when your finger is trapped in a bent position). But these exercises will.
Hiccups after eating bread…
“I get hiccups whenever I eat rye bread. Is this normal?” Many people have food triggers that can cause the annoying, involuntary chest spasms known...
Surprising Castor Oil Cures
Mention the words “castor oil” and most people will turn up their noses. That’s because castor oil is widely known as a strong laxative. For...
Beat Knee Pain Without Surgery
This strategy is just as effective…and much safer… Do you wince when you walk, kneel, squat or climb stairs? If so, you are definitely not...
The Best Way to Reverse AFib (It’s Not Drugs or Surgery)
If you’re diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib—a chronic condition that creates abnormal heart rhythms, increasing the risk for stroke and heart failure—your...
Alert: The Worst Antibiotics for Your Gut Health
How bad are antibiotics for your digestion and gut health, really? Here’s the answer: Worse than you may have ever imagined. The latest study finds...
You Need Exercise—Not a Knee Replacement
Did you know that knee-replacement surgery is virtually epidemic in this country? The number has doubled over the past decade. And among Medicare beneficiaries, the...
Why You Don’t Need a Heart Scan or a Coronary Artery Calcium Score Test
Coronary artery disease has been called “the silent killer.” You even may have known someone who dropped dead out of the blue because of it....
Castor Oil Packs Reduce Pain, Swelling, Congestion and More
I was quite a bookworm when I was a girl—and I remember reading about many a storybook heroine who had to swallow a daily dose...
