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Lactulose: A laxative that works at both ends
Dear Pharmacist: I heard you recommend a drug called Lactulose as a laxative, but you said it helped with brain fog too. How can it work at both ends? — J.C., Decatur, Ill. Dear J.C.: It's true. The prescription medication called Lactulose is...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Liver Disease, Diabetes, Dietary Supplements, Constipation
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EatingWell: Find out which foods and nutrients will bolster your immune system
Premium Health News ServiceThe cold and flu season is upon us. How can you bolster your defenses against the germs lurking in the common areas in your office, the supermarket, the mall and other stops in your everyday travels? Include these five immunity boosters in your diet, plus...Tags: Healthy Diet, Dietary Supplements, Lifestyle and Leisure, Newspaper and Magazine, Vitamin D
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Probiotics may be effective in preventing the common cold
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: Can probiotics really help prevent a cold? What about vitamin C? ANSWER: When you're trying to keep a cold at bay, there's no shortage of self-help suggestions out there. The two you mention -- probiotics and vitamin C -- are common...Tags: Symptoms, Weather, Mayo Clinic, Common Cold, Hospitals and Clinics
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Probiotics may be effective in preventing the common cold
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: Can probiotics really help prevent a cold? What about vitamin C? ANSWER: When you're trying to keep a cold at bay, there's no shortage of self-help suggestions out there. The two you mention -- probiotics and vitamin C -- are common...Tags: Symptoms, Weather, Mayo Clinic, Common Cold, Hospitals and Clinics
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Make your own flu remedy
Something special comes along this time of year to remind many of us about the joys of parenting. It usually kicks in about 3:30 a.m. or so, when a little one stumbles down the stairs moaning about how he just threw up in his bed. So you do what any...
Tags: Allentown, Dietary Supplements, Macungie, Flu
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Don't get mugged by diabetes meds
Dear Pharmacist: I have your "Diabetes Without Drugs" book and it has helped me, but I'm still on two of the original five medications for this condition. Which nutrients should I take with my medicine? — B.B., Micanopy, Fla. Dear B.B.: For my new...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dietary Supplements, Heart Disease, Chemical Industry, Vitamin Therapy
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Probiotics may be a factor in preventing obesity
Premium Health News ServiceAccumulating research indicates microbiota in lean individuals is different from that of obese people; lean people tend to have a higher proportion of two types of beneficial bacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, than obese people. Emerging evidence...Tags: Obesity, Healthy Diet, Science, Dietary Supplements, Immune System
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Probiotics: A gut-check on bacterial health
A fascinating, if disconcerting, fact: More than 100 trillion so-called good bacteria thrive in or on the human body. A sizable chunk of them maintain residence in the human digestive tract. Probiotics, live microorganisms that benefit their human host,...
Tags: Symptoms, Diarrhea, Food and Drug Administration, Dietary Supplements, Crohn's Disease
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What to look for in probiotics
If you're interested in seeing whether eating probiotic-infused foods might improve your digestive health, look for foods (or supplements) with one of many species of lactobacillus or bifidobacterium. "There are something like 400 different probiotics,...
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The gut and its bacteria a growing focus of research
The yards of dank tubing in our midsections form a complex, amazing and absolutely pivotal foundation for human health. And the more that scientists come to appreciate this, the more they anticipate that future medical discoveries will come from the lowly...
Tags: Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners, Obesity, Stanford University
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Feed your 'good' bacteria
Premium Health News ServiceThere's a lot more going on in your gut than just digestion, absorption and excretion. Trillions of microorganisms inhabit your intestines. In fact, there are 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells in your whole body. And these little beneficial...Tags: Colon Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Science, Cancer, Dietary Supplements
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TV not always a healthy channel for advice
Your family doctor doesn't work with a teleprompter. And there wasn't a live studio audience the last time you put on a hospital gown — thankfully. Television is great for sports, reality shows and reruns of "The Big Bang Theory," but if you're...
Tags: The Big Bang Theory (tv program), Jim Sears, Television Industry, Dietary Supplements, Internal Medicine
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