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Playing on my phone setting in the passenger seat as Grandpa drove, I heard Grandpa say, “That truck says he’s turning…” His tone was hopeful and dubious at the same time causing me to look up from the nothingburger images on the phone screen to see the big box truck ahead of us with its right turn...
Q: The label on my bottle of thyroid medicine says to take it in the morning on an empty stomach. But sometimes I forget to take it until AFTER I've eaten breakfast. Is it still okay to take it?
The synthetic thyroid hormone levothyroxine is the most prescribed medication in the United States. My...
I got interested in combining plant foods to make complete protein right after leaving the work force to become a fulltime mom. Our new baby and a single income forced me to look for ways to feed our family less expensively and still get the best nutrition possible.
I found that wheat, oats or rice...
One of my 40-something patients, Katie, called last week. She had been prescribed a new medicine, an inhaler, to help her breathe following severe pneumonia that put her in the hospital. I could hear her wheezing as she spoke, but she refused to consider using her inhaler.
“How could my doctor do...
Last weekend Sonny decided to make the trip to get a stove to heat the building Grandpa is lending us where we are setting up shop. Sonny found a used stove like the one in the old shop at Goldendale for sale close to where Caren and Jake live. Jake found out we needed it, offered to buy it, pick...
Q: How many B vitamins make up a B-complex vitamin? Some B-complex products contain 4 different B vitamins, like B1, B2, B3, and B6, while others also include B-12.
There is no standard or official formula for what a B-complex vitamin should contain. That’s because “B-complex” was a term that...
When I was a kid, we’d head off into the woods alone. Being as I’m ‘directionally challenged’ the folks got me a dog figuring he’d lead me home when I got lost. I’m not smart enough to learn how to use a compass but I am smart enough to recognize my limitations. My solution is to not stray off the...
Avid football fans and advertisers look forward to the Super Bowl football game, held every year in February. This weekend, the American Football Conference’s Kansas City Chiefs square off against the National Football Conference’s Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on...
It’s cold outside; the doors and windows are shut tight; we’re inside keeping warm day and night; the air we breathe gets stale; I woke up with a scratchy throat.
Setting on Jenny, Grandma’s little orange snow blower, I got chilled. I know it’s important to get off that seat when it’s freezing,...
Flu season is in full swing. Here are my favorite products for relief of coughs, colds, and flu:
1. Delsym® for relief of cough.
Delsym® contains a single ingredient, dextromethorphan (DM), the same active ingredient as in Robitussin DM®. Unlike Robitussin, each concentrated dose of Delsym® lasts...
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