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How to Prevent Kids From Catching the Common Cold

by Honey Berk, Posted Oct 18th 2010 1:45PM

Teach your kids to sneeze or cough into a tissue or their elbow to help prevent a cold from spreading. Credit: Getty Images With Halloween knocking at the door and Thanksgiving just around the corner, you know those dreaded sniffles ...Ah-choo! Cooler weather means it's cold season. Here are tips to help save on Kleenex this season.
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Flu shots, pregnancy and the unborn child

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 27th 2008 3:02PM

Hard to believe but it's already flu season again. Or, to be more accurate, it's really (hopefully) flu PREVENTION season. This week the Center for Disease Control whipped out a new, stronger than ever campaign to get pregnant women and young ...
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Infections linked to premature births

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 26th 2008 2:02PM

According to a recent report, infections may be the cause of many premature births. Studies showed the more serious the infection, the more likely the premature birth and the sicker the infant. Studies also reported finding bacteria or (yick!) fungi ...
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PD*Poll: Did one school's DWI program goes too far?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jun 14th 2008 4:00PM

Administrators and teachers at a California high school recently announced to their students that several teens had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend. It was devastating news that traumatized students, many of whom had lost good friends. ...
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Another side of school birth control

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 24th 2007 8:02AM

One of the most important parts of the pharmacy software I worked on when I worked for Long's Drugs was responsible for ensuring that patients weren't dispensed medicines that would interfere with each other or, even work, interact negatively. A ...
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