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Dry eyes have been my “beauty bane” since I turned 50 some ... Cough! Cough! ... years ago.
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Could we be prescribing antidepressants to those who really need a hearing test? A large-scale study published last April based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2010 found a significant correlation between hearing loss and depression, confirming some smaller…
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You may want to check your medicine cabinet after reading this.
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For decades, doctors, drug companies and the Food and Drug Administration have assured us that low-cost prescription generic drugs - which make up an estimated 80 percent of the prescription medicines we take - work just as well as the costlier brand-name drugs they mimic.
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A New York Times editorial called it possibly "the most dramatic advance in treating depression in decades."
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While depression is common among heart attack survivors, their spouses can also be hit hard.
There's been a lot of good news lately about coffee's health benefits, how it protects against  cancer and other diseases,  but America's favorite wake-up drink can also keep some common medications from working properly.
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