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Dear Readers, We’re at the peak of the cold and flu season right now, and if you feel like you’re encircled by an army of hostile viruses, it’s because you are. I’ve been inundated with your emails about what you should do or take to prevent falling ill. The single most important thing you can do to prevent colds and flu, believe it or not, is to wash your hands well and often. Now,...

IrongeezelleSays™: “Ablution confessional” By Tatjana Eggink Remember the movie, As Good As It Gets? Remember the obsessive-compulsive (OCD, in psychology speak) character, portrayed by Jack Nicholson, who washes his hands over and over with fresh soap ? Remember Howard Hughes, an over-the-top compulsive, who also began as frequent hand washer? Well, I am that type of person, too,...

Dear Pharmacist,I just started taking “doxycycline” for acne. The prescription label says to “avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight” and the guys in my apartment are razzing me because I won’t play tennis with them anymore. My room mate says he took doxycycline before going on a cruise and nothing happened to him. He bet me $100 to go outside for an hour, to show me that I won’t get...

Pat PacielloOnce again many people in our country are cowering in fear of a health problem that has affected very few Americans. It seems every year, the media, politicians, and health officials have the population poised for extinction. This year the health crisis is the Swine Flu. Last year we didn't have enough medicine to vaccinate people against pneumonia. Prior to that, the Bird Flu struck...