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Dear Pharmacist, My husband and I are tea lovers and we were so glad to find out about matcha green tea from your article last year. Are you aware of other healthy tea drinks such as this? --P.M. Tulsa, Oklahoma Answer: Yes, as a matter of fact. When I was traveling through northern California, I stumbled upon a cool cafe that only serves yerba mate, pronounced “yerba-mah-tay.” The drink gives...

I live with a room mate. It's a smart thing to do I suppose. It's cool because, you get to live with a cool buddy, and divide your bills in half -- half the rent, half the power bill, half the cable bill: It's good stuff! Well, my room mate is in a fiscal struggle at the moment. It's a bummer, and I help where I can. Now, while I don't watch much TV -- I am very reliant on our cable service....

I'm sure you have heard the words before; you may have even used them yourself. Someone, talking about their relationship with another says, "He/she is the love of my life." Or perhaps it's, "He/she is my soul mate." Those are very deep and meaningful words, but I think they are bandied around much too easily. First of all, while understandable when coming from someone young, it is...

In a study of baby boomer adults over the age of 50, women get an added health benefit when paired with a mate who is conscientious and a little neurotic. While both men and women benefit from being paired with a conscientious mate, researchers say only the women saw a modest boost in their health from being with a man who was also a little neurotic.Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate,...

A recent post by BabyBoomerBev about teen pregnancy started me thinking. In her post, Bev recounts the experience she and her teenage daughter had when her daughter became pregnant, in stark contrast to the experiences of Governer Palin and her pregnant teenage daughter. The main point of Bev's story was about the way a rich, powerful, white family was received and supported by the community as...