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Travel Tips for Frequent and Infrequent Travellers

Travelling can be a hectic time with numerous things on the go. Passport? Check. Travel documents? Check. Itinerary? Check. Travel Medication? …Uh oh.

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Is Napping Bad for You? How to Take a Healthy Nap

While a nap may seem like a too-good-to-be-true dream to many adults, babies and newborns need to nap for a good portion of the day as their bodies are busy with major growth cycles. But naps are less common for adults, and certainly not necessary in the way that they are for babies.

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What Are the Health Benefits of Cilantro or Coriander?

Most people know cilantro as an herb they find in either guacamole or salsa and either they gobble it up or they pick it out. It’s true, you either love it or hate it, but either way, cilantro is an amazing herb that packs a health punch. Even the haters can’t deny it.

Motivated

Social Smoking: How I Slid Down the Slippery Slope

I was 14 when I tried a cigarette for the first time. Walking through town on the way home, I found an almost full packet of Marlboros on a table outside a local café.

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The Hidden Addiction

It’s Saturday morning, Sherman, a carpet cleaner, is up early to watch TV. Sherman is a TV addict always in front of the tube watching reality shows, talk shows, news, game shows, travel channel, cooking shows, you name the TV show Sherman will watch it.

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What is Advair Inhaler Used to Treat?

Seroflo is a generic version of Advair inhaler device (or called Advair HFA inhaler) used to treat asthma and other breathing conditions. It is an inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting bronchodilator combination.

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Why Toast and Tea Won’t Cut it for Older Adults

Is it any surprise that some older adults love their toast and tea? It's easy and inexpensive. It gets the job done. But when it comes to aging well, it turns out that falling back on this combo day after day could have some very serious drawbacks.

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Is there a generic option for Actonel?

Risedronate is the generic name of Actonel. Rrisedronate Sodium belongs to a group of drugs called bisphosphonates. It is used to treat osteoporosis, also is used in the treatment of Paget's disease.

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7 Common Illnesses That Can Derail Your Vacation

Whether you’re flying off to an exotic location or heading home from a cross-country road trip, there’s one all too common souvenir you’ll want to avoid bringing back from your next trip.

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Bio-active Walls and Concrete Healed by Bacteria: The Promise of Microbes in the Built Environment

Microbes are often treated solely as things that will make us sick and which need to be removed. We spend large amount of time and money disinfecting and cleaning surfaces to rid them of the “microbiome of the built environment”.

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Too Clean Really Can Make You Sick

Stanley was obsessed with antibacterial soap. He would always carry his antibacterial soap wherever he went. If he went to the shopping mall, park, bus, he made sure he used the soap. Stanley thought antibacterial soap was the answer to fight off any harmful bacteria. He once told his family “Stop using the regular soap and start using antibacterial soap. You’ll never catch a cold again.”

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