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Dear Pharmacist
Food labels can deceive you
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I’m determined to stick with my New Year’s resolution to lose weight by cutting calories. Any tips to help me? --F.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dear Pharmacist
Food labels can deceive youIf You Have Asthma, You Can Take a Deep BreathChai Tea Has Impressive Health BenefitsLive Your Life Over Again, Start Today‘Tis the Season To Be HealthyKis All Your Problems Goodbye With MistletoeUnderstanding Pancreatitis and Pancreatic CancerThanksgiving Recipes From a Healthy HeartThe Right Hormones Can Make You Happy Coffee, tea, or... diabetes?
Dear Pharmacist
Food labels can deceive you
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I’m determined to stick with my New Year’s resolution to lose weight by cutting calories. Any tips to help me? --F.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dear Pharmacist
If You Have Asthma, You Can Take a Deep Breath
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I read your facebook post about people with asthma and how they should be dairy free. I feel better after just one week. I also read where you recommend two supplements for asthma which I just started (Coleus Forskholii and N-Acetylcysteine). You are saving my life Suzy. What else? --J.R., Rockwall, Texas
Dear Pharmacist
Chai Tea Has Impressive Health Benefits
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I can’t give up sodas. I’ve been downing them daily since childhood, but I know they’re bad for me. Can you suggest a healthier drink that’s still sweet but has fewer calories? --R.L., Plantation, Florida
Dear Pharmacist
Live Your Life Over Again, Start Today
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I am 87 y.o. and at the end of my journey. I’ve been through so much, and today, I’m writing letters to special people. I wish to thank you for improving the quality of my life the past few years with your columns and books. There is so much to say... a simple thank you will have to suffice. I wish I could go back and make changes earlier on, but I can’t. I hope my daughter and the younger generations will listen to you. Happy New Year Suzy. L.S., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Dear Pharmacist
‘Tis the Season To Be Healthy
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, The cold weather is upon us, and I’m worried about cold and flu. What are some simple steps to keep my immune system healthy? --L.F., Alexandria, Virginia
Dear Pharmacist
Kis All Your Problems Goodbye With Mistletoe
By Suzy CohenI wish you all a happy, restful holiday. At this time of year, I’d like to write about the most romantic plant on Earth, Mistletoe. It has allowed more men to steal a kiss than anything else! Mistletoe, a traditional symbol of love, is literally a parasite, receiving no nourishment from the soil. It offers some of the most impressive health benefits of any plant for a variety of conditions.
Dear Pharmacist
Understanding Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I've been very sick with pancreatitis. Do you have any treatment regimens or vitamin recommendations that could stop this problem? --J.M., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dear Pharmacist
Thanksgiving Recipes From a Healthy Heart
By Suzy CohenDear Readers, Everyone knows I’m a health nerd, so it may come as a surprise that I love to cook. I confess my kitchen looks like a bit like a high-school science lab, complete with the mortar and pestel, juicers, funnels and beakers. Seeds of all sorts. Yeah, I’m a freak, I know. This week, I’m giving you something new to chew on, literally. And it’s not bone soup again. It’s an “Apple Crisp” desert and my famous cranberry sauce. Flavor is not compromised, even though my recipes are gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. Don’t let this scare you, because if I didn’t tell you, you wouldn’t even know. These are mouth-watering.
Dear Pharmacist
The Right Hormones Can Make You Happy
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I took your column regarding hormone replacement to my doctor. He’s never ordered progesterone, just estrogen because of the hysterectomy. For eight years, I’ve suffered with occasional hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, and I can’t lose weight. Anyway, three days later, his nurse called to say he did some research, and wanted to add bio-identical progesterone to my compounded prescription cream. Two weeks later, I feel remarkably better. --S.H., Boca Raton, Florida
Dear Pharmacist
Coffee, tea, or... diabetes?
By Suzy CohenDear Pharmacist, I read your Diabetes Without Drugs book, and I am on Step 3 feeling better, and have lost 18 pounds. I was surprised to see such positive remarks about coffee, you really seem to approve of that for diabetics. Why? Everything I hear is that it’s bad. Thanks, --M.E., Decatur, Illinois
Health
'Fast Food Nation' author says cheap, quick meals carry a heavy price
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceAuthor Eric Schlosser says he first became interested in where we get our food in the early 1990s, when he was doing research for a magazine article on strawberry harvesting. He learned that strawberry farms, once small-scale operations, had become vast corporate enterprises. And that the people who picked the strawberries were poor, underpaid, exploited immigrants.
Health
'Fast Food Nation' author says cheap, quick meals carry a heavy priceGoogle launches bike maps for BoulderBoulder chiropractor brings state-of-the-art machine to the WestStudy finds germs are faster than 5-second ruleWomen must work to maintain heart-healthy livesFor muscle cramps, there's no good cureDoctors working fewer hours, study findsFDA investigates adverse reactions from HIV drug combinationReport linking autism to vaccine is retracted by medical journalInfection combined with premature birth increases asthma risk, study says
Health
'Fast Food Nation' author says cheap, quick meals carry a heavy price
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceAuthor Eric Schlosser says he first became interested in where we get our food in the early 1990s, when he was doing research for a magazine article on strawberry harvesting. He learned that strawberry farms, once small-scale operations, had become vast corporate enterprises. And that the people who picked the strawberries were poor, underpaid, exploited immigrants.
Health
Google launches bike maps for Boulder
By Quibian Salazar-MorenoIt’s apparent that Google Maps already has the street map thing down. Now they’re moving on to bike trails. Google announced this week that they have added biking directions to Google Maps with Boulder one of the top cities on the list. Google partnered with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit that creates bike trails from former rails lines, to get information on all of the nation’s bike trails.
Health
Boulder chiropractor brings state-of-the-art machine to the West
By Adrienne Saia IsaacMany hardcore athletes and weekend warriors call Boulder home, enjoying the area’s hiking trails, cycling routes and nearby ski resorts. So it makes sense that chiropractor Sande Jacobson, an avid skier and golfer, would move his Living Health and Wellness Center to Boulder. A Philadelphia native, Jacobson has practiced for 18 years, combining traditional chiropractic techniques with nutrition counseling and other holistic practices.
Health
Study finds germs are faster than 5-second rule
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceOops. If your family has lived, or at least survived, by the 5-second rule, researchers at San Diego State University say you may be living on borrowed time.
Health
Women must work to maintain heart-healthy lives
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceWomen are known to be workaholics. And not just in our careers. Often, we're busybodies, working overtime to fill every other shoe we can fit our foot into — friend, wife, mom, volunteer.
Health
For muscle cramps, there's no good cure
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceLOS ANGELES — Cramps, those annoying contractions of muscles, particularly in the legs, may not be lethal, but they can be extremely painful. Surprisingly, there are no really good treatments for them, according to new guidelines issued Tuesday by the American Academy of Neurology in the journal Neurology. But one treatment that should be avoided, except as a last resort when nothing else works, is quinine, according to the guidelines developed by Dr. Hans D. Katzberg of the Stanford University School of Medicine and his colleagues.
Health
Doctors working fewer hours, study finds
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceLOS ANGELES — In the public perception, medical doctors are among the hardest-working, most dedicated professionals in the work force, routinely toiling through 12- or 15-hour days.
Health
FDA investigates adverse reactions from HIV drug combination
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceLOS ANGELES — The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is investigating reports of adverse reactions from a combination of two HIV drugs and cautioned physicians and patients to be on the alert for such events. Both drugs, Invirase (saquinavir) and Norvir (ritonavir), are in the family of HIV medications known as protease inhibitors. They are sometimes used together in cocktails to reduce levels of the AIDS virus.
Health
Report linking autism to vaccine is retracted by medical journal
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceLOS ANGELES — Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal the Lancet purporting that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism, the journal on Tuesday formally retracted the paper.
Health
Infection combined with premature birth increases asthma risk, study says
By McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceLOS ANGELES — An infection of the uterine cavity during pregnancy combined with premature birth doubles the risk that an African American child will develop asthma, researchers have found. The combination also increases risk for some other ethnicities, though less severely.
Sophisticated Sex
Sex like Don Juan
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, I’m a junior at CU and I’ve had sex with six girls a handful of times each. I feel like a loser because I can’t seem to make any of them orgasm. They look like they are having a good time, but I want to be able to make them cum. —Don Juan Wanna Be
Sophisticated Sex
Sex like Don Juan
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, I’m a junior at CU and I’ve had sex with six girls a handful of times each. I feel like a loser because I can’t seem to make any of them orgasm. They look like they are having a good time, but I want to be able to make them cum. —Don Juan Wanna Be
Sophisticated Sex
Amorous aging
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, My wife and I are newly married. We are in our late 50s, and this is our second marriage. When we first married (different partners) in our 20s, we had sex multiple times a day. In the beginning of this marriage, we started out having sex almost every day, but after two years, we’ve slowed down to about once a week. How often do couples have sex these days? What is normal? Are we just old farts? —Frequency for Old Farts?
Sophisticated Sex
The pleasure-pain threshold
By Dr. Jenni Skylerit’s essential to have an ongoing conversation about fantasies that turn you on, as well as your limits. If you have a boundary around slapping her face, can you tell her why? She may understand where you are coming from and let it go, or she may explain how the sensation brings her a kind of pleasure only you can be trusted to deliver.
Sophisticated Sex
Searching for the G-spot
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, My boyfriend claims his past girlfriends all had G-spot orgasms from intercourse. For the life of me I can’t seem to find my G-spot. I’ve done my Internet research, but still feel lost and inadequate compared to his previous partners. How do I find this spot? —Searching for the G-Spot
Sophisticated Sex
I want you to want me
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, My husband has a far higher sex drive than I do. I really love him, but I feel so much pressure to match his drive. I really want to want, but it’s not there for me. I can’t even blame menopause yet. Suggestions? —Wanting to Want
Sophisticated Sex
Preventing erectile dysfunction
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, I read about the naturopathic Viagra guy last week and I have a similar question. Rather than wait for erectile dysfunction to plague me, I want to practice preventive medicine. Do you have any suggestions on how I can prevent this from ever happening to me? No offense, while I do fear cardiac disease and diabetes and all these other things, if those are going to get me, they’ll get me. But if I get erectile dysfunction, my love life will totally end! Preventive ideas please, doc? —Keeping healthy and horny
Sophisticated Sex
The Viagra chronicles
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, I’m 37 and married for seven years. We recently had our first child. We had to wait to return to sex, but now I seem to be losing my erections right before intercourse. This has never happened before, except for a handful of times in college. Why is this happening? If I have to do Viagra I will, but I prefer naturopathic remedies to pharmaceutical options. Ideas? —Naturopathic Viagra?
Sophisticated Sex
Can't get no satisfaction
By Dr. Jenni SkylerI have been married for 10 years. I try to sexually please my wife. But she doesn’t try to please me at all. She tells me that it does nothing for her to please me. She intellectually knows that it makes me happy, but she can’t bring herself to give me pleasure, nor does she derive any pleasure from it. How do I get her to have more pleasure? I feel like I’m doing everything I can.
Sophisticated Sex
Boundaries for better sex
By Dr. Jenni SkylerI read your column last week about the woman who wasn’t so into sex. I’m in a similar predicament. My husband and I have sex about twice a month. Sometimes I really enjoy it, and sometimes I feel like I’m just doing it because I know he needs it. The problem is that if I agree to more sex, he’ll just keep wanting more. It’s like he’s a bottomless pit. I’ve come to a point where I can’t even enjoy any intimate encounters because he’ll just want more sex. Is there a way to feel better or put a boundary on how much sex we have?
Sophisticated Sex
Ironing out the sexual wrinkles
By Dr. Jenni SkylerDear Dr. Jenni, I’m not so into sex. My husband loves it. He would ideally like it every day. We end up having sex about once a week. I figure if I can get him to do things for me, I will feel better about conceding to sex. For instance, I offer sex if he can mow the yard or do some ironing. I’ll even offer oral sex if he can clean the bathroom. Sometimes I feel like I am trading sex for housework chores. Is this a reasonable arrangement to do? —Housework Sex
