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If you're suffering from a cold, Motrin, Aleve and similar drugs can help you feel better, the authors of the first review of the medical literature on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the common cold have concluded.

They are a group of drugs which millions of people rely on to keep pain at bay but they can have unwanted side-effects which are sometimes more serious than the original health problem.

It seems simple: Protect your skin with sunscreen to avoid sunburn. But sometimes you might forget, and it's hours before it becomes evident you're burned.

Popular over-the-counter creams, heat gels and other rub-on or spray-on remedies for sports injuries and arthritis aches are unproven and a waste of money, said the author of a new systematic review.

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The common cold is the most pervasive recurring illness on earth. For years, people have turned to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to relieve pain, fever and other symptoms related to the miserable feelings brought on by the common cold.

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 13:30. It sometimes takes the obvious for the U. S. Supreme Court to reach unanimity whether it is agreement that Richard Nixon turn over the Watergate tapes or something less spectacular but enormously far reaching as was the case recently in dealing with the travails of a 13-year-old, six years after the ...

The following editorial first appeared in the Chicago Tribune: Twenty-seven years after the still-unsolved Tylenol murders comes a fresh warning that over-the-counter painkillers can kill.

Did you know that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site says drugs like ibuprofen , Celebrex, indomethacin and diclofenac can cause potentially fatal heart attacks or strokes? The risk is usually low when using these nonster-oidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to reduce pain, redness, swelling and heat, but the risks increase with ...

In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Tylenol drugs are shown in the drug department at Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. Gil Kerlikowske, President Barack Obama's drug czar, recently told the Wall Street Journal that the term "war on drugs" was outdated and he wanted it terminated.

Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.

Siesta Beach in Sarasota Taking Action for Your Health Reported by: Denise Naughton, KNXV Fun in the sun is the name of the game when it comes to summer, and here in the Tampa Bay area, it doesna t take too much time to overdo it.

A Food and Drug Administration panel made several recommendations to limit the use of acetaminophen, a popular painkiller available over the counter in products such as Tylenol and Excedrin, and in prescription drugs.

Public schools are filled with eager, fresh-faced youngsters, and prisons contain many rough-looking adults with uninviting personalities.

Britain's strongest painkiller available without a prescription. At least 30,000 are hooked on this or similar pills, according to the Parliamentary report.

Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical experts contend.

It turns out that strip-searching a 13-year-old girl suspected of bringing ibuprofen to school is unreasonable.

Extra Strength Tylenol is one of several common painkillers containing acetaminophen, an ingredient that is toxic in high doses.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended on June 30 that the maximum over-the-counter dose of the popular pain reliever acetaminophen be lowered and that the current maximum single dose of the drug be available by prescription only.