This Week in The People's Pharmacy

Last month on The People's Pharmacy, a caller asked about weight gain while working the night shift. We promised an answer. Her question applies to a lot of folks: roughly 10 million Americans work night shifts. How does this affect...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/12/773-health-news-update/

Q. Thank you for your article regarding the antidepressant amitriptyline and memory decline in older people. My husband, who is 85, has been on amitriptyline for years. Within the past nine months or so, the confusion and memory loss have...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/16/medications-and-memory-problems/

There's a popular stereotype that guys have only one thing on their minds. SEX! The implication is that women have to fend men off and that they are much less interested in making love. Based on our unscientific sample, however,...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/14/women-who-want-sex-more-than-men/

Q. My physician recently found that my vitamin D level is very low. I find this hard to believe since I drink nearly a gallon of milk weekly and take a multi-vitamin and calcium plus D each day. I also...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/14/drugs-affect-vitamin-d-and-bone-health/

Q. You have written about ways to remove ticks. My advice to anyone who pulls off a tick is to save it. If you have symptoms, remember to take it to your doctor or the ER. I forgot to take...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/14/dont-trifle-with-tick-fever/

Joe Graedon discusses how to treat dandruff in this People's Pharmacy Video....

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/14/stop-flakes-how-to-treat-dandruff/

Q. For twenty-five years I have suffered with acid reflux and have taken strong acid-suppressing drugs, both prescription and over the counter. I have also suffered five fractures at different times and have osteoporosis of the spine. I had been...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/12/probiotics-eased-heartburn/

Learn how to cope with headaches in our video with Joe Graedon....

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/11/how-to-cope-wit/

Several years ago we received a desperate plea for help from a man who wanted to lower his libido: "I desperately need your help. Neither my primary doctor nor my psychiatrist is interested, so I turn to you. "What...

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/06/11/help-lower-my-libido/