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Popular nasal decongestant ingredient doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

Popular nasal decongestant ingredient doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

Phenylephrine is an ingredient in many over-the-counter medications marketed for cold and flu symptoms.
Your Good Health: What prompted the discontinuation of fen-phen?

Your Good Health: What prompted the discontinuation of fen-phen?

Weight-loss drug was discontinued after it was linked to valve diseases of the heart in some patients
Your Good Health: How to handle a diagnosis of CREST syndrome

Your Good Health: How to handle a diagnosis of CREST syndrome

Formerly called scleroderma, Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs, not just the skin
Your Good Health: Results of PSA screenings lead to two different approaches

Your Good Health: Results of PSA screenings lead to two different approaches

More than 80% of men over 70 have benign prostatic hypertrophy, or BPH.
Your Good Health: Finding the cause behind emphysema

Your Good Health: Finding the cause behind emphysema

Emphysema is most often caused by smoking in North America or by cooking fires in many parts of the world
Your Good Health: Ibuprofen greatly lessens symptoms of nocturia

Your Good Health: Ibuprofen greatly lessens symptoms of nocturia

Husband has had nocturia since around the age of 24
Your Good Health: Does alkaline water provide more benefits than tap?

Your Good Health: Does alkaline water provide more benefits than tap?

I will admit to feeling better when drinking alkaline water with electrolytes. I have been told and read online that adding a pinch of salt, sugar and baking soda to a glass of water will give me the same boost. Is this true?
Your Good Health: No risk in using oxygen with CPAP machine

Your Good Health: No risk in using oxygen with CPAP machine

Some people need oxygen and also need treatment, such as a CPAP, for obstructive sleep apnea.
Your Good Health: Tamoxifen can help in cases of high risk of breast cancer

Your Good Health: Tamoxifen can help in cases of high risk of breast cancer

The drug has benefits and risks: It can reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures, but blood clots are more likely.
Your Good Health: Spinal cord injury gets misdiagnosed

Your Good Health: Spinal cord injury gets misdiagnosed

My husband was told that he had a "low blood pressure stroke" and that not enough oxygen was getting to his spine. Is that a real thing?