Health & Wellness
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Everyday Essentials You Can Buy With an FSA
If your employer offers a flexible spending account, you can save money by setting aside pretax dollars for health-related expenses such as copays, deductibles, and dental care. You elect how much to contribute ($100 to $2,850 for the 2022 tax…
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5 Hands-Free Shoes That Are Actually Stylish and Comfortable
At a time when technology seems to make everything a little easier, it was only a matter of time before we wouldn’t even need our hands to put on shoes. At their core, hands-free shoes make it easier to get…
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Pharmacies Limiting Children’s Pain Medicine
Pharmacies including Walgreens and CVS have implemented purchase limits on children’s pain relief and fever-reducing medications due to a surge in demand during a bad season for multiple respiratory illnesses. CVS is limiting purchases to two children’s pain relief products…
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Overpriced Items Redditors Say They’re Still Spending Money On
Redditors often share tips on how to score deals and save money, but what about when there aren’t any deals to be found? In a recent Reddit thread that drew more than 11,000 comments, Redditors shared the products and everyday necessities…
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Dark Chocolate Bars Found To Contain Unsafe Amounts of Lead and Cadmium
Dark chocolate is commonly heralded as a heart-healthy sweet and is known as a nutritious — and delicious — source of antioxidants. Whether you indulge in dark chocolate for the sake of your blood pressure or your happiness (chocolate makes just about…
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The 20 Least Unhealthy Junk Foods
Everyone craves junk food. Sometimes you go all in and eat a pint of ice cream, even when you know you shouldn’t. However, there are snacks and even fast-food meals that are less unhealthy than most options out there; you…
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Nauseated? Here Are Trader Joe’s Top 5 Ginger Items to Soothe Your Stomach
Whether you’re battling a stomach bug or just like the root’s peppery taste, Trader Joe’s offers a surprisingly wide variety of ginger-flavored items. Trader Joe’s superfans recently shared their favorite…
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Monkeypox Renamed to Avoid Stigma
The World Health Organization plans to start referring to monkeypox as mpox in an effort to avoid racial stigmatization that has developed with the use of the monkeypox name, according…
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Is Alkaline Water Good for You … or a Scam? We Asked Experts
Despite concerns about the environment, microplastics, and chemical leaching, the $40 billion bottled water market continues to grow. Part of that success is driven by the popularity of alkaline waters, which companies…
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Things You Should Stop Buying in 2023
Every year we spend money on purchases that may be falsely advertised, environmentally harmful, or simply overpriced. But we don’t have to keep making those same mistakes. Here are some…
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The One Thing You Should Do to Sleep Better
About 90% of people use their phones at bedtime — despite the fact that smartphones and other electronics such as tablets and laptops are destroying our sleep. It’s not just…
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Deli Counter Meat and Cheese Linked To Deadly Listeria Outbreak
One person and an unborn baby have died from listeria, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 16 people have become infected during the outbreak, which began…
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Drinking Deaths: Fatalities Caused by Alcohol Surged 26% During Pandemic
Though most of us were well aware of the growing number of coronavirus fatalities during the pandemic, we may not have been as cognizant of early deaths caused by other…
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A Guide to Costco Pharmacy’s Mail Order Program
Going to the drugstore to pick up prescriptions can be a hassle. There’s usually a line, and if you don’t make it during certain hours, you’re out of luck. So…
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With Perhaps the Worst Timing Possible, an Amoxicillin Shortage Has Arrived
You may have heard about the surge in RSV cases affecting children across the U.S. and filling pediatric hospital beds. Now, making the landscape of health care for children even…
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Task Force Recommends Adults Under 65 Be Screened for Anxiety
Feeling anxious lately? You’re not alone. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that all adults ages 19 to 64 be screened for anxiety as part of regular primary care.…
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The Surprising Side Effects of Eating Beets, According to Science
Show of hands, whose favorite food is beets? Anyone? Maybe just the fictional Dwight Schrute on “The Office” then. You might think that beets have a weird texture or kind…
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Everything You Need to Know About Costco’s Hearing Aid Center
In addition to pricing on food and other goods that has earned a cultlike following, big-box retailer Costco allows refunds or exchanges on pretty much everything, no receipt required, and offers pharmacy…
