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It started with a conversation about insomnia. My friend smiled, as if she were giving a wonderful gift. "Don't spend money on sleeping pills or take a narcotic. Cold pills will do the trick," she said. I began taking the dose prescribed on the cold and...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

Before you know it, the kids will be out of school and enjoying summer. And while that usually means lots of fun for children, it can sometimes also mean an injury or a trip to the emergency room. We talked about that with Dr. Karen Sheehan, an...

If your eyes are itching and your nose is running, chances are you know that allergy season already is starting up. So what's an allergy sufferer to do to make it through? Dr. Anju Peters, a fellow allergy sufferer and an associate professor of medicine...

Get a free Johnson & Johnson Build Your Own First Aid Kit valued at $4.99 at CVS/Pharmacy with purchases using your ExtraCare card. Buy three participating J&J products such as Band-Aids, Neosporin, Bengay, Benadryl, Visine, Cortaid, Polysporin,...

President Obama once fretted about the prospect that girls as young as 10 or 11 could walk into a drugstore and buy emergency contraception pills as easily as "bubble gum or batteries." With his blessing, the Department of Health and Human Services...

For years, rumor had it that Bobby Brown had introduced Whitney Houston to drugs — but Michael Houston, one of the singer's two older brothers, has revealed to Oprah Winfrey that the real story was quite different. It's a story that has Michael...

A former Aberdeen woman was sentenced to five years to life in prison Friday in Utah for ignoring abuse that eventually killed a mentally disabled woman living in her home. A jury convicted Sherrie Lynn Beckering, 51, in September of one count of felony...

The attorney for a former Aberdeen woman convicted by a Utah jury of abuse in the death of Christina Harms has asked a judge to overturn at least a portion of the verdict.  In court paperwork filed in Sherrie L. Beckering's case, David J. Berceau, her...

A second former Aberdeen resident was found guilty by a Utah jury of abuse in the March 2011 death of Christina Harms, who also used to live in Aberdeen.  Sherrie Beckering, 51, was found guilty in September of aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult....

Top stories of 2012  We are counting down the top 10 local stories of 2012, as voted by the American News newsroom and editorial board. The countdown concludes Dec. 31 with the No. 1 story of the year, along with the reader top 10 as voted on...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued a call Tuesday for birth control pills to be sold over the counter. Currently oral contraceptives are available only with a doctor's prescription. In a policy statement, the organization...