Fight Back Cold and Flu Season with Homemade Remedies

Don't run to the pharmacy: The best cold and flu remedies can be whipped up right at home.

I'm 32 with a child of my own, but every time I get sick, I still want my mommy. There's just something about mommies that make us feel better when we're not feeling well; it's magic, the kind you can never find on the shelves at your CVS. How do you know if it's a cold or the flu? The symptoms can be very similar, from nasal congestion and cough to exhaustion and achiness. If you're running a fever above 101 degrees, you probably have the flu. The common cold rarely presents with a fever. You'll usually have to endure a cold for about a week, while  a flu virus could hang around from a few days to a few weeks.. While you're in the throes of your particular bug, give some of these homemade remedies a try. (This advice is not intended to …

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RECALL: Diced and Sliced Apple Products for Listeria Contamination

A New Jersey Company is recalling individually packaged products that contain sliced and diced apples.

Missa Bay, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ready Pac Foods, Inc., of Swedesboro, New Jersey is voluntarily recalling a total of 293,488 cases and 296,224 individually distributed units of fruit, vegetable, and sandwich products containing apples, as listed below, with the Use-by dates of July 8, 2012 through August 20, 2012 because they contain diced or sliced apples which may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious or life-threatening food borne illness in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of infection may include fever, muscle aches, gastro intestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea. The illness primarily impacts pregnant women and adults …

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Defending Hall & Oates

An open letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

If love builds the voice, then pain weathers it. Many artists understand soul music, yet few really get it. Hall & Oates get it, man. As one, their success is a juggernaut. But individually, the less obvious charm of their talent is stripped down without lack of appeal or delight. Oh, the treat… Before game five of the 2008 World Series, Daryl Hall was scheduled to serenade the home crowd with his rendition of the National Anthem. But as Phillies public address announcer Dan Baker delivered his typical thunderous introduction, it became evident, something wasn’t right. There on the diamond stood John Oates. Oates with no Hall. In fact, the only Hall(s) was in the groggy mouth of Daryl as he attempted to nurse a sore throat that halted his …

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