| Consumer Reports Reviews TV Advertised Drugs
(CBS4) BOSTON The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars a year advertising drugs directly to people like you, but as you're about to see, you need to beware. Consumer Reports says the most highly promoted drugs aren't necessarily your best choice.TV Commercial: You'd have to have been in a deep sleep to.Have you missed commercials with the Lunesta butterfly?TV Commerical: "Lunesta helps you fall asleep quickly."Lunesta is the most heavily advertised prescription drug, but plenty of others get air time, like the acid reflux drug Nexium.TV Commercial: "Want to just feel better? I am better."And the asthma medication AdvairTV Commercial: "Advair is the one controller that treats the two main causes of asthma symptoms."Those ad campaigns are reaching their target audience, says Dr.
Aggie women get another shot at beating Top 25 team
Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair is getting pretty good at scratching items off his to-do list. The Texas Tech alumnus beat his alma mater Wednesday for the first time in seven tries, helping the 19th-ranked Aggies win in Lubbock for the first time since 1980. Last season Blair beat legendary coach Jody Conradt for the first time, sweeping the series with Texas. That helped the Aggies (11-3, 1-1) post their best finish in the Big 12 Conference. Blair also led A&M to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996. He still has two big things to achieve at A&M - beat a Top 25 team and win an NCAA Tournament game. Saturday he'll get a chance to accomplish the first when No. 9 Baylor comes to Reed Arena for a 3:30 p.m. televised tipoff.
Heartburn Q & A
According to the British medical journal The Lancet, heartburn is pretty common. Twenty-five percent of Americans report experiencing heartburn at least once a month, 12 percent at least once per week and 5 percent daily. So what is heartburn? And what about gastroesophageal reflux disease? Well, here's a guide to provide a bit more understanding of that burning sensation in your chest.
Why is it called heartburn?
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HubCap: Please describe your symptoms
One of the gifts my father gave me this past Christmas was the most vicious head cold I've had since I was old enough to tough it out and go to work anyway. I pride myself on the fact that I never get sick. Never. But this one, which I got on my day off, thank you, knocked me out for almost a week. Two days at home, lying around trying to read books or watch a full movie didn't help. What helped was five consecutive nights of 11 hours of sleep or more. Incredible. Then the coughing started, of course, and the snot began draining everywhere. Yes, Mom, I did get my flu shot this year. Unfortnately, whatever Dad gave me on my visit to Iowa was some sort of mutant virus that could probably bring the death of a civilization of people with unevolved immune systems. To the folks on my flight from Des Moines to Denver, I'm sorry.
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