In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader who wonders about the no-calorie sweetener acesulfame K.

Fortunately, the key to evicting ants from your home is a handy item conveniently found in your medicine cabinet: Vicks VapoRub. Grabbing Vicks' unmistakable cobalt blue container when suffering from ...

The specific old wives' tale about Vicks VapoRub is that it can cure a cold when it's put ... rubbing it on your chest and throat can be an effective way to reduce a cough. "Honey has been found to be ...

The number of whooping cough cases have more than quadrupled in the U.S. since last year, according to data reported by the ...

Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, ...

What’s the flu season in Australia got to do with sales of winter remedies in the UK? Quite a lot, apparently, as the ...