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...smokers don't realize is that the most popular method of quitting--just stopping, a.k.a. going cold turkey--is the least effective. Studies show that getting intensive short-term counseling, taking drugs like Zyban (an antidepressant) or using one of the many nicotine aids (gum, patch, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge) all double the chance of success. Preliminary results suggest that combining these methods will increase success rates even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Stub Out That Butt! | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...making plans to shift supplies, if needed. But if you want a flu shot and haven't got it yet, there's no point in tarrying any longer. Healthy folks ages 5 to 49 who cannot find the vaccine can ask their doctors about a new option: FluMist, a nasal-spray vaccine. It costs $25 to $55 more than the standard shot, but several million doses of FluMist, which isn't suitable for the frail, are still available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: If You Want A Flu Shot, Better Start Looking | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

Hate shots? FluMist, a new alternative vaccine for the influenza viruses that send millions of Americans back to bed every winter, is administered as a nasal spray. Approved by the FDA in June for healthy people ages 5 through 49, it triggers a buildup of antibodies in the upper respiratory tract--flu's favorite point of entry. The catch: FluMist costs three to four times as much as the shot, and most health-insurance companies won't cover it. INVENTORS Hunein Maassab and MedImmune Vaccines AVAILABILITY Now, about $50 a dose TO LEARN MORE flumist.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: For Your Health | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...tour before Paris, five days and at least one allegedly shaky night in London. Now the rest of her jam-packed itinerary - showcases in Germany and Spain, a much-anticipated appearance in Scotland for the MTV Europe Music Awards - is about to go up like a puff of nasal spray. The singer will spend only one more day in Paris before abandoning the tour entirely and returning to the U.S. to convalesce at her mother's house in Kentwood, Louisiana, the sleepy backwater where Britney was born in 1981. Of course, from time to time everyone gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Eyes On Britney | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

...Viagra does, increasing blood flow to the penis and reducing muscle relaxation. Both pills begin working within 30 minutes (although some say Levitra works sooner), both last four to five hours, and both are effective nearly 70% of the time. They also share side effects, which include headaches, nasal stuffiness and stomach upset. But for those who consider a romantic dinner an important part of foreplay, Levitra offers one advantage: it can be taken with food, whereas Viagra requires an empty stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Move Over, Viagra | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

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