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Treating asthma with inhaled steroids
Treating asthma with inhaled steroids Inhaled steroids reduce and prevent inflammation, swelling, and mucus build-up in your airways and lungs to help prevent asthma attacks and help you breathe...
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How to save on car rentals
How to save on car rentals How does a $69 car rental end up costing more than $200? Easy. The advertised rate is just the beginning. Reporter Tod Marks, who covers shopping for Consumer Reports as...
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Best LED lightbulbs
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Muscular Honda Valkyrie motorcycle rides again for 2014
Muscular Honda Valkyrie motorcycle rides again for 2014 Cue Wagner: the Honda Valkyrie has been reimagined and is set to take flight. Positioned as a “muscle cruiser,” the original Valkyrie was a big,...
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Cloud storage services comparison
Cloud storage services comparison Cloud storage gives you 24/7 access to your documents, photos, music, and videos—and you can get all of it wherever you are and on any compatible device, as long as...
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Holiday shopping? Don't forget that extra cash back When you’re using your credit card to buy holiday gifts, it’s easy to forget those cash-back bonuses that some card issuers offer. Extra cash on...
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Do single color-cartridge printers use less ink?
Do single color-cartridge printers use less ink? Q. I read your article on the high cost of wasted printer ink and will now start leaving my printer on. However, does it make more sense to buy a...
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Time to get back on the much-improved (we think) HealthCare.gov
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GE dishwasher's bottle-washing jets speed cleaning
GE dishwasher's bottle-washing jets speed cleaning Baby bottles that rolled under the car’s back seat, energy-drink bottles left in a gym bag over the weekend, and other artifacts from our busy...
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Cyber Monday TV deals
Cyber Monday TV deals It's always tempting to play the waiting game—like, say, ignoring Black Friday in hopes of scoring a better deal on Cyber Monday. But based on the deals we've seen so far today,...
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3 tips for switching cell service providers
3 tips for switching cell service providers Wireless service is among the lower-rated services we evaluate. That may explain why 31 percent of respondents in our most recent survey were seriously...
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Hooray! You can now window shop on HealthCare.gov. Quietly late last night, HealthCare.gov acquired an incredibly useful new feature. Without logging in or even creating an account, you can now see...
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The doctor will e-mail you now
The doctor will e-mail you now Though they may be late to the party, this year you can expect your doctors to join your bank, your credit-card company, your insurance company, and probably even your...
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Average gas prices
Average gas prices Gas prices are mixed around the country this week after the busy Thanksgiving holiday. The national gasoline average is up down about two cents from this time last week and 124...
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How much cell service do you really need? Signing up for a new cellular-service contract means choosing voice, data, and texting plans that meet your needs. But how can you know ahead of time what...
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