Cheryl Maguire

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Cheryl Maguire holds a Master of Counseling Psychology degree. She is married and is the mother of twins and a daughter. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Parents Magazine, AARP, Healthline, Your Teen Magazine and many other publications. She is a professional member of ASJA.

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Articles

A stethoscope and a heart: Normal resting heart rate by age

Health Education

What is a normal resting heart rate by age?

A person with a pillow with two image bubbles over their head: one with a sports drink and one with pain medication

Health Education

How to cure hangover nausea: Remedies that work

A woman holding her hands over her stomach

8 upset stomach remedies (and what to do if they don’t work)

How to raise blood pressure

Health Education

How to raise blood pressure

cappuccino and a tablet - plavix and coffee

Do coffee and Plavix mix?

Daisies next to nasal spray - what to do when allergy medicine doesn't work

Health Education

When allergy meds don’t work

Benadryl tablets and blood pressure cuff - does benadryl raise blood pressure

Does taking Benadryl raise BP?

Person holding their wrist - signs of inflammation

10 signs of inflammation

cappuccino next to tablet - pantoprazole and coffee

Do coffee and Protonix mix?

bag of produce - how to lower potassium levels

Health Education

How to lower potassium levels

coffee beans and cup of coffee - hydroxyzine and caffeine

Do hydroxyzine and caffeine mix?

calendar next to medication - how many days can you take benzonatate

How long can you take benzonatate?

retinol serum - retinoid vs retinol

Retinol vs. retinoid

vials of blood from a draw - comprehensive metabolic panel

Health Education

CMP results, decoded

antihistamine package - allergies vs sinus infection

Health Education

Allergies vs. sinus infection

A hair brush - finasteride for female hair loss

Does finasteride work for women?

A woman holding a pillow represents Seroquel for sleep

Does Seroquel help you sleep?

An image of flowers and allergy shots

How allergy shots worked for me

A woman working out on prednisone

Can I exercise while on prednisone?

Paxlovid

Paxlovid 101

Xanax and coffee

Is it safe to mix Xanax with coffee?

A hand and a bottle of water represent how to swallow a pill

Health Education

How to swallow a pill

A man with ADHD fatigue

Health Education

Can ADHD make you tired?

When to keep your child home sick from school

Health Education

When to keep a kid home sick

A backpack represents back to school stress

How to ease back-to-school anxiety

Summertime heat-induced asthma

Health Education

8 ways to manage summer asthma

Foods that help ED - foods for erectile dysfunction

12 foods that help ED

pack of birth control pills - antibiotics and birth control

11 medications that interfere with birth control

An inhaler and box of tissues represent viral induced asthma flare

Health Education

What to do when illness makes your asthma worse

A teen with ADHD, coronavirus disrupting his routines

Parenting teens with ADHD during a pandemic: How we found a new ...

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