I have fibromyalgia, lower back muscle issues at times, and have had episodes of sciatica and minor nerve pain in my legs. I have used a couple of different kinds of cushions that are supposed to reduce pressure to the back and legs and help prevent pain. My favorite one …

I work in the hospital as a general physician and thus, I am exposed to a lot of pathogens. Microorganisms which are very minute, but can be very harmful to people. We have been taught that the best way of preventing simple and common transmissible diseases is through proper …

Aveeno has been a good brand for me, so when I saw this anti-aging system, which was very reasonably priced, I wanted to give it a try. This set consists of an exfoliating cleanser, an eye treatment, a night cream, and a daily moisturizer with spf 30. It’s sold as …

“Suyod” as we call it here in the Philippines is the finely toothed comb for removing lice. It used to be very effective but I’ve noted that they are now made of plastic and are soft and could no longer efficiently carry lice out of the hair. Well, …

I shopped a bit after dropping by the Watsons store for some essential toiletries. It’s rather daunting to roam around public places these days because the chances of contracting sore eyes are quite high. To be out and about without a sanitizer makes me feel vulnerable. …

When I was young I witnessed how my Dad suffered when he had his first full denture. He was telling me it was very hard but I really did not know why he was seemed to be suffering. Every time he would eat he would prefer to just remove …

Natural Collagen Colvita is a supplement that I take to help keep my skin, nails and hair beautiful from the inside out. You will be pleasantly surprised by all the benefits of taking Natural Collagen Colvita, just as I was. I thought that I would be getting the benefits …

Being diabetic, I use a lot of the low carb Atkins products because they do not greatly affect my blood sugar. Some of their bars are great—“ others only so-so. This one is a staple in my sweet-craving arsenal, and I buy it on a regular basis. Although …

I have long, over processed, over colored, and thinning hair. It tends to be a bit frizzy at the ends, so I like to use heat appliances such as flat irons and the In Styler to style it daily. I also blow dry my hair to give it more …

I usually use an electric toothbrush, but when I couldn’t find any replacement heads at my local drug store, I bought an Oral-B Advantage Plus toothbrush. This Oral-B toothbrush was by no means cheap and cost $5, about half the cost that I pay for two replacement heads for …

Nothing beats old fashioned soap and water for cleaning hands but it is also useful to carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer all the time especially in situations where traditional hand washing becomes impractical like when you’re inside the car or the cinema. I have learned my lesson …

When I was having some allergy symptoms, I sent my partner to the store to pick up some allergy relief. I asked for Benadryl, and some kind of natural supplement or remedy for allergies. (I wanted to cover all the bases because I had a meeting to cater soon and …

One word best comes to mind when I think of these bars: yuck. Yeah, yuck. I did not taste any chocolate or mint and this bar was not at all soft and crunchy like a cookie. The taste was apparently not added to this bar and as a result …

I have suffered from hemorrhoids for years, and in some cases, badly enough to require using a sitz bath. When I had a recent flare up, I was forced to use such a bath—“ but I also still had to perform the daily duties of life, which means no matter …

I bought this shampoo sheerly for the fragrance. It is awesome. I smelled it when my hairdresser used it on my hair. What I did not realize was that she followed it with a potent deep conditioner. I left thinking that this was a gentle and moisturizing shampoo, …

I suffer with dry mouth sometimes, due to multiple causes, including medication, and weather.
When it is very cold outside, and we run the central heat more often, the air becomes very dry and I start having symptoms of dry mouth, dry eyes, dry skin, dry everything!
My dentist had …

I was not one of them lucky people born with perfectly aligned teeth. I have big crooked teeth that needed braces so bad, and did I say over bite too. I was real conscious of my smile growing up. My parents couldn’t afford braces when I was young …

As a mother of two type 1 diabetic children I know how costly supplies can be for diabetics. We have never been able to buy insurance (we were self-employed)for our children, so finding the best prices of what we needed for them was always a concern. Our …

Walgreens Mouthwash Original Mint is a Walgreens brand product, so it can only be found at Walgreens locations. The bottle contains thirty-three point eight ounces of mouthwash and retails for two dollars and ninety-nine cents. This mouthwash is extremely similar to Scope mouthwash. It contains the same ingredients and …

Equate: Morning Dew Hand Soap is a liquid hand soap that I especially like to use in the morning because it really has a good strong and fresh morning dew aroma that brings my senses to full alertness - something that is not very easy to do in the …

We, my husband and I, admitted our 2 year old son, who was ten months old then at this government hospital about two years ago. He was scheduled for a surgery, which is a package deal amounting to 275 thousand pesos because he was born with a congenital heart …

Chicken Fox used to be a dreadful disease. It is not only accompanied by fever, headache and muscle pain but the worse are the papules that turn into blisters and finally become very itchy pustule. A patient becomes very inconvenient all throughout. Then the scar take so …

The Nike + Ipod system is an invention which both companies have participated in. This works by Nike making shoes that will fit the Nike+ Ipod piece into the button of your shoe and this will act as a transmitter that (when put in the bottom of your shoe) …

Some time a couple years ago, I was suffering from some pretty strange symptoms. I hadn’t had a severe earache since I was probably eight years old, but then all of the sudden, over the course of about a week, I started noticing the symptoms of what I thought …

I take a nightly hot bath to treat the painful symptoms of fibromyalgia. The hot water relaxes my muscles and my mind, and helps me to sleep better—“ which is a key element in maximizing health, no matter what conditions you may have, if any.
In the winter, …

I first used this moisturizing body wash while on vacation and staying in a hotel. I bought it because I thought it would be a treat compared to using regular bar soap. At first, it was okay because I was a bit sunburned, and it felt cool …

I have used a few Ahava products and felt they were good quality, so when I decided to try this mud soap for my summer oily skin, I did not pay much attention to the ingredients list. I knew it had mud and salt, which was what I was hoping …

Last October, I went on a weekend-long trip to Vegas to visit a friend of mine while she got married. It was a nice trip, but I have to say I wasn’t at all prepared for the flight home, which was a red-eye 11pm flight, until 5am. It would …

Stolin-R Toothpaste, a product of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd is foaming fluoridated toothpaste that is specially formulated for total oral hygiene. It contains Sodium monofluorophosphate, Zinc Sulphate and Alum as its main ingredients.
Actually I want to quote one of my experiences in this regard. I have a craving for …

So about that one size fits most claim… definitely not. I hate to start off a review with a negative statement, but that is definitely the most obvious one I have to say about this product. I work in a retail environment in which I’m oftentimes required to lift …

I have always loved aroma therapy and the use of essential oils. I have quite a collection myself. Sometimes I add them to massage oils or creams to treat muscle pain with. Arnica oil is one essential oil that I have added to most of the products I use for …

I hate talking bad about products because I know that in some way or another this is something that someone is trying to make money off of. But if it didn’t work for me then it just didn’t work for me. There isn’t much I can say about that. …

I used to find the Olay Body.corps bath bar a little more than annoying when I was younger, because it was always much harder to wash off than other soaps I had used. However, these days I appreciate it a little more since its a moisturising soap which claims …

This may sound as though I am advocating drug use. I am not! Be clear on that one! However, it is a simple fact that drug users who shoot up, use needles. Some people say to just let the drug user use dirty needles, or pay $100 on the …

I have been using Irish Spring soap for a while now. This soap is very nice and leaves me clean as a whistle. I have to say I am very satisfied with Irish Spring soap. This soap really does leave me clean like the commercial says.
When I use Irish …

I purchased Jergens Natural Glow Daily, Medium tone because it claimed that it would give you skin a suntan type tone that looked natural while moisturizing your skin. I purchase the lotion for $7.94 for a 7.5 oz. tube. That is a high price but if it worked the …

Last weekend, my mom and had our masseuse come over at our house to give us a body massage. At last, I was able to use the Body Shop Harmonising Massage Oil that I bought earlier this year. It came in a special Body Shop gift pack …

Two months ago, I decided I needed to lose weight if I wanted to be truly happy and comfortable with my body. I’m neither overweight nor obese, but there are excess pounds everywhere and I’m far from happy when I look at myself in the mirror.
The plan was …

As many know I am a true fan of any Bath and Body Works products as I used to work there and basically have tried almost every product that they have ever made. Their newest product to hit the stores this holiday season is called Twilight Woods and it comes …

I have tried a variety of homeopathic products in the past. I always want to believe in them, but most of the time they turn out to be less than effective. Sometimes, I had to say they are a complete waste of money all together.
Here is one …

In the past, I have had episodes of athlete’s foot fungus. Once those take hold, it is more or less easily treated on the skin, but can be somewhat difficult to treat the shoes if fungus has set in and is causing odors. I happened to be watching …

I was talking to my hairstylist the other week, and we got onto the subject of using multiple hair products at the same time. I told her I used a heat protection spray, since I often used curling irons and flatirons, and I also used a volumizing serum or …

I am a huge fan of Bath and Body Works products and I shop their store regularly. I was curious about the C.O. Bigelow line of skin care products, since that was one I had not tried many products from. The last time I was shopping in one of …

Hypertension is more commonly known as ‘high blood pressure’ and it affects many north Americans. There are many underlying causes such as diet or pregnancy. What really constitute as high blood pressure is if it exceeds somewhere around 140/90 mmhg. Low blood pressure is not good either but …

I have low vision and it is very hard for me to use a standard glucose meter. When this meter became available to me, I was thrilled.
The Prodigy Voice talks you through everything. Literally. From the set up to the every day operation this thing just chats …

Since I have been in the “over forty” age group, a few things about my body have changed. My hair is thinner, my nails more ridged, and my periods have been a bit irregular. Mostly, they have been heavier than usual, and someone suggested that I might be going into …

When winter is just around the corner and the cold begins to creep through the window and into your front door, it can have a drastic effect on your family. The changes in the weather, no matter the time of the year, can all spark off such illnesses as …

I absolutely hate the fact that even though I am way past my teenage years, I still get acne breakouts. I have used different products from acne creams, facial washes, soaps and even birth control pills to help control my acne. However, I was very dismayed because they did …

My backache always left me feeling uneasy and uncomfortable. My energy levels almost seemed to reduce by nearly 50%, thus affecting my work at home and office. This would leave me rather crippled and I would desperately keep trying out all the possible solutions (pain relieving creams, hot/ cold …

The Quadikas gym is a very big gym placed in jaipur. The Jaipur is a very big city in Rajasthan in India. In jaipur my co sister stays and I had been to her house to stay for a few days. While staying in jaipur I …