It can be very emotional, scary, and strange to not know of you might be pregnant. I had a very brief period in my life when I was involved with someone and did not use any kind of contraception. I did not use it because I was told …

I really love the feeling you get after you visit the dentist. Your teeth are smooth and clean, your breath is fresh, and you still have the little crunchy granules from their toothpaste on your teeth. I love the feeling of the granules the best because it really makes …

The last few weeks, I have been cooking more than usual and I have somehow managed to cut my fingers repeatedly. My normal routine for finger cuts is to cover with a bandage, then top with a finger cot. Well, for my last cut, I ran out of …

I have always loved to experiment with different types of hair care products which I feel could make a difference to my hair. Recently due to my prolonged illness, I noticed that my scalp felt quite dry and my hair had started thinning - which made …

Oh boy lets talk about this toothpaste that my wife call herself buying because she is on this natural healthy tip. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for it and I believe that we all should take good care of ourselves but there are some things I must avoid …

I always stay in focus while working. However there are just days in which I am so tired and stress out. After a long day’s work, I always feel having an exhausting an aching body. Every time I experience this, I usually use Omega Pain Killer Liniment to massage …

I usually use Q-tips to clean my ears, but you aren’t supposed to put them inside the ear. That means that the wax can build up quite badly inside the ear. In order to clean the wax out of the inside of the ear, I decided to try Murine …

My eyes generally felt very tired and fatigued especially after I happen to watch a movie or just work on my computer for long hours. In fact sometimes my eyes happen to burn so severely that I have no choice but use my eye drops to help me get …

After having hurt the toe of my right foot, it made it rather difficult for me to move around in my with my house slippers. As a result, my feet now remained quite dirty and unclean, thereby making them look quite unattractive. This is when I realized that …

I had the pleasure of meeting a new doctor over the weekend. It wasn’t really a pleasure at the time because I was in excruciating pain! I had the bright idea to play a game of soccer with my four-year-old son. …

I have a hard time swallowing pills and try to avoid it. That is one of the reasons I purchased Doctor’s Best MSM powder version, instead of a pill form. Before I purchased it I read that it can be stirred into juice or water, so I figured it …

I recently went through a very stressful period involving some serious health issues with family members. My anxiety, as well as my level of responsibility in keeping thongs together and running smoothly were at an all time high.
I had some health issues of my own to contend with …

I started smoking at the tender age of twelve, when all my smoking dare-devil friends pushed a pack of cigarettes on me and told me I should try it. Being the dumb tween that I was, I actually listened to them and did it. I’m pretty sure I didn’t …

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 …

I had recently gotten a job which requires me to be on the computer most of the day and I have a habit of looking at movies late into the night well into the morning. I soon realized this would have a bad effect on my eyes and decided …

With the stressful lifestyles us KL dudes and babes are having, it is hard to find time to even breathe fresh air as we really get to go to places like park where we can see plenty of trees and plants. Everyday we travel to office, hang …

When I worked in a pharmacy at a younger age, we had a regular customer who came from India. She was elderly, and spoke in broken English. She asked one day if we could obtain something called Boroline cream.
It was a boric acid cream, with zinc oxide and lanolin. It …

My thronging migraines left me feeling weak and helpless every time I experienced it. The severe head ache not only left me feeling physically tired and dull but my mental state would also be disturbed. I would get irritated and start throwing tantrums for no reason. Though I did …

Finally a hand sanitizer that gets it right! Count on Walgreens to come out with an excellent product that does everything you need it to and looks great in the process. I like to find hand washes and lotions that just plain look nice sitting on my counters, so …

I was so happy with Neutrogena’s spf 90 facial sun protection, that I thought this would be the perfect accompaniment for the rest of my body. I have very fair skin that blisters easily, and I also have a cloud hanging over my head medically—“ for years it has been …

When I had a back packing tour in Europe last year I noticed some itchy scratches in between my fingers. I didn’t know what it was because I never had like that before. It was disturbing and even scattered in other areas of my hands the next day I …

I have fibromyalgia, and one of the things I do to help deter the flare ups and symptoms is to use natural remedies. Arnica is a substance that has been used extensively in preparations to decrease the pain from bruises and muscle soreness. I have found it countless times …

When I took up biking and jogging, I decided to purchase a heart rate monitor, to keep up with how many beats per minute I was as I ran or biked. I shopped around a bit before deciding to buy the Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor, which …

I don’t have kids of my own, but I watch my best friends two children (or used to when we lived in the same state) all the time, and both myself and their mother always hated the idea of giving them motrin and benadryl and all that kind of …

I love the idea of using natural products on my skin. I’ve been looking around and trying different brands of eye cream that reduce puffiness and the “tired eyes” look. I had read that creams and products containing caffeine were really good, so when I saw this one, …

I had tried another Walgreens after sun soother a while back, and was really pleased with the over all result and effectiveness of the product, and when I went back to purchase it again, I couldn’t find it. I remembered it had a green bottle, but all I could …

I decided a few months ago that I wanted to get my body back into shape. This is really hard for me because I have children and I work full time. I often feel like I don’t have time for me. …

My back is hurting me all the time, if I am doing a lot of grunt work it will go out. I use a lot of pain relievers and gels and such, but I also wanted a good back brace to use when I am doing labor work …

In an attempt to slowly acquire the right hardware to erect a home gym for myself, I bought two sets of Trojan dumbbell sets that cost me around $10 each.
This was a great purchase for me as I can buy extension weights to add to the intensity of my …

I usually use Reach toothbrushes for my dental hygiene. The last time I was at the grocery store, they had a sale on Colgate Toothbrushes though. I decided to give them a try. I purchased the Colgate toothbrushes in a pack of two for $6.99.That was a reasonable …

I am diabetic, and normally do not eat honey. However, when I heard what a fellow diabetic was using these for, I thought it was quite interesting and gave it a try. An athlete, my friend often has problems with his blood sugar dropping while he is working out or …

Last month, when everything seemed normal, I suddenly started feeling uncomfortable during the night. My stomach seemed upset and bloated (even though I hadn’t taken a heavy meal) and this left me waking all through the night. I just felt like throwing up and didn’t feel like eating anything. …

I would definitely describe myself as someone who loves to get a good bargain. One of my favorite things to do is browse through the Sunday newspapers and cut coupons. Last Sunday, while doing in this I found a coupon for this product. Although it had …

There is nothing more discouraging than finding a cold sore on your lip! I’d never had one before and find them completely disgusting looking, and they can be pretty painful too, and sure enough, I wake up one morning and there it is, glaring right back at me from …

After having a long and hard day of working in my garden on the weekend, or working out at the gym a few days a week, I find my muscles to be sore so I always take a relaxing warm bath with White Mountain Epsom Salt.
I am constantly on …

I have always loved using different soap bars-just to keep my skin cleansing routine an interesting affair. The fact that there so many of them available in the market makes it rather easy for me to just pick something new or something that simply appealed to my senses. …

I would like to relate my experience of using this remarkable REACH Control tooth brush. I love this tooth brush. It is great. For me personally, I can’t even imagine a tooth brush which could substitute this one, which I could enjoy more. There is another REACH tooth brush …

I’ve been trying out various eye treatments to find the right one for me and my slightly puffy, tired eyes. After several creams turned out to be way too heavy and some even created pimples, I thought a gel formula might be a better option. This gel formula …

I try to pamper my feet. Being diabetic, it is important that I keep them in good health, and being a fibromyalgia patient, they are just as prone to pain and problems as the rest of me, so I treat them as well as I can. I found this spray …

After a prolonged illness last month, I noticed that my skin had become extremely dry and dull. My skin seemed to have lost all the essential moisture and looked just cracked and chipped. But my lips seemed to be the most affected due this dryness. What made their condition …

I have very sensitive teeth and the dentist has always told me to use Sensodyne Toothpaste. Of course, I ran right out and bought some. So many people have told they only use Sensodyne for sensitive teeth. I have bought it many times but it just didn’t seem to …

I actually was at the store looking for a product to use on some road rash that happened upon my knee while riding my bike, and just pulled up into the nearest pharmacy and instead of finding exactly that kind of product, I found the Youthful Essentials Skin Healing …

When I am suffering from mild PMS symptoms, I normally have a few products on hand to help take care of them. One product that I have used for years is the Premsyn PMS formula, which contains acetaminophen for pain, and the diuretics pamabrom and pyrilamine maleate to treat the …

It had been a while since I had used Crest Whitestrips (the original) and it seemed like over time, Crest kept coming out with new and improved whitestrips. Either that, or it was the same product with some marketing tricks designed to sell more and elevate the price. …

One of the biggest vitamins being pushed these days, especially for women, is Calcium. Nature Made now provides a liquid soft gel for Calcium with Vitamin D. Recently, I tried these soft gels.
Starting with a positive, I love the cap. Instead of having to open the …

Fact. Many people here in the Philippines are afraid of health supplements that targets body-builders and athletes. Many Filipinos shy away from these products because of the steroid-fear that broke out about more than a decade ago. I admit I was one of them before. I am scared of …

I take a nightly hot bath to help me combat the effects of fibromyalgia. The pain and muscle spasms reacts very favorably to warm water, and also the effects of mineral salts that I often add to the bath. This therapy has kept me active and living normally for several …

I try to keep my skin very soft and properly exfoliated. I use a variety of scrubs with salt or sugar, or various exfoliating brands of body wash. I also have tools for the shower that help exfoliate my skin. One that is a favorite is my Ayate wash cloth. …

Due to all of the snow storms we’ve been having in New York, I’ve been forced to stay home most of the time, and just go online on the computer or watch TV. During this time, I was attracted by a few infomercials, that were luring me to purchase …

I’ve always loved the smell of menthol, camphor and eucalyptus vapors. My parents covered me in Vicks Vaporub when I had a cold, I’ve used it in vaporizers many times for colds, and sometimes I just like the cool feeling it gave your sinuses when you sniffed the jar.
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