I had an appointment for one of my children last week at Phoenix Children’s Cardiology. We live quite a ways from this medical practice. We had to travel on the freeway for almost the whole distance. We ended up being caught up in slow moving traffic due to an …

I suffer from mild carpal tunnel syndrome which is often aggravated when I type. I finally visited my Physician and he recommended I buy Tensor Wrist Brace with Splint for my right wrist. I had my Pharmacist help me select this product, and I was impressed with the fact …

About three years ago, I started suffering from pretty consistent headaches. They weren’t necessarily awful in intensity, but they were constant, and that was enough to wear me down, physically and mentally. Because anuerisms run in my family, I immediately headed to the doctor and had a series of …

I am now in my forties, and my skin is starting to show signs of aging, including my hands. Being a musician with long fingers that often get commented on, I am very proud of how my hands look and I don’t like seeing them age. I only have a …

I am a fan of alternatives to talc based powders. I used to use talc, but then we all learned about how unhealthy it is, especially to women. When a friend of mine, who has a small baby, asked me if I wanted this product, I thought it sounded …

I choose this hospital when I had to deliver my second child. Actually in the beginning, it was not about the hospital that I choose but it was about the gynecologist that I choose for my pregnancy check up.
He works in some hospital and this YPK Hospital in …

Okay, for those of you who haven’t heard about the powers of Vitamin C and how important it is to maintain proper immunity of the body, crawl out of the rock that you’re living under and pay attention. Vitamin C is perhaps the most important vitamin in a range of …

I have an occasional cold sore, which usually occurs when I am tried or run down. When I was going through a stressful period during a family member’s illness, I was having more than my fair share of them. I used various creams and topical treatments, which helped, but …

Tuli’s Gel Heel Fatigue Mats retail for five dollars and forty-nine cents. In one package comes two mats. The packaging claims that one size fits all, but I don’t understand how that could be the case. These mats were bulky and it wasn’t easy inserting the mats over the …

I am a contact lens wearer and I have never had any problems. I used to use acuvue 2 by Johnson and Johnson and then I saw a commercial for the Acuvue Oasys, they are supposed to be the ultra comfort series, with hydraclear plus. So, the …

I bought this product because it was a good price. My Avon lady paid me a visit when they were having a lot of good sales, so I stocked up on favorites. This was an item I had not tried, although I had used their deodorants before. …

Walgreen’s Intensive Healing Moisturizing Lotion is basically the Walgreen’s brand for Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion. The main ingredients are the same, and the Walgreen’s version is $3 cheaper than the Gold Bond Lotion. I am thrilled that I have found a less expensive alternative to the …

I bought the Nutrition Now Rhino Chewable Calcium through iHerb.com, not too long ago. I will admit that the price, at $2.99, was the deciding factor. I was trying not to go much over $40, at least stay under $50, for my order. I wanted to …

I found that often when I am bowling, I end up with sore spots on my bowling fingers. This makes it difficult when I’m bowling because I’m not as comfortable with my bowling ball as I need to be. One of the members on my bowling league team let …

I recently tried out another brand of foam hair color, and I liked the ease of application so much, that when I saw the new John Frieda line was on sale and there was a great coupon—“ I went for it. I bought the natural medium brown, which is about …

I was given a tube of Ben Gay PM by a relative, because they did not like it. I don’t normally use the brand, because the strong wintergreen smell makes my eyes water. I was told I might like this one though, because the smell is much lighter.
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I have been suffering from a backache for quite a few years now. The fact that my backache resurfaces at regular intervals, I am required to take special care of my back to prevent the reoccurrence of the pain. Moreover, since my work routine requires me to sit …

Since we decided to give up hormonal pills due to unbearable side effects, condoms manifested as our most opportune of all optional birth controls. However, in search of adequate preservative all went utterly wrong and for the sake of various bad experiences like broken condoms and yeast infections our …

I love to make my own massage oils, and the aroma is a huge part of the equation. I’ve always been a huge fan of cedar fragrances. When I saw that now Foods offered an Atlas Cedar oil, I ordered it to use in one of my massage mixes. …

I am allergic to dust and pollens. There was a time when I was cleaning a bedroom while staying in my grandmother’s house and it was quite dusty. After I finished tidying up, I started sneezing many times. That’s when I admitted that I had one of those acute …

My scalp gets dry and flaky sometimes, especially in winter, and I usually use something like Head & Shoulders. But, a friend of mine recommended Paul Mitchell Tree Shampoo because she uses it for her dry scalp, and she said it worked great. I decided to buy …

Deodorant is pretty much a staple in most people’s daily rituals, and I liked trying various brands and their scents when a new one came out. There are so many to choose from these days, but there is one that I use almost daily because it remains my …

If I had to pick my two favorite types of workouts, they would have to be kickboxing and walking. Now, thanks to my new Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds Walk and Kick workout, I have the best of both worlds.
This fun workout combines Leslie’s phenomenal in home walking …

This kit from Philosophy is made to supposedly mimic the effects of professional microdermabrasion at home. My aunt had the procedure done professionally and paid a lot of money for it. I liked the effects that she got from it, once her skin settled down from the procedure. For …

This is my vitamins when I was in college. College life is so stressful, by doing all the research for my thesis; my health is taken for granted. I cannot eat on time, even sleep on time. I am always in the library or computer lab or in my …

When I developed a severe pain that started in my lower back and radiated down my leg and into my foot, I at first assumed it was my fibromyalgia playing another nasty trick. When it did not get better as soon as I expected, I started to wonder if it …

To have the perfect teeth it is also very important to take care of the toothpaste, which we are using along with the good toothbrush. I am using the toothbrush which has very soft Brussels and which causes no damage to my gums or to my teeth in …

HoMedics BackMasseur Deluxe Massager LSS-10H is a large black pad that you can fit on a chair. Elastic straps are provided, attached to the unit, to secure it.
The massager has 3 speeds, 3 power levels, and five different types of massage - Steady massage, Pulsating massage, Traveling massage, Side …

Coconut trees are abundant here in my country. They produce coconut oil and coconut milk which is very useful for preparing food and even good for digestion. Right now, coconut oil are already in bottled form to be sold to consumers nationwide. This serves as a good herbal supplements. …

I don’t have kids but I often use wet wipes around the house for things like my computer keyboard, and of course when various neices and nephews come to visit! I also take them with me on picnics.
Usually I buy the Life brand unscented wipes. This time I bought …

I think these sanitary towels are brilliant considering the price. These are the Ultra Towels with Wings by Tesco’s own brand and it only cost me just over a pound for a packet of 16 towels. They cost about 10p each basically, so I was not expecting …

From time to time, I use Salonpas Pain Relieving Patch on my tired aching muscles. Most of the time, I use it when I have stiff neck. This product comes in a small rectangular white patch. It looks pretty clean. It is a good muscle pain reliever. It is …

I’ve noticed since I turned forty that my teeth are getting yellow and aged looking, like I suppose you would expect. It’s really frustrating when you do everything you can to take care of your teeth and they turn yellow anyway, so I started trying whitening products. …

I am a huge bath and body product fanatic and I love to try whatever is new on the market.
I have grown to love the very unique scented products made by Molton Brown. My introduction to them was a gift of several of their products from a friend who …

I bought a package of these after trying similar “touch up” products like Colgate’s Wisp. Although these do have some advantages over the little Wisp brushes and GUM’s similar products, I would probably stick to the actual brushes for cleaning.
These Brush-Ups are not brushes at all. They …

For women, having to care for one’s body is a great deal of investment. Being the more observant and health conscious sex, women tend to make sure that they use the right products for their body. That is why I was so glad that when I bought PH Care …

I am serious of taking care of my private parts. For me this is more important than taking care of the outside. We do not know what disease or irritation we can get from using public restrooms or either on private ones. We need to be safe and protected …

When my kids were younger, I’d tried the Vicks vapor plug-in but found it wasn’t quite strong enough unless you had an electrical outlet right next to your child’s bed, so we didn’t get a whole lot of use out of them, but PediaCare was always just as much …

When I made a recent trip to the Bath and Body Works semi annual clearance sale, my favorite sale of the year—“ I came home with a bag full of goodies. I came across this particular goody at the bottom of the bag. It had fallen to the …

Sometimes I am guilty of buying a new product just because it is unusual or unique. I have not had much experience with Garnier skin products, but they seem to be popular, so I assumed they must be pretty good. I paid about ten dollars for this roller product, hoping …

Anger Management is something that I have always seen in the movies in which they show this as the answer to anger problems. I also saw this on an MTV show which made it appear as it were very easy for you to get rid of your anger and …

I bought this board to help with my recovery from a knee injury I had used balance boards during physio so it seemed like a good idea to buy one for use at home.
This board is an 80cm skate type wooden deck with a double roller which runs on …

As if it wasn’t enough to want gorgeous pearly whites and fresh breath, scientists have now determined a causal link between gum disease and a host of other dangerous illness including heart disease. Enough said, I ran out and purchased a Waterpik Dental water jet system PDQ! …

Walk Off The Weight by Eva Gizowska Barnes & Noble 2006 ISBN 13-978-1-8402-6370-1
I have MS and I have lower and upper back problems that make most exercises too hard for me to handle. Thanks to a lot of therapy I can still walk that’s why when I saw Walk …

Flawless Deodorant Whitening Anti-Perspirant is a great product offered by Flawless Clinics here in the Philippines. I’ve tried almost all whitening deodorants out there in the market but this is the best one that I’ve ever tried! It does all the works. It does not stain my …

I’m a sucker for cute product names, especially those that are totally obvious, and the Stopain roll-on relief falls directly into that category. I was also pretty excited to see if it would actually work, because usually these cutesy-named products are nothing more than gimmicks. Of course, I have …

Over the years I have tried several different products to whiten my teeth. I’ve always had decent teeth, but as I age it seems increasing difficult to keep them gleaming. I used to use Crest Whitestrips, and I received so many compliments on how white my teeth were, …

Being a fibromyalgia patient, I am familiar with most brands of pain relief rubs on the market. The nerve disorder causes pain and muscle cramps that require frequent measures to keep me functional. I’ve used regular Icy Hot in the past, and it is a good product—“ as good as …

Vicks is an ointment that is used to apply on the skin to relieve the muscles. Vicks has already been a part of our family. Each of us has a small container of Vicks in our bag. It’s not that we are addicted to Vicks but Vicks is really …

When I was explaining to my friend in England about how I always have trouble getting eye drops in properly, she told me about a product that I simply had to try. It was Optrex Eyemist, and it was something that sounded completely outlandish to me at first.
This …