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Washing Your Hands Effectively

There's been a lot of talk about flu prevention lately. The best thing you can do (besides staying home and avoiding exposure to germs) is to make sure that you're washing your hands frequently to keep germs from getting past that lovely piece of your immune system known as your skin and into other places like your mouth or eyes when you touch them. However, washing your hands the right way is important too. Here are some tips for making sure your efforts are good for something - both the whens Read

By: Megan | 03/11/2009 | Wellness

Dealing With Cold Sores

Cold sores usually start the same way - first a little painful spot under the skin like a blind pimple. Sometimes there's a painful tingling a couple of days before, which is called the prodrome. This usually explodes into a puss-filled blister (or group of blisters) that lasts for a lovely seven to ten days. Read

By: Megan | 31/10/2009 | Health

Skin Care That Works

So the fact is that you're stuck with your skin. You'll have it for your whole life, and no matter how often skin cells flake off and repair themselves, you're ultimately stuck with the same skin - the same wrinkles, freckles, skin damage; whatever you do to it is going to be yours forever afterward. On that cheerful note, here are some key tips for keeping your skin healthy. Read

By: Megan | 23/10/2009 | Health

Dealing With Your Dry Scalp and Hair

Whether you have an itchy, dry scalp or dry, static-filled hair, you're looking for a way to get some consistent moisture into it. There are all kinds of ways to solve the problem. Here are a few. Read

By: Megan | 13/10/2009 | Health

Hairstyles for Men

There are all kinds of options for women's hair, but guys don't get headbands and flowers (generally) to spice things up. What are the options for you, guys? Read

By: Megan | 13/10/2009 | Health

How to Calm an Upset Stomach

Okay, I know you aren't seven anymore, but somehow even without the option of running to "Mommy" with a "tummy ache," you still end up with crazy discomfort in your stomach, maybe more frequently than you really think it should happen. However, the difference is that now you know where such things come from and can take control of the problem, right? Or if you don't, there's always this article. Read

By: Megan | 07/10/2009 | Wellness

Cutting Your Kid's Hair

Kids need hair cuts just like adults. However, cutting a kid's hair isn't as easy as cutting an a adult's, if only because kids wiggle and adults don't. Here are some quick tips if you need to give the little darlings a trim. Don't forget that to start, you need to be extra careful and very patient. Read

By: Megan | 02/10/2009 | Health

Coping with Diabetes: Be Connected

Being diagnosed with diabetes is terrifying. You have so many questions about how your life is going to change and about how normal it can be. It's an overwhelming and very lonely feeling. However, finally there's another benefit for us here in the land of Web 2.0. Social networking may be your best tool for finding people who can help you to cope. Read

By: Megan | 29/09/2009 | Diseases & Conditions

Choosing Between OTC Pain Relievers

We tend to treat all pain relievers as if they were the same thing, but are they? How do you know whether your pain would go away faster if you took Ibuprofen instead of Acetaminophen? Not all pain relievers are created equal, so here's a quick guide to what's works best and when. Read

By: Megan | 26/09/2009 | Health

How to Prevent Hair Breakage

Everyone experiences some hair breakage. Your hair naturally falls out all the time, and with all of the things we put it through, it's bound to become damaged-looking and broken sometimes. However, if doesn't have to be the story of your hair if you don't want it to be. Here are some things that will help your hair to be stronger and break less often. Read

By: Megan | 17/08/2009 | Health

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