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28 May, 2010

Me and My Canker Sores

Posted by: healthnut In: Bad Stuff For You|For Your Skin|Miscellany

Nothing serious or strange about canker sores, right?  Everyone gets them.  They’re an annoyance and painful, but we can easily forget about them until its time to drink or eat and then the pain can sting so much it wells up the tear ducts. Well … here’s the deal.  What is totally normal suddenly became [...]

12 May, 2009

Do your hands swell with cold water?

Posted by: healthnut In: For Your Skin

Then like me, you most likely have Cold Urticaria.  It is basically “cold hives” where large red itchy welts form on the skin after exposure to a cold stimulus.   Often the hands and feet will become itchy and swollen, and in my case, rather painful.   I found out about my condition very suddenly- when [...]

21 Feb, 2009

Do Hair Loss Treatments Work?

Posted by: healthnut In: For Your Skin

A friend of mine has been gradually losing his hair for several years now and while most of us have noticed, he himself has only become concerned recently.  ”Can you see my scalp?” is now his greeting when we meet. Unfortunately, it is true that his scalp, especially on the tippy top, is growing more [...]



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I started putting this together out of frustration with the amount of misinformation being peddled. Not wanting to be someone who further spreads the same misinformation, I do hope that you will write to let me know if something I have posted is not quite right.Lastly, I also believe that both Eastern and Western medicine have their good and bad points and everyone should try to look at things with an open mind and not blindly trust (any) authority as they have their own agenda and its not necessarily for your good.

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