Keratosis Pilaris – a mouthful of a name for a condition that is the bane of my summer time when I want to wear cute sleeveless tanks. (Ok maybe it isn’t the bane of my summer time but it is really really annoying!) I’ve spent years exfoliating, moisturizing, and all sort of other attempts to …
If you’ve ever spent a day or two attached to the porcelain throne, with a spare bucket within reach, you know how dreadful food poisoning can be. I have experienced food poisoning only once in my life (after an eggs benedict brunch), and that was certainly more than enough. Food poisoning is caused by eating …
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High blood pressure is often known as the ‘silent killer’. And for good reason. It creates a major risk for strokes and heart disease (one of the leading causes of death in the US), but often has no symptoms. If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, this is a time to take your health …
Ah, the wintertime. Full of cozy knits, pumpkin spice lattes, and… pneumonia. Pneumonia often develops as a complication of colds and flu, when the germs get into your lungs. While anyone can get pneumonia, adults older than 65, young children and infants, and people with chronic disease such as COPD and asthma, are at high …
If you find yourself reaching for the box of cookies in your drawer everyday after lunch, or regularly grabbing a donut with your morning coffee – you are probably hooked on sugar. You may even even addicted to sugar – without even properly realizing it! Sugar is pervasive in many foods in western society. And …
You might have been quite embarrassed to have to Google that. But know that you are in good company. Green poop is actually very common! (Especially going by how often it is searched for in Google.) Before you give in to the panic after turning to see a blob of green that should be brown …