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What You Can Do About Your Back Pain
When Bhamgara went to doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors about what to expect with her recovery, they gave her conflicting opinions. “...
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Is My Psoriasis Treatment Working?
“It can take up to 12 weeks for a medication to work completely,” says Dendy Engelman, MD, a dermatologist at the Shafer Clinic in New York City. M...
Read moreThinning Hair: Can Medications Help?
Many things can cause women to lose more hair than normal: genetics, illness, stress, medical conditions or hormonal imbalance, aging, and even wha...
Read moreMale-Pattern Hair Loss
In some cases the drug can cause additional hair loss, which however can be reversed. Propecia is a prescription pill originally marketed at a high...
Read moreHidden Causes of Hair Loss
Telogen effluvium is a common type of hair loss translates to excessive shedding. This type of hair loss can happen after your body goes through st...
Read moreAdult Acne: Why You Get It, How to Fight It
A good cleanser will also let other skin products reach your skin and work better. Benzoyl peroxide is another acne fighter. Use benzoyl peroxide p...
Read moreDont Make These Acne Treatment Mistakes
Don’t use acne scrubs that might cause more inflammation, and don’t use cleansers that strip the face of its natural oils. “When the skin is dry an...
Read moreMyths and Facts About Adult Acne
Acne Myth 3: Stress causes acne. Acne Myth 4: Don’t wear sunscreen, it will aggravate your acne. “Studies in teens show that washing your face twic...
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: How Can You Get Enough Vitamin D?
Thirty minutes of sun exposure to the face, legs, or back -- without sunscreen -- at least twice a week should give you plenty of vitamin D. The Am...
Read moreToothbrushing Mistakes You Make and How to Fix Them
As easy as it may seem to do, very few of us brush our teeth as well as we could. But the critical part, dentists agree, is the bristles that remov...
Read moreStraight Talk About Braces for Adults
'A generation ago, adults didn't always keep their teeth, much less straighten them,' says Leslie A. Braces can straighten teeth, line up your jaws...
Read moreLink Between Trauma and Binge Eating
Most of the time, the trauma (which leads to PTSD) comes first and the binge eating comes later. 'People with binge eating disorder often don't und...
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