As my elderly mother’s care giver, I was in charge of changing bandages after both her leg surgery and a mastectomy. I became an expert of tape and gauze. My mom has sensitive, thin skin, and the adhesive from the tape was really bothering her. We tried switching to paper …

It’s weird that I should even have to do a review about blood pressure monitors, or (the second or third review for that matter), because I’m only 34 years old and it seems like that’s just way too young to have to worry about my blood pressure. Until about …

Northeast Family Practice is an office for the offices of Terri Wilkerson Riddiford, MD and Donald L. Turner, DO. For this review I will focus on my experience with the office and with Dr. Riddiford. Dr. Riddiford really does know her stuff. She has the most integrative approach to …

Before I bought this smoking alternative I was smoking almost a pack a day. Now as we all know smoking isn’t healthy especially in that amount. Since I started using my E-cigarette I don’t smoke a single cigarette. Whenever I feel the craving for nicotine I just pull out …

I am a total fitness freak and love to experiment with different types of fitness techniques that will go along way to help me keep fit and healthy. After having heard and read much about the goodness of yoga- I decided to learn it and incorporate it …

I have had a problem with thinning hair around the top and crown of my head for several years. No one seems to be able to determine what is causing it, and because it could be so many different things, as I have several medical conditions as well as the …

In an attempt to rid my backpack of the controversial DEET-based bug dopes I’ve accumulated over the years, I purchased a 1.5 ounce stick of Badger’s Anti-Bug Balm at a local outdoor store before hitting the trails in the Catskill region of New York last week. I’ve enjoyed Badger …

Having fibromyalgia, I have always been a huge fan of heated pillows and wraps. I have some that are filled with rice, as well as various other types with herbs, grains, and even gels. When a friend saw this product, he knew it would be perfect for me. This is …

Filing the corns on my feet has never been my favorite thing to do, but the Com-Foot Foot File makes this job easy. First, I dried the corns of my feet by applying alcohol to my corns, then leaving the alcohol on overnight. Next, I opened my …

My grandmother used milk of magnesia for a laxative, and one day when I really needed one, but did not want to go to the store for one, I took hers. Years later, I remembered that I did not experience any side effects from the product like I normally did …

Ever since I knew just what acne was and what effect it had on my dating opportunities or lack thereof, I have turned to various cleansers to make sure my face would be as far away from looking like a tired pizza as possible. One of my favorite tricks of …

I suffer from Bruxism, commonly known as grinding your teeth in your sleep. Sometimes when I wake up my jaw is so stiff and sore I can barely move. This affects my quality of life, sometimes it even hurts to eat, although the pain is in my jaw not …

HoMedics Professional Percussion Massager PA-1 46 is a hand-held electric massager that you plug in to your regular outlet. It comes with 3 sets of heads for different kinds of massage (gentle, medium, and hard) and several speeds. There is a switch that slides back and forth and lets …

I have always been in search of anything that could make my teeth whiter. We, Asians are believed to have a “yellower” teeth. I have been struggling to fight that for as long as I remember. I have tried most teeth whitening stuff of various brands. Some work good …

I read an article not too long ago about yerba mate tea. It talked about how it is a great energy boosting tea. I could definitely use an energy boosting tea or energy boosting anything for that matter. I don’t drink coffee so I don’t get the normal caffeine boost …

With gift card in hand, I spent a small fortune on Bath and Body Works products for my birthday treat. Before I rate this one item, let me say that I love their products in general. This day, I bought a can of the foaming shower mousse in “Twilight …

Wow I am totally amazed at the effectiveness of this shampoo! I absolutely love it! I always thought that John Frieda was an expensive name brand, and that all of their products ran for like $50.00 I would have never thought that I would find their products at my …

I have a friend who is constantly urging me to use more natural and green products—“ so she buys me one every week or so that she thinks I will like. (I reciprocate by cooking for her) I love this arrangement, because I love trying new things.
The …

No one would ever guess that Monistat 7 Vaginal Anti fungal Cream would have beneficial uses other than yeast infection. In fact, I have never had a yeast infection in my entire life; however, if it weren’t for a devastating event in my life then I would’ve never known …

There were several things about this product that were immediately attractive to me when I first saw it on the shelf. It is pretty. The dispenser is a clean and simple one, and the ribboned color is a soft, pretty green with white. It’s from Olay, a …

I have tried liquid skin and patches to protect my fingers from blisters and sores when I am bowling. Some weeks, I spend hours practicing different bowling techniques to try and increase my bowling score average. The end result is that I end up with blisters, sores and sometimes …

I am not the best at taking supplements. Many times I forget but mostly I have a really hard time swallowing pills. My last calcium pills were hard and heavy and a big hassle to try and swallow. I would almost fear the thought of having to take …

I am a tea-lover and I have been drinking Kankunis Herbal Tea for almost three years now. This herbal tea works wonders in my health especially in allowing me to be more active every day. It also helps me to regularize my bowel movements …

The idea of moisture booties for lazy people who didn’t have time to put lotion on their feet before putting them into a sock, somehow was appealing to me. I bought this mostly out of the curiosity of how on earth they worked.
The booties look like any …

I have combination skin that is oily in summer and dry in winter. I have been looking for an alcohol free toner to use for freshening up my face during the day and for after my cleansing routine. I liked the idea of an organic product, so I tried …

I’ve had this sort of up and down issue with managing my cholesterol lately. For years, I’d never had a problem with it, but I think stress and bad dietary choices have created a problem where none previously existed. I didn’t even know I had a problem until I …

When it comes to selecting a protein, quality is an essential characteristic for a supplement that is taken multiple times throughout the day. I have been using Optimum Nutrition’s Gold Standard 100% Whey for several years now and have never came across another protein that offers affordability with a …

I am a fan of dieting. I have been battling with my weight for so many years now. Any diet that claims it will make me loose weight will always be in my list. So I got a hold of this 7 day diet at the mall. It costs …

I really didn’t expect much from this product and to be quite frank it didn’t change my perception. I found these tweeziers to be a waste of money.
When I used it I found that the light the tweezers have did not work. The magnifying glass was an …

I have always had sensitive and watery eyes. Recently when I moved to my new office I found that my eyes were more watery than ever and I had a feeling that it was because my eyes were actually dry.
I guess my seat being right under the air …

I take fiber on a regular basis to treat irritable bowel syndrome, help stabilize blood sugar, assist in losing weight and lower my cholesterol. I have used a variety of brands and types, and tend to change if I get bored. I saw this product on sale and decided it …

Stretch marks are definitely alarming at my age. I began having stretch marks when I lost a great deal of weight. I may have reduced my size to a slender figure, but a few parts of my body retained the flabs. I didn’t have a toned …

Oral B Toothbrush
Cleaning our teeth is very essential to stay fit. It is important to brush twice a day with a suitable toothpaste brand. But it is more important to choose the right toothbrush for your teeth. And I always recommend Oral B Toothbrush. Oral B is a very …

I have been using a lot of different shampoos lately because I have been too lazy to actually look at what I am purchasing. I wouldn’t recommend doing this because you might end up wasting your money on some really crappy shampoo. The truth is, most shampoos just aren’t …

The CVS brand of cough drops actually work relatively well, although they are eclipsed in both strength and speed when compared with the Recola brand. I purchased these once because they were on sale for one dollar and ninety-nine cents for a pack of eighty cough drops. I felt …

I take a hot bath every night to help treat the muscle and nerve symptoms caused by my longtime fibromyalgia. I have found that this therapy helps more than any other option. To keep things interesting, I use a variety of bath products like oils, bath fizzies, bubble bath …

I sometimes get gas from eating vegetables, and it can be frustrating and embarrassing as well as painful. Lately I have been trying to eat healthier and unfortunately that means adding in larger portions of foods that do cause me to get gas. In the past, I …

After 35 years of wearing heavy pierced earrings, my earlobes have stretched out quite a bit. They are on the brink of splitting. I think I did the most damage to my earlobes during the ’80s when huge earrings were “in.” I can also blame the …

Playtex Sport
Food Lion
$4.99
I have had such a difficult time finding a tampon that held up lately. I have tried almost every kind of tampon on the market. I think my favorite tampon so far that I have found has been the Playtex Sport Super. The Playtex Sport comes in …

I’ve only had bronchitis twice in my life and both times were really distressful and horrible to have to go through because it seems to last forever and the first time it happened it scared me to death because I woke up in the morning and literally couldn’t breathe …

There is something to be said for old school water bottles. I remember, as a child, my mom used to have one of those ice packs where the lid screwed on to the bag and it would usually get condensation and you’d be wet from that and from the …

I have had high cholesterol for a few years, and attempts to treat it with prescription medicines have been frustrating. I tried several statin drugs, always with disastrous side effects that I refused to tolerate. Having fibromyalgia, I do not need any more muscle pain in my life, …

I take a bath nightly to help ease the symptoms of fibromyalgia like pain and muscle spasms. I have frequent bouts of foot cramps that usually only a hot bath will stop—“ so often I try to head them off at the pass and take my hot bath before they …

I have diabetes, and one of the ways I have been able to get away with very limited reliance on prescription medication even after having the illness for ten years is to use natural products to help boost my glucose metabolism. There are a few in my arsenal, but I …

I bought this Yes to Cucumbers product when there was a sale on the brand. I have used some of the other “Yes to” lines, but had somehow missed the cucumber aloe gel. I use aloe on a regular basis in the summer to help cool my skin if I …

I gave birth to my kids at this state-owned maternity hospital. There are 3-4 other maternity hospitals in this country but my husband and I had only this hospital in mind because it is conveniently located from our home, about 7 kilometers or a 10 minute drive. More …

Orazyme mouthwash is a product that is supposed to help with dry mouth issues by supplying enzymes. I have used Biotene, a similar product, in the past to treat a dry mouth issue that bothers me off and on. When I ran out of Biotene, I went to …

I have fibromyalgia, and in the early days of learning to deal with this chronic pain disease, I would take lots of over the counter pain killers, like Advil and aspirin. When I discovered it was causing me stomach problems, I switched to using only acetaminophen (Tylenol). I was taking …

I tried this lotion at a friend’s house, and loved it. I had smelled it on her, and liked the smell so I asked what it was, and she showed me the bottle. I made a mental note of the name, and later looked for it myself. I was unable …

I have recently begun to start feeling sluggish again, after I decided to stop taking my vitamins. After my last bottle, I thought that I would be fine without them and I was wrong. Wanting to feel more healthy and energetic, I decided to go to a local drug …