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 …

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 …

I have been experiencing severe headaches right from my teen years and always dreaded taking pain killers to help me get some relief. Due to this fact, I always tried using natural aids help me get rid of the pain. One of my favorite among them has always been …

I battle with cold sore outbreaks all the time, but the only thing that seems to prevent the cold sore outbreaks from becoming full blown and worse are the Natures Bounty L Lysine Supplements. As soon as I feel a cold sore outbreak come on, I take two of …

Centrum Performance Multi Vitamins have been a great addition to my daily ritual as far as keeping me healthy. I’m a runner and honestly I probably without these vitamins get nearly enough of what I should on a daily basis. Because I certainly need more than the normal person …

For some reason I tend to have a lot of issues with dry and sore lips especially in the winter. I have tried a few types and brands of lip balm because I have to use it so much and this one in particular is probably at the …

Brushing is not just enough for me. I always gargle a mouthwash after brushing. I discover this Colgate Plax lately and I like it. Yeah it is fresh but not juts that I just love the coolness and longitivity of its effects. I notice that even if I don’t …

Duac Gel For Acne is a gel which works to eliminate mild to moderate types of acne. It is an anti-acne product that can clear the skin after weeks of using it. I was very fortunate to try Duac Gel For Acne when I had some gentle acne …

When my doctor told me I had high cholesterol along with my diabetes, it was a wake up call. I tried statin drugs, and had a horrible reaction to them. I have fibromylagia, and statin drugs cause muscle weakness and deterioration that they really want you to believe is “rare” …

I use a variety of bath products when taking my nightly hot soaks to treat muscle pain caused by fibromyalgia. One brand of bath salt I recently became interested in is Maroma Spa. I tried a single use packet of their True Rose bath salts, and although I am not …

Your toothpaste should have a refreshing experience to you. Like the old habit that I seldom bring personal effects when traveling to Los Angeles, upon arriving there little over a month ago, I forget to bring a toothpaste. I bought this toothpaste at a store in Los Angeles. I …

I have started wearing contact lenses during the time i have discovered that i am already way past my teenage years and near the borderline of being old. anyway, i had a bad experience with my first contact lenses. Since i was taking up my masteral degree …

Every month a woman has a so-called sickness. This is the menstural flow. In certain countries, in ancient times, women use cloth to absorb in blood discharge. In those times, it is really difficult for them because it would mean tedious laundry will follow otherwise cloths will be wasted.
But …

Since I tend to do a lot of hiking and walking, I like to have a convenient first aid kit on hand for those inevitable moments when I end up with a cut or scrape of some sort or another. I carry a backpack with me, with some food …

I have always loved Clorox products, especially their bleach formula because that is all I can ever remember my grandmother using when she did the laundry, so I thought it was very ironic when I saw a commercial from Clorox featuring their Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface spray and how they …

I have used Clean Well hand sanitizer before, and when I saw the hand soap I wanted to try it. Like the hand sanitizer, it does not have triclosan, a chemical that is used in most anti-bacterial soaps but has come under fire recently for being unsafe and causing bacterial …

The last but not least of my acne regime from Mario Badescu, a must have, the cleansing gel. This gel contains papaya extracts which are AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acids). This claims to get rid of dull skin and remove makeup, dirt, and oil without drying the skin. This cost …

I became fascinated with foaming hand washes when I realized how economical they actually were. I had been under the false impression that because they were a very thin consistency, that it meant they were so watered down that it would take a lot of the product to make a …

Conzace was the supplement prescribed to me by my doctor in the midst of coping a very bad cough. Not too eager to get started, I asked around. What’s so special about this supplement? I got the impression that many medical professionals were in favor of …

“Suyod” as we call it here in the Philippines is the finely toothed comb for removing lice. It used to be very effective but I’ve noted that they are now made of plastic and are soft and could no longer efficiently carry lice out of the hair. Well, …

The Colgate Motion Toothbrush is a good toothbrush. I bought it as a backup for each family member, and everyone liked it. The handle is easy to grip and the brush includes two separate heads that are easy on the teeth and gums but are very good at cleaning. …

Since I have my grandchildren over often for visits, I like to have first aid supplies on hand because my grandchildren are the most accident prone children I have ever known in my life. Both of the children love SpongeBob. When I saw the SpongeBob bandages, I knew I …

When I was visiting relatives in China a few years ago, I experienced for the first time one of the most disturbing physical problems I’ve ever experienced. I got a boil on the back of my leg. At first I just thought it was a large painful pimple, but …

Sunsilk anti-dandruff shampoo is okay for me but not really an amazing product. It did not really work for me as I had hoped. For one, after a month of using it, it did not minimize the flakes or dandruff that I had in my hair. …

Due to a hectic scheduled life, taking care of my feet would sometimes become difficult and since I would be on my feet most of the day, my feet stated showing signs of weariness and looked quite dull and unclean. Though I would try to go in for …

I have tried a few whitening products over the counter. I found that the strips were uncomfortable and made my teeth sensitive and some other products simply did not work. When I read about this product, I thought I would give the over-the-counter whitening routine one more try.
I …

I was given a package of the Thursday Plantation tea tree tooth sticks, which are impregnated with tea tree oil and other essential oils and help to clean the teeth as well as treat the gums. I really liked the product, so I decided to try the matching mouthwash.
This Nature’s …

My diet is incredibly restrictive, so I take a lot of supplements daily to ensure I get everything I need to be healthy. I started adding in other supplements such as fish oil, or garlic as well, just to help my heart out some, since heart attacks are …

As I started sending my son to playgroup, he often devloped cold. Every weekend his temperature rises with cold. This became a weekly routine and we decided to provide him with some immunity booster as he was just on milk and common food items. On our search, we found …

A friend of mine started taking this supplement, and I heard about it for days on end. It contains resveratrol from Japanese knotwood, red wine extract, pomegranate extract, and acai berry extract. It is supposed to prevent aging and keep you healthy by maintaining cell integrity. I have …

Last April, I bought Gaiam Total Body Balance Ball Kit from an auction, priced at 700 pesos. Gaiam Total Body Balance Ball Kit is an exercise ball with the width of 65 cm and weighs 1 pound. It was made by Gaiam. It was a good product I tried …

First, I love this product from Nature’s Blend. I deal with health issues everyday with my systemic vasculitis disease. One of the problems I have problems with is sore joints and muscles when I wean from prednisone. This product keeps my joints from hurting. And, for me it is …

OTO bodycare Body fat and water monitor(WS -005G / WS -005W) can help monitor the body fat and water content in the body. It can be used to check the body fat in Men and women. It just needs to be set. In other cases, it …

I have fibromyalgia and there is nothing more pampering than having someone (usually my partner) give me a warm, gentle massage to relax my muscles and keep them from cramping. I’ve used a variety of massage oils and lotions, but I had not yet tried Arnica oil by itself. (I …

I decided to grab the Crunch Cardio Go-Go Dance workout DVD because it looked like it would be fun. I know that I need to focus more on my fitness, and getting myself in better shape, but some of those DVDs can be a real killer. That’s why I …

My never ending quest to find the perfect lotion for my hands and elbows led me to Curel Ultra Healing Lotion Intensive Moisture. I purchased the Curel at the grocery store for $7.59 for a 20 oz. bottle. If it worked, it would be well worth the money spent. …

I never thought I’d see the day when I’d say I loved my toothbrush but the Oral-B Vitality has changed that.
The Oral-B Vitality toothbrush is a rechargeable power toothbrush that retails for $20.00 or less. They offer 3 different models of brush heads: Precision Clean, (a single round head), …

For many years we’ve been using Colgate, a brand of tooth paste that was proven to be effective than other tooth paste. Why did I said it’s proven because I was using this tooth paste since my preschool days, as my mother said when I was small I loved …

One sanitary pad that is also of good quality is Modess Sanitary Pad. It is cheaper than my favorite brand but the quality is almost the same. Modess Sanitary Pad comes in different variants and whichever variant I use, it offers the same quality. Just recently, I have used …

I live near this CVS Pharmacy at Lindsay and Warner Roads in Gilbert, AZ. I frequent this CVS Pharmacy to purchase a number of prescriptions and have done so for the past 3 years. A few years ago, CVS decided to put a “Minute Clinic” in this store to …

This product is a great hybrid of lip balm and color. It is marketed more as a “casual” sort of product. You could wear it on days when you didn’t want the full color of a lipstick, but wanted to treat your lips with a soothing moisture product. Burt’s …

Some months, at a certain time of the month, I get terrible cramps, bloating, fatigue, backaches, and even headaches. It seems like the checklist that comes along with a period, I get them all, and sometimes they hit me at once so I feel like a cruddy fat …

Having a toothache is definitely one of the worst days one can have. My wisdom tooth was emerging at that time. There was a little bit of pain but it was tolerable. Not until I had dinner in a restaurant with my mother and ate some beef steak. It …

I have to deal with the periodic blemish, though I normally don’t have much trouble with that kind of thing at all. I have a combination dry/oily skin and it likes to act up from time to time and give me a pimple or two to deal with, and …

I’ve known this product ever since I was a child. It was one of those beauty soaps that I came to grow up with. I first used this soap when I was in college for like a month. I got impatient waiting for its whitening effect on my skin …

All my life I struggle to gain weight and I could eat anything I want anytime of the day. I have really great metabolism as I must fuel my body with food every four hours during the day. If I am burning the midnight oil for any reason whatsoever …

Get rid of a headache quickly and with no cost! This seems to work for any type of headache, I am told, even hangovers! I do not know if it would be effective in the treatment of migraine, as this migraine is its own special circumstance. …

One drug-free treatment that I know of is light therapy, a therapeutic method that uses photic stimulation. Though the process, tiny pulses of light are delivered to shut eyes. Some hospitals offer the service and fortunately, products are made available for us to be able to do the therapy …

I have been using prescription lenses since I was in grade 5. Now I’m already in my 30s I still have prescription lenses and I have been using Colorblends for more than 3 years now.
I have -2.75 prescription for both my eyes. I am myopic, meaning I am nearsighted …

I was trying to get an alternative to my Olay moisturizer with SPF15. I was thinking if this works just as good then why not save a couple of bucks to buy something else I need. I like how this moisturizer has a built in pump so I could …