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My husband just bought a Disney branded Chapstick for my daughter and I noticed that it had saccharin in the ingredients. I believe saccharin is considered an animal carcinogen. I was surprised to see it in a kids chapstick, so just a heads up to you to make sure you check your ingredients.

I recently read an article talking about ways to keep your brain fresh -- we all know about the latest Sudoku craze, but this article mentioned little things such as using your non-dominant hand for normal every-day actions! Interesting, huh?

In the bathrooms at my office, I notice how many people don't actually wash their hands properly. Most people use soap, but almost immediately rinse it off. Their whole hand-washing process takes about 3 seconds. I believe that it's really important to wash your hands properly and often - isn't that what most healthcare professionals say is the most important thing for avoiding colds?? Take some time to make sure you've scrubbed each area at least!!  read more »

An article I recently read in the Washington Post talked about how to prepare certain foods to really get the most out of their nutritional value.  Unfortunately, I don't have the article with  read more »

I noticed that after eating a certain amount of popcorn, i always get bad headaches.  I am trying to look into what ingredients could cause this....

I've recently come accross Naked Fruit Juice Smoothies.  They are delicious!  read more »

The other day my left hand was shaking quite noticeably.  I didn't feel nervous or anxious about anything, so I'm not sure if it was just adrenaline that made my hand shake.  Another poss  read more »

I love to travel, and was recently advised that a good way to reduce jet lag is to drink a lot of water.  Apparently the air in the plane's cabin is very dry and most passengers get very dehyd  read more »

I am about to start a cleanse using a product i got from the local health food store called perfect cleanse, here's a link:  read more »

some granola heads i know don't even own a microwave....  the guy in the healthfood store lived by the same notion.

i was doing some research and came across this article:  read more »

this season for the first time in my life, after having been born and raised in the DC metro area, i suffered from allergies.  it lasted about a week and was pretty bad.  not knowing at firs  read more »

does anyone have any experience with oxygen therapy?  i've been wondering if consuming pure oxygen would have any beneficial effets on health and immune system.   read more »

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i heard that my health care provider could offer services like acupunture, massage therapy, etc...  read more »

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ok folks, here's a topic that may be a little difficult to blog about at first, but it's important so here goes:  read more »

well, i got the takara foot patches and tried them out.  i was amazed to see the disgusting brown color of the patch in the morning.  read more »

It was really funny, yesterday in a core stability class I went to, the first thing we had to do was stand up against a wall.  We were told to keep our heels, botom, shoulders and head up agai  read more »

I had an appointment for a routine checkup recently.  While waiting in my doctor's office, I was looking around and noticed that the office was littered with pharmaceutical advertisements.&nbs  read more »

today i take the first step into the world of wheatgrass.  i bought a juicer off ebay and just picked up my first tray of organic wheatgrass from my local healthfood store.  after lunch, my  read more »

top 25 ways to stay young according to yahoo health.  this is a fantastic article.  we should all strive to accomplish at least half of these things within the next year and then stick to it  read more »

I just read this article in my local newspaper about sources of calcium.  I've just recently become vegan, and have since heard the question "but what about your calcium!!" about a m  read more »

As we approach the end of summer, many will travel to the beaches to enjoy the warm weather before it ends.  I came across this water quality report that is very recent and is very easy to use.&n  read more »

This is hard for me to say.  I feel pretty depressed about little things in my life.  These are truly little things that shouldn't make me feel so upset, but somehow knowing this&nbs  read more »

I just heard a comcast commercial on radio that got my attention.  It was a guy explaining that he just ordered TV, phone, and internet from comcast and is about to start "televisiphonern  read more »

I was watching Oprah today with Dr. Oz and learned some interesting things!

1. Snacking on more nutritious foods fill you up faster.  (sort of obvious but good to remember!)  read more »

I saw a little news segment yesterday about children getting their feet stuck in escalators because of their shoes.  read more »

I was very surprised to hear from my elementary school age son that he had hemorrhoids.  He complained of itching and a burning sort of pain, plus blood when he wiped.  read more »

I was recently told that I should not eat after 7 PM if I were serious about shedding the last few pounds.  read more »