Most of the time pain is temporary and therefore tolerable. Scrapes, cuts, sprained ankles, bruises – most people can easily deal with these superficial, trivial injuries because we understand them and know that in time the pain will subside. Even broken bones and many surgeries can be easily treated with some pain medicine and time [...]
Bad luck isn’t mere superstition. It’s science. It’s math. Once you open your heart and mind to this truth, healing can begin. The methods I prescribe to get rid of bad luck are aggressive to say the least. My bad luck cures may involve taking considerable risks. You may end up getting your stomach pumped. [...]
Not long ago, I decided that my DNA deserves an encore – another generation at least. My wife felt the same. We got pregnant, and we were soon awash in a deluge of love and support. That is what happens when you deliver parents their first grandchild. I got many books on babies, birth, all [...]
Many people who want to learn how to get rid of chest acne see their affliction as different from other acne – its own category of blemish. Beyond geography, chest acne is very similar to facial acne. The only difference is the skin is thicker and perhaps can be treated a bit more aggressively. Like [...]
Though gout is one of the most treatable forms of arthritis, it is also extremely painful. Most sufferers would agree that the above artist knew what he was doing. An acute gout attack is not unlike having a small, moustachioed demon chewing on you. Sufferers complain that even the weight of clothes or a bed [...]
I used to think I was immune to poison oak. Last summer, after playing a round of disk golf, I found out otherwise. I had unknowingly walked through a large patch of poison oak, and because I was wearing shorts, I got the plant’s noxious oil, urushiol, all over my legs. The itching that comes [...]
When I was in the third grade, our elementry school suffered a pink eye outbreak that was nearly an epidemic. All of my friends had the typical pink eye symptoms: red, swollen eyes with a streak of revolting discharge here and there. I was heartbroken with envy. They got to stay home for a day [...]
Gingivitis is a mild form of gum disease, and it is very common. In fact, most of the population will experience the bleeding, tender gums and bad breath of gingivitis at some point in life. Because it is so common, people assume it isn’t a big deal. Well, left unchecked, gingivitis will turn into a [...]
If you’ve come to this page, you probably already know that you can’t get rid of eczema. Not yet anyway. What you can do is keep the disease in remission by taking care of your skin and avoiding eczema triggers. Many people who do this hardly ever have to deal with the pain and frustration [...]
It would be nice if only reality TV stars had to deal with piles. That would make television more interesting. Alas, over half the population will have to deal with piles symptoms and piles pain during the course of their lifetime. That all grocery store drug aisles have a section devoted to piles speaks to [...]
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