Natural acne treatments

Acne is one of those things that will always be part of life. As far as I can tell there are few effective acne treatment medical or not. Some medical treatments can have unpleasant effects and as such doctors only prescribe them for severe cases. Antibiotics can also be used to control certain forms of […]

Foam mattress quality counts when it comes to sleeping well

Just to continue on the subject of moving to a new apartment and buying new furniture, I figured to publish another article this time focused on selecting a mattress. Let’s face it, the mattress is probably the most important piece of furniture that you will buy. A mattress that does not offer enough support for […]

Childhood obesity in the USA a problem not to be overlooked

The statistics on childhood obesity in the USA are staggering with close to 15% of all children considered obese. Things are also bad for teenagers. Worse even, the future for the young generations looks even worse with these percentage numbers expected to continue increasing every year. It has been a terrible 3 decades for young […]

The Archimedes Bath Lift

The Archimedes bath lift is probably the first (and very likely only) thing that makes me wish that I age quickly. This ingenious device is designed to help older people take a bath by making it easy and safe for them to enter a bath tab without the danger of slipping and falling down.
For […]

Finding an acne treatment that works

Acne is every teenager’s worst nightmare. Many cures for acne have been advertised since ever and many make bold promises but few actually work in the end. As it happens, not all types of acne are the same and as such different treatments need to be used accordingly.
For mild cases, a basic acne treatment […]

I’m getting older and it shows

I was looking in the mirror the other day and it hit me. I am getting old and it shows. It used to be that I could count the number of white hair on my head but now their numbers have increased to the point that such an endeavor would be as pointless as trying […]

Mesothelioma and asbestos exposure

Mesothelioma is a kind of cancer for which no cure exists. As a cancer, it attacks the protective membrane known as mesothelium that surrounds our internal organs. As I said earlier, there is no cure for this cancer but the usual treatments are often applies including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. One thing that is well […]

Disturbing HIV policy Raises Concern

Recently the Switzerland National Aids Commission published in the Bulletin of Swiss Medicine that some individuals with HIV can have unprotected sex, and that this is a safe practice. This goes against practiced HIV barrier protection that has been advocated for several decades. Swiss researchers did a retrospective analysis of individuals with HIV and determined […]

Universal health care is awesome

Living in Canada, I have become accustomed to the idea that whenever I need to see a doctor I simply make an appointment (or go to a hospital) and a doctor will seem at no cost. In fact, I had two knee operations to correct torn ACLs and I paid nothing for either of the […]

A new mattress

Living as a student for years trying to complete several graduate degrees was intellectually rewarding because of the people I met and the many things I learned. A student’s lifestyle certainly has a large number of negatives as well as positives.
The worst thing sometimes is that as a student living arrangements have to be […]

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