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Maybe you are just sitting around one day and you feel a slight tingling sensation 'down there.' Or, maybe you suddenly notice a rash appearing in or around your underwear. You'd better take notice! You may be developing a yeast infection and if not treated properly, it could spread ...

The South Beach Diet book became extremely successful when the diet book by similar name was published and grew with fast succession among a dedicated inner circle. Each with dieting success stories to brag about, the South Beach Diet book, authored by Doctor Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The ...

It is a well known fact that free radicals or Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and UVA damage interrupt our cell's communication system. The combination of growth factors and proteins released by the immune system results in abnormal cell function. As a consequence, our skin begins to lose collagen, its youthful ...

Any cancer starting in the breast tissues is known as breast cancer. But breast cancer is subdivided further by category according to exactly where in the breast it started, and the course it took. Each kind has a unique set of risks and chances of survival. Thus, it's inaccurate to ...

Ultimately all women want to look their best, no matter what their size or shape. The image we present to the world, along with our self-image, is largely a manifestation of the pieces in one's wardrobe. Every woman can look better just by selecting clothes that fit correctly and are ...

In people and domestic pets, scarring in the skin after trauma, surgery, burns or a sports injury is a major health problem, usually resulting in unsightly aesthetics, loss of function, restriction of tissue elasticity and/or growth and negative psychological effects. Current treatments are strictly empirical, troublesome and unpredictable. ...

Globular or 'spheroproteins' as those in the snail mucous are highly soluble in aqueous solutions. They act as enzymes and signal transduction proteins. Nearly all enzymes with important metabolic activities are globular in shape, as well as many signal transduction proteins. Metabolism is the biochemical transformation of chemical compounds ...

We've all heard it or even said it one time or another: "I can't lose weight because of my metabolism." It is convenient to blame our unwanted weight on an abstract idea like metabolism, but let's examine the real importance of metabolism - and better yet, how you can get ...

With the amount of cloned beef and inorganic food being served in stores and restaurants now days you might feel like food just isn't settling right with you. The fact is that you could be allergic to some types of foods. In that case you'd want to look into getting ...

Before discussing acne scars and their treatment, it's pertinent to point out that acne red marks that may mirror scars are not actually scars because no permanent change has occurred. In other words they are not real scarring and disappear in time, however, while they are visible they can cause ...