FACE ACNE

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Learn all your options about acne treatment. Facing Acne provides information about all the latest ways to get rid of acne and enjoy a clearer complexion. When you are aware of all your treatment options, you are in a better position to select the method that will work best for you.

Discover a simple fruit even more powerful than Accutane.

Find practical solutions to get rid of acne without spending a lot of time. It can take weeks to research and try various treatments methods and frankly, most of us are too busy for that. Facing Acne saves you time and energy by giving you nothing but the facts about various acne conditions and effective treatments.

Find out why one of grandma’s favorites is a powerful zit zapper.

Avoid making your acne condition worse. Before you use potentially drying or otherwise dangerous products, read Facing Acne so you can make an educated decision about what will work for your unique case of acne – and what won’t.

Women, Skin Health & Beauty

The key to healthy skin depends on what you eat, whether you exercise, how much stress you are under and even your environment. Women, Skin Health & Beauty tackles the many myths circulating about the dangers of makeup and cosmetic ingredients and how to choose the right products for you. The guide also looks at skin health over the lifespan, including pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause.
For more on skin health and beauty check out one of the NWHRC's newest publications, Your Guide to Non-Surgical Aesthetic Treatments!

It's no secret. Now, signs of aging and skin damage can be reduced, prevented and even erased by non-surgical aesthetic procedures. Women—and men—are embracing the opportunities like never before. Learn more about these procedures and what it takes to make them safe and effective from the NWHRC. Answer your questions by reading Nonsurgical Aesthetic Procedures, or from Your Guide to Non-Surgical Aesthetic Treatments, a 20-page booklet just published by the NWHRC.

Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

Treatment for head and neck cancer depends on the type of cancer, stage, and other general health factors. Common methods of treating head and neck cancer include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery.
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Head and Neck Cancer Prevention
Since we know that tobacco and alcohol use are strongly linked to head and neck cancer, avoiding both is one of our best prevention defenses. Each is a risk factor for head neck cancer, but use of both greatly increases the risk.

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Limiting your exposure to the human papillomavirus (HPV) may also decrease the risk of head and neck cancer. Many studies suggest an association between some types of head and neck cancer with HPV infection. The virus is most commonly known for causing cervical cancer in women, but evidence is increasing that it may play a role in the development of other types of cancer.

What Is Head and Neck Cancer?

Symptoms of Head and Neck Cancer

Symptoms of head and neck cancer vary, depending on the type of head and neck cancer. A broad spectrum of head and neck cancer symptoms may include:
chronic sinus infections that do not respond to treatment
difficulty or pain when swallowing

• voice changes or hoarseness
• general pain in the neck, throat, jaw, or chin that does not go away
  ear pain, ringing in the ears, or trouble hearing
• sore, blister, or other lesion in or on the mouth that does not healThese are common symptoms of head and neck

Asthma & Insurance

A number of people have recently left posts regarding one of my blogs related to asthma and insurance status. Shirley J says "Having insurance is no guarantee that insurance covers your medical needs." Suzzane H comments that her insurance "doesn’t cover 2 of my inhalers that I desperately need. I just learned that it now does not cover the only inhaler that works for me."

Asthma

Family Astima

Does asthma affect your family? Watch this video and see how asthma affects the everyday life of this family. What sort of changes do you make to decrease the affect on your family? Why not got to the forum and discuss how asthma affects the everyday life of your family.

Climate Change May Be Bad For Your Asthma

There has been great debate about climate change with strong, passionate arguments on both sides. What you may not have considered is that climate change may also affect your asthma.The increasing world-wide temperatures are associated with climate change that can lead to all of the following that may in turn worsen your asthma:

Increasing pollen production
Increasing ozone pollution
Worsening air pollution
Changing climate patterns that lead to increased chances of storms and wildfires

SKIN ALLERGY

Skin Allergy is the body’s over-reaction to one or more allergens in our surroundings. Skin allergy may be caused by a number of factors including plants, animals, clothing, food and heat. When you are exposed to the offending allergen, there are many types of skin allergies; but reactions usually take the form of as a swelling or a rash. Skin allergy may affect just small areas of your skin or cover your whole body as well.

LATEX ALERGY Latex allergy is a reaction to certain proteins in latex rubber, which causes sensitization. Exposures at even very low levels may cause allergic reactions in some sensitive individuals.

SUN ALERGY Sun allergy is an immune system reaction to sunlight and most often referred as an itchy red rash. The common locations include the "V" of the neck, the back of the hands, the outside surface of the arms and the lower legs. In some cases, the skin reaction may be more severe, YEAST ALERGYCandida albicans (sometimes referred to as monilia) is a fungus present on the skin and in the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina. In certain conditions, it can multiply and infect the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.

RASH ALERGY The Rash allergy may be localized or generalized. Localized Rash Allergy affects only a small area or is confined to one part of the body whereas Generalized Rash Allergy is widespread, covers most of the body, or is found on several parts of the body. It may appear in the same place on the hands, feet, arms, and legs.