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    • Biofilms & etoxins
    • Perhaps someone can explain these to me in laymen's terms? I know a lot, but I am not a doctor/pathologist/infectious disease specialist, just a patient patient who is losing her patience :dizzy: thanks in advance!p.s. isn't there something like 3 miles of dentin or tubules in a tooth
    • How to get antibody titers test done?
    • My Ds is 6 1/2 months old and I gave him his first DTaP shot when he was 4 months and again at 6 months. I know, I know... I shouldn't have. When I was pregnant I decided to delay all vax but when I visited the pediatrician's office, I was told that pertusses was very prominent in ou
    • Switching from Benicar HCT to Benicar
    • Have been on Benicar HCT for about 1 1/2 months. But my kidneys don't like the HCT, so I'm going to be switching to the Benicar without the Hydrochlorothyazide in it.Dr. didn't say if I can switch immediately or if I need to gradually switch. I guess I could try cutting the Benic
    • Clinque - Facial products
    • Greetings. I'm a 21 year old male who has only started to look after my facial skin. For years I was only using water as a primarily 'product' for cleaning, however now things have changed. Well as a male (not referring to all males here), I was pretty gullable and I went out to a
    • Vax Discussion: RealBirth 3-27 & Brooklyn 3-30
    • This came into my e-mail:Vaccinations for Your Children: An Open Dialogue and Discussion for Parents and Practitioners with Dr. Lawrence B. Palevsky, MDBoard Certified PediatricianPresident, American Holistic Medical Association When: Monday, March 27, 20066:00pm-9:00pm Where: Realbirth, www.rea
    • favorite libraries in STL?
    • We're going down to STL for a long weekend. We've found a library we like a few miles south of Forest Park but we're wondering if there is a better/nicer one around the general area of Forest Part. Dh likes to listen to CD's (the particular library we go to there doesn'
    • Has anyone with muscle and joint pain felt that th...
    • Has anyone with muscle and joint pain felt that their pain in their muscles and bones has gotten worse lately? I have spastic hemiparesis, I'm 13 and lately my muscles and bones have been KILLING me and I've had sharp abdominal pains that don't quit no matter what I do to remedy t
    • Anyone have IC?
    • I have terrible pain between ovulation and my period. If I stay on hormone suppression, I do much better. I cannot go one month without being on the pill.What I have noticed is that if I am off the pill and I ovulate I get terrible IC bladder pain. Does anyone have experience with this? Was
    • urinary health
    • All,I've been having trouble with a slow urinary stream and going after consuming almost any fluid. Does anyone know of any alternative teatments for prostate troubles or urinary tract problems? Someone said this sounded like a blood sugar problem, anything natural for regulating this? I se
    • Brown spots/blemishes
    • I am 30 years old and almost six months pregnant. Recently I have developed brown blemishes on my face. I was wondering if there was any cream out there that would be worth trying. I don't care about the price as long as something works. Thanks!!
    • Having a shocker again...:(
    • Well, I just got over a terrible 3-day bout of viral gastroenteritis complete with non-stop vomiting. It was awful but what's almost worse is the fallout today. I'm all shakey and anxious again. My head is more spacey and the world has that "I'm looking through a fishtank" look ag
    • Allergic to Spiro :((((((((((
    • After about 3 weeks of spiro, my neck started itching terribly! The pharm. told me to contact my doc. and stop it immediately. So what else am I going to be able to to take for hormonal acne??! am i doomed?Ok my derm just called me and said as long as I am not getting hives I can still take
    • Peanut Butter For Acne?
    • hey everyone! Quick question:I've heard peanut butter is used to prevent acne. Is this true and how would I go about trying it?------~*~EliZaBetH~*~
    • Droopy Eye lids.
    • Hi all ,I need some help. I had three detached retina surgery and also 2 laser surgery for glaucoma on my right eye then i had a cataract removed from my eye. I am only 31 years old. And the vision is left with 10%.But now my eyelid is droopy and it makes me one eye bigger than the other one. On
    • My review of Ready 4 War v2
    • First off, thanks to Chuck for giving me 5 days worth to do a little log.The BIG side effect that really broke this for me was it gave me a HUGE gyno flare-up. And I was only taking it every other day for pre workout! I must not that I do have pre-existing pubertal gyno and test boosters usually
    • Toe nail is coming off - will it come back?
    • A while back I got some kind of infection in my big toe after digging in some dirt in my yard. For a long time the toe would turn red, swell a little and just go back to normal - so I let it be. I put Vicks on it and soaked it in Epsom salt. (I don't have any insurance, so doc appts are
    • what are the symptoms of cytocele & rectocele
    • Hi I am new to the board.I was told I may possibly have a rectocele and a cystocele ,I have an appointment with a urogynocologist on the 26th but am wondering what the symptoms anyone has had with this. Thanks LJ
    • Happy Birthday diaper cover?
    • Does someone know where I can find/buy one? Or is there someone here who makes them? Every month Zayla gets her picture taken at Sears and every month we do a diaper only photo to really see how shes changed. She'll be one year old soon so I'd like a diaper that says "happy birthday
    • Umm, I am really sorry to bother everyone, but I&#...
    • Umm, I am really sorry to bother everyone, but I've posted two different times this morning and they are not showing up. It counts them as replies but I can't see them. Am I doing something wrong, it is under the topic "pregnancy and maintaining pregnancy" I am also not seeing the ot
    • the point of eating....
    • I'll go ahead and admit I'm getting pretty close to being anorexic, have been for maybe a little under a week. not quite there yet, but pretty close. I have some questions about the whole not eating thing. I'd appreciate responses from anyone who could give me facts that aren'
    • Hi - I'm new to this board. I have not been d...
    • Hi - I'm new to this board. I have not been diagnosed with GERD yet but I seem to have all the symptoms. My upper GI was negative for hiatal hernia and I wasn't refluxing at the time of the GI. I am at the point where everything I eat causes burning and I have no desire to eat anything
    • Any connections?
    • Hi im 45 years old and have regular periods although they seem to be getting shorter in length. I went to my Doc a while back as i was a bit hyped up after ovulation for about 14 days before my period started, as in short tempered, and couldnt sleep well. He said he thinks i could be peri pre me
    • Ibs & need a colonoscopy
    • Hi, I have had IBS for a long long time. I have had alot of pain in my lower left side and the doctort wants to have a colonoscopy done.I havent had one before.I have kidney stones too but the Uro doctor said that isn't causing pain right now because of their location. So guess I will see w
    • Only two wisdom teeth, now another?
    • I'm 26 years old and about 3 years ago I had two of my wisdom teeth removed because that grew in. Now my upper left jaw where I didn't grow in a wisdom tooth is hurting pretty bad. It seems to be coming behind my last tooth and I also feel a slight bump behind the last tooth so I'
    • A question on cutting & keeping mass.
    • I was thinking the other night about this. If someone is on a calorie deficit, but is taking in at least their bodyweight in grams of protein... isn't it still possible to gain small amounts of mass since the body will be using bodyfat as energy?
    • CLO question
    • Hi everyone. I tried the Nordic Natural CLO (lemon) chewable gel-caps with my kids yesterday and today, and they are balking. "Tastes slimey" I used to just give a teaspoon followed by a swallow of oatmeal, but thought the gel caps would be easier. The kids don't like to swallow pills,
    • Herbs or Acupuncture for Digestive Problems?
    • Hi all,While I am definitely going the traditional route and getting all of the tests and consults with GI's and such that I can, I've also been seeing an acupuncturist. She's someone that I saw before any of my stomach pains/gallbladder problems started, and one of the things sh
    • Delayed sleep phase syndrome?
    • I searched and found a ton of posts and threads on this, but I know we aren't supposed to post on dead threads so I'm just making a new one. Who is still around here who has any experience with DSPS? I had never heard of it before and a friend today told me to look it up- describes m
    • My Upcoming Surgery
    • Well to give some background.12/16 I suffered a grand mal seizure which they believe is from some medication that I was taking (lowered the threshold of seizures). Anyway I had an MRI/MRA which showed a 4-5cm aneurysm. On January 24th I had an angiogram which confirmed this discovery. It is a
    • Addisons, high blood pressure & low blood pressure
    • Hi, I have Addisons and was told I didn't need fludrocortisone (because I had secondary AI-not so sure about that now) despite always having low blood pressure. Not long ago, I caught a tummy bug from my grandson, didn't feel too bad and then in the middle of the night realised I was i