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The top 10 things your doctor won't tell you (5 items)

lifehacker — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 9:08:33 GMT

Treatment errors are common, finding someone in charge can seem impossible, and patients sometimes wind up sicker than when they arrived.

Top reasons to avoid your exist doctor (2 items)

lifehacker — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:47:31 GMT

Doctors have strengths and weaknesses. How does your doctor's "bedside manner" match up with your personality?

Are you confident in your doctor's ability?
Do you feel that you understand the directives and decisions made by your doctor?
Are you encouraged to ask questions?
Is the overall experience at your doctor's office positive?

How to lower cholesterol levels (0 item)

mandyh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:57:16 GMT

The causes for increase of the cholesterol level and how to lower high cholesterol.

Top 10 Weird Illnesses (0 item)

lifehacker — Sat, 1 Sep 2007 13:31:54 GMT

Art Attack (Stendhal Syndrome)
Hula-hoop Intestine
Carrot Addiction
Cutlery Craving
Dr Strangelove Syndrome
Mud Wrestlers Rash (Palastaie Limosae)
Electric People
Mary Hart Epilepsy
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Uncombable Hair Syndrome

20 Things you Didn't Know About Hygiene (0 item)

lifehacker — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:14:03 GMT

Cleanliness is serious business; dirty hands killed a U.S. president.

The 10 Surprising Uses For Aspirin (0 item)

funfun — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:44:49 GMT

To remove perspiration stains from white T-shirts, dissolve two aspirins in half a cup of warm water and apply to the area of the fabric where the stain is. This should be left for a couple of hours before washing.
Has your hair ever gone yellow or green from chlorine in a swimming pool? This can be remedied very quickly by dissolving 8 aspirin tablets in a glass of water and rubbing the resulting liquid into your hair. Leave for about ten minutes and then rinse it out. Shampoo in the usual way.
First aid for pimples: Crush an aspirin tablet and add a little water to make a paste. Cover the pimple with this paste and after a few minutes rinse it off. The pimple will be less red and reduced in size. Aspirin is an astringent.
Drop a soluble aspirin tablet into the water before arranging cut flowers in a vase. It helps to keep them fresh for longer.
To treat dandruff, crush two aspirin tablets and add them to your usual shampoo. Leave on the hair for a couple of minutes and rinse as normal.
Mosquito bites can be eased by wetting the skin and rubbing an aspirin over the spot.
Bee stings can be treated in the same way but any adverse reaction to the sting should be reported to a doctor.
Gardeners can treat fungal soil infections by dissolving an aspirin tablet in a liter of water and using the mixture to treat the soil. Don't make this mixture too strong if using around plants as it may burn the leaves.
Aspirin can also be mixed with potting compost in the greenhouse, or garden, to prevent fungus forming around the roots of new plants.
Take some fresh lemon juice and mix it with a soluble aspirin to make a mixture that will remove grass stains, nicotine stains, etc from hands.

How to Get Rid of a Hangover (0 item)

smarter — Sat, 4 Aug 2007 7:37:51 GMT

Steps

Drink two large glasses of water as soon as you get out of bed to get rid of any dehydration. Try to make the water lightly warm, and don't replace water with a drink containing alcohol in this step!
Make a nice, hot bowl of chicken soup, as soon as you have overcome the queasiness. This soup will help replace the salt and potassium, the body loses salt and potassium when you have been drinking.
Get moving. Though you'll want to stay in bed, take a quick walk around your street. A walk by the sea is thought to be especially helpful, possibly because of the fresh air, or the calming ocean sound. You could even take your dog who has had hardly any sleep all night, because you came back around 3am, talking at the top of your voice.
Fruit can help restore nutrition, especially bananas, which contain potassium.
Drink some sort of fruit juice, it contains simple sugar fructose, which speeds up the metabolism of alcohol.

Tips

One trick to try - remember to drink a glass of water for every 1 or 2 drinks.

Do not take ibuprofen or tylenol before going to bed. These drugs are activated and metabolized by the liver which, while busy processing the alcohol in your blood, can be damaged by the drugs.

Drinking lots of liquid or replenishing drinks such as Gatorade before falling asleep can help you avoid dehydration, which is a major contributor to a hangover. (Grape juice is not recommended, however. It's rough coming back up.)

Hangovers are due to the loss of vitamins/nutrients in the body. To reduce this, try to take some multi-vitamins before you go to bed and once again when you wake up. And drink water...lots of water.

If you find that you can not keep anything down, wait about an hour after you vomit to give your stomach time to settle. Then nibble on saltine crackers and sip Vernors or any other ginger ale. Works every time!

Try eating a cracker or an english muffin with honey before you retire for the night. The high fructose level in the honey will break down the alcohol in your blood, allowing it to be processed more quickly.

Eat a breakfast sandwich! They work wonders.

Try a pill called Chaser before, during or after drinking. You can find it at most convenience stores.

TOP 10 VITAMINS WEB SITES (0 item)

steel — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:45:49 GMT

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Top Medical Experts Lists (1 item)

lifehacker — Mon, 9 Jul 2007 3:23:29 GMT

Top hospitals Lists (2 items)

lifehacker — Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:05:48 GMT

Top Medicines (2 items)

lifehacker — Thu, 7 Jun 2007 4:34:02 GMT

Mysterious Diseases (1 item)

flyaway — Tue, 5 Jun 2007 9:47:16 GMT