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My daughter was diagnosed with eczema when she was six months old. Since then we've been exploring ways and means to reduce her outbreaks. One obvious method is to reduce exposure to harsh chemicals. This includes soaps, perfumes, cleaning agents, laundry detergent. While it was easy enough to find alternatives to soap (I use a popular Indian remedy – ground-up lentil powder mixed with turmeric), laundry detergent (I use dye-free, perfume free versions of popular brands or Charlie's soap), I was… Continue

My new mission in life these days is to eliminate all the plastics from my house. In case you somehow missed all the commotion, recently there has been a great deal of concern over the issue of BPA (bis-phenol A) and phthalates in plastics. Chemicals such as BPA and phthalates can leach out of plastics into any foods that they come into contact with and thus enter our body. So I did some research on BPA and the two most important facts I found out right away were 1. BPA was first investigated as… Continue

A CDC report on the number of HIV infections nationwide shows a 48% increase between the years 2005 and 2006. In its Surveillance Report the CDC said there were 52,878 new HIV infections in 45 states and the District of Columbia for 2006. In 2005, CDC reported only 35,537 new infections in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foun… Continue

Hey all, Welcome to my blog - glad you stopped by :) I currently work for WEGO Health as a Research expert and have spent quite a bit of time surfing the net trying to find credible, relevant and useful information on various health conditions. In a past life, I worked with viruses - pesky little things but they can teach you so much. My physician friend once commented that we are on the wrong end of the evolutionary ladder. When I think of how versatile and adaptable viruses and bacteria are, I… Continue