I have been an R.N. for almost 30 years in a variety of settings: Med-Surg, ER, Home Care and Clinic nursing. I have a special interest in Women's healthcare issues and feel I can contribute to women making informed quality choices through my writing.
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Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful skin rash that is described as having an itching, burning or tingling pain.
Shingles is caused by the same virus as chicken pox but because the virus ...
May 23, 2012 - 5:52am
Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox in children, herpes zoster. Afterwards, the herpes zoster virus stays in the body but lays dormant. If it becomes reactivated from ...
May 21, 2012 - 10:09am
Recently while shaving my legs, I scraped and area about an inch long right by my ankle bone. It bothered me for weeks. Despite years of practice, women can still find shaving to be challenging. ...
May 16, 2012 - 5:36am
Starting in June 2012, new sunscreen guidelines from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) will be required. Manufacturers must meet new labeling rules that address five main areas.
1. Broad ...
May 14, 2012 - 5:59am
Many women consider having cosmetic surgery. They may go to an ENT doctor (ears, nose and throat) who offers to perform a face lift or a GYN doctor (gynecologist) who states he can do a tummy ...
May 9, 2012 - 7:23am
It is a hot, humid day and you notice as you run your hand over your shoulder, a bumpy mild rash has erupted. It is likely the rash is a heat rash, also known as prickly heat or miliaria. ...
May 7, 2012 - 8:23am
Cellulite, or that bumpy dimpled looking skin, is pretty familiar to most women. In fact, according to dermatologist Dr. Benabio, 98 percent of all women and girls past puberty have it. ...
May 2, 2012 - 4:51am
Ever looked down at your leg and asked yourself, “How did I get manage to get that bruise?” Getting a bruise is understandable if you sustain a blow to an arm or leg but sometimes they occur with ...
April 25, 2012 - 4:50am
A new study has found that estrogen was responsible for slower wound healing in females than males. The researchers from University of California Berkeley tested this theory by causing a mild ...
April 23, 2012 - 9:16am
Scars are an unfortunate reminder of injuries we have had to our skin. Numerous products advertise that they have special properties to prevent scars or improve the appearance of existing scars. ...
April 18, 2012 - 4:15am
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that appears as a combination of blackheads, sores, small-reddened tender bumps or larger abscesses that may open and drain pus-like ...
April 16, 2012 - 4:55am
What if doctors could monitor your heart or detect if someone was going to have a seizure through a small electronic patch applied to the skin?
How about an electronic patch that could sense ...
April 11, 2012 - 5:36am
Exercise and caffeine consumption are two popular activities, so it is heartening to think that combining the two may offer some health benefits.
A new study performed at the Rutgers Ernest ...
April 9, 2012 - 5:36am
Concerns about sun damage plague us all. The answer to this important question of whether you can reverse damage is — Yes and No. For the most part, it depends on what you mean by “skin ...
April 4, 2012 - 4:13am
Confused about how much Vitamin D you need? You are not alone. There is an abundance of information that either tells us that we do not need to worry so much about building our vitamin D levels, ...
April 2, 2012 - 5:09am
A bunion develops if the joint where the big toe attaches to the rest of the foot becomes enlarged. This joint is called the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint.
When the bones shift outward a ...
March 28, 2012 - 5:16am
My mom used to wear those super-high heels all the time when I was young. I remember seeing bumps on the curved part of her toes and when I asked her about them she told me they were corns from ...
March 26, 2012 - 4:08am
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a form of vasculitis or inflammation of the blood vessels. HSP affects the capillaries in the skin causing bleeding which appears as a purplish rash most ...
March 20, 2012 - 5:24pm
More than 40 percent of patients had complete clearance of actinic keratosis, according to the pooled data from four multi-center placebo-controlled trials using Picato gel (ingenol mebutate). ...
March 19, 2012 - 4:21am
You may have thought I was going to discuss whether your skin type was normal, oily or dry. However, this article is really about determining what type of skin makes you more susceptible to UV ...
March 14, 2012 - 5:40am
If you have ever noticed a bump under your skin around the wrist joint, it could be a ganglion cyst. According to WebMD, this is the most common location cysts occur. Ganglion cysts can also ...
March 12, 2012 - 5:37am
Laser removal is the most common method used to remove an unwanted tattoo. Complete removal of the tattoo can be difficult due to the penetrating nature of the ink. However, laser tattoo removal ...
March 6, 2012 - 6:11pm
Your tattoo may have seemed like just the thing to have at one point but according to Howstuffworks.com, about 50 percent of people who get tattoos later regret them. There are various reasons ...
March 5, 2012 - 5:13am
Xanthomas are bumps on the skin that develop due to an accumulation of a type of fat. They may be caused by certain metabolic conditions such elevated cholesterol levels and diabetes, or can ...
February 28, 2012 - 4:22pm
Ever wake up in the morning and feel a thickened sensation on your eyelid? You may scold yourself for forgetting to remove your makeup the night before, but the problem may not have just ...
February 26, 2012 - 4:27pm
Dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN) affects about 35 percent of African Americans but also occurs in other dark-skinned groups such as Asians and Polynesians. DPN appears as multiple small (1-5 mm) ...
February 22, 2012 - 9:09am
Keloids are a type of scar where the healed skin appears overly tough, thickened and irregularly shaped. Keloids may be painful or tender to touch. It is uncertain why they develop but trauma to ...
February 19, 2012 - 5:48pm
Melasma is a distressing skin pigmentation condition that can affect any woman but it occurs more often in those with brown skin, typically between the ages of 21 and 40.
It is unclear ...
February 15, 2012 - 5:33am
Ethnic skin is a term used to describe skin types that include, but are not limited to African Americans, Asians, Latinos, Native Americans, Mediterraneans and other people of mixed ...
February 12, 2012 - 5:13pm
Dealing with the loss of one’s hair can be one of the most difficult struggles to overcome during cancer treatment. According to Marisa Weiss M.D., a breast radiation oncologist in Philadelphia, ...
February 7, 2012 - 7:39pm
Beautiful Lengths is a partnership program between Pantene and the American Cancer Society with a mission to donate real hair wigs to those who cannot afford them. To date, Pantene has donated ...
February 6, 2012 - 5:11am
Picato gel (ingenol mebutate) is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK). AK is a precancerous skin condition caused by excess sun ...
February 1, 2012 - 4:58am
How would you like to “see” your dermatologist via your computer instead of going to a traditional office visit? As health care has become more expensive, managing certain conditions through ...
January 25, 2012 - 6:13am
Hair removal can seem like a struggle. We want smooth legs, underarms and bikini areas, but that undesired hair always grows back so quickly. Waxing and epilators are two methods that can give ...
January 22, 2012 - 3:38pm
Dry skin occurs for a variety of reasons. Many times the causes are external such as too much exposure to chlorine in swimming pools, or weather that is too dry, hot or cold. Other causes such as ...
January 19, 2012 - 6:46am
Coloring grey hair is a familiar ritual for those of us with silver-toned locks. In recent news, L’Oreal made it known that they were working on a pill that would take care of those troublesome ...
January 16, 2012 - 7:35am
The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) brought about by the Holistic Candlers and Consumers Association. The Association represented ...
January 11, 2012 - 5:26am
Women use hair extensions for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they want a new longer look, or to add fullness to their hair, or they just want to try something that seems fun.
However, the ...
January 8, 2012 - 3:50pm
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a special light treatment that affects cells that are directly exposed. Photodynamic therapy has been approved by the FDA to treat certain dermatology and oncology ...
January 3, 2012 - 6:22pm
Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox in children, herpes zoster. Afterwards, the herpes zoster virus stays in the body but lays dormant. If it becomes reactivated from ...
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