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Diabetes: Important Facts and Tips for Patients – Part II

Posted on January 13, 2011

Margaret Opydo and Brandon Iacobo created this video as part of their Pharmacy Outreach rotation to give Diabetes patients some insight on what diabetes is and how they can take better care of themselves.

Diabetes: Important Facts and Tips for Patients – Part I

Posted on January 12, 2011

Margaret Opydo and Brandon Iacobo created this video as part of their Pharmacy Outreach rotation to give Diabetes patients some insight on what diabetes is and how they can take better care of themselves.

My Current Natural Hair Regimen!

Posted on October 25, 2010

Here are some of the products I use and mentioned that you could start to use now: 1. Afro Detangler- growafrohairlong.com 2. Karen's Body Beautiful- Hair Butters, Hair Milks and Deep Conditioner- www.karensbodybeautiful.com 3. Elucence Moisture Balancing Shampoo and Conditioner- Whole food marts or www.curlmart.com 4. Shea Butter- 100% natural (you can find this online). 5. Activator Gel- I love this stuff, it helps with moisture! 6. 100%organic coconut oil- You can get this offline or at your Local GNC (The kind I use if from GNC by Emerald Laboratories). These are the things I use the most!

UFC 74 Gonzaga Vs. Couture – Pain Relief for the Looser

Posted on October 17, 2010

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Any thoughts on what a dentist might suggest for my mom?

Posted on September 27, 2010

My mom has been drinking coca cola on and off since I can remember (I'm now 27). Over the time, she hasn't taken care of her teeth and has a lot of bad teeth with black cavities/rot on them. She said today that for a while, her front bottom teeth have been kind of loose. Today she was eating a sandwich and one fell out. She's finally going to go to a dentist, but I'm not sure what they can really do for her. I know they can help improve some tooth decay conditions under the gum and such. She said the tooth that came out had a lot of plaque behind it.

She's scared at the same time that the dentist is going to want to pull all of her teeth and want her to get false teeth. I've tried and tried and told her and told her over and over and over again...take enough calcium each day, drink more water and leave the cokes alone. Her and my grandmother area addicted to them. My grandmother drinks so many that she literally doesn't drink any water at all some days. However, my grandmother has partial fase teeth anyway...so her cop-out answer (like everything in life that she said the same thing for) was "oh well, it will fix itself."

I know there are some periodontal diseases that can cause tooth loosening and such. I myself am worried about two of my own very front bottom teeth, which have indications of tooth decay. I do not drink many sodas, but do tend to drink a lot of juice. I myself will have to go to the dentist when I get some insurance, and get braces on top and bottom, have a couple of wisdom teeth completely removed due to cavities, etc.

My mom currently has some type of insurance. Should she just go to a regular dentist, or some other kind of specialist in the dental field?

What's the best way to get rid of canker sores?

Posted on September 8, 2010

I've gotten these all throughout my youth, and they are so painful. Especially when I get them on the sides of my tongue where they scrape against my teeth and cause days of pain. I've tried various things like Kanka, etc. But it still takes about 3-5 days or more to get rid of some. Also, for whatever reason...it seems like using the Kanka helps spread the germs to another area, causing another one. Sometimes I've even gotten them in annoying areas, like on the back of my throat. It apparently comes from eating various fruits and drinking things that have citrus fruits in them, and something to do with the acid. This really irritates me...my job requires me to talk the whole day, and it's extremely difficult to properly speak when the nerves in your tongue are reacting strangely to the pain of a sore being there. I know that millions of people deal with these, some more severely than others. What is the best way to deal with them, apart from the "go to the doctor" cop-out answer?

   
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