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September 25, 2012
Skin And Hair Changes During Pregnancy

Pregnancy should be a beautiful experience for all women, but sometimes the changes that occur to a woman's body could make her want to change her mind about the other potential bringing life into the world offers, especially if it was difficult.

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September 18, 2012
The complexity of shingles

Shingles, medically known as herpes or varicella zoster, is an undesirably painful skin rash. It is a rash that tends to appear as a broad band or as a strip, and affects only one side of the body or face at any given time in the majority of people.
Usually this skin rash is seen in the older population but younger individuals and children are not immune to it and can acquire it. Others that may...

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September 11, 2012
Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA)

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a condition of the scalp where scarring of the scalp skin is involved.

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September 04, 2012
Dealing With Those Unsightly Razor Bumps

Pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), otherwise known as razor bumps or shaving bumps, is a common cutaneous or skin condition of the beard, neck and even the pubic area.

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August 28, 2012
Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra Is The Fancy Medical Name Given To Common Mole-Like Lesions

Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra (DPN) is the fancy medical name given to the common mole-like lesions that are seen more frequently on the face and neck of pigmented skin individuals.

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August 07, 2012
The complication that can surface from a common childhood illness

It was six years ago, but Elmira Cox remembers it like it was yesterday -- the day she woke up in pain after experiencing a night of unusual itching and tingling that she chalked up to mosquito bites. But the morning she woke up with a burning across her back, the Acklins native knew that something was truly wrong.
Throughout the day the pain got worse even though she tried to ignore it. It was on...

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June 26, 2012
Make time for a skin check

Getting men to visit the doctor for annual screenings is akin to pulling teeth. But as many men come to the realization that taking care of themselves is essential to living longer, healthier and happier lives, they grudgingly do their screenings for diseases like diabetes, cholesterol and hypertension. And although they may have to be dragged fighting tooth and nail, many of them now even have th...

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July 03, 2012
Skin eruptions should not be taken at face value

Almost everyone experiences it from time-to-time -- odd skin rashes that come and go -- some more unsightly and annoying than others, some that vanish on their own and others that spread, but do no harm. For many people, these sudden outbreaks may be a little alarming but, for most people taking the time to find out what the underlying problem is that is causing their rash does not cross their min...

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It's a family affair
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May 29, 2012
It's a family affair

Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the body's antibodies cannot differentiate between good cells and foreign threats and as a result attacks healthy cells and organs. It's a disease that most people usually suffer alone as people simply cannot understand what sufferers are going through. But for the King family it is a mother-daughter affair. Matriarch, Gwendolyn King, 62, is a survivor of mo...

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May 29, 2012
Hives is a common skin condition that can happen to anyone, from infants to the elderly

Urticaria also known as hives, is a fancy medical name given to red or skin-colored bumps and plaques of various sizes, ranging from as small as the tip of a pencil to larger than a supper plate, on the skin surface. They are either flat-topped or round. They can present singly, or in groups. They are usually itchy, very uncomfortable and most of the time is the result of an allergic reaction to s...

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