Regardless of whether you will be having knee replacement surgery or some other form of orthopedic surgery involving your knee joints, one thing is for certain: You are going to find it difficult to get around for a bit. To make sure your recovery after the knee surgery is as easy as possible, it is a good idea to get your home ready for the event beforehand. There are a handful of mobility aids and medical equipment that you should have in place which will make your life a lot easier while you wait for your knee to heal after surgery.
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If you have been noticing changes in your hair such as excessive dryness or greasiness, or if your hair is falling out, your medications may be to blame. Sometimes, hair changes do not occur until you have been taking your medications for months, and this is why some people never correlate these changes with their medicines. Here are three medications that could wreak havoc with your hair and what you can do about it:
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Pollen and other seasonal allergies that flare in the spring can make your child feel downright miserable. The bad news is, pollen-allergy symptoms don't just occur in early springtime as the leaves come out on the trees. Depending on your child's sensitivity to specific allergens, he or she may continue to suffer into the late spring from grass pollens and again later in the summer from weed pollens. But by keeping certain factors in mind, you can provide your child with effective seasonal-allergy support.
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If you get a letter from your child's school nurse that someone at school has lice, you might be concerned; finding the crawling bugs in your child's hair may cause you to panic. You are likely to want to get rid of the lice as soon as possible, but if you can't run out to the store for a lice hair product what do you do? Here are some ideas.
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When a person in your life, whether it is you or someone else, is suffering from an addiction to prescription opioids, you may wonder what treatment options are available to help. While there are standard treatment options like medical detoxification and mental health therapy, there are also alternative medicine treatment options that can help a person overcome an addiction to prescription opioids. Get to know more about a few of these options.
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