When you are trying to balance work, family and additional pressures, it's very easy to get stressed out.  That stress can exhibit itself in a number of ways, such as irritability, nervousness and losing sleep.  When high pressure situations transpire, it can really carry you into overdrive, which is how it was beginning to affect me and how it sometimes affected my husband,a Viet...

Ok, so David Crowder Band is my favorite artist...so, I might be a little biased here.  However, this is a GREAT cd, from the first track - "The Glory Of It All" to the end of "Surely We Can Change" this cd is chock full of thought-provoking,inspirational, and generally uplifting lyrics!  Several of the songs get me pumped up and ready to dance!  All...

 Remedy is a very informative publication on health and wellness! It has excellent articles on how to feel better and how to live longer. It covers everything from smart cooking , skincare,health conditions and pain management. I really enjoy the information.This information covers men and womens health.There is alot of information on foods and vitamins as well as teas and their benef...

Here it was a week before I was to leave from Indiana to drive over 20 hours to Florida and I catch a cold. I really didn't want my Spring break ruined because of a cold. So I head to the store and I pick Up a package of Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs. It was a reasonable price ( 20 swabs for around $9) and I had heard from random people that they worked pretty well. According to the box this ...

This sticky black ooze is one of the best things to help your cats with hairballs.  We have two cats, one of whom has a very weak stomach.  But since we've been using this hairball remedy, we've seen a decrease in the number of hairballs he has.  It's a very thick black paste that consists mostly of petroleum.  The flavor of it must be good, since we can jus...

I am an allergy, cold and sinus sufferer. I have taken allergy medications and allergy shots for years. Nothing has really seemed to help me much until I discovered zinc. When I read about Zicam and talked to my pharmacist I decided to try Zicam nasal swabs. I usually have colds and sinus infections from fall through the spring. I had a nasty virus from fall into December and was using an antib...

I must first start by saying that if your cat is vomiting on a regular basis you should first take him/her to a veterinarian before you assume it is only due to hairballs.  Let's start with a little anatomy lesson.  Cats have rough tongues, anyone licked by a cat knows this.  The purpose of the roughness is to help them with thier grooming.  The roughness helps pull...

After having a rough winter of colds at my house and a high Dr. bill when my family came down with the "next round" of illness I decided I needed a better answer then running to the Dr. (I do not recommend not going to the Dr. if necessary). In my case we all had a head cold and I knew we could survive with the help of our local drug store. Normally I combine cough medicine and a deco...

I very seldom get sick, last year I was visiting my mom and I felt a cold coming on you know the feeling? You get this funny feeling in your chest,your throat seems a bit sore, and you haven't quite got that stuffy nose feeling, but it's almost there, well I confided in my step-father and he recomended that I try this new cold remedy that he heard about called zicam. It's advertised...

Recently I came down with a terrible cold. I have high blood pressure, and can't take most decongestants, so I thought I would try an alternative medicine that I had heard about. Zicam is a fairly new "cold remedy" that supposedly will help you get over your cold sooner, as well as lessen the severity of the symptoms. I chose the Citrus flavor RapidMelts with V...

A demulcent is a substance that soothes or protects an abraded mucous membrane.I first learned about slippery elm when I was a young girl. My mother would take one of these lozenges  when she had laryngitis. It was very soothing and it didn't take too long for her voice to come back. Also, we always had these lozenges to take when we had sore throats. As children we went through a lot ...

A couple of weeks ago, my daughter Kayleigh came down with a cold. Her nose was really stuffed up and dry and I felt so bad that she felt that way. I went to walmart and bought Little Noses saline spray drops made by Little Remedies. This is a non-medicated relief for dry or stuffy noses for newborns and infants because it has a soft tip aspirator  but can also be used by ch...

 I have suffered from bad cold every winter the last few years. I was therefore very excited when I first learnt about Zicam, which the manufacturers claim can get you over the cold faster. I have used Zicam on three different occasions, and I have yet to be completely convinced of the product. The first time I used Zicam I started taking it a few days after I fell ill. Since this cold rem...

My mother's cat suffers from seizures. When their frequency went up quite significantly despite medications, I looked online for some additional remedy and came across EaseSure - a liquid natural supplement to support cats and dogs brain and nervous system. According to customer reviews on the website (PetAlive.com), the remedy worked well for seizures, reducing their frequency or even stopping...

I have used Vick's Vapor Rub in two different ways over the years. It is a remedy I remember from my childhood. Its best use is for the common cold, chest and nasal congestion, and sore throat. I have used it on all three, and have found great relief in doing so. Its most effective rubbed thickly on your chest so you can continuously breathe in the soothing vapors. Especially at night,...

Vaseline is the best moisturizer, lubricant, wound dressing and househould fix all. I initially bought the vaseline for lip moisturizer, because there is no alcohol or ingredients that will dry out my lips. I used it everyday for a week last winter and my lips were less chapped then they had ever been. I applied it before I went to sleep each night and I would wake up with kissably soft lips th...

I was very skeptical about Zicam when it first came out, that it could shorten the length and severity of a cold.  But I figured why not try it.  It is homeopathic, so I figured it couldn't be too bad.  I am so glad I did.  I am sold on Zicam!  It works the best when you get the first little hints that your getting a cold.  The earlier I take it when I feel a c...

The last time I had a cold, I made the mistake of sending my husband to buy me some cold medicine. I asked him to buy the combination pack of Dayquil & Nightquil caplets as this is what I narmally take for a cold. He could not find what I asked for so he talked to the Pharmacist and he recommended Comtrex Day & Night.This package contains 10 coated daytime caplets and 10 coated nightime...

It happened again.  And every time it does, it makes me feel old.  Don't you hate it when a favourite product you have been using for years gets discontinued?  This time it happened to the make up foundation I had been using since high school.  So strap yourselves in, folks, I will be reviewing make up until I find a new faithful favourite product to call my own!The firs...

It wasn't until just a few years ago that my suspicions about my paternal Grandmother's heritage was confirmed for me and I've often wished that the city in which I grew up in had been one that was more tolerant of different races and heritages - but they weren't and that was the reason that led my grandmother to hide hers.My grandmother was Native Indian and while growing up it...