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How to Prevent Vision Loss

By eHow Computers Editor

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Prevention is always better than cure and this holds true for our vision. All desire healthy eyesight. So take preventive measures to retain better eyesight. Here is how to prevent vision loss:.. more »

How to Properly Care for Minor Wounds

By DrJewell

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It is important to properly care for minor cuts and wounds to reduce the risks of infection and decrease scar tissue formation. Here are some important steps to follow for proper minor wound care... more »

How to Properly Extract a White Head

By michaelgavin

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We all will get a white head from time to time. This is just a minor infection in the pores of our skin (usually found on the facial area) which has become filled with white blood cells to push out the infection. Fortunately extracting this ... more »

How to Protect Your Family From Household Hazardous Waste

By CatsEyeEditing

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Hazardous waste is usually any product that has a label with the words poison, danger, warning or caution. Often times these types of waste are stored away in our garages or basements where they just take up room. It is important to properly deal ... more »

How to Protect Your Family From Pet-Related Diseases

By eHow Pets Editor

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Pets may harbor diseases transmissible to people. Follow the directions presented here to reduce the risk involved with pet ownership... more »

How to Protect Your Health: Seven Steps Everyone Can Take

By DebbieBarr

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There are many aspects of personal health that everyone can control. Here are seven important steps you can take to protect your overall health... more »

How to Protect Your Hearing

By Thomas Schueneman

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Our modern world is a noisy place. Even those of us that don't regularly listen to our iPods at high volume or attend loud rock concerts are subjected to a lot of loud, amplified sound. If you do enjoy listening to music, either live or using a ... more »

How to Protect Your Skin After a Skin Cancer Diagnosis

By eHow Health Editor

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Protecting your skin after you've been diagnosed with one of the three major types of skin cancer is of paramount importance to the success of your treatment. Malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are usually caused ... more »

How to Protect Yourself Against MRSA

By breezycycle

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You can protect yourself and teach your children to protect themselves from MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a bacterium responsible for infections in humans... more »

How to Protect Yourself Against the Spread of Disease

By Treciagayle

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There are many diseases floating around. Many are becoming immune to antibiotics. We all need some safe guards to protect ourselves from being contaminated by harmful diseases and germs. This article will assist you to keep yourself free of ... more »

How to Pull Out a Splinter

By bbrassell

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Pulling out a splinter without causing an infection, and without causing too much pain, isn't as hard as you might think... more »

How to Put Contacts in Using Two Fingers

By JacobCottingham

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Putting in your contacts can be an annoying hassle--especially to those new to the experience. While most eye doctors will have you place the lens on a single index finger, there’s a little secret amongst those veteran soft contact lens wearers. ... more »

How to put on deoderant

By weazelking

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Smelly? DO this!.. more »

How to Put Together a Foot Care Pedicure Kit

By DrJewell

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It is so important to take care of our body internally and externally, but we tend to forget our feet. Regular foot care and pedicure should be incorporated into your daily cleaning routine, especially if you have certain medical conditions that ... more »

How to Quick Remedy for diarrhea

By gselvan

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This is a quick fix for diarrhea.. more »

How to Read Food Labels

By thndrstrck63

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Do you ever wonder what's in the food you eat? You will be surprised when you read the labels on some of your favorite foods... more »

How to Recognize Gaucher Disease

By Sky77

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A lysosome is an important structure in a living cell because it contains vital enzymes that are needed to rid the cell of waste. In Type I Gaucher Disease, there is a deficiency of glucocerebroside. This enzyme is responsible for the removal of ... more »

How to Recognize Good and Evil.

By w1z111

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Looking around these days, I'm sorry to say that, in my opinion, our world is in sad condition with regard to overall human cooperation and unity toward the good of all. I wonder if the evil outweighs the good?.. more »

How to Recognize Hearing Loss

By David Sarokin

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Hearing loss can sneak up on you, and you may only have a vague awareness that it's happening. It's not just a problem for the elderly, especially if you've been rockin' out with the headphones on and your iPod cranked up. Here are some ... more »

How to Recognize Hirschsprung's Disease

By Sky77

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Hirschsprung’s Disease or megacolon is caused by the failure of nerve cells to form in the intestines. These ganglia cells are supposed to develop along the entire colon ending at the rectum. These nerve cells are crucial because they are the ... more »

How to Recognize Self-Destructive Behavior

By eHow Health Editor

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Any behavior that has a negative impact on our body, mind and soul through our own conscious preferences in life is considered self-destructive. This behavior could be in the form of habits like smoking, drinking and drugs or choices we make in ... more »

How to Recognize the signs of Glaucoma

By michellee

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Despite what many people believe, the condition is not limited to the elderly. Glaucoma can also appear in children and in young adults. So protect yourself and go get that puff of air in your eye... more »

How to Recognize Tourette's Syndrome

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Tourette’s syndrome, named for Georges Gilles de la Tourette, is a disorder characterized by vocal and motor tics or involuntary movements that can be chronic or short term. Although most people associate Tourette’s with stereotypical examples of ... more »

How to Recognize Vertigo

By eHow Health Editor

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Some people may only know vertigo from a 1958 Alfred Hitchcock movie by the same name, "Vertigo," and further, they may think vertigo has something to do with anxiety problems due to the 1977 Mel Brooks related parody, "High Anxiety." However, ... more »

How to Recognize Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

By Richard Ferri

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Whooping cough or pertussis was once typically thought to be a "disease of childhood" mainly because of the very high vaccination rate (98 percent) in infants and children which resulted in keeping it at arm's length of most adults. However, due ... more »

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