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How to Care for a Loved One With Arthritis

By eHow Health Editor

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As a caregiver for someone with arthritis, you may often have doubts as to the best course of action for providing your loved one with the best care. You may feel that you too must reach out for support in caring for your loved one. Take a ... more »

How to Care For A New Tattoo

By HollyC

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Because you are going to have your tattoo for the rest of your life, you want to make sure that you do everything that you possibly can to take care of it during the healing process. In addition to that, because you probably spent a good deal of ... more »

How to Care for a NICU Baby

By ShaylaWynter

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If your baby is born prematurely, you will have a NICU baby. A NICU baby is a baby that is currently spending the first days, weeks or months of her life in a neo-natal intensive care unit. Here are the ways parents can care for their ... more »

How to Care for Dry Sockets

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A dry socket is the most common complication of a tooth extraction. It occurs when a blood clot covering the site of the removal doesn't form or is dislodged. This causes the bone and nerves to be exposed, which results in severe pain. Learn how ... more »

How to Care for Ears

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Taking care of your ears involves two things: caring for the outer ear itself for cosmetic reasons, and protecting your hearing by caring for the inside of your ear. The following will show you ways to protect your ears from damage, infection ... more »

How to Care for Hearing Aids

By Jody Morse

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Hearing aids play a very important role in the lives of those who are hard of hearing. If you have recently gotten hearing aids, it is important to ask your audiologist about how to care for hearing aids. However, here are some of the most basic ... more »

How to Care for Someone With Dyslexia

By eHow Health Editor

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Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by difficulty processing sequences of letters or numbers. There is no medical cure, however, a great number of behavioral strategies are available to help people with dyslexia live and develop ... more »

How to Care for Surgical Wounds

By Wayne Adam

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Every year, thousands of surgeries are performed in the U.S. They range from broken bones, bariatric procedures, abdominoplasty, etc. Many of these surgical wounds are deep, affect multiple organs and can cover large parts of the body. Surgeries ... more »

How to Care for the Liver

By eHow Health Editor

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The liver does a lot of work for the body and never complains when something's not right. This is unfortunate, because the liver can sustain a lot of damage before exhibiting any symptoms that might prompt a visit to a doctor. A little preventive ... more »

How to change a colostomy

By CadiesMama06

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here's a few tips on changing an ostomy!.. more »

How to Change the Cap on a PICC line

By eHow Health Editor

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A PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) is a soft plastic tube that lasts much longer than the standard IV. Part of caring for a PICC line is making sure the catheter cap is in working order. If the medicine isn't going through you may ... more »

How to Channel Positive Energy Through Breathing

By Michael Deaton

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We all live in a stressful, negative world. This breathing exercise will help to relieve you of stress while replacing it with positive energy... more »

How to Choose a Doctor for Brain Tumor Treatment

By eHow Health Editor

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You may or may not have the option to choose a doctor for brain tumor treatment, depending on your insurance provider. In some plans, your primary care doctor will send you to the doctor of his choosing. Other plans allow you to choose within a ... more »

How to Choose a Hospice Gift

By RaeWrites

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Choosing the right gift for a hospice patient is hardly easy. It can be almost as difficult as making the decision to give a gift at all. Hospice care is end of life care and gifts are clearly temporary. As such, care should be taken to choose a ... more »

How to Choose A Multi vitamin - A 10 Point Checklist For Quality Supplementation

By Greg Wirth

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It’s official. According to a new report from The Journal of American College of Nutrition(1) , since 1950 there is a significant vitamin drain in America’s fruits and vegetables. But how do you choose a multi-vitamin to supplement this loss in ... more »

How to Choose a Multivitamin

By danahinders

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A multivitamin helps bridge the gaps between the food you eat and the nutrients you need to stay healthy... more »

How to Choose a Nursing Home Facility

By JanCast2007

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One of life’s hardest decisions is deciding to place a loved one in a nursing home. Nursing homes often get a bad rap as being the hold over stop before a person dies, and in some sense there is a bit of truth to that. However, sometimes placing ... more »

How to Choose a Physical Therapist

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Physical therapy is a hands-on way to relieve and treat muscle and joint pain. While other forms of medical treatment tend to talk their way to relief, physical therapists manipulate the body to work out the pain. Physical therapists have ... more »

How to Choose a Reiki Practitioner or Teacher

By Laura Ullmann

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There are so many different “systems” of Reiki out there with different techniques, and so little consistency in the information on the internet and in books on Reiki. Even the Reiki associations in the US are reluctant to set firm standards ... more »

How to Choose a Swedish Massage Therapist

By eHow Health Editor

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Swedish massage goes back to the 19th century when body workers in Sweden began using it as a from of exercise for muscles and joints. It's now the most popular massage therapy in the United States. To enjoy its benefits, you should choose a ... more »

How to Choose a Treatment for Mesothelioma Cancer

By eHow Health Editor

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Mesothelioma (cancer of the tissue surrounding and in between the organs) is a difficult cancer to treat and cure, but it is by no means impossible. Catching it in its early stages dramatically increases the chances of defeating the disease, but ... more »

How to Choose a Treatment for Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer

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Individuals afflicted with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, or cancer of the lymphatic system, have the benefit of being able to choose between multiple effective treatments. Unlike most other cancers, non Hodgkin's lymphoma doesn't normally require ... more »

How to Choose a Treatment for Testicular Cancer

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Once you have received a diagnosis of testicular cancer, your first thoughts may be focused on how to treat this disease. Fortunately, today there are several ways to treat cancer of the testes, or testicles. Work with your doctor to determine ... more »

How to choose a weight management program

By Ricardo Torres

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In this Universe of interchangeable causes and effects, you might want to re-examine your priorities. You want to be happy. This would mean that right now you are not. Are the extra pounds at fault here? Or is it the other way around? The point ... more »

How to Choose an Electric Toothbrush

By covard

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So you brush your teeth everyday (twice a day is really what we’d like to hear you say), why all the fuss over electric toothbrushes? For starters, electric toothbrushes can help to motivate people to brush. They are fast and take the work out of ... more »