Start of School and the Passing of Colds

There are different types of colds out there that children can come across. It seems like they are most prominent when school starts up again and your child comes home with a runny nose or an irritating cough. There are a lot of options for medicines that you can give to children.

Children’s cold medicine can be easily found over-the-counter at any drug store or regular store. There are anywhere from runny and stuffy nose medicine to fever plus cough medicine. It just depends on what symptoms your child is demonstrating. The directions are easy to follow. There’s a guideline for what dose to give, depending on the age of your child.

Relieve the Pain

A canker sore is a type of mouth ulcer. They tend to be reoccurring. They are extremely painful. Women are more affected than men. There a quite a few reasons why people get a canker sore. Stress, sudden weight loss, lack of sleep, and allergies are just a few.

There are different ways that you can cure canker sores. An effective canker sore remedy is using a salt water solution. You just mix 1 teaspoon of salt with 1 cup of warm water. Swish the solution in your mouth for 30 seconds, and then spit the solution out. In addition to salt, half a teaspoon of baking soda may be added to the saline solution. Using this paste-like substance, cover the canker sore, this will help relieve the pain.

Importance of Folic Acid

Vanessa Minnillo is the celebrity face of a new campaign called “Girlfriends for Folate!” The campaign is sponsored by The March of Dimes, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, and DailyCandy.com. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness among women about the importance of taking folic acid daily.

Folate is a B vitamin that can be taken as folic acid. The vitamin helps cells regenerate and reduce the risk of spine and brain birth defects in babies, known as neural tube defects. These defects can form in the first weeks of pregnancy, before a woman even knows she’s pregnant, which is why it is so important to take folic acid on a daily basis. For its part in the campaign, Bayer will donate $1 for every woman who registers with Girlfriends for Folate. Minnillo will lead a celebrity March of Dimes in either NYC, LA, Houston, or Minneapolis, depending on which U.S. region has the most registered participants. The regions are divided into: Edgy East, Midwest Maven, Southern Belle, and Woman of the West.

Eye Drops for Allergies

Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Do your allergic reactions include itchy, red eyes? If so, then you need to get your hands on effective over-the-counter eye drops with anti-histamine ingredients.

All you have to do is put a couple of eye drops in each eye as needed throughout the day. For some people this may be only once a day in the morning. The drops will help soothe and moisturize irritated eyes, thus reducing itching and swelling. If your allergy symptoms are severe, then you should consult an allergist about medicated eye drops.

Treating Work-Out Pain

Are you familiar with the saying, “no pain, no gain?” My personal trainer lives by that philosophy. We have a complicated love-hate relationship. On second thought, it’s not that complicated: he loves to make me hate him for difficult work-outs.

Obviously, I don’t really hate him because I’m getting into the best shape of my life. Unfortunately, my older body doesn’t bounce back as fast as it used to. After every work-out I apply Icy Hot extra strength pain relief gel. It helps soothe my aching muscles so I can continue to get my butt whipped into shape.