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I have a very painful shoulder with pain going down my arm to wrist. I have appt. to see Physio but, in the meantime, I have noticed blue/black blotches on the underside of my arm. Has anyone...
I have always been a poor nighttime sleeper but can function perfectly on little or no sleep for days at a time and able to catch up, as it were, on a few good nights of sleep and a lie in at the...
Hi, any recommendations please, for a really effective leave in hair conditioner to use while on holiday. My aim is to keep my highlighted hair hydrated, by daily putting something (what?) on it....
His mood swings for the previous few weeks for example have been quite extreme. He's 60, is on meds, ramipril mirtazipine, omeprazole and another which I cant' remeber, won't take long to find it out....
Anybody had a hiatus hernia operated on and if so did it work and what was your recovery time.I am also having some stitches put in a weakened valve that lets acid up .I had a ph test which showed i...
I am singing in a very important concert tomorrow - and have a sore throat.
If I gargle with cold tea, should I swallow it?
This is not a frivolous question!
Many thanks in advance.
Chick...
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I have noticed lately that I tend to [i]salivate[i] when talking for several minutes. It is more intense when I am sitting, for I begin to dribble; 'tis worse when I nod off, waking up to sometimes...
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'Evening. I've always been very fit (3rd in UK in Women's Vets. High Jump when I was 48) and kept myself in trim. 2003 I fell off a wobbly stepladder, broke wrist (now severely arthritic) and landed...