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Tweezers Vs Forceps: What’s The Difference?

Medically Reviewed This article has been reviewed for clinical accuracy. Walk into an operating room, a dental office, or even a first-aid kit, and you will find tools that look almost identical but do very different jobs. Tweezers and forceps fall into that category. People use the words interchangeably all the time, but anyone who…

10 Facts About Eczema Everyone Needs to Know

Eczema is one of the most common conditions that can affect almost everyone regardless of age, but there are many people who still don’t understand the nature of this disease and confuse some eczema signs with the effects of temporary irritation.  Eczema can really complicate the lives of those affected and cause significant emotional and…

Rowe Zygomatic Elevator: What It Is And How It’s Used In Facial Fracture Surgery

Medically Reviewed This article has been reviewed for clinical accuracy. A broken cheekbone changes the shape of a person’s face almost immediately. The zygomatic bone sits right under the eye and gives the cheek its contour, so when it fractures, the face can look sunken, flattened, or uneven on one side. Putting that bone back…

Prophylaxis Paste In Dentistry: What It Does, How Dentists Use It, And The Dental Nurse’s Role In Getting It Right

Medically Reviewed This article has been reviewed for clinical accuracy. If you have ever sat in the dental chair and watched your clinician load a small, gritty paste into a spinning rubber cup before working it across your teeth, you have witnessed prophylaxis paste in action. For many patients, it is simply the bit of…

How I Discovered Real Health is About Resilience

For years, I thought health was something I could perfect. During my struggle with Hashimoto’s, I was really strict about food, supplements, and my environment. At one point, I was down to about 10 safe foods, and I spent a lot of time trying to avoid anything that might trigger symptoms. The more I restricted,…

Why Most Self-Care Routines Fail Before They Begin

You’ve probably seen them everywhere—those picture-perfect morning routines featuring meditation, journaling, green smoothies, yoga, and a gratitude practice, all completed before 7 AM. They look inspiring on social media, but when you try to implement them into your actual life, they crumble within days. The problem isn’t your willpower or commitment. The issue is that…

Why Cholera Causes Dry Mouth: What It Means For Your Oral Health And How Dentists Can Help

Medically Reviewed This article has been reviewed for clinical accuracy. Most people know cholera as a dangerous diarrheal illness. What fewer people realize is that cholera does not stop at the gut. The relentless fluid loss it causes reaches every corner of the body, including your mouth. One of the earliest and most telling signs…

Clarifying Honey Tallow Balm

I’ve been researching and using tallow more in recent years, and it turns out so have many of you. My whipped tallow balm is a fan favorite because it feels so silky on skin. One of the questions I get asked most often though is how to add honey to the recipe. This honey tallow…

Herb and Lemon Chicken Marinade

If you live in the US, chances are you eat around 118 pounds of chicken every single year. And while that’s the national average, chicken gets boring when it’s served the same old way. Try this lemon chicken marinade with herbs and garlic for a new way to enjoy a classic protein.  The acid from…

Calcium in Almonds: Are They a Good Source?

Almonds are a healthy snack and they do contain calcium, but they are not really a high-calcium food. A small handful of almonds gives you around 80mg of calcium, which is helpful, but not enough to meet your daily needs on its own. So almonds can be part of a calcium-rich diet, but you’ll still…