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Danna Schneider's Articles

  • Avoid These Common Gardening Mistakes
    The gardening season is upon us, and the number of novice gardeners planting vegetables, flowers, and shrubs in the wrong place or at the wrong time, under watering and over watering different varieties will no doubt put many new gardener's new love in jeopardy and end in frustration and hopelessness. Well, if you go into it knowing some of the basics, you can definitely get a leg up on caring for your platns and making them beautiful.
  • Botox, Peels, and Microdermabrasion
    The "right" anti aging treatment could be dramatically different depending on a number of attributes, including race, gender, ethnic background, environmental exposure such as sun and diet, products used, and a number of other factors that we probably wouldn't even think of. administered anti aging treatments. This is precisely why it is important to discuss these with a professional that you feel comfortable with.
  • Costa Rica : The Vacation that Will Change You
    My recent vacation in Costa Rica was the first time I had ever travelled internationally, so naturally I was a little nervous about all of the "unknown" factors of international travel. Little did I know that this would be by far the best place I'd ever visited as far as visually stunning nature, but also the most hands-on when it came to seeing and sometimes interacting with nature.
  • Credit Card Fraud, Protecting Yourself
    In the undoubtedly complicated financial world today, we all rely on credit and online access to credit accounts to do business and get around. Those of us that don't use credit cards as a habit still have one for emergency use and for convenience so we can reserve airline flights, hotel rooms or rent a car. But what about when someone breaches that information? What you have then is something called credit card fraud.
  • Exercises for Those "Saddle Bags" on Your Thighs
    If you're a woman, you've most certainly heard of a phrase called "saddle bags" which is a euphamism (if you can call it a euphamism) for those stubborn pockets of fat that tend to accumulate on women around the outsides of there thighs, creating, well, a look of saddle bags. You probably think, like me, that you're stuck with them. There's good news though, there are exercises that help minimize their appearance.
  • Free and Cheap Ways to Get Rid of Acne
    The very word "acne" conjures in many people's minds either past or present struggles with self image, embarrassment and feelings of helplessness if they've ever suffered this skin condition, or are currently suffering varying degrees of acne. So, what can you do, besides enlist the help of an expensive dermatologist to help combat acne and prevent new breakouts on your own, for next to nothing, or better yet, free?
  • French Banning the Promotion of Pin Thin Women
    There has been quite a bit of talk about regulating the fashion runways over the past two years, after a young Brazilian model died of causes directly tied to her anorexia. However, France has taken it a step further, and is looking into passing a bill that makes it illegal to promote extreme thinness in any media outlet, including magazines, websites and runways.
  • Genetic Testing Shows Promise for Prostate Cancer
    Prostate cancer is still one of the leading cancers among men, and it is projected that roughly one in every six American men will be diagnosed with this type of cancer within their lifetime. Genetic testing is an up and coming field that may provide a more precise diagnosis by narrowing down the genetic likelihood that a man will get prostate cancer.
  • Getting Serious About Breast Cancer Prevention
    Few words produce a fear factor for women as the words "breast cancer". While it is currently true that there are some very promising advances in breast cancer research and treatment, it is still a prudent course of action to use prevention as your best defense against getting this cancer in the first place, and that is what we are ready to discuss.
  • Gynecomastia
    Gynecomastia is the abnormal enlargement of breast tissue in males. The causes can be varied, but, quite often, it is from a hormonal imbalance. If a male is overweight and the gynecomastia is from excess adipose tissue, this is termed pseudogynecomastia.
  • Hate Shaving, Plucking, Waxing? Ways to Get Hair Free for Less
    It doesn't matter if you're a man or woman, excess body hair just isn't very attractive or appealing. Heck, these days I think men are shaving and waxing to get rid of body hair just as much as women are. So, are there easier, less expensive and less painful ways to remove hair permanently? Yes, read on to find out how.
  • How an Infrared Sauna Improved My Health, Skin and Muscle Aches
    Far infrared saunas seem to be gaining popularity today in our health and fitness obsessed culture, but are they all hype? Do they really help with muscle soreness, skin problems, circulation and mood? Read on for my personal experience with our home infrared sauna.
  • How Does Sleep Affect Our Minds and Bodies?
    Sleep. Without it, we would lose a lot of our daily, taken-for-granted mental capacities, or worse, we may even go insane without it. For maintenance of our mental and physical health, there is no replacement for a good, relaxed, sound night of uninterrupted sleep.
  • Hypnosis for Weight Loss : My Experience
    The subconscious mind is a subject of much debate. Some say that it wields more power over our everyday actions than we know, while others discount it as more or less an additional complexity of the vast human mind to be pondered , but nothing so powerful as to control our every choice. This is where self hypnosis enters the picture, and the power of the subconscious mind is said to weild the ultimate power over our everyday choices.
  • Juvederm vs. Restylane : My Lip Enhancement Experience
    Dermal fillers have been getting a lot of attention lately in the world of cosmetic dermatology and anti aging. And all for a good reason. Dermal fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm can make a dramatic difference in the appearance of a person's skin, all with minimal time, a fairly reasonable cost, and minimal invasiveness and pain.
  • Lose Weight With These Simple, Effective Strategies
    One of the greatest challenges facing us here in the US continues to be obesity and general health issues that are associated with being overweight, which it seems more and more of our population is these days. Recent studies confirm that one of the reasons the American culture has such serious struggles with obesity and weight control is our inability to figure out when to stop eating.
  • More Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck
    In this day and age, you'd think that the gap between the wealthy and poor would be closing in, but in fact the opposite of this ideal is currently happening here in the US, and even the middle class is starting to feel the squeeze of living paycheck to paycheck.
  • Signing Your Life Away?
    No matter how many times it is repeated to us, most of us sign our name to hundreds, if not thousands of contracts, documents, affidavits, binders, and other legally binding contracts in our lifetime, without reading all of the dubious “fine print” that is almost always attached. But do we really know and understand what we are signing? The answer is no, and it could end up getting us in hot water some day.
  • Staying Healthy During the Cold & Flu Season
    Can we really increase our odds of NOT getting colds and flu during the winter season when these germs are most likely to come in contact with and infect us? Well, yes, there are plenty of ways for us to increase our immunity and bone up our defenses against their infiltration, and fortunately, these strategies also have numerous other health benefits if they are put into practice.
  • The Best Body Hair Removal Options for Men
    Other than the very costly procedure of laser hair removal, what are some of the other options that men have for hair removal? How can men get that stubborn hair off of their chest, back, arms and neck? We'll discuss some of the best, most modern options for men to rid their bodies of unwanted hair growth.
  • The Bikram Yoga Experience
    Everyone has heard of yoga and knows of it as a series of postures to stretch and rejuvenate your body. What is Bikram yoga and what differentiates it from other forms of yoga? Bikram yoga is a specific style of yoga founded by Bikram Choudhury. Bikram yoga is often referred to as hot yoga as it is practiced in a room heated to 105 degrees with a humidity of 50%.
  • The Breast Feeding Quandry
    One of the evolving ideas is that all women breast feed their children. This is far from what is actually happening today due to women's ever evolving roles in today's society. What should women consider when deciding whether to breast feed? And what are the benefits and drawbacks?
  • The Link Between Obesity, Disease and Sleep
    There has been quite a bit of press lately about how sleep, the amount of it and the quality that you get on a regular basis, can affect more than just our moods and our alertness. Now there is gathering evidence that sleep may have a great impact on how much you weigh for a number of reasons.
  • The Lipolysis Fat Reduction Method
    When I initially read the article on a newer fat melting procedure, I thought "Oh boy, here we go again, another gimmick in the world of fat loss". Whenever I hear the words "melt" and "fat" in the same sentence, call me crazy, but I tend to be a bit skeptical because we all know that you cannot melt the fat off or out of your body, no matter how badly we'd all like to at times. Enter Lipolysis, a new fat reduction procedure...
  • The Role of Fear in This Faltering Economy
    Our president himself recently announced the economy is going through a rough patch. A combination of factors have created a very volatile stock market, housing market, increasing inflation, and a faltering job market, but one key component of a failing economy plays an intangible role in facilitating and perpetuating economic instability, and that is fear.
  • Viagra's Unexpected Side Effect
    Viagra, the most popular and most well known impotence and male sexual enhancement drug on the market, followed only by Cialis and then Levitra, may have some unexpected, and albeit welcome, side effects. Researchers are saying that Viagra also may produce a more psychological effect, putting men "in the mood" mentally for intimacy, affection, and love. In other words, this may be the drug that is every woman's dream!
  • Why Consolidate?
    So many Americans are carrying a heavy load of debt on multiple credit cards with high rates of interest on each one of them. There are many offers for quick fixes and promises that by consolidating your debt, your finances will become easier to deal with and more manageable. But how do you know that one of these credit card consolidation offers is appropriate for your situation? Read on for more on this method of finance simplification.
  • Why Medical Tourism is Gaining Popularity
    The medical tourism industry is just now starting to catch on, and shows signs that it will become a boon for foreign travel, and may even be a solicited "main attraction" in many far away destinations, in order to get eager US citizens to their country, spending money to get medical care that they otherwise may not be able to afford here in the US. See why this phenomena is catching on as the latest trend.
  • Yerba Mate : The Healthier Coffee Alternative to Energize, Detoxify
    I was introduced to a natural product called yerba mate about two years ago, initially as a component of diet supplements and appetite suppressants, and then as a healthier alternative to coffees and some teas as an energy booster. It turns out, the more I learned about yerba mate, the more I realized this is a superior health drink as well as an excellent alternative to coffee.

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