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Did you know that AVON’s Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil is more than just a bath oil? Just look at the list of uses we’ve found, “tried and true”!!

1. It’s a bath oil.

2. It’s an after shower moisturizer.

3. It can be used to remove makeup.

4. It’s a suntan oil (not a sunscreen, however).

5. Pour a little in the water of your foot saver to help moisturize your feet while you relax them.

6. It’s a hot oil treatment to soften nails.

7. It’s a good massage oil for those overworked, sore muscles.

8. It’s a good insect repellent for people and their pets (as recommended in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines, plus “Dear Abby”).

9. It helps relieve itching caused by insect bites and dry skin.

10. Sponge it on screen and around doors and windows to keep crawling bugs, as well as, flies and mosquitoes out.

11. It’s a good wood cleaner, conditioner and polish for natural wood. (Cuts grease and dirt from kitchen cabinets with ease).

12. It removes chewing gum from hair, skin, and most nonporous
surfaces.

13. It removes glue and gum left from price tags and labels
from glass, metal and most plastics.

14. It cleans tape marks left by bandages from skin.

15. It cleans ink from skin and most vinyl and painted surfaces.

16. It gently cleans heavy grease and oil from skin and nonporous
surfaces.

17. It removes soap scum from shower doors, shower curtains, windows, and bathroom and kitchen fixtures.

18. It removes lime and hard water deposits from windows, fixtures, shower doors and tile.

19. It removes tar spots from car finishes without damaging paint finish.

20. It’s an oil lubricant for fitting pipe joints that won’t slip together as easily as they used to.

21. It removes paint and stain from skin much gentler than turpentine!

22. It cleans paint brushes easily, and leaves them as soft as new.

23. It removes gum from carpet.

24. It cuts grease and dirt from range hoods.

25. It removes candle wax from furniture, carpeting, and clothing.

26. It removes scuff marks from patent leather shoes.

27. It removes Liquid Nail (paneling glue).

28. Two glass bowls or glasses stuck together? Drizzle a little SSS down the sides and they’ll come apart easily no breakage!

29. It removes “ring around the collar”.

30. Wipe down vinyl surfaces inside your car to preserve the vinyl.This article originally appeared in the June 2000 issue of Jet Aviation’s Flight Attendant News.

Matt manages the Corporate Flight Attendant Community website at http://www.corporateflyer.net and http://www.cabinmanagers.com

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What is cradle cap?What is the cause?

No one really knows why some otherwise healthy infants develop cradle cap while others do not. Some authorities propose the mother, just prior to giving birth, had a hormone “rush” across the placenta and this energizes the scalp of the newborn and over stimulates the baby’s oil-producing (seborrheic) glands while not being able to slough off the old cells. This messy crust builds up and it’s called cradle cap. What we do know is that it’s not caused by poor hygiene or allergies. It’s not contagious, and it probably doesn’t bother your baby at all, although if it gets severe it might itch.

When this rash occurs on the scalp alone, it’s known as cradle cap. Although it may start as scaling and redness of the scalp, it can extend to the face, neck and arm pits too, and when it does, pediatricians call it seborrheic dermatitis (because it occurs where there are the greatest numbers of oil-producing sebaceous glands). Seborrheic dermatitis is a noninfectious skin condition and is a form of eczema that’s very common in infants, usually beginning in the first weeks of life and slowly disappearing over a period of weeks or months. Unlike atopic or contact eczema, it’s rarely uncomfortable or itchy.

How is it diagnosed?

Cradle cap is diagnosed by physical examination. If it has not improved with simple treatment, other diagnoses should be considered and other tests may be necessary.

How should it be treated?

Generally, cradle cap does not need to be treated as long as it doesn’t bother you or the baby. If your child’s seborrheic dermatitis is confined to his scalp (and is, therefore, just cradle cap), you can treat it yourself. Don’t be afraid to shampoo the hair. In fact, you should wash it (with a mild baby shampoo) more frequently than before. This, along with soft brushing, will help remove the scales.

If frequent shampooing doesn’t improve the cradle cap, or if the rash spreads to your baby’s face, neck and crease areas, call your pediatrician who will probably suggest a stronger scale-dissolving shampoo and also might prescribe a cortisone cream or lotion. One percent hydrocortisone cream is a commonly used preparation.

The following treatments can also be effective although they may need to be repeated to prevent reoccurrences:

* Rub a little olive oil into the baby’s scalp before bedtime. This will allow the oil to soften and loosen the scales. In the morning comb the hair with a fine-tooth comb, or soft brush.

*Rub a small amount of Jojoba Oil into your baby’s scalp. The oil will solubilize sebum or excess oily scalp build up and make it easier to brush or comb away.

To learn more about other child health, hygiene and social issues, go to http://www.KidsHygieneAndHealth.com.

Kaaryn Walker is the owner of http://www.KidsHygieneAndHealth.com, offering information, tips and support about childhood hygiene and health related issues. The web site also has an “Ask the Expert” section which allows parents seek answers from trained healthcare professionals and tips from other parents.

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I walked into one of my adjusting rooms last Monday and asked the man sitting on the table how his weekend was. I was interested to know if he had any fun or did anything interesting. He immediately assumed I was asking how his back was and if he had any pain. He went into a three-minute explanation about the muscle spasms he had and said he hoped I could “fix” him.

I chuckled when I wrote this because just about every sentence in that paragraph tells me a lot about what state of mind he is in. Therein also lies one of his biggest obstacles.

We cannot come into a state of health while focusing on disease. The study of disease has caused our society more ills and has halted our advancement toward health more than anything ever could. Our focus determines very significantly what we experience, and we have been incorrectly focusing on the wrong things for far too long.

We achieve health by focusing ONLY on health, wholeness, and harmony. Allowing thoughts of disease and illness to come into our minds only takes away from our faith in health. If we kept our mind and thoughts ONLY on health and doing healthy things, we would achieve perfect function and harmony of body, mind, and spirit.

I had a mentor once who was coaching me through a plateau I had reached in my personal achievement. I explained to him all the obstacles that were in my way and how they were holding me back. He asked me, “If you were a boxer and got into the ring with your opponent thinking of nothing but getting the heck kicked out of you, what do you think would happen?” Well, that question answered my question, and I shifted my thoughts rightly and eventually broke through my plateau. It was some of the best advice he ever game me.

A study was done once with a hundred high school basketball players. They divided them into two groups of fifty. The first fifty players spent an hour practicing free throws. The other fifty spent an hour with their eyes closed, imagining they were at the free-throw line, and shooting perfectly into the hoop every time. After the hour was over they took both groups onto the court and tested their free-throw ability. Those that spent the hour imagining the perfect shot did better than the other group by 72%. Now those are results.

Where we place our focus is very important. I don’t get into talking about symptoms with my patients because it only perpetuates their faith in disease and pain. If you walk around all day thinking you are going to get a headache, guess what? You probably will.

We need to shift that faith in pain and symptoms into faith only in health. Pain is simply a sign that the God-given Principle of Health is working within you. Be thankful for it, for the body is trying to heal. We need to speak, think, act, and see only health when it comes to our bodies, even if our reality tells us something different.

So the next time someone asks about your weekend, tell them something good. Focus on the good, and more good will come. Our thoughts become our reality in accordance with our faith. Our faith in health and wellness must be strengthened, and we do that through right thinking and belief in the truth that Health is our natural state.

Your journey to health is not anyone’s responsibility but your own. The right thoughts and pursuant right actions will lead to health. You cannot fail in the task if you follow this advice. But, wrong thoughts and the pursuant wrong actions will lead to ill health and disease. In the end, it comes down to you. If you really want to be healthy, you’ll do those things that lead to health. Our choices today will be evident in our state of health tomorrow.

Dr. Mark Smith is partners with the largest discount health company in America. They are currectly looking for ambitious individuals who want to make an income from home saving people money on healthcare. Anyone interested in joining his team of caring professionals can visit Dr. Smith’s website here.

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