Did you know that redheads require 20% more general anesthesia than non-gingers before going under the knife? Often taken for granted, our feet and ankles are subjected to a rigorous workout everyday. Pain, such as may occur in our heels, …

Overview Typically an overuse injury, Achilles tendinitis affects the connective tissue between the calf and the heel. When you walk, run or otherwise use your leg to push your body upward, the Achilles tendon is engaged. Using the tendon …

Hair is shot all over, coarse. On the tail is more rough. Skin is very hard and thick. Hair could be of a middle length, or more rough, typical for fox-terrier, depending on variations. Also taken from translation of the "History of the Pe…

Have you ever smashed your thumb with a hammer? Ever dropped something heavy on your big toe? Whoa! That's some serious pain! Often what happens, when you smash a finger or toe, is that blood begins to pool under the nail and cause an unsi…

Yadda yadda. What follows is a couple of lists of celebrities, along with every word in the English language (specificially, those allowed in a game of scrabble) with 8 letters or less. This is part of an ongoing experiment to determine ho…

A hammertoe is formed due an abnormal balance of the muscles in the toes. This abnormal balance causes increased pressures on the tendons and joints of the toe, leading to its contracture. Heredity and trauma can also lead to the formation…

They are musical poems of the reality and power of feeling. The Blues is music with words that makes you feel sad and glad at the same time." Thinking you know how things work. Figuring out where the hell we are, bending the physical unive…

To open up your pores and have any blemishes removed, steaming is a wonderful option. Put your face over a bowl of steaming hot water with a dry towel placed on you head. Do this as long as you can being careful not to burn yourself. When …

So to summarize, flat feet can be an extremely painful and debilitating condition that severely limit a person’s lifestyle. You can be born with flat feet or it may develop as you get older. Flat feet are very easy to diagnose and there ar…