Lynlee Barbour

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• Woman with Cystic Fibrosis Celebrates 40th Birthday with 40 Acts of Kindness

  One woman is making it her mission to spread kindness--among anger, hope among fear, and love among hate. Kelly Asbell is that woman.Spending too many years in fearWednesday, March 21, 2018, was Kelly Asbell’s 40th birthday, a date she never imagined seeing. At age ten, Kelly was diagnosed with...

• Wasabi Facts: Health and Nutrition Benefits of Wasabi

  Wasabi, also called Japanese horseradish, is a plant that belongs to the cabbages, horseradish, and mustard family, although horseradish is a different plant. However, horseradish is generally used as a substitute for wasabi, due to the scarcity of the wasabi plant. Its stem, which has an...

• How do Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease?

  Lyme disease is transmitted by some species of tick. The species of tick that cause the disease are mainly found in the northern hemisphere and regions that experience temperate climate. The USA and Europe have the highest prevalence of lyme disease.How Ticks Transmit Lyme DiseaseThe species of tick...

• What Are the Side Effects of Lasik Eye Surgery?

  Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism are eye disorders that can be rectified through eye surgery, enabling you to avoid the tedium of using glasses and contact lenses to see distant objects and to read comfortably. In Lasik eye surgery, an excimer laser removes tissue from the cornea,...

• What is Trichotillomania?

  Trichotillomania, or hair pulling disorder, is a mental disorder in which people have a strong desire and urge to pull out hair from different parts of their body, including the scalp and eyebrows. In this type of disorder — also considered an impulse control disorder — one finds it hard to...

• All About Skin Abrasions

  What is an abrasion?An abrasion is an open wound caused by the skin coming into contact with a rough surface, rubbing away the upper epidermal layer of the skin. The parts of the body that are more prone to abrasions are thin-skinned bony areas, such as the elbows, knees, ankles, shins, and upper...