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Get Rid of Your Jock Itch Once and For All

By Dr. Benabio, on July 27th, 2010%

I’ve been seeing a lot of jocks lately. The anatomical area, not the athletes. Summertime means heat and humidity, sports, and itchy groins. Jock itch is a general term for an itchy rash in the area. Heat, sweat, and skin rubbing on skin can leave the area looking like you slid into second base, . . . → Read More: Get Rid of Your Jock Itch Once and For All

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Cellulite: What Is It? How Can You Treat It?

By Dr. Benabio, on March 24th, 2010%

Spring is here. You can finally stop salting your icy sidewalk and start focusing on summer issues, like cellulite.

What is cellulite?

It’s the dimpling and nodularity that occurs in women on the thighs, pelvis and abdomen. Cellulite is the result of fat pouching out of holes in the connective tissue on the skin. It occurs . . . → Read More: Cellulite: What Is It? How Can You Treat It?

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Red Spots

By Dr. Benabio, on March 1st, 2010%

Lots of women have been Going Red lately. “Go Red” is a campaign to raise awareness of heart disease in women. Some women I see are often going red for a different reason: they’re covered in little red spots called cherry angiomas.

Cherry angiomas are tiny lumps of overgrown blood vessels in the . . . → Read More: Red Spots

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iPhone App Claims to Treat Acne. Does it?

By Dr. Benabio, on February 24th, 2010%

I love my iPhone. (No, that’s not me in the photo.)

My iPhone is teeming with apps that help me get through my day (like Doodle Jump for instance). An emerging iPhone trend is the development of apps that diagnose and treat diseases. For example, there is the stethoscope app to help diagnose heart murmurs. . . . → Read More: iPhone App Claims to Treat Acne. Does it?

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Extract from White Birch Tree Relieves Itch

By Dr. Benabio, on February 19th, 2010%

The forest is full of things that make you itchy: poison ivy, poison oak, mosquitoes, chiggers. But for the wise adventurer, the forest also provides a way to heal your itch. The remedy might be found in the beautiful white birch tree.

White birch trees are ubiquitous in cold climates. A photo of the white . . . → Read More: Extract from White Birch Tree Relieves Itch

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