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Quick Summer Fixes

Posted by Su Avasthi on July 12, 2007 - 8:25am.

Jellyfish stings. Heat rash. Long flights. Here's how to deal with summer health problems.


Mind Over Mosquito

Posted by Su Avasthi on June 10, 2007 - 10:47am.

A few tricks to avoid turning a smorgasbord for one of the summer's most annoying pest.



Keep Mosquitoes Away, Naturally

Keep Mosquitoes Away, NaturallyPosted by Marisa Belger on June 6, 2006 - 3:28pm.

It's only early June and I've already been beaten (and eaten) by a couple of ambitious mosquitoes. I chased them down unsuccessfully and woke up the next morning with their signature red, itchy welts on my legs and feet. While I've had moderate success with natural insect repellents - made from nothing more than citronella oil, cedarwood oil, lemongrass oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and water, Quantum receives Skin Deep's approval - I'm most interested in a non-toxic solution to the mosquito-heavy barbeques I suffer through each year. Specifically, is there a way to decrease the mosquito-to-human ratio present in my parents' New England backyard every summer?




Got Beetle Juice?

Got Beetle Juice?Posted by Kerry Trueman on January 30, 2006 - 9:06am.

If you thought eating bugs was just another reality show stunt, you're in for an icky surprise: a lot of us are inadvertently consuming foods whose color comes from ground-up insects and



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