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Eczema and the body-mind connection

Most of you know my personal connection to eczema and dermatitis, but this is not a post just about dermatitis! More profound is the body-mind connection and how they cause physical dysfunction or improve upon

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Hives: Not just a quick fix

Hives are itchy, raised bumps (also known as welts and wheals) that appear on the skin after exposure to anything the body sees as foreign. The medical word for hives is urticaria. It is derived from

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Allergies

Eczema: What your dermatologist won’t tell you

November is Canada’s national eczema month. EASE is an organization that supports eczema awareness in Canada, and tonight they will be having a discussion about what it means to live with eczema. Unfortunately I cannot attend due to

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Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy

My personal passion for naturopathic medicine developed due to my own struggles with atopic dermatitis, or eczema. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these terms, atopic dermatitis or eczema is a condition where

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