Month: August, 2007

Scabs

9 August, 2007 (06:10) | Addiction, Health, Skin Problems

Drew wrote: Does picking your scabs cause skin cancer? Dear Drew, To the best of my knowlege there is no correlaton between picking scabs and skin cancer. I do know that picking scabs can cause scarring. One concern is how often and why you pick at the scabs. It has been documented that chronic scab [...]

History of Diabetes

6 August, 2007 (04:57) | Diabetes, Health, Prevention

Joy Simpson wrote: I’m worried that I might get diabetes. It runs in my family. I’m only in my 30s but could you tell me some basic tips for preventing the onset of diabetes? Are things I can do for my diet or exercises i can do? Dear Joy, Yes, Joy, there are things that [...]