When you are taking photosensitizing medication it is not recommended to tan outdoors or indoors. If you aren't sure, ask your doctor, or ask our tanning consultant to see a list of medications, which can greatly increase the risk of overexposure. A partial list, by no means inclusive, appears below. Many common medications and even ingredients in food, shampoos & soaps can cause photo sensitivity which may lead to overexposure.

Yes! What you eat has EVERYTHING to do with how you feel. And certain foods can make you feel a whole lot better. Let's face it: when you have CFS/ME or Fibromyalgia you are already likely to feel very ill, exhausted and weak right? So try not to go making it worse by eating the wrong food! I’ve repeated it because it’s important. See similar questions...

People who developed Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine previously. People who have a moderate or severe illness with a fever should wait to get vaccinated until their symptoms lessen. If you have questions about whether you should get a flu vaccine, consult your health-care provider. See similar questions...

Potassium iodide is extremely safe in the dosage provided by IOSAT and ThyroShield. Because it is widely used in other treatments, its effects are well known. Calculations by the National Council on Radiation Protection suggest that the incidence of adverse reactions to Potassium Iodide can be as low as 1 in 10 million, and often no more than a mild skin rash. See similar questions...

We still hear this on occasion, and it's usually from the older doctors who haven't kept up with the times. I usually tell my patients to ask the doctor specifically how much chiropractic training they have had or even how much research they have done themselves for them to have arrived at their opinion to recommend against chiropractic adjustment. See similar questions...

Our solar powered electrical system is more than adequate to provide lights and keep the refrigerators running 24 hours a day. But appliances whose purpose is to produce heat use large amounts of energy. Specifically, hair dryers, curling irons, electric rollers, clothes irons, electric coffeepots, and toasters are the biggest users of energy. If you insist on styling your hair with an electric appliance, we won't have lights to see how it looks when you finish. See similar questions...

Once in a great while, bankruptcy is the ONLY option. But if you have a source of income, debt management is an effective alternative. Even in a bankruptcy you will have to make payments in most cases. There are many unfavorable consequences surrounding a bankruptcy. With Harbour, you are debt free in 3 to 5 years and will have achieved financial freedom. Harbour does not provide legal advice. For specific bankruptcy information please contact an attorney practicing bankruptcy law. See similar questions...

Binaries of any kind are not welcome on alt.tv.sentinel -- even if they're Sentinel-related. They clog up the servers and many readers won't be able to download them properly. If you have Sentinel image files or sounds that you'd like to share, your best bet is to put them up on a webpage and include a very brief note about the site in a longer, on-topic message. Please do not post html or MIME-encoded documents to alt.tv.sentinel. See similar questions...

There are some people who shouldn't get a flu shot without first talking to their health care provider. These include: people who have a moderate or severe illness with a fever. These people should wait to get a flu shot until their symptoms lessen. See similar questions...

People with hepatitis C tend to hear a lot of - well...there's no nice way to say it - "Crap" from usually well-meaning people. We understand that most people really do want to help, but sometimes they just don't seem to think before they speak. Here are a few of the "Worst" things you can say to your HCV-Postive friend: See similar questions...

The builder has a responsibility to complete all the amenities promised in the filed plat plan. Once those amenities are completed, they are the responsibility of the subdivision to maintain. While the builder is still a trustee, there is nothing improper with the subdivision paying for maintenance of common areas. It is the subdivision's responsibility. See similar questions...

The best defense against smallpox is getting vaccinated. Healthcare workers at the hospital will likely have a priority for receiving smallpox vaccine. In addition, travel restriction will likely be enforced early during a smallpox outbreak. Remember and remind everyone: Being in the hospital where a possible patient with smallpox is being cared for ensures the highest probability of being vaccinated yourself and thus being protected against getting smallpox. See similar questions...

Answer: People do have the power to commit suicide. Suicide and attempted suicide are not criminalized. Each and every year, in the United States alone, there are more suicides than homicides. Suicide is a tragic, individual act. Euthanasia is not about a private act. It's about letting one person facilitate the death of another. That is a matter of very public concern since it can lead to tremendous abuse, exploitation and erosion of care for the most vulnerable people among us. See similar questions...

Only about 2% to 5% of all water entering your household is actually consumed directly or through foods. It would be wasteful and uneconomical to micropurify water needed for scrubbing, toilet flushing, and laundry. See similar questions...

How inelegantly put!... but true. If shoes or boots are worn every day without being able to get a rest and, essentially, dry out, they start growing bacteria, fungus and all sorts of things. High quality tanning of the leathers used in our boots discourage this, but can't completely prevent it. The bacteria, fungus, etc. eventually cause foot odor and cause the leather to deteriorate. See similar questions...

Of course they should. ;-) However, 512MB each is a reasonable number for now and easy for us to upgrade later. See similar questions...

Only in very rare situations we will find users that have a "calibrated" rendering device that shows fixed font sizes correct. This tells us that we can never know the real size of a font when it's rendered on the user end. Other people may find your choice of font size uncomfortable. A surprisingly large number of people have vision problems and require larger text than the average. See similar questions...

Witches have a saying that anything you do with magick returns to you three times over. If youre attempting to control somebody else, really you're asking for trouble. And usually that sort of thing doesn't work any better in magic than it does in life. See similar questions...