Fear the Itch: Prevent Mosquito Bites by Avoiding These Foods & Activities
There are many, many home remedies out there for relieving itchy mosquito bites. Everything from mud to banana peels and basil leaves to Alka-Seltzer tablets can help curb the itch. But before you even have to resort to any of those methods, you should be thinking about prevention. Wearing white clothing can help to keep mosquitoes aways from your skin, and there are many plants that will help mask your mosquito-attracting smell. But there's even more ways to keep those bloodsucking bugs away.
How To: Make a non-toxic clay pipe for smoking marijuana
We are taught how to make a non-toxic pipe using baking clay and an eyelet and socket. First you form a bowl out of the clay with your hands. When thats done you poke a hole on the top to form the bowl, then a hole on the side towards the bottom to create the shaft for the pipe. Freeze it. While that's being froze the shaft of the pipe can be made. Rolling the clay the longer piece is formed. The inside is hallowed out. Blow through it to make sure its usable. Attach the long piece to the bow...
How To: Put in temporary tooth cavity fillings yourself at home
Cavities are an unfortunate sideeffect of our sugar-infused society, and getting them filled is time-consuming, expensive, and requires a trip to the dentist. Do you have some serious courage and want your dental work done on the cheap? Watch this video for an amazing guide to filling your own tooth cavity at home using simple and cheap ingredients. It's amazing what you can do with a little DIY know-how.
How To: Make a bong out of any plastic bottle
Looking for something to smoke out of but have nothing around the house? Have a look at this tutorial and learn how to make a working bong out of any plastic bottle (Coke bottle, water bottle, etc)
How To: Make a bong from soda cans
Have you ever been in need of a bong or pipe? Do you have only have coke cans and a few home supplies? Well you are in luck; this video offers its viewers a comprehensive step by step guide on how to make a bong out of coke cans. The process is very quick and easy to learn. The end product is adjustable and can be easily disposed. All you need is a few coke cans and home materials that everyone should have. The instructions are clear and viewers should be making their own bongs in no time at ...
How To: Make a water bong in 5 minutes
In this video you will learn how to make a water bong in 5 minutes. The materials you will need are a water bottle, some scissors, tape, a paper clip, a 3 16 wrench piece, a lighter, and a Bic pen grip. The first thing you'll need to do is prepare your water bottle (empty it remove cap and wrap) then get your paper clip, heat it up, and make your hole for your pen. Then you will need to chew on your pen tube on the end so that the socket will fit into the pen tube. Then simply put your pen in...
How To: Treat a sunburn with lemon
While more severe sunburns may require special medical attention, a minor sunburn can be remedied naturally and organically. Follow these easy steps to find out how to treat your sunburn with lemons. Treat a sunburn with lemon.
How To: Draw venous blood samples from the antecubital veins
This step-by-step video will show the proper technique of phlebotomy, which means drawing a sample of venous blood. Everyday, nurses take blood cultures from hospitalized patients, so standard tests can be run for diagnosing conditions and diseases. Venipuncture is necessary for obtaining the blood sample.
How To: Make methamphetamine
This video shows you how to make Methamphetamine. The process for making it in chemistry terms is called an acid catalyzed dehydration of an alcohol using an E2 mechanism. The chemical compound being used is called Ephedrine. To turn Ephedrine into Methamphetamine you first need to break down the OH molecule and replace it with a H molecule. In order to do this it needs to be soaked in a mixture of Hydrochloric acid. What this does is breaks off the OH molecule. The next step is to add a Hydr...
How To: Remove Stubborn Splinters in Your Skin Using a Bottle
Incredibly tiny in size, splinters can be frustratingly difficult to remove from your skin. If large and not completely embedded, a splinter can usually be extracted using tweezers, tape, or glue, but if it's small and in there pretty good, you'll have to get more creative.
How To: Give a testicular self exam
Screening and early detection is the key to beating any form of cancer. Share this with a friend. You may save a life.
How To: Make a Simple Herbal Extract
Hello there, people. Today, I am going to show you how to extract the essence from a useful plant, using either alcohol or olive oil. This is how you take a plant and turn it into a useful (and preservable) medicine. For those of you who know nothing about herbal medicine, let me explain it for you in a nutshell...
How To: Make Black Eyes, Bruises & Hickeys Fade & Heal Faster in 5 Different Ways
I've never had a black eye, but I was in a car accident that turned my entire ear dark purple a few years ago. Believe me; it was enough to get more than a few funny looks.
How To: 10 Ways to Get Rid of a Migraine Fast Without Any Medicine
When a migraine strikes, it can be crippling. Intense and sharp pain not only at the temples, but radiating throughout the entire head; feelings of nausea and digestive discontent; an unbearable aversion to light, sound, and even the smallest of movements.
How To: Perform a rectovaginal examination
The rectovaginal examination allows testing of the cervix, and perhaps a little higher. It is one of the first way a doctor may detect abnormalities on the ovary. Watch this video medical health tutorial and learn how to conduct a rectovaginal gynecological exam.
How To: The Top 5 Home Remedies for Treating Poison Ivy & Poison Oak Rashes
Summer is the best friend of poison ivy, oak, and sumac. When the weather is hot outside, people spend more time in the great outdoors, which means more people accidentally running face first into some poisonous shrubs, leaves, and vines. If that sounds like you, instead of suffering through the itch or spending money on expensive pharmaceutical solutions, try some of these home remedies out.
How To: Perform a testicular self exam
Testicular cancer is a young man’s disease, and yet this is the age group that has the greatest sense of invincibility from the illness. Dr Harper demonstrates the technique you can use to self-examine your balls, and as it’s best carried out in the shower, it’s a great excuse for taking a bit longer in the morning. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to check testicles for any lumps or possible cancer.
How To: Remove tar from skin
We've all been there, taking a nice stroll along the beach and, oh no, a big splotch of tar is plastered on your foot! No need to worry because there are a variety of everyday products that get that tar right off.
How To: Understand the Process of Inflammation
In each day of our life, we see inflammation. We see it during sore throats and abscess formations in our bodies, and even slight tooth pain is a form of inflammation. Sometimes it's good when it fights to protect us from invading organisms, but sometimes it becomes bad when it occurs in inappropriate ways, like acne.
How To: Relieve sinus pain with acupressure
Are your sinuses killing you? There are ways to relieve this pain by applying pressue. Learn to apply pressure to points of the body with your thumbs or fingers to relieve sinus pain.
How To: Make a bong from a jar
With just a simple glass jar, a bit of metal tubing and fish tank tubes, anyone can create a water bong from the comfort of their own home. Hookahs can be expensive, and with this cheaper alternative you can enjoy your smoking in no time flat. Using just a few household tools such as a drill and a hot glue gun, the narrator takes you through a step by step guide in its assembly. He even demonstrates exactly where to place the tobacco and how to get the perfect, smooth hit off the bong.
How To: Relieve a stuffy nose with acupressure
Learn how to relieve a stuffy nose with acupressure. Got a cold? Breathe easier with a move from the ancient Chinese medicinal technique, acupressure.
How To: Do an inner thigh massage
Watch this video to learn how to do an inner thigh massage.
How To: Perform a bimanual pelvic exam of a female
This video shows how a bimanual pelvic exam of a female is done.
How To: Insert a urinary catheter into a male patient
Catheterization is used to drain a patient's urine freely from the bladder or to inject liquids for treatment and diagnosis of certain bladder conditions. Cathing is usually done at a clinic by a nurse, although self-catheterization is also possible.
How To: Make a disposable pipe out of tin foil
In this video, we learn how to make a disposable pipe out of tin foil and a Sharpie. First, take the Sharpie and place it into a strip of foil and roll the foil tightly around it. keep rolling it until you are at the end of the strip of foil. Now, make sure it is tight around the end of the foil then you can remove the Sharpie from the foil and you will have a tube shape. Now, bend down so you have a pipe shape and flare out one end of the foil. This will create a pipe that you can make and t...
How To: 10 Stories of Crazy Self-Surgeries + How to Perform Them Yourself
Do you have what it takes to save your own life, or perhaps even your sanity? Maybe save a buck or two in the process? If you think you do, read on, but I warn you—if you're prone to vasovagal syncope, i.e. fainting at the sight of blood, maybe you better skip this one. But if you can stand a little pain and control your heart rate Hannibal Lector-style, then you might just be able to perform a few life-saving, cost-effective self-surgeries. It almost sounds like a Chuck Palahniuk novel, wher...
How To: Correctly use a Neti pot to eliminate sinus headaches
If you have a cold or stuffy nose, the Neti Pot is an ideal way to clean out your nasal passages. This device is a totally natural and safe way to clear your airways without medication.
How To: Draw blood with the butterfly method
If you are having a difficult time drawing a patients blood, you might want to considering doing the butterfly procedure. Watch this instructional medical how-to video to learn the proper way of drawing in blood with this method. The butterfly procedure involves drawing blood from the back of the hand. Start by placing a band around the wrist, palpating the back of the hand and identifying the direction of the veins.
How To: Perform a musculoskeletal exam on a patient
Whether your training to be a doctor or a nurse, there is no doubt that this video lesson will help you better understand the procedure for musculoskeletal examinations. Musculoskeletal exams rely exclusively on inspection and palpation and tests using a combination of those techniques. The main purpose of this exam is to identify in your patient any signs of musculoskeletal disease, by way of pain, redness, swelling, warmth, deformity, and loss of function. Watch this video to see the entire...
How To: Catheterize a female and male with a Foley catheter
This medical how-to video demonstrates how to catheterize males and females with a Foley catheter. Follow along and learn how insert the catheter into a bladder using mannequins. The first part of the video shows a female Foley catheterization and the second half shows the male version of this medical procedure.
How To: Use proper draping techniques during a gynecology exam
In Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), doctors deal specifically with the female reproductive organs, which means a lot of visual inspection of the vaginal area. Whether you're a doctor, surgeon, nurse, or nursing assistant, knowing how to properly drape a patient is detrimental to the patient feeling protected and secure with the hospital staff, along with having some privacy. This video will cover different types of draping techniques.
How To: Make an inexpensive hookah wind cover
This how to video will teach you how to make a hookah wind cover. The first example is a setup to extend your current wind cover use with taller hookahs. The second example is a cheap cover made from aluminum foil! It is cheap, and could fly away out in the wind, but if you double over the aluminum foil and add some weight to it and re-enforcement, it will get the job done. If you never used a windcover, try this one indoors and watch how much more smoke you get from less coals.
How To: Give a female perineal wash
Once each day, or according to your doctor's instructions, you will need to clean the urethral meatus - the opening where the catheter enters the body. The procedure to do this is explained in this video.
How To: Clean a corn cob pipe
Replacing cigarettes with a pipe? Let's learn how to clean the pipe so the tobacco will be fresher tasting.
Vision Hack: How to See Clearly Without Your Glasses or Contacts
As someone who's dependent on glasses to see on an everyday basis, losing or misplacing them is obviously a bad thing. I can't even see clearly enough to find the glasses that I just lost, so I'm pretty much blind now.
How To: Make Your Own Anti-Itch Cream
From poison oak to allergies, irritants can cause an irritated area that can itch for hours. Itching is annoying and distracting but you don’t have to go to the store to find relieve. You can make a topical cream to alleviate itching with things you have at home.
Health Alert: You're Taking a Crap Wrong! This Is How You Poop Properly
Your entire life has been a lie. Mario does not hit blocks with his head, footlong subs are never really 12 inches long, and those paper ketchup cups at fast food joints aren't just little cups. And that's not the worst of it. What I'm about to tell you next is the revelation of all revelations.
How To: Make Aspirin from a Willow Tree
In this article, I will be showing you how to make a crude form of aspirin from the bark of a willow tree. It is a great remedy for headaches, hangovers, and other minor pain. The use of the willow tree as a mild pain reliever goes back to the Native Americans, who used it in much the same way that I do.
How To: Hold and Use Surgical Forceps, Scalpels and Suturing Needles
How to Hold Forceps This video shows the basic skill of holding forceps or any scissor-like instrument. The most important things to notice here are:
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