Health

Real-life remedies

Found a fix for that hard-to-treat health ailment? Tell us about it!

By Chatelaine Updated May 2, 2005

Tell us how you cured a health problem in 100 words or less and you may be featured in a upcoming issue of Chatelaine magazine!

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