Cashing personal checks can be difficult if you don’t have a bank account. When you have access to the bank that the check was written from, you may be able to cash the check at that branch without having an account of your own there.

When applying for life insurance, and in some cases health insurance, certain lifestyle habits may end up costing you more each months in premiums. One of these habits is smoking or other nicotine use. Employers who provide health insurance as part of their benefits package may also charge more in premiums for smokers.

The black strip on the back of your credit or debit card is magnetized and stores information about your account. When the strip is swiped, the merchant accesses your private information so you can make your purchase. If the magnetic strip is physically altered or demagnetized, the "swipe and buy"

As on all airlines, passengers on Southwest must conform to the regulations laid out by the Transportation Security Administration regarding what you can bring onto the plane in your carry-on baggage. You can bring most medication on board, including prescription medication.

The pain associated with a pinched sciatic nerve ranges from tingling to unbearable and can be felt in the lower back, buttocks and legs. The medical profession considers sciatica to be not a condition, but a symptom of a problem originating in the lower spine.

Flying on an airplane can be dangerous or risky for some people with certain physical conditions or ailments, but these same ailments (plus some others) also can pose a danger to healthy people flying on the same plane.

Recovery from childbirth, even an uncomplicated birth, requires a lot of time and rest. Women who deliver a child by cesarean section (also called a C-section) require additional time to recover physically.

Caused by the chicken pox virus, an outbreak of shingles poses some serious questions about whether to continue with any planned travel. This potentially painful condition can develop quickly, and doctors do not fully understand why remnants of the chickenpox virus in your body suddenly became active again as shingles.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) makes it easy for travelers to carry medications and vitamins in their carry-on luggage -- especially if that medication is in pill form. In fact, it's smart to take medication on board with you, in case your checked luggage doesn't make it onto your flight.

Along with wrinkled clothes and jet lag, a dry nose is an expected side effect of traveling by plane.

If you've had knee replacement surgery, you're walking around with some metal parts in your leg. These most likely will set off an alarm if you walk through an airport metal detector.

If you plan to fly with a stuffy nose from a sinus infection, allergies or a cold, you may want to rethink your plans. As cabin pressure changes during your flight’s ascent and descent, you may find yourself in severe pain or experience other complications.