The sinuses are a serious of sensitive cavities located throughout the head that when irritated become inflamed and swollen, according to MayoClinic.com. One of the first signs of nasal irritation is congestion. While nasal congestion proves a common symptom of…
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December 26, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
1. Lighten up your base . For day, I love using a tinted moisturizer with SPF. It looks lighter and sportier than traditional foundation, and it hydrates your skin. Most impressively it’s a great time-saver as it combines your face…
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December 26, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Stretch marks, known medically as striae distensae, are a common dermatological complaint. They are the result of skin changes, often in the abdomen, hips and arms, that happen too fast. Giving birth, losing weight quickly or gaining weight quickly…
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According to PTO Today, children spend approximately 20 hours watching television each week. Many families are constantly on the go, with both parents working and the kids participating in extracurricular activities. Weekends and summer vacation are great times to schedule…
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Approximately 40 million American adults suffer from an anxiety disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Numerous prescription medications exist to treat anxiety symptoms, although no medical cure has yet been developed. However, many prescription medications, although effective,…
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December 26, 2013 Diet & Nutrition
Nowadays, health advocates around the world stress the importance of antioxidants and so-called “super foods” in everyday diets to possibly help combat a number of diseases including cancer and coronary heart disease. As a growing number of people live their…
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December 26, 2013 Children's Health
Mastitis is an infection of the breast that occurs mostly in women during the first few months of breastfeeding. You will notice severe pain in your breast while your baby is nursing and even some redness or warmth of the…
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December 26, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Sometimes the cause of extreme body odor is obvious, as is the solution. Other times, you need to embark on a detective hunt to find out what’s causing you or someone you care about to develop that objectionable smell. When…
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December 26, 2013 Mental Health
Serotonin is a neurochemical that serves many functions in the body. It regulates mood, appetite and sleep cycles and is a key factor in many disorders like depression and anxiety. While pharmaceutical antidepressants may be effective in relieving depression symptoms,…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Whether you eat out every night or cook three meals a day at home, you may reap major health benefits by consuming just a few of the most common herbs and spices on a regular basis, according to the American…
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December 26, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Symptoms during pregnancy can be different from one pregnancy to the next, even from a woman’s first to her last. The earliest signs of pregnancy go unrecognized by some women, especially in the first pregnancy. Women who are trying to…
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December 26, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Psoriasis is a non-life-threatening skin disease that tends to run in families. An overproduction of skin cells causes the formation of patchy areas of rash, covered by silvery white flakes of dead skin cells. The National Psoriasis Foundation describes…
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December 26, 2013 Mental Health
Overview Children experience grief for many reasons, but the most significant is the loss of a loved one. Depending on their age, they may have difficulty understanding the finality of the loss. Children experience grief differently from adults and are…
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Lower back pain affects most people at least once in a lifetime. Back pain may be caused by muscle and ligament weakness or damage, spinal arthritis and inflammation, spinal stenosis or narrowing, disc herniation or bulging, nerve damage or a…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
You spend a lot of time putting the right shampoo on your hair, the best polish on your nails and moisturizer with adequate SPF on your skin. But what you put into your body is just as important for the…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Sugar comes in a variety forms–sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, turbinado, white and brown sugar. If you’re reading food labels, it can be confusing to determine where it comes from and how to tell the difference between…
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1. Who Should Have a Stress Test? Stress testing is a common office and hospital cardiology procedure. These tests are ordered by all types of physicians and cardiologists. The most common reason to have a stress test is to determine…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview The recipe for a London broil steak generally calls for marinating a steak for several hours and cooking it in an oven broiler. The chef then cuts the steak into thin strips against the grain of the meat. The…
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Urination that occurs more frequently than normal can markedly depress quality of life. It often indicates an underlying medical condition, which may or may not be a disease of the bladder. Frequent urination may indicate a symptom of an illness…
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December 26, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Camphor oil comes in three varieties: white camphor, brown camphor and yellow camphor. Due to negative effects associated with the brown and yellow types, only white camphor oil is used rarely in aromatherapy. Produced from tall evergreen trees from…
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The integumentary system includes skin–the largest organ of the human body–as well as hair and nails, all of which are often external indicators of internal health. Exercise affects the integumentary system just as it affects the other bodily organs, both…
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December 26, 2013 Children's Health
Toddlers learn about the world around them by completely immersing themselves in their play. Art is no exception–expect a lot of mess and an abundance of fun when you introduce your little one to the joys of creating masterpieces. Art…
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Overview Ideas about how exercise affects patients with asthma or cancer are changing. According to the American Council on Exercise (ACE), most asthmatics benefit from some form of regular exercise, despite the commonly held belief that exercise might be detrimental…
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Overview When a promising herbal remedy such as hawthorn appears to benefit those with heart failure, the automatic leap of logic is that it might also be useful for other vasculatory conditions such as high blood pressure. Hawthorn is one…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement calculated from your height and weight to determine where you fall on the scale of fatness ranging from underweight to obese. You can calculate BMI easily and it tends to correlate accurately…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
In order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume each day. While a gym membership, access to a personal trainer and the ability to hire a nutritionist make weight loss easier, you can lose weight…
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Most fats in the body exist as triglycerides. Hypertriglyceridemia, or a high triglyceride level, occurs when excessive amounts of triglycerides circulate in the body. This increases the risk of cardiovascular events and acute pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, which…
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December 26, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
If you want to create a leaner physique, arm yourself with knowledge on how to speed up your metabolism. Metabolism is the process of converting calories from food into fuel. Speeding up the metabolic process is the key to shedding…
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1. Surf Early, Surf Late Surfing is one of life’s unique outdoor pleasures and is great exercise. But surfing can be hard on your skin. Ultraviolet light causes sunburns and sun damage; wind dries out your skin and chaps your…
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All plastic bottles can be identified with a Resin Identification Code—number one through seven—printed inside of the triangular recycling symbol. This code is typically printed on the bottom of the bottle, and identifies what sort of plastic the bottle is…
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