How Does Blood Clot?
Overview Blood clotting, also called blood coagulation, occurs in reaction to a wound to halt the flow of blood. This happens so that blood loss will stop and also so that the wound will be closed and no bacteria or…
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Nil White Spots
White spots on your nails are similar to bruises on the body; they are the physical sign of some form of trauma. Their medical name is leukonychia and this is a Greek term which translates to white nail. In most…
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Bicycle Inner Tube Repair Instructions
April 17, 2015 Sports & Recreation
Overview Few things are as frustrating as getting yourself dressed and mentally prepared for your workout only to discover that your bicycle has a flat tire. Worse still is developing a flat while riding, miles from your house or the…
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Hangnail Treatment and Cure
A hangnail is a small tear in the skin, near the edge of the nail. They tend to sting like a paper cuts and can become red and swollen. Typically the pain and tenderness settles down within a day or…
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History of Kundalini Yoga
Overview Yoga is an ancient art that originated in India. The word yoga means to yoke or unite, and it implies the union of mind, body and spirit. It encompasses not only asana practice (exercise), but proper diet, breathing exercises,…
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Herbs to Cleanse Your Liver
Prolonged exposure to toxins in food, air, soil and medicines affects the human liver. In general, healthy people do not need to pursue any liver-detoxifying herbal regimens. However, the occasional use of liver-cleansing herbal supplements may help to prevent certain…
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A Guide to Surviving your Relationship
The title may as well say, ‘How to be a Vegetable in your Relationships’ or ‘How to Remain Shut off from Relationships.’ Wow…how many books would either of those title sell? People don’t WANT to be shut off from those…
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Chinese Herbal Treatment
Overview A cornerstone of traditional Chinese medicine is the use of herbs. Practitioners believe that they can heal and prevent disease by influencing the body’s yin and yang energy patterns—concepts that do not exist in conventional Western medicine. Present-day Chinese…
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Hip Fat Exercises
Hip fat is lesser in severity than abdominal fat, but that doesn’t exclude it from causing frustration and a lower self-esteem when it appears. To rid yourself of hip fat, exercises can be done to burn calories, build muscle and…
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About Human Papilloma Viruses Causing Cervical Cancer
April 17, 2015 Diseases & Health Conditions
Overview The human papillomavirus is a viral infection that can affect both men and women. This virus can lead to the formation of genital warts as well as a predisposition to develop certain kinds of cancer. At the forefront of…
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Easy-to-Print Official Rules for Racquetball
April 17, 2015 Sports & Recreation
Racquetball is a competitive sport and a recreational activity. It is usually played with intensity because it is played in an enclosed room and there is no place for anyone to get out of the way. It is a game…
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Combat Body Odor
Body odor is something that you may not always be able to tell, as it is natural for human beings to be less aware of their own smell than those around. Bad body odor can feel, however, like a curse,…
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Telling Stories as a way of Improving Family Communication
Old memories When was the last time you sat down with your relatives to here them talk of days gone by? Can you remember as a child sitting down with your grandparent listening to their stories? I know I can….
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Hand Grip Exercises
Increasing hand or grip strength is important in all sports. It’s also important for life’s everyday routines. When you have stronger hands, it’s easier to pick up objects and you will also have better dexterity. You can build hand strength…
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Acne 101 causes Effects and Treatment
Acne can be distressing and annoyingly persistent and also cause significant emotional distress as well as physical discomfort. Acne is also called Zits. Pimples. Blemishes. Acne is a common skin disease that causes pimples. Its the term for plugged pores…
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Tips for Women Trying to Get Pregnant
Getting pregnant is natural but does not always happen easily. You can help yourself conceive by taking care of yourself and understanding when you are most fertile. Finding ways to de-stress and enjoy your relationship with your partner is also…
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Why Women want to be Skinny
April 17, 2015 Style and Beauty - Other
Thumbing through some costly fashion magazines I see lots of leggy but very skinny women showing off their non-shapes. One look at a photographer’s fantasy page and I see a model who takes herself seriously but looks to me as…
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Are Personal Hygiene Products Polluting the Environment
Most of what people put on their bodies end up down the drain. People wash their faces with perfumed soap and wash their hair with an intrusion of chemicals to get their hair clean. And most of what you put on your body to clean yourself and…
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A Guide to Surviving your Relationship
Depending on what type of relationship you have, there are things one can do to make relationships successful. From the butterflies of early dates, to getting over the honeymoon period, relationships shouldn’t be difficult, so here are tips to help…
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The Best Circuit Training Exercises
Circuit training involves doing six or more exercises in a series with short rest periods in between. That would be considered one circuit. Upon completion, you take a longer rest break, then repeat the circuit again as many times as…
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Home Remedies for Hand Wart Removal
April 17, 2015 Skincare & Beauty
Contrary to the folk myth that they are caused by contact with frogs, warts are actually the result of a viral infection that is passed from human to human, usually through openings in the skin on the hands. The human…
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A Guide to Good Sexual Health
Sex is the dirty little word that is coming out of the closet in American society. American parents have chosen to let MTV and HBO become their child’s first Sex Ed. Class. In the bible belt of this country parents…
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Lyme Disease List of Symptoms
April 17, 2015 Diseases & Health Conditions
Lyme disease is an infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacteria transmitted to humans through bites from black-legged ticks, most commonly deer ticks. According to the American Lyme Disease Foundation, with more than 150,000 reported cases since 1982, Lyme disease…
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How to become a more Interesting Person
Making yourself more interesting to others is not about being very charming, knowledgeable, friendly or attractive, though having these attributes will certainly make you feel more confident. The secret of making yourself more interesting to others is to stop thinking…
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A Healed Heart
He was my lover. I would say lover and friend but that wouldn’t be a realistic account of our relationship and I’ve worked very hard to be realistic about our relationship. We met through an online dating service and I…
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Breaking up
At what point do you realize that a relationship just isn’t worth fighting for anymore. There are few things in life that you’re sure about, but you know that you want her to be your best friend and your lover….
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Effects on Health for the Night Shift Worker
April 17, 2015 Diseases & Health Conditions
According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), more than 20 percent of American workers–including health care workers, police officers, security guards and transit workers—work evening or night shifts. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
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Friends after Breakup
This is a heavy question faced by every recently separated pair: is it possible to remain good friends even after a relationship has dissolved? Does the old line “Let’s just be friends” REALLY apply to most situations, or is it…
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Isometric Neck Exercises
According to a 2007 article from Sports Medicine magazine, isometric muscle actions involve force development without any external movement. For example, if you push into a wall, your muscles apply force without moving because the wall applies a resistive force…
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Inner Beauty
April 17, 2015 Style and Beauty - Other
Inner beauty begins with confidence. A person who can feel comfortable around others will multiply genuine inner beauty. How so you ask? Well, let’s compare; hypothetically of course. Say, two women arrive at the opening ceremonies for a fortune 500…
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Office Stomach Exercises
Many office environments don’t encourage vigorous exercise in one’s cubicle or private office. Bellowing, excessive sweating and clanking of weights is frowned upon. You can sneak some stomach exercises in, however, without even changing out of your work clothes, and…
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