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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Domestic Violence Abuse Child Abuse Abusive Relationships
Self-esteem issues and domestic violence often go hand in hand Mary J. Blige, Tina Turner, Halle Berry and most recently, Rihanna have suffered from the challenges of self-esteem or lack thereof. It all begins when she is first struck, and…
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How to let your Hair go Gray after Years of Coloring
No one likes people to see the roots of their hair are going gray. It’s hard because it looks unkempt if you don’t dye your roots, but there are ways of making the growing out process less painful. Deep contrasts…
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Teenage Abuse Domestic Violence Signs
Domestic violence almost always is coupled with controlling behavior by the battering partner. Domestic violence develops early in the batterer and can often times be seen in his/her family background. A batterer even a young one often has a chaotic family life…
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Where Wives of Soldiers can get help if they are a Victim of Domestic Violence
Soldiers have suffered from combat-related stress in most of the wars that have taken place over the centuries. The prevalence of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) came to the fore after the extended deployment in Vietnam, with career soldiers serving multiple…
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Postdeployment Domestic Violence how to Recognize Potential Signs in a Soldier
Unfortunately, domestic violence is sometimes a side effect of reentering family life after deployment. Quite often, a returning soldier has spent 6-12 months or even more than a year in a combat area. That means that he or she has…
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Long Strong Hair
The vast majority of people desire a head filled with long, lustrous locks. Unfortunately, a myriad of people encounter great difficulty in attaining this type of hair. The inability to grow longer hair is usually due to damage and breakage….
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The Effects of Emotional Abuse in a Relationship
Abuse can have a devastating effect on any relationship, as it breaks down trust and respect. While you may first think of domestic violence when the topic of abuse arises, there are many other equally damaging kinds of abuse. A…
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Women Tolerate Abuse
Why do a lot of women allow the men they have a relationship with to abuse them? There are many reasons why. You will learn why you as a woman might tolerate abuse from your man. Believe it or not,…
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How to let your Hair go Gray after Years of Coloring
How to let your hair go gray after years of coloring A large percentage of women around the world regularly dye their hair for a wide variety of reasons. Some women are not content with their natural color and choose…
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Domestic Violence after Discharge from Military
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an ever increasing psychological problem among veterans. All returning soldiers from foreign wars return home changed: How could this disruption of their normal life not change them? Many, however, are not able to adapt. …
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What is the Extreme Abuse Survey?
The Extreme Abuse Surveys (EAS) were created to develop a qualitative and quantitative base of data regarding the accounts of survivors of extreme abuse The international online survey was divided into three parts. The Extreme Abuse Survey for adult survivors…
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How to keep your Hair Healthy when you Swim Regularly
While swimming is one of the most enjoyable and beneficial forms of exercise, added minerals in pool water can prove to be very damaging for your lustrous locks. Chlorine is the major additive in pool water as it helps disinfect…
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Signs of Abuse in a Relationship
When people think of domestic abuse, they often picture battered women who have been physically assaulted. Not all abusive relationships involve violence. Just because you’re not physically battered and bruised doesn’t mean you’re not being abused. Domestic violence and abuse…
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Staying or Leaving Violent Relationship – Stay
If the question had asked if it was better to stay or to walk away then my answer would have been to “walk away.” Since the question asks which is easier, then my answer is “stay.” Walking away from any…
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Abuse Verbal Abuse Emotional Abuse Physical Abuse Domestic Violence Staying with an Abuser
Many people wonder why abuse victims continue to live in the torrid cycle of power and control. From the outside looking in it may appear that these women are not smart or they like the abuse they endure. This could…
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How to Reconstruct Hair that seems beyond Repair
Hair is an substantial factor when it comes to how we look. We often do not realize how much it means to us or the role it plays in our appearance. Damaged hair is a reality for the many women…
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Tips for Making Thin Hair appear Thicker
What Causes Thin Hair? Being our crowning glory, the hair needs attention to keep it healthy and that is why we always visit the salon to have it relaxed, colored, or rebounded. The problem is that some chemicals used in…
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Domestic Abuse
Many soldiers go off to what would be considered dangerous ground. Some of which are not dangerous areas at that particular moment, but may have the potential of becoming dangerous at any time. It needs to be understood why there…
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How to Stop Thinning Hair Loss
So many men and women, for various reasons, have or will experience thinning hair or even complete hair loss. Many do not know what to do for thinning hair or how they can turn around the process. Finding the cause…
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Domestic Violence Abuse Partner Abuse Survivor of Abuse Victim of Abuse Crisis Support
There is no universal sign or cue to indicate when someone is in an abusive relationship. Domestic Violence is not something you can see from the outside. Sure there are red flags; behaviors and traits that might tip you off…
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Guide to Hair Extensions
Hair extensions are a great way to change your look and the way you feel, as someone that spends a lot of time and loves the way they look; let me tell you a little about hair extensions.Hair extensions are…
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Rape
You scrub at your skin with the steaming hot water, rubbing forcefully until your skin is raw and red. The touch doesn’t go away, though, no matter how hard or long your scrub at your sore skin. You can still feel…
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Surviving Abuse Keeping the Light within
The Light Within The light of reason. What a beautiful thing, to have experienced thought without emotional anguish. And I have in my life time, experienced that pure pleasure of thought, just as Kant described. Just as I have experienced…
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Basic Rules of Hair Care
Most of us think that we take very good care of our hair when in fact we ignore some of the cardinal rules of hair care. Hair is remarkable fragile and so we need to take great care of it…
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Nayural Remedies for Hair Loss
As people are living longer, the excessive loss of hair is inevitable, and we will all suffer from hair loss to some extent as we age. The search for a cure for baldness is age-old, with even Cleopatra using Julius Caesar as a…
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Hair Care Tips for African American Women
We’re best known these days for having the nicest weaves, cutest braids, or the neatest dreadlocks. These days you take a second look then doubt it’s true when you see a black girl with naturally long hair. And you most…
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Hair Growth
For all the hair grooming products on the market and the promises they make, along with the suggestions passed between women in search of beautiful, healthy hair, there is one truth that is ignored time and time again. All hair…
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The Effects of Domestic Violence on Victims
In my opinion, Lorena Bobbitt handled her volatile relationship with style and grace. For those who don’t know the Lorena Bobbitt saga, let me recap. Her husband, John came home in a drunken stupor. He commenced to raping her –…
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Signs of Domestic Violence Abuse in a Family
Domestic abuse is a problem that many people say they would never allow to happen if they saw it, but when the signs show, they turn a blind eye to it. Part of this is because many people are not…
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What to do with Straight Hair
Sometimes it seems that instead of celebrating their straight hair people are always trying to change it. Straight hair can be incredibly sexy and due to the nature of the cuticle it is the shiniest of all of the hair types. But…
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