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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Sugaring for Hair Removal
January 1, 2014 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Sugaring is a method of hair removal, along with other options such as shaving, waxing, tweezing, epilating or using depilatory creams. A 2001 study by the Department of Dermatology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine found that sugaring…
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Crystallized Ginger Facts
Overview Ginger root has been used for centuries as a seasoning in foods and in traditional herbal medicine. Before refrigeration became widely available, ginger was either used fresh, dried and powdered, pickled, or preserved with sugar. When ginger is preserved…
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Home Exercises for Beginners
Starting a fitness program may be one of the most rewarding experiences you can undertake. Regular, moderate exercise can improve your health, appearance and quality of life. However, joining a fitness center isn’t an option for everyone. Whether you’re uncomfortable…
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Ingrown Hair in Private Areas
January 1, 2014 Skincare and Beauty
Overview The private area, or bikini area, is a common site for ingrown hairs in women, according to MayoClinic.com. It is sometimes possible to treat or prevent these unsightly blemishes from occurring. However, most ingrown hairs, even those in the…
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How to Forget and Start over in a Relationship
HOW TO FORGET AND START OVER IN A RELATIONSHIP Well you’ve finally ended it. It’s been on your mind for weeks and now it’s finally over. You had no choice but to break it off for good and all. Now…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Punting In Football
1. Proper Drop Dropping the ball properly to the foot is probably the most overlooked and important aspect of punting in football. Always start the drop at your waist, because if the drop begins below the waist, the punt will…
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Why are Men so Intimidated by ex Boyfriends
Many men are intimidated by ex-boyfriends because of a variety of reasons, especially the following: 1. Possessiveness: Men like to feel that they ‘own’ their woman and dislike the thought that another man was in the picture. They don’t like…
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Why Do Your Muscles Get Sore After Exercise?
Overview It’s not atypical for you to be sore after exercising, especially after weight training. Overloading your muscles is essential in your efforts to increase your strength, endurance and fitness levels. It’s this overloading, however, that causes minor damage to…
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Minute Circuit Training Workouts
January 1, 2014 Minute Circuit Training Workouts
Circuit training workouts using one-minute intervals to improve your muscular endurance. During a one-minute circuit training routine, you need to do each exercise for an entire minute. Use the equipment at your local gym and a digital watch to do…
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First Signs of Herpes Simplex 2
Herpes simplex virus type 2 is primarily responsible for genital herpes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention points out that most individuals infected with HSV-2 have few or no signs. When symptoms do occur, they may take several days…
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Growth of Baby Teeth
Overview A child’s first loose tooth is an exciting and anticipated event, a rite of passage signaling her emergence into the world of the “big kids.” But long before that first visit from the Tooth Fairy, baby teeth must grow…
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What Are the Benefits of Taking Chlorella?
January 1, 2014 Diet and Nutrition
Chlorella is a freshwater algae that contains a great deal of chlorophyll, according to the American Cancer Society. Supporters of chlorella supplements argue that this single-celled organism regulates blood glucose levels, fights bacterial infections and prevents cancer or kills cancer…
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Adjusting to Living alone
Breakups come in all forms. Some are initiated after a lengthy period of unhappiness, some are forced by a partner’s demands, some are permanent, and others are temporary and for the purpose of getting time away from one another. It…
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Realistic Weight Loss Plans
January 1, 2014 Diet and Nutrition
The majority of diets don’t work in the long term—failure rates can top 90 percent—so health-care providers at the Mayo Clinic recommend lifestyle changes. To make a lifestyle change, you’ll need to change your diet, so finding a healthful, varied…
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Why you never Forget your first Love
Your first love is always important to you, but it is like everything you do for the first time. Do you remember the first Christmas you can remember and the happiness you felt? The first birthday party you had and…
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Steps to Save Energy
Reducing your energy use can save you money and protect the environment. Some methods of saving energy, such as installing solar panels or changing driving habits, can involve significant upfront costs or require lifestyle changes that may be hard adjustments…
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Symptoms of Shingles in Adults
January 1, 2014 Skincare and Beauty
Shingles is a viral infection impacting the nerves. The University of Maryland Medical Center points out that shingles, or herpes zoster, occurs when the varicella-zoster virus is reactivated after lying dormant in certain nerves for many years. A more common…
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Why Humor is Important in a Dating Relationship Laughter Funny Moments Memorable Dates
Laughter makes everyone feel good, and at the same time, it relieves stress and temporarily melts away problems. It is an emotion that is therapeutic, and when sharing a laugh with someone it breaks the ice and makes people feel…
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Ten Weight Loss Tips
January 1, 2014 Diet and Nutrition
Losing weight and keeping it off is a long-term commitment. Despite quick-fix claims by fad diet plans, weight loss comes down to burning more calories than you consume. By developing healthy habits, you can create a daily and weekly calorie…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Doing a Two-Handed Basketball Dunk
1. Harder Than One Some make the assumption that a dunk is a dunk, and if you can one, you can do them all. That is simply not true. The two-handed dunk requires a higher vertical leap than the one-handed…
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Quick Ways to Get Rid of Love Handles
“Love handles” is the colloquial term for the layer of fat around the side of the abdominals. The anatomic term for this area of the abdominals is the internal/external obliques. The obliques are often neglected when it comes to training…
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About Telemark Ski Bindings
Overview Telemark bindings are a type of ski binding used by telemark skiers. Telemark skiing, a form of downhill skiing, allows the heel to be free. Similar to cross-country ski bindings, telemark bindings connect the toe of the boot to…
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Prostate Cancer Herbal Remedies
Prostate cancer involves a cancerous or malignant tumor in the prostate gland in men, typically those who are over the age of 40. Some men may have benign tumors in the prostate, causing benign prostate hyperplasia. If you have prostate…
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Vitamins to Improve Concentration
January 1, 2014 Diet and Nutrition
Vitamins serve various purposes for overall health and certain vitamins have strong benefits for improving concentration. Vitamins help nourish the brain, protect the cells, prevent disease and promote the growth of healthy brain cells, so they are helpful in reversing…
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Fenugreek & Nursing
Overview Fenugreek is an herb that has a variety of uses in cooking, traditional medicine and modern medicine. It’s often used by breastfeeding women who feel that they are not producing enough milk for their babies. There are both benefits…
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Starting over after a Failed Relationship
It’s not always fun to return to “normal” life after a relationship ends. Sometimes the relationship failure ends in heartbreak and sometimes it ends in a breath of fresh air. Either way, life is different and it is often hard…
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Relationship Guy Men Women Love Exboyfriend Girlfriend get over Forget Dating Heartbreak
Human beings; men and women are fragile cratures. Although evolution of our brain has greatly inceased our thinking capacity, a large part of our lives are still controlled by our emotions. There are very few people who are able to…
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Explain the Hybrid Car
Overview People purchase hybrid vehicles for various reasons, including to get better gas mileage, save money on fuel and help protect the planet from unnecessary pollution. In response to consumer demand and concern about the safety of the environment, many…
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Exercise & Period Pain
January 1, 2014 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Overview Period pain, otherwise known as menstrual cramping or dysmenorrhea, is a common complaint in women of childbearing age. According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, more than half of women experience pain with their monthly cycle. When…
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Popular Strategies for Improving Memory
January 1, 2014 Popular Strategies for Improving Memory
Memory is important in daily life for storing store thoughts, experiences and images from the past. Unfortunately for the human mind, its capacity to build new memories–both short- and long-term–and recall old ones gets more difficult with age. Even for…
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