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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Causes of Impaired Hearing
The external, middle and inner ear, the hearing or auditory nerves, and the brain all contribute to the process of hearing. Abnormalities in any of these structures can lead to impaired hearing. Some types of hearing loss are reversible, especially…
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What Is My BMI for Kids?
December 23, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview BMI stands for body mass index. It is a measurement of everyone’s body fat, but there is a significant difference in the concept of BMI for adults and BMI for kids. The same equation is used, but the interpretation…
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Husbands and Pornography – Yes
December 23, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Years and years ago pornography was kept in the virtual closet, a taboo if you will. Wives would find their husbands watching dirty movies on tape or 8 mm film and be appalled by such behavior. Are men perverted because…
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How to Calculate Calories & Fiber
December 23, 2013 How to Calculate Calories & Fiber
Overview Calories are a measure of the amount of heat produced when a food is digested. Everyone has their own personal need for calories to support life. Calculating how many calories you need is an estimate at best. Begin with…
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5 Ways to Ascend in Snowshoes
1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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10 Ways to Propose
December 23, 2013 Senior Health
Proposing marriage should be memorable. The moment is one that you and your spouse will reflect on over the years as your relationship matures. However, it can also be stressful. While you may feel that your relationship is heading in…
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Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles
The country as a whole uses around 30 billion plastic bottles each year, according to Earth 911, an environmental services company. The energy used to manufacture these bottles makes up 4 percent of the total yearly energy expenditure. Reusing those…
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10 Tips for College Dating Safety
College is about spreading your wings, learning who you are, and possibly finding someone to date for the long haul. No one expects to meet a psycho who makes them fear for their lives. However, you can read the news…
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Broken Ankle Rehabilitation Exercises
Recovering from a broken ankle can be a long and sometimes painful process. Your ankles support almost all of your body weight, so getting them back to full strength is essential for getting around–not to mention playing sports or other…
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How to Cope when you Find out your Wife has been Cheating
December 23, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Why do I feel that this is a double standard question? Shouldn’t the woman be treated as equally as men are? Or do men have more pride than women when it comes to cheating? I think that men and women…
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Ten Tips for Safe College Dating
For most college students, dating is an important part of life. Since colleges and universities are filled with potential dating partners, there is perhaps no better time in a student’s life than college when it comes to finding love. Unfortunately,…
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Muscle-Building Exercises for Home
The overload principle suggests that your muscles will grow according to the stresses placed upon them, according to exercise physiologists Jack Wilmore, David Costill and Larry Kenney. Therefore, resistance exercises provide an effective means for muscle building. You do not…
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4 Ways to Do Extended Hand to Toe Poses in Ashtanga Yoga
1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Comprehensive TB Infection-Control Precautions
Tuberculosis or TB is caused by the mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. According to the Mayo Clinic the bacteria can attack any part of the body, like the brain, kidney or spine; however it mainly occurs in a person’s lungs. TB spreads…
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The Best Exercises to Get Rid of Man Boobs
December 23, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Man boobs are often the result of hormone imbalances or from having excess fat on your body. Whatever the cause, you can help your muscles by doing exercises. In doing this, focus on targeting your chest from multiple angles to…
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Resources That Can Be Recycled
The world produces trash at an exponential rate as the population continues to grow with time. One of the main ways that this trash is handled is through trash dumps throughout the country. Unfortunately, there is a limited amount of…
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Exercises for the Pelvic Bones
Exercises for the pelvic bones are exercises that work the muscles around your hips and pelvis. Exercises using increasingly heavier resistance helps decrease your rate of bone loss and your risk of bone fractures. In some cases, the American College…
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4 Ways to Ease Neck Pain With Yoga
1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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4 Ways to Use Props in Iyengar Yoga
1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Hygiene Rules for Children
December 23, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Part of being a kid is learning and following rules, and perhaps some of the most important rules to follow are those about personal hygiene. Regular personal hygiene keeps your body clean and also helps prevent disease. Learning and following…
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4 Ways to Dress for Waltzing
1. Preventing Ankle Sprains While Cheerleading a Balancing Act Though still not considered as risky as contact sports, cheerleading has its fair share of injuries. As stunts become increasingly athletic (such as jumps, flips and tosses), the risk of injury…
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Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Overview To communicate well, use the same language as the person you’re in touch with, writes Edward de Bono in his “Thinking Course.” Language includes a collection of nonverbal activities. The visual, tactile and vocal elements of your message, together…
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Exercises to Make Butt Big
The butt contains a grouping of muscles known anatomically as the “glutes.” The specific parts are the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. If you currently have a slim backside and you want to make it more rounded, you…
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Do People Regret Affairs
December 22, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
People who have been involved in an affair are judged harshly by society and forever after labeled with the term “cheater”. While this may be appropriate for serial cheaters there are those who have had very few affairs and are…
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Signs your Husband is no Longer Interested in you
December 22, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Signs your husband is no longer interested in you… I believe when your husband is no longer interested in you is because you are no longer showing them attention and providing them enough of your tender love. They take you…
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Gift Ideas for Developmental Disabilities
December 22, 2013 Children's Health
People who have a developmental disability may be different from other people when it comes to their ability to understand and interact with other people, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t enjoy toys, games and gifts that are tailored…
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Foods for a Weight Loss Plan
December 22, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Weight loss is difficult to achieve, but it’s not difficult to understand. It’s a simple math equation of calories ingested minus calories expended. Every time the solution to that equation differs by 3,500 calories, you’ll gain or lose a pound….
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Exercises to Slim Down Thighs
Having excess thigh fat is not as serious as having a pot belly, but nonetheless, it can still make you feel self conscious. To combat heavy legs, you need to lose weight throughout your entire body since spot reducing is…
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Does the Internet Encourage Cheating
December 22, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
The Internet has become a modern day mistress. If not a mistress in itself, it has certainly made available the ability to have an affair under the radar. Online affairs have become commonplace and are as damaging to a relationship…
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Gay Marriage in the us and why it has not been Legalized
Opponents of same sex marriage need to ask themselves why they are against two people who deeply care about each other from getting married. If the reason has anything remotely to do with religion then I would strongly suggest…
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