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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Children Divorce Councelors Handling Relationships – Oppose
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
The problems with hiding divorces from your children can be very emotionally straining on their part. It could cause mental and emotional problems throughout your relationship with your child. What will be discussed is the best ways to confront your…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Skateparks
1. Get it Off the Street As more people get involved in sports like skateboarding, BMX, Motocross and inline skates, they need places to go to practice their tricks and innovative techniques. While cities and towns around the world began…
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About Premature Infants
December 3, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Overview Premature infants are those born before 37 weeks of gestation. These babies encounter a host of medical and developmental problems, but often survive, unlike premature infants in the past. The earlier a premature infant is born, the more health…
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3 Types of Crystals That Can Be Found in Urine
Urine contains dissolved substances (solutes), or waste products. These solutes can solidify forming crystals in the urine if the urine pH becomes increasingly acidic or basic and the concentration of dissolved substances increases. According to Lab Tests Online, crystals are…
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About the Second Pregnancy
December 3, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Overview Every pregnancy is different. Some of the variables depend on the mother’s health, age and stress levels, while others are associated with normal physiological changes due to having been pregnant and given birth the first time. Additional differences relate…
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Food Pyramid Nutrition Guide
December 3, 2013 Senior Health
Overview The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides an online user-friendly nutrition guide called MyPyramid to help consumers explore the food groups, assess their food intake and develop an individualized meal plan to meet the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The…
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First Pregnancy Symptoms After Ovulation
December 3, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that an estimated 4,265,555 babies are born every year. Trying to determine the best time to conceive can prove frustrating. When trying to have a baby, it is often the two-week wait between…
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Understanding the Role of Law Guardian in a Divorce
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
A law guardian or “lawyer-guardian ad litem” is not to be confused with a guardian ad litem, or a child advocate attorney. The three roles are often confused mainly because all or one are at times used during custody disputes…
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Campbell’s Chunky Soup Fajita Chicken With Rice & Beans Nutrition Information
December 3, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Campbell Soup Company is a well-known manufacturer of soups in the United States. It has many products, including Campbell’s Chunky Soups. This product line consists of uncondensed soups with large portions of meats and vegetables. Campbell’s Chunky Soup Fajita…
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Healthy Snacks for the Family
December 3, 2013 Children's Health
Snacks play a vital role in everyone’s metabolism, adults and children alike. Eating nutritious foods every few hours keeps the body’s blood sugar from dropping, which in turn helps with weight management, energy levels and brain power. Variety is important…
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Friendly Divorce
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Divorce is the death of a relationship.It is sad and it can be painful. No matter who you feel is to blame, you both are to blame when a marriage fails. One person can try to hold together a relationship…
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How to Progress to One Arm Pushups
Overview One-arm pushups are one of the ultimate indicators of toughness and strength. Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky” showed his strength and stamina by performing one-arm pushups. The maneuver is extremely difficult, and requires both upper body strength and balance. In…
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What every Married Man should know
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
A friendly warning to all men, if you like money, don’t ever criticise your wife’s figure. Butbutbut… Wouldn’t it be cheaper if she didn’t spend money on junk food? Wouldn’t I save money if didn’t have to worry about her…
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Baskin Robbins’ Soft Serve Nutrition
December 3, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Baskin-Robbins is a restaurant chain that specializes in ice cream and other dairy desserts. Soft serve is similar to ice cream but the manufacturing process for soft serve introduces air into the product. A machine performs this procedure at…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Asthma Research
1. It Starts Early Asthma is a wide spread condition in children, with symptoms appearing as early as before age two. Children prone to asthma may even have eczema on their skin as infants. Children’s asthma studies try to determine…
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Butternut Squash Nutritional Value
December 3, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview The Butternut squash is a variety of squash with a sweet, nutty flavor similar to that of a pumpkin. It’s a winter squash, meaning that you eat it in the winter when the fruit is ripe. Butternut squash is…
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How Do I Achieve Optimal Health at Fifty Years Old?
Overview The body undergoes many changes with age. After age 50, men and women begin to experience changes that could include difficulty with digestion, brittle bones, memory loss and gray hair. While not all changes related to aging pose risks,…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Infant Reflexes
1. Nature’s Backup Plan Infant reflexes, or primitive reflexes, are involuntary muscle reactions that occur when a baby is stimulated in a specific way. These movements cause specific muscles to produce a predictable reaction. These reactions help the baby survive…
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Neti Pot Safety
Overview A neti pot is a safe and inexpensive way to alleviate sinus problems and help people breathe easier. Neti pots have safely been used in the Ayurvedic medical tradition of India for hundreds of years. There, the regular practice…
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How alone Time can Benefit your Relationship
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
The beginning of any relationship, even before marriage, has a honeymoon phase. The happy couple does everything together. Every waking moment is devoted to each other. Each is perfect in the other’s eyes. Neither could ever imagine bearing the pain…
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Can a Marriage Continue without the Couple being in Love – No
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
A marriage without love asks this question: do you want to continue living with someone intimately if you’re not in love with them? How can you express your feelings and share your hopes and dreams with someone that you don’t…
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Complications With Gallstones
The gallbladder is a small, elastic sac on the underside of the liver in the right upper abdomen. The liver produces bile, which collects in the gallbladder until it releases into the small intestine. Chemical imbalances in the bile within…
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Functional Back Exercises
A healthy back begins with strengthening the muscles surrounding the spine and vertebrae. Using functional exercises which mimic movements made by the spine and body during everyday life prove to be beneficial in training. In their textbook “Exercise Physiology: Energy,…
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What Are the Early Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 2.4 million adults in America suffer from schizophrenia, a group of severe brain disorders in which people abnormally interpret reality. Schizophrenia is diagnosed usually in the late teens or early twenties, and…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Ovo-Vegetarian
December 3, 2013 Diet & Nutrition
1. Types of Vegetarians The definition of an ovo-vegetarian is a vegetarian who does not eat meat or any dairy product, but does consume eggs. A lacto-ovo vegetarian is someone who does not eat any type of meat, but does…
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Common Urology Problems
Members of both sexes can suffer from urological problems. The penis, urethra, prostate gland, urinary tract, bladder and kidneys are the organs affected by urology problems. Aging, sickness or injury considerably affects the functioning of these organs. Interstitial cystitis, urinary…
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5 Things You Need to Know About the Nurturant Parent Model
1. Nurture and Grow The nurturant parent model, as described by university professor George Lakoff, describes parents as having a responsibility to their family, their community and themselves to make the world a better place. The world is seen as…
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How to Love your Wife through Menopause
December 3, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
For some husbands, menopause can be a very scary word. Hang on to your hat and your heart, because you are in for a thrilling roller-coaster ride of emotional magnitude. Your wife will need to know you love her, even…
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Milk Thistle & Drug Interactions
Overview Milk thistle is a member of the sunflower family. Benefits, side effects and drug interactions are mainly caused by two chemicals: sylibin and sylimarin, both derived from the black seed of the plant. These chemicals act as antioxidants and…
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How Menopause Affects Relationships
December 3, 2013 Relationships and Family - Other
The physical and emotional changes that occur during the menopause can be incredibly confusing and hard to deal with. Each person has a different experience of menopause and so there is no “one size fits all” set of symptoms which…
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