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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Exercises for Hip Joints
Having optimal mobility and stability in your hips allow you to perform many activities that require you to turn, flex and extend your hips. Also, it helps to prevent and alleviate pain and other problems associating with tight and stiff…
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Best first Date Conversation Starters
Being on a first date poses all kinds of dilemmas. What do you talk about? How much should you tell a stranger about yourself? How do you get to know this stranger without putting them off? It varies considerably for…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Retirement
1. The Early Bird Gets the Nest Egg Start socking away money for retirement as early as possible. The earlier a person starts to invest for retirement, the more the assets will rise. For instance if you start saving at…
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Men what to Wear on a first Date
What to wear on the first date, now this is always a tough decision, but to narrow it down a little bit you should always consider what kind of woman you are going on a date with, where are you…
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Food for Mental Stamina
November 27, 2013 Mental Health
The importance of a healthy diet for bodily health, a strong immune system and physical energy is popularly known. In addition to these valuable benefits, healthy foods can enhance brain function. A diet rich in healthy fats, vitamins and antioxidants…
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Above Ground Pool Safety for Children
November 27, 2013 Above Ground Pool Safety for Children
Overview Above ground pools provide outdoor recreation to families who wish to import a bit of resort experience into their backyards. Above ground pools encourage children and families to engage in physical activity outdoors and hence serve to enhance health…
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Consequences of a Low Platelet Count
Platelets are very tiny blood cells that have a key role in blood clotting. Platelets come together to form plug-like structures that block the flow of bleeding upon injury. When circulating platelet levels become low, a condition known as thrombocytopenia,…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Lymphoma
1. What is Lymphoma? Lymphoma is the most common type of blood cancer and involves lymphocytes. These are the white blood cells which are a part of the lymphatic system, as well as the blood system. The lymphatic system, also…
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First Date Stress Free Ideas
First dates can work on your nerves and just working yourself up to leave the house to go on this date can be stressful as well. You are sweating bullets and stumblimg over words, hoping that your date doesn’t see…
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Natural Ways to Treat Hypertension
November 27, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
If you have been suffering from more headaches than usual, finding it difficult to keep your eyes open, or finding confusion to be a problem, you may have hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. Most often, however, hypertension is…
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Natural Ways to Induce Labor During Pregnancy
November 27, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
Nature usually takes its course to bring on labor when it’s time for a baby to be born. Some women can go past their due date, however, and although their bodies and the baby are more than ready to get…
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Standing or Seated Inner Thigh Exercises
November 27, 2013 Standing or Seated Inner Thigh Exercises
The inner thighs muscles are called the adductors and they include the adductor brevis, adductor longus and adductor magnus. These muscles’ main jobs are to bring your legs closer to the midline of your body and sideways across the midline,…
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What Is Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia?
Overview Acute promyelocytic leukemia, or APL, is a subtype of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, which is also known as acute myeloid leukemia and AML. The American Cancer Society describes these leukemias as starting in the cells that go on to form…
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Pole Dancing for Weight Loss
November 27, 2013 Pole Dancing for Weight Loss
Overview If you’re looking for a way to spice up your workout routine and still lose weight, pole dancing offers a sexy solution. Pole dancing, no longer relegated to the realm of exotic dancers, has sprung up as a popular…
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How to Impress a Girl
The age old question of how to impress a girl has been pondered on by some of the greatest minds in the world for thousands of years and here we are still asking it. The reason is nobody can figure…
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Pedometer Information
Overview A pedometer attaches to your body with a clip and counts how many steps you take per day. This gadget offers a useful motivation tool for dieters and people looking to increase their amount of daily exercise. Typically, it…
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How to Lose Belly and Bottom Fat
November 27, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Overview Your belly and your bottom are two of the hardest places to lose weight and get rid of fat. The fat on your belly and your bottom is annoying, ugly and dangerous for your health. The fat on your…
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First Date
A first date can be nerve-wracking. And those nerves may get the better of you and cause you to say or do something that you didn’t plan. While its normal to be nervous the first time you go out with…
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Medicine Ball Core Exercises
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) says medicine ball use dates back 3,000 years to ancient Greece. Today, medicine balls find popularity in the fitness world for core strength training exercises. In a 2008 issue of the “National Strength…
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Cardio Exercise Plans
Cardio exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, and a minimal level of endurance is essential for any prolonged activity. Cardio workouts consist of a warm-up session to prepare for exercise, a training session featuring low- to high-intensity…
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Women what to Wear on a first Date
There is no one set first date outfit that can be rolled out for all women. You cannot walk into a shop and there they are, a whole rail full of identical outfits labelled ‘for the first date’. Unfortunately it…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Headache
1. Top Triggers Your child’s headache can be brought on the same way that yours are. Some of the more common triggers for headaches in children are changes in sleep patterns, hormone shifts, stress and dehydration. Certain smells, like car…
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Neck Stability Exercises
November 27, 2013 Neck Stability Exercises
When it comes to strengthening and stabilizing weak neck muscles, you can literally take the matter into your own hands. Using resistance with your hands placed on different areas of your head allows you to strengthen the front, back and…
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How to Do a Tray Flip on a Skateboard
Overview The tray flip, known more commonly as the tre or 360 flip, is a skateboard trick that combines a 360 shuv-it, where the board spins horizontally through 360 degrees, with a kick flip, which spins the board over on…
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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Nutrition
November 27, 2013 Senior Health
Overview Coffee has been linked to less incidence of type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and it may also reduce the risk of cirrhosis, color cancer and gallstones, according to the American Dietetic Association (ADA). The antioxidants in…
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How to Do a Flip on a Skateboard
Overview Flips are cool tricks to master on the skateboard as well as good way to develop and challenge your own personal skill levels. A prerequisite to nearly all skateboard flips is that you can ollie, meaning that you can…
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REWORKED: 5 Things You Need to Know About Asthma Relief Therapies
1. Explain Asthma Asthma happens two ways, your lungs air paths have sudden constriction of the muscles in the walls of the bronchioles called a bronchospasm or you have inflammation in those bronchioles which closes off the air paths as…
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Causes of Hypoglycemia in Adults
“Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary” defines hypoglycemia as an abnormal decrease of the concentration of glucose in the blood. Glucose molecules need insulin molecules to escort them into the body’s cells. Because they are matched one to one, their numbers should…
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Dating how to Stay Cool on a first Date
You did it. You passed the first hurdle of a relationship, saying hello, the opening conversation and now the next step-the first date. What now? By keeping a few key ideas in mind you will enjoy success when you know…
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What Are Good Triglyceride Levels?
November 27, 2013 What Are Good Triglyceride Levels?
Overview Typically, when individuals in the medical community refer to “good” or “bad” lipids, they are discussing cholesterol. Cholesterol can be broken down into high-density lipoproteins, or good cholesterol, and low-density lipoproteins, or bad cholesterol. The triglyceride structure does not…
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