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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How to Heal Sun Damaged Skin
November 19, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Bodies lying on the beach or poolside in skimpy bathing suits soak up the sun every summer. Though these people worship the rays, regrettably, these ultra violet beams can severely assault unprotected skin. Sun damage can be extremely serious,…
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How to Treat a Family Member who has Returned after a Period of Living Abroad
When a family member who has been living abroad for a prolonged period of time returns home for good, it is almost certainly a cause for celebration. However, things may not be as straightforward as you may have imagined. People’s…
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ABC Breathing Technique
Overview Active breathing control, also referred to as the ABC breathing technique, can help to reduce blood pressure, relieve stress and reduce anxiety, report doctors at the Mayo Clinic. Rapid breathing in the upper chest signals fear and triggers other…
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About HIV Symptoms
November 19, 2013 About HIV Symptoms
Overview HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that is spread through contact with contaminated blood or sexual fluids. This viral illness attacks the immune system, gradually reducing the body’s ability to fight infections. As the illness progresses it can…
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How to Recover from a Broken Heart
When you love someone, they become your all. They are your sun, your moon, your spirit, and the very air that you breath. You open yourself up to them, revealing those special thoughts and feelings that no one else in…
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3 Ways to Do Basic Flaps in Tap Dance
1. Fantastic Flaps If you want to do basic flaps in tap dance, the good news is that they’re relatively easy to learn. Flaps are one of the basic tap steps that even dancers as young as age three learn….
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Causes of Vaginal Discharge
Most women experience vaginal discharge at some point over the course of their lives. Some types of discharge are caused by normal bodily processes, while others can be a sign of infection. Abnormal vaginal discharge can generally be recognized by…
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How to Quit Smoking When Your Spouse Smokes Also
Overview Cigarettes are hard to give up once you are addicted. It is a habit that is both physically and psychological difficult to break. This is especially true if you have smoked for a long time. Another factor that can…
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About Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer
November 19, 2013 About Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer
Overview Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is a heritable type of cancer that affects the digestive tract, most often the colon, as well as the endometrium, ovaries, brain, skin, liver or bile ducts, and the urinary tract. In the United…
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Best Family Road Trips
Some families hop on a flight to take them to their vacation destination, and although a flight will get you where you need to go much quicker, you don’t get to see the beauty of this wonderful country. So, as…
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4 Ways to Dress For Cycling
1. Head Gear When cycling, one should always wear a bicycle helmet. A helmet will protect your head in the event of a cycling accident. When you put on the bicycle helmet, make sure you put it on top of…
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How to Recover from a Broken Heart
Recovering from a broken heart is a painful process. The relationship didn’t develop overnight so the recovery won’t happen overnight. The intimate moments, good times, things you shared together, are etched into your mind, torturing your broken heart. You struggle…
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Free Weight Exercises for the Inner Thighs
Your inner thigh, or hip adductor, muscles are responsible for bringing your legs in toward your body’s midline. Expect them to work during almost any sideways motion, as well as movements made with your toes turned out. While aerobic exercise…
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Living alone after a Breakup
Even if you know that it is for the best, breaking up is always hard to do. Adapting to living alone is a change that becomes easier in time. At first, loneliness sets in quickly once you realize that you…
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Does it help to be yourself
Girls do not “need” guys with flaws so that they can fix them, however, it seems that there are many who are looking for exactly that. I don’t mean to imply that there are any guys who have no flaws…
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How to Fit Back into your Family after a Period of Living Abroad
When living abroad, a person learns how to live on their own, make their own decisions and make their own schedule. This can also affect how a person thinks and at the same time affect how they act around other…
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Most Nutritious Foods in the World
The most nutritious foods are ones that provide your body with the greatest amount of nutrients for the number of calories it carries. Nutrients are necessary for people to consume because they provide the body with what they need to…
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Benefits of Fruit Juices
November 19, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
Fruit juices, whether alone or blended into a smoothie, are a healthy and nutritious way to incorporate more fruit into your diet. Despite suggestions in recent years that fruit juice consumption might lead to obesity, a research team led by…
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Relationship Break Ups
Being dumped is an awful feeling, and most people have gone through it in their lives at least once. Some people get very upset: overeat, overdrink, etc. Others retaliate by having affairs with somebody their former partner knows, in a…
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Teen Advice how to get over a Relationship
In any life, a little rain must fall. Some of this rain are those wonderful adolescent storms known as the end of a relationship, or the “breakup”. What is often forgotten is that there are two parties to each breakup,…
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Medicine Ball Exercises for Scoliosis
A healthy spine’s curve is downward, but the disease scoliosis causes a sideways “S” or “C” shaped curvature of the spine. The term scoliosis translates in Greek to “crooked.” The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS)…
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5 Ways to Choose Birth Control While Breastfeeding
November 19, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
1. Breastfeeding as a Birth Control Method It can be confusing for new moms to choose birth control while breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding is considered to be 98 percent effective as a method of birth control for up to six months…
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Effects of Lyme Disease Symptoms on the Body
In 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 28,921 confirmed cases of Lyme disease and an additional 6,277 probable cases in the United States. Looking at the number of confirmed cases since 1994, Lyme disease…
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Getting over your Boyfriend
If you are in a relationship with someone, chances are you really care about that person and have grown attached to them. You are not ready to let go. You are used of having him in your everyday life. You’ve…
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4 Ways to Incorporate Exercise With the Macrobiotic Diet
November 19, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
1. Balance the 4 Bodies Macrobiotics is a holistic health system that focuses on balancing our 4 bodies: physical, emotional, spiritual and mental. Most of us are stronger in 1 or 2 of these bodies, but the goal is to…
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Exercises to Lose My Beer Belly
November 19, 2013 Exercises to Lose My Beer Belly
The colloquial term “beer belly” is used to refer to excess fat stored around the organs of the abdomen. While beer isn’t the only way to grow a beer belly–too many calories from any food or drink can cause them–beer…
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3 Ways to Diagnose Placenta Previa
November 19, 2013 Sexual and Reproductive Health
1. Give Up Your Medical History When a pregnant woman has placenta previa, the placenta attaches itself to the lower part of the uterus either near or covering the cervix. This condition can cause heavy bleeding during pregnancy or delivery…
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How to Discover where someone is Buried
Finding where a friend or relative is buried, and visiting the site, is an important part of remembering them and honoring their lives. One of the most difficult challenges in genealogy can be to find the final resting place of…
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Paprika Lemon Water Cleanse
Overview Some people believe that toxins in the gastrointestinal tract can cause colds, allergies, arthritis, poor circulation and fatigue, says Michael Picco, M.D., a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic. They see the lemon water cleanse as a way to remove…
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Just how much does Physical Appearance Matter in Dating
Just how much does physical appearance matter in dating…It’s my belief that physical appearance matters when dating at any time. It’s felt no person wants to go out with someone who doesn’t look like they have had a bath in…
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