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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About How People Deal With Depression
November 18, 2013 About How People Deal With Depression
Overview Depression, a serious mental health issue, makes it hard for someone to be successful at work, maintain healthy relationships and to function normally each day. Many people don’t understand the seriousness of the disorder and how difficult it is…
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How to Get Collection Agencies to Remove Negative Credit
Overview Collection accounts are considered negative aspects of a credit report. The Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), the largest credit score compiler, uses your payment record to calculate 35 percent of your score. Collection accounts are a sign of an unreliable…
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Free Exercises for Face Muscles
Facial exercises can be useful for many reasons from firming sagging muscles to strengthening transplanted tissues and retaining expressiveness in lieu of Parkinson’s disease or partial facial paralysis. Facial exercises can also be helpful to enhance your smile and ability…
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Exercises for Mid-Back Pain
Performing mid-back exercises can help reduce mid-back pain and decrease your likelihood of experiencing future mid-back pain flareups. Possible reasons for mid-back pain include direct trauma, muscle strains resulting from athletic activities, and poor posture. Mid-back exercises, according to Backzilla.com,…
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How to tell if someone Likes you
November 18, 2013 Communication
Body language makes up 90% of human communication. With only 10% being verbal. You can learn almost anything about a person if you learn to read what their body is telling you. If you look for just a few telltale…
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Homeopathic Remedies for Seasonal Allergies
Homeopathy is a system of medicine invented by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1700s. It uses minute doses from mineral, plant and animal sources to treat acute and chronic illness, including seasonal allergy symptoms. Hahnemann explained his theories in a…
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Abdominal Exercises to Protect the Neck
November 18, 2013 Abdominal Exercises to Protect the Neck
Old-fashioned abdominal crunches and sit-ups can literally be a pain in the neck. If you have weak neck muscles or issues with your cervical vertebrae, you need to find alternative methods of working your abdominal wall without comprising your neck….
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Exercises With Elastic Bands & a Chair
Those huge and heavy home gyms are fine for some people, but it’s amazing how many gym-style exercises can be replicated with a simple elastic band. Add a simple chair to the equation and the possibilities grow. Besides their low…
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Easy Inner Thigh Exercises
Inner thigh muscles, also known as your adductor muscles, can be isolated and toned with isometric exercises while sitting at your desk, standing and cooking in your kitchen or even while watching television. If you want an extra challenge, you…
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Dutch Dating Overview
The term “Dutch” when referencing a common way of sharing expenses is thought to have originated in the Netherlands and was a form of Dutch etiquette. Dutch dating was originally called the Dutch Treat according to the Morris Dictionary of…
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Antidepressants for Anxiety
November 18, 2013 Antidepressants for Anxiety
Antidepressant drugs are often the choice for people who suffer from anxiety disorders. Anti-anxiety drugs such as benzodiazepines are also used, but they can be habit-forming. Antidepressants work to alter the brain chemistry and take several weeks for anxiety symptoms…
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Abdominal Obesity & Insulin Resistance
November 18, 2013 Abdominal Obesity & Insulin Resistance
Overview Insulin resistance is a metabolic disorder characterized by the body’s not properly using glucose, or blood sugar. A major feature of type-2 diabetes is insulin resistance. Abdominal obesity, or excess fat tissue in the abdomen, predisposes people to insulin…
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Calendula Care
November 18, 2013 Calendula Care
Overview Calendula is a flowering plant with yellow petals better known as pot marigold. As far back as 1595, the Belgian physician, Dodoens, in his work “The New Herball,” praised it as useful for cooking as well as for herbal…
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4 Ways To Help Young Children Deal With Anger
November 18, 2013 Mental Health
1. Determine why the child’s tantrums are occurring It is important to remember that 23 to 83 percent of all 2-to-4-year-olds display occasional outbursts of anger associated with temper tantrums. Therefore, these aggressive flare-ups are a natural part of the…
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How to Avoid Stomach Aches
Overview Stomach aches may be caused by a number of factors, from simple indigestion to serious medical issues, according to Tummy Trouble, a professional medical website. Understanding what causes the pain is essential to not only curing it but also…
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What Features Are in Cardiac Muscle?
Cardiac or heart muscle is described by the University of Western Cape as a unique tissue that is only found in the walls of the heart. This muscle has several specialized features that differentiate it from other muscles within the…
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Bobbi Brown’s Outlook on Looking and Feeling Young
I’ve yet to meet a woman who says, “Bobbi, make me look older.” Instead, those who’ve sat in my chair throughout my three decades as a makeup artist usually pipe up with the same requests: Brighter, more defined eyes without…
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What Are the Causes of Atypical Pap Smear?
November 18, 2013 Women's Health
An obstetrician/gynecologist gives a woman a Pap smear during her annual gynecological examination, which checks for abnormalities in her cervix. The American Pregnancy Association recommends that women get their yearly Pap smear by age 21 or within three years of…
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Eye Exercises to Rebuild Your Vision
Many of us experience decreasing eye focus and vision as we age, while others are born with a variety of conditions that limit or affect the eyesight. However, there are a variety of natural eye exercises you can perform on…
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Abuse of Prescription Drugs in Teenagers
November 18, 2013 Abuse of Prescription Drugs in Teenagers
Overview Prescription drug abuse is on the rise with teens. Some teens abuse prescription medication at parties to feel high, some take them to deal with untreated mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression and some teens pop pills…
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What Are the Symptoms When Blood Sugar Is High?
High blood sugar occurs primarily in people who suffer from diabetes. In most people, the insulin produced by the pancreas balances the glucose sugar levels in the bloodstream. When there is not enough insulin or it is ineffective, there is…
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3 Ways To Manage Work Stress
1. Understand the concept of stress. Although the precise definition of stress has come under considerable debate within the psychological community since Walter Cannon began his research in 1932, most modern therapist agree upon one thing: stress is usually harmful….
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Top 5 Functional Foods
November 18, 2013 Diet & Nutrition
Think the grocery aisles are starting to look more like a pharmacy, with shelves of heart-healthy margarines and digestion-friendly yogurts vying for space? Consider that the growing industry of functional foods (foods claiming a health benefit beyond basic nutrition) has…
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True Love Everlasting Sacrificial Love Emotional Maturity Spiritual Maturity Failed Marriages
What is true love? To me, true love is an everlasting love; it is the kind of love that a person has for another that is unchanging, It is the kind of love that is expressed through the marriage vow….
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How to Trace your Dutch Roots Online
Tracing your Dutch roots online can be done using resources containing records that originate from the Netherlands. Using these sources allows you to search for genealogy information from any computer in your home. To do this you first need to…
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The Role of Salicylic Acid in the Treatment of Psoriasis
November 18, 2013 Skincare and Beauty
Overview Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disorder characterized by abnormally rapid turnover of skin cells and scaly buildup. Treatment usually involves topical solutions, although people with more severe cases may need oral or injected medication. The U.S. Food and Drug…
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Define Aromatherapy
Overview Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils in a range of treatments designed to promote the well-being of mind, body and spirit. Essential oils are made from plants and can have a powerful effect on both mind and body….
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Medicine Ball Workout Programs
Traditional weight-training programs that use weights target main muscle groups. Medicine ball workouts also exercise the main muscle groups, but because many of the medicine ball exercises involve twisting and rotating the body while handling the medicine ball, many supporting…
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Exercises for Circuit Training
Circuit training exercises should target each of the major muscle groups in the body for an effective total-body workout. When performing an exercise circuit, you want to go from one exercise to the next with little to no rest in…
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3 Ways To Manage Stress With Self-Hypnosis
November 18, 2013 Diet and Nutrition
1. Dispel the mystery of hypnosis. When most persons hear the word “hypnosis,” they think of people acting like monkeys or falling asleep at the snap of a finger. Even though hypnosis can achieve these kinds of extravagant reactions, it…
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