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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Prom Hairstyles for Long Hair
So your prom is coming up and you want to have gorgeous prom hair. If you’ve got long hair, then you’re in luck! Girls with long hair have all kinds of options when selecting a hairstyle for the prom: whether…
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Senior Citizens Depression Senior Citizens Loneliness Senior Citizens
“One less Christmas card this year…”. While we are generally living longer (and arguably better), the downside of this is that each person runs the risk of ending up lonely and clinically depressed. Many seniors can be heard saying, “All…
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Choose the right Haircut for your Face Shape
Going to the hairdressers can seem like a nightmare if you don’t know what style you want to have, looking through hair style magazines only confuses the situation and hairdressers seem to want to give you the most radical, cutting edge style…
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Theres Gonna be Peace in this House Guide to a better Homelife
A vivid memory I have as a child was a statement my dad made one evening during an argument with his wife, my mother. He uprooted the coffee table and stormed out of the house. But before he did, he…
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Againg Parents Divorced Adults Returning Home
It just kinda creeps upon you and positions itself as the trunk of your body- in between. There you are- faced with decisions which you wish would never have to exist, but knowing that they have to be made. Your…
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Should you Trust a Professional Bra Fitter
Finding the right bra size can be one of the most frustrating and confusing endeavors of any woman, whether she is large or small-chested. It would seem that bra fittings are a way to help with this stress and take…
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How to Bond with your Sister
I have become closer with my sister in the last couple of years. We were three sisters. I was closest with my older sister, simply because we were only eighteen months apart in age. I idolized my big sister and…
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How to Wear Skinny Jeans if you are a plus Size Woman
It is true that skinny jeans can be hard to pull of with a curvy frame, but it isn’t true that it’s impossible. Skinny jeans skim the legs all the way down. On a curvy body, this means that they are much…
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Flirting Tips for Boomers how to do what Doesn’t come Naturally
OK so your palms are sweaty, your heart is pounding the walls of your chest, your knees beginning to buckle, and your tongue has decided to to take a short vacation somewhere down the back of your throat. This, of…
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How to tell if a Bra is High Quality
It’s fairly easy to tell the quality of regular clothing just by looking at the fabric content tag. If the tag lists natural fibers you’re off to a good start. If not, you probably want to put it down and…
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Tips for Straightening Curly or Wavy Hair
The Straight TruthIt seems that women who are adorned with straight hair wish that they had naturally curly hair and curly haired women wish that they had been born with straight hair. Isn’t that the way it usually is; we…
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Elderly Parents and Care
How To Reconnect With Someone You Love That Has A Disconnect When someone that you love suffers from an impairment such as Dementia, it unfortunately causes a disconnection in many ways. Our loved one changes in so many ways, causing…
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Loving too much Signs He’s not into you Signs You’re being used False Love not over ex
He sits across the table from you talking incessantly about his ex-wife. She turns away from you when you lean in to kiss her goodbye after your 10th date. Red flags and sirens go off in your gut. You can…
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How to Romance a Gemini
Geminis, the extremely smart, effectual communicators for the world. Individuals who can talk a million words a minute, on many subjects that they don’t know about, but through their other bases of knowledge, and manipulation of the human word, they…
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Short Prom Dresses
So, you’ve finally made that decision to wear a non-traditional, short prom dress and now you’re wondering which one to choose. Every girl wants that “drop dead gorgeous” dress that will keep eyes on her all night. One thing that some people…
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Does Love really Exist
Is there really such a thing as love, or are there just different levels of attraction? For example, many of us remember back to high school when we were so infatuated with an individual that we felt “love” for them…
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Humor when Dealing with Aging Parents
Just today at lunch one of my co-workers was talking about how much trouble she had with her children while she took them to Wal Mart. She has young children and I never miss the opportunity to tell her to…
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Love Relationships
I was raised by a single mother at a time when welfare was not used as often as it is now. My mother worked a full time job during the week and a part time job on weekends. She would…
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What to Wear to a Movie Premier
The ideal message to send with your clothing at a movie premier depends on who you are attending the premier as. If you are an artist who worked on the film, you will want to look current, chic, and creative. …
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Finding the Balance Elder Care Family and Work
Long-Term Care: Are You Prepared? The need for long-term care could possibly be the biggest threat to most Americans’ wealth, topping inflation, recession, real estate or other investment-related dangers. A middle class American family faced with a long-term care situation…
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How to Style your Hair like Demi Moore
There is no doubt about it, for many years Demi Moore has been considered one of the most beautiful and stylish women in films. Her looks have been the inspiration for many copy cat styles. Her short hair was one…
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Should you let Parents Live with you
If your mum and dad are sweet little old grey-haired folks who are going to have a healthy active old age before slipping away peacefully in their sleep then go-ahead and move them in. If you think reality may be…
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Torn between Aging Parents and Needy Kids
Epic Tug o’ War I cherish my used-to-be-blue Brooks Brothers button-down-collar shirt, the one I bought for my first job interview, getting it instead of those wide-oval tires I’d been eying since I left the frat house and went in…
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Aging parents, “never-never land” children and how to handle “The Squeeze” at 50
When my mother was in the sandwich; trapped between the needs of her aging parents and her adult children I really didn’t understand her problems. I thought of myself as her child, therefore I should come first. My mother felt…
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Older Women Long or Short Hair
“Men hate short hair,” according to Patti Stanger, CEO and owner of The Millionaire’s Club, and star of the hit Bravo series The Millionaire Matchmaker.* If that is actually the case, perhaps that explains why so many women choose to…
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Love Soulmate Expansive Love Positive Thinking Men Women Happiness Negative Thinking self
Attracting Love Healthy relationships cannot be formed where negative thinking exists. If we view a potential mate from the vantage point of distrust, apprehension, or anger-due to personal or indirect childhood traumas, then we will enter into a relationship where…
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I Love you over used – Yes
I love you? Can it be used too much? Can these three little words be just a replacement for other forms of affection? What happened to romance and affection, anyway? The phrase I love you can be used and in…
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How to Wear Lace Tights
Tights are a cute way of covering up and yet showing off the shape of your legs. Lace tights look sexy because they give this mysterious look to your lower half and save you from the nippy weather at the…
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Finding a Retirement Home for your Aging Parents
Peace of mind – Selecting Assisted living facility for your loved one, or yourself. When the daunting task of finding an assisted living facility presents itself, here are a few tips that may save someone a bit of pain and…
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Is Elder Abuse Worse than Child Abuse
Abuse of any type at any age is unacceptable and should not be tolerated! As a survivor of physical, emotion and sexual child abuse my personal feeling is that it’s much worse for a child than an adult. But in…
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