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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Exercise and Heart Rate
Overview According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about two-thirds of all Americans are overweight or obese. Additionally, an estimated one-third of all Americans suffer from hypertension. To reverse these preventable health problems, The American College of…
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Alternatives to Paper or Plastic Grocery Bags
People worldwide use between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic shopping bags each year according to National Geographic News. Many of these bags end up in landfills or find their way into local waterways. While some people turn to paper…
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How Hair Turns Grey
Let’s get something straight right from the outset… there is no such thing as grey hair. Improbable as it sounds considering how many people there are around the world sporting what we call grey hair, it is nevertheless true. What we…
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4 Ways to Prevent Speech Disorders
1. Test Your Child Early Some speech disorders develop because the parents don’t realize that there is a problem. A child may be deaf, for example, or have abnormalities in the mouth or nasal cavity which may not become apparent…
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What Are the Treatments for Chronic Renal Disease?
Chronic renal disease can be caused by a variety of other illnesses or problems. Hypertension, kidney stones, infection and a buildup of toxins in the body can add to already high levels of stress placed on the kidneys. The kidneys…
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How to Add Weight to a Bowflex
Overview The Bowflex stands as one of the most compact and complete machines that helps deliver a full-body workout from home. This machine delivers a form of cable resistance training by utilizing flexible rods attached to a pulley system. Because…
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Toddler Teething & Fever
Overview Instead of cutting sharp, thin incisors, toddlers cut molars during their second year of life. These large, flat teeth take longer than the previous teeth to break through the gums, often causing increased pain and irritability. Old wives’ tales…
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How to Remove Hair Dye from Skin
Whether you have your hair dyed in the salon or do it yourself at home chances are you’ll end up with a little, or a lot of, color on your skin. The best way to avoid this as a color…
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Bad Habits that can cause Problems in a Marriage
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Marriage is a lesson in patience and acceptance. Once you are married, you quickly learn that love can only flourish if you learn this lesson. This is the only way that raised toilet seats, annoying laughter, snoring, etc. can be…
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Exercises to Get Rid of Approach Anxiety
May 19, 2015 Exercises to Get Rid of Approach Anxiety
Approach anxiety is the fear to walk up to someone and begin a conversation. It creates feelings of insecurity and nervousness. Approach anxiety is a struggle that both men and women have whether they are trying to talk to a…
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A few Tips for the Man who Plans to Buy Clothes for a Woman
A few tips for the man who plans to buy clothes for a woman can be most helpful if they are good tips. If a man wants the clothes to be a surprise and has never gone shopping for the…
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Great Gift Ideas for a Tenth Anniversary
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Making it through a decade of marriage is a wonderful accomplishment and should be celebrated. Finding the perfect way to celebrate that milestone in your marriage can help to show your appreciation and commitment for the last ten years of…
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How to take Care of Straight Hair
Having been born with straight hair without a trace of curl to it, after 50 years I finally like my hair. For years, I bemoaned the fact that I had no curls and so subjected my poor mane to horrible…
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Foods to Avoid With Gallbladder Flareups
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) gallbladder disease includes inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis) and gallstones (cholelithiasis). Gallstones result when bile, a digestive substance, creates hard deposits in the gallbladder. Inflammation can occur when gallstones block passages…
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Benefit of Cardio Exercise
Overview When you’re physically fit, you feel better. Chances are you’ll have more energy, get sick less often and sleep better. Cardiovascular exercise is an important part of physical fitness, and over the years, researchers have identified its many benefits….
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What to consider when Buying Hair Dye
Many men and women like to dye their hair. You can go to the salon to get it done, but there are also a great amount of at-home kits that you can purchase for much cheaper. You will want to…
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How to Choose the right Hair Dye Product
It can be highly confusing for the uninitiated when faced with row upon row of hair dye products in the drug store. And while you may have an image in your mind of how your want your hair to look…
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4 Ways to Boost Self-Esteem
1. Address Your Inner Voice Low self-esteem is often characterized by an “inner critic,” which is a part of you that constantly berates your efforts and belittles your achievements. Sometimes an inner critic takes on the voice of a victim…
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Creative Ways to Save Water
Conserving water is not only good for the planet, it’s good for your wallet, too. The water you save, whether watering your lawn and landscaping, or washing clothes, dishes, pets or people, can add up to a lot of money…
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How to Avoid Streaks when self Tanning
Every girl wants to look tanned toward the summer time. That great look is hard to achieve by natural means because of the risk involved. As more and more advertisements tell consumers to cover up and use creams to protect…
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Head and Shoulders Shampoo for Normal Hair Review
I like to consider myself a hair product connoisseur. I do have my fair share of hair and scalp problems, but even when I don’t, I still like to go hunting for and trying out new shampoos. I tried Head…
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Ways that Dancing can Improve your Marriage
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Marriage is all about communication. Dancing is an artistic, deep form of communication that can improve your relationship and bring it to a higher level. Couples with dancing feet also have dancing hearts. When you turn up the music and…
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Small Gifts for your Husband
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
As a young married couple with 3 little children, my husband in the US Army and our family stationed overseas; time, energy and money was never overly in abundance. It seemed like my husband Terry and I just could not…
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Epilepsy Symptoms in Babies
Seizures and other symptoms of epilepsy in babies may occur due to birth defects, illness, fevers, delivery problems and poisoning or toxins in the bloodstream. The University of Maryland Medical Center, UMMC, also lists neurological–brain and nervous system–disorders such as…
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Is Sharing Housework between Husbands and Wives the Key to Successful Marriages – Yes
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Sharing the housework is not the only thing – nor, perhaps, the most important – but it is a major part of life together. Everyone is now expected to go out to work, both partners in any relationship are generally…
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Uses for Valerian
May 19, 2015 Uses for Valerian
Valerian’s botanical name is Valeriana officinalis and it is a member of the Valerianaceae family. It is a perennial herb that grows up to five ft. in height, and according to Steven Foster and James Duke in their book “A…
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The Pitfalls of Dating a Married Man
No other relationship is more fraught with anxiety than is that of a single person dating someone who is married, and if you are a woman, that’s just one of the pitfalls of dating a married man. Most people believe…
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Games to Play in a Swimming Pool
When the dog days of summer are upon you, jumping in the pool provides hours of entertainment. But swimming laps or doing cannonballs isn’t the only activity you can do a pool. There are many games and activities you can…
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Best Ways to Dye your Hair at Home
10 Tips for Coloring Your Hair at Home: As my own stylist, I’ve experienced my fair share of at home color disasters. My hair has been just about every color you can imagine, so I know that at home coloring…
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Is Sharing Housework between Husbands and Wives the Key to Successful Marriages – Yes
May 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
When I met my husband he lived in his own apartment, did his own laundry, dishes, cleaning etc. 2 years after dating we moved in together. I was not going to change the flow of things, he seemed to be…
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