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The Real Beauty of a Woman
This article discusses the positive effects of the recent Real Beauty campaign of Dove featured in their various advertisements.
Vaginismus: Strangling Down Below
Vaginismus is a distressing condition that can be categorized under muscle spasms.
Afraid of needles? Think again
Acupuncture has become an increasingly popular alternative therapy for a wide variety of ills and can even treat some causes of infertility. This article traces down the origin of acupuncture and some facts on its popularity. Acupuncture is one alternative medication that has helped a lot of people in more ways than they can ever think of.
The Tree of Life
The coconut have become a known alternative for illness and an amazing solution to many health problems. People can improve their health by maintaining an active lifestyle and adding healthy doses of coconut into their diet.
The Burning Sensation that is Chlamydia
It is about Chlamydia, how it affects men, women & even newborn. enumerated symptoms and complications of the said disease. explained the importance of treatment.
The Skinny on Crash Diets
It is about the concept of crash diets, how they make us lose weight, and what its effects on the body are.
The Sad Plight of India's Railway Street Children
All across the globe, there are millions of street children suffering and dying. They lack the basic needs that most of us enjoy. With no adult to care for them, these children have no role model for guidance. There left to fend-off for themselves, surviving through petty thievery and begging. India, there are millions of streetchildren in railway stations living a dangerous and depressed life.
A Quick Look at Depression and Teen Suicide
Teenage suicide is an alarming factor in the US and the statistics are increasing. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens and adolescents. It is reported that one of the major causes of teenage suicide is depression. Depression affects a person’s thoughts in such a way that the person doesn’t see that he or she can overcome a present problem. It’s as if the depression puts a filter on the person’s thinking that distorts things. It is very important to take suicide attempts seriously. Understanding that a teen suicide attempt is a call for help is essential in preventing a completed attempt later.
Eclipsing the Mind: The Most Common Mental Health Disorders Today
The percentage of the population that is developing mental illness is alarmingly high. According to recent statistics, the most common mental health problems are depression, Alzheimer's, bi-polar disorder, and schizophrenia.
Picking Up the Pieces of a Shattered Mind
Dissociative personality disorder is a controversial mental illness can be both debilitating and dangerous. The various personalities can make life chaotic and difficult for a patient, who may or may not be aware of his condition. Another problem stems from the fact that it is often difficult to diagnose DID because it is highly similar to other mental disorders.
Long live the Mediterranean Diet!
The Mediterranean contributed a lot on human civilization. They are also instrumental on one of the most popular diets in the modern world, the Mediterranean Diet. People who tried the classic Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fruits, olive oil, cereals and fish are said to live longer and are healthier.
Long live the Mediterranean Diet!
The Mediterranean contributed a lot on human civilization. They are also instrumental on one of the most popular diets in the modern world, the Mediterranean Diet. People who tried the classic Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fruits, olive oil, cereals and fish are said to live longer and are healthier.
Sex—The Stress Buster
Sex can indeed be a great stress reliever, it is not just a feeling well-being that individuals experience after sex. A healthy sex life is as important matter in one's life. In pursuit of living balanced and stress-free lives, sex is often not included in the formula.
Keep Your Bladder Active and Bacteria-Free
Under normal conditions, urine is sterile and bacteria-free. Urinary tracinfection occurs when bacteria get into the urethra, bladder and kidneys. UTI may be uncomfortable and painful but it can easily be treated.
OCD : Beyond Unreasonable Doubt And Ritual
Normal healthy people have fears and rituals, such as checking to see if the stove is off several times before leaving the house. The only difference is that people with OCD tend to overdo their rituals to the point that it obstructs with their daily life.
Life after Prison
The article is about the travails of prison inmates and how their lives inside the “slammer” lead to depression, fear, and anxiety. The article highlights the difficulties that prisoners go through as they lead lives far away from their families. The article also shows how the prisoners can lead normal lives after they finish their sentence and are allowed to return to society.
Is it better safe than sorry?
This article talks about how society has been accepting liberated trends for different purposes. Specifically for women, they do tend to have unprotected sex. Birth control pills are used today as means of preventing pregnancy. They have three different kinds, each specially made according to a woman's need. Health benefits of BCP are included, and also its risks.
Move yourself up to beat depression!
Physical exercise can improve both your mental and physical health. Medical experts proved that exercise positively affects the levels of certain mood-enhancing neurotransmitters in the brain. Exercise not only gives you a healthy heart or lowers your blood pressure, exercise is also one of the best depression treatment.
Agoraphobia: Get Out of the Market and Conquer Your Fear
A kind of phobia that can be seriously disabling to an individual is called agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a condition which develops when a person begins to avoid spaces or situations associated with anxiety. Though researchers are still looking for answers that causes someone to have agoraphobia, there are risk factors involved which is mentioned in this article that may cause agoraphobia.
How a Panic Disorder Evolved into Scientific Theory
Panic disorder, which affects an estimated 13 million Americans, manifests itself in unexpected attacks of extreme anxiety, with symptoms including rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, sweating, nausea and dizziness. those who do have panic disorder, if left untreated, The disorder can become very disabling. Panic disorder is often accompanied by other conditions such as depression or alcoholism, and may lead into phobias, which can develop in places or situations where panic attacks have occurred.
The Ties That Bind Us Together
This article talks about how a healthy family should be. It discusses certain family problems that can lead to a state of depression for a family member or the entire family. Depression can lead to more serious matters, so open communication within the family is important. Family counseling is crucial for families that needs outside opinion and help.
Phage In The Food
Food is both a necessity and a pleasure for most people, with cuisines around the world espousing thousands of different flavors and preparations for the same set of ingredients. However, there are several bacterial pathogens that a person can get from food that is improperly prepared, such as salmonella or campylobacter.
Whip It Good: Car Accidents and Your Spine
Car accident injuries affect different parts of the body. The most commonly affected are the head, neck and spine, and at time some other organs of the body, too.. But car accidents also frequently affect internal organs, and upper and lower limbs. The three most common injuries would be the whiplash, traumatic brain injury, and back injury. Other injuries may include those of the limbs and internal organs.
Watching What You and Your Baby Eat
Pregnant women have special dietary needs, and this means improving the quality of their diet. They need to follow a healthy diet not only for their body, but more importantly for the development of their unborn child. During pregnancy women should avoid or reduce the intake of certain items.
Grieving Is Essential To Letting Go
Death is inevitable. It is an eventuality that we all have to face sooner or later. If it's not us, it could be someone close to us: a family member, a partner, a friend. In our every day life we try to avoid thinking and talking about death. That is why we do not have much of a chance to learn about grieving and how to cope with it.
Grieving Is Essential To Letting Go
Death is inevitable. It is an eventuality that we all have to face sooner or later. If it's not us, it could be someone close to us: a family member, a partner, a friend. In our every day life we try to avoid thinking and talking about death. That is why we do not have much of a chance to learn about grieving and how to cope with it.
Let's Get Emotionally Fit!
People who were raised to flex their emotional muscles are in touch with their own feelings, as well as having the ability to express these feelings appropriately and without embarrassment. These people are considered to be emotionally intelligent.
Credit Counseling: A Path to Financial Freedom
The article deals with the issue of consumer debt and how it contributes to stress and anxiety. Many people have run into debt due to overspending, financial illiteracy, and even because of deep, emotional and psychological problems that manifest as social insecurity or status anxiety. Discussion about the link of emotional distress caused by financial woes lead to physical illness. The article also briefly cites some reasons why many people incur enormous amounts of debt and the value of getting credit counseling as a financial education and debt reduction strategy.
Real-life Rambos Struggle with PTSD
The article is about the movie entitled Rambo and the real-life issue of Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Aside from providing a brief narrative about the movie, the article also discusses the real-life psychological and emotional problems encountered by soldiers and the various treatments that they should have in order for them to return to normal life.
And War Vets Still Suffer After All
Memory problems, chronic fatigue, depression, stress and other mysterious ailments and mental disorders are some of the issues that afflicted thousands of war veterans. One significant problem that is common among war veterans is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This disorder was given a serious though recently. However, support is available for military personnel experiencing PTSD.
Like A Lamb To The Slaughter: Anesthesia Awareness
While most people are sound asleep and are unaware of what is being done to their body during surgery, there are some cases where the anesthetic wears off too soon and the patient wakes up in the middle of the procedure. When this happens, the realization of what is going on and the inability to alert the surgeons as to what is going on can be severely stressful for a person. Psychological damage is a given, with some cases of survivors being driven to suicide because of the experience.
What Men And Women Want
For as long as most people can remember, men and women (mostly men) have been trying to find the proverbial “Holy Grail” of seduction. Well, modern science seems to have taken two cues from age-old pieces of advice in this regard. It appears that what you say and what you make them feel really are the keys to a successful emotional seduction.
Understanding Exercise Misconceptions
Regardless of the reasons, many people are seriously working put and are gaining minimal results. This happens because of misconceptions about exercise are some reasons that prevent many individuals from getting in shape. Understanding these misconceptions are essential in achieving one's desired results.
The New Constant
This article talks about stress as a condition that constantly occurs among numerous people nowadays. This article also mentions the usual reasons or situations that cause stress and the best possible cure for it. Finally, this article includes a description of Cortitrol as a supplement that can cause stress relief and the substance most responsible for this effect.
Psychosis: Hard to Ignore
This article talks about psychosis, its symptoms, and causes. It aims to inform the reader about the need to be educated about psychosis, including the various medication and therapies available for psychiatric patients. The article also makes a case for a need to remove the social stigma attached to having a psychiatric problem.
Laptops Pose Damage To Male Sexual Health
Advancement in modern technology such as laptop computers are being studied for its potential damage to man's sexual health. Recent findings have shown that frequent use of laptop by men can increase the temperature of the scrotum and may have a negative effect on sperm production and development.
Male Fertility Booster and Solutions for Female Infertility
While abstaining from sexual intercourse may allow the numbers of sperm to build up, there occurs a “trade off” between quality and quantity. Research shows that when you put people on a daily ejaculation regime, it reduces the figure for DNA damage. On the other hand, some cases of infertility might be treated by injections of a hormone called kisspeptin.
Sailing Through the Rough Waters of Relationships
Although all relationships sail through rough waters, without trust and respect, it will be difficult to maintain a healthy relationship. There are certain situations where a partner may exhibit unacceptable and abusive behaviors. Violence in a relationship is not just physical abuse. It can involve psychological or emotional bullying.
Going Bald Gracefully
Hair loss can be a natural process or caused by a problem. It is not a continuous process but involves several stages. Baldness results when hair follicles react with male hormones called testosterone. It is also affected by other factors such as hereditary and age, among others.
Baby Blues: The Challenges of Postpartum Depression
This article provides information regarding “baby blues” --- a mental and emotional state that occurs right after pregnancy. Women who experience post-partum depression can feel a shift in their mood and attitude towards their own baby. Postpartum depression symptoms, risk factors, and preventive measures are also discussed at length.
Sadomasochism: Pleasure In Pain
This article is about sadomasochism. It briefly discusses a bit about the words from which the term was coined from. It was derived from the combination of sadism and masochism. Sadism was derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade wrote a lot of sexually violent plays. Masochism, on the otherhand, refers to people who get sexually gratified by receiving pain, or having suffering inflicted upon them.
Bulky Waists, Health Hazards, and Improper Methods for Weight-loss
This article talks about the health hazards of being overweight. People who want to trim down tend to exercise too much, starve themselves, and take unnecessary medication. Partaking in such activities may do more harm than good.
When Sleep Becomes an Age-Old Problem
It has always been thought that sleep starts to deteriorate in late middle age and steadily erodes from then on. New findings, however, shows that sleep problems are not due to aging itself, but mostly caused by illnesses or the medications used to treat the elderly.
The Art of Letting Go
Letting go of a relationship that has meant everything to us is not the easiest thing to do. But whether one has to like it or not, it has to be done if we want to move on. There are things that we cannot live in the present, and one has to look ahead to the future until we achieve closure from the past.
The Implosive Nature of Schizophrenia
The outward signs of schizophrenia may be well-known, but most patients who develop them are rather skilled at keeping them from other people. They may appear odd at times, but most people dismiss this oddness as the occasional fit of weirdness that people subconsciously afford others. This can often make it difficult for people to recognize that they need help.
Turberculosis: The Heavy Load on Vour Chest
This article is about tuberculosis. It sits on the top three of the ten most infectious diseases in the world. It is caused by a class of mycobacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is classified into pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB. Pulmonary TB manifests infection in the lung. Extrapulmonary TB affects, as the name suggests, organs aside from the lung. TB is treated using antibiotics, but for longer periods than regular antibiotics usage.
The End Is The Beginning: Obesity After Menstruation
People are becoming increasingly overweight and a majority of this population are postmenopausal women. The physiological withdrawal of estrogen brings about changes in fat distribution that increase the risk for the metabolic syndrome, that may cause complications like: diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The treatment of postmenopausal obesity is very simple logically, but incredibly difficult - eat less and exercise more.
A Controversial Solution to Babies Having Babies
Birth control pills and other contraceptive drugs and devices will now be made available for students in King Middle School in Portland, Oregon. This controversial decision has sparked a heated debate between those who are for and those who are against this rule not just in Portland but all over the United States.
The Attack of the Nerds: Bullying in Cyberspace
Cyber-bullying is a distressing form of bullying prevalent in student populations with access to various information communication technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet. It is a repetitive and malicious way to gain power over the victim through humiliation, torment or threats.
To Fear or Not to Fear
Despite the fact that fear is regarded as a negative facet of the human psyche, most people subconsciously seek out opportunities to scare themselves silly. According to experts, this is because the mind and the body develops an “appreciation” for the boost given by the various chemicals that the body produces when excited. However, the survival instinct can sometimes override this desire if it does not see the situation as something that could be controlled, to a degree.
Women At Risk Of Heart Stroke Due To Panic Attack
A study of more than 3,000 older women reveals that rapid pulse and shortness of breath of a panic attack can feel like a heart attack, and may signal a brewing heart trouble. “It does tie together very well with what we know about the biology and physiology of the stress hormones,” Manson said. “I think it does suggest that this is something to discuss with your doctor, ” Manson said.
Ephedrine: Weigh Loss Certainty or Jeopardy?
Ephedrine is widely used for weight loss, as an energy booster, and to enhance athletic performance. Ephedrine may hold the key to fill in for the drug portion of the equation, but as with practically all drugs, there are risks involved.
Having a “Sweet Tooth” Can Cause Wrinkles
Women would go to great lengths just to stop the aging process, and the prospect of getting wrinkles from too much sugar consumption may affect their physical, emotional and psychological well-being. Some women even develop inferiority complex, and may experience stress and anxiety due to aging problems.
'Tis The Season Not To Be Jolly
Climate changes seem to affect many people and they just can't understand why they tend to feel gloomy and miserable. This mood disorder is called winter depression, or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which occurs during the months of November to February.
Injury Prevention 101
The article talks about the importance of knowing and executing the proper routines is sports activities. Improper sports routines may cause injuries that may may hamper athletic performance and develop into arthritis in the long run. Immediate medical attention should be used to treat common injuries.
Understanding and Treating Fatigue
Fatigue is experienced by many individuals in their daily lives. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) can be hazardous and lead to the development of other illnesses.This syndrome can be treated with B-complex vitamins coupled with a healthy and active lifestyle.
Bariatric Surgery: The Quick Fix to Obesity
This article is about bariatric surgery. This surgery is well used for overweight and obese people who have failed in losing a significant amount of weight by means of dieting and exercise routines. This article briefly discussed the criteria doctors look at before recommending bariatric treatment. This article also lists the risks that a patient may have to take upon deciding to undergo the said operation.
When Getting a Good Night's Sleep Remains a Dream
Getting a good night's sleep has become just a dream for almost all of us. An average person needs eight hours of sleep, but will all the stresses of everyday life, one can be a victim of sleep deprivation and other sleep disorders. This article tackles some of it.
Trouble Sleeping? Why Not Ask Your Grannies!
Everyone of us needs to rest, our bodies need sleep. However, there are people who cannot seem to get enough sleep, most especially the older people who have been suffering sleep deprivation because of so many causes and because of their age.
The Link Between Smoking and ED
This article focuses on one of the studies conducted to prove the relationship between smoking cigarettes and having sexual impotence. This article provides statistical information and data that supports the connection between smoking and sexual impotence.
How Saying No Can Save Your Life
Stress when coupled with exhaustion can affect productivity and lead to serious health problems. People must learn to prioritize and learn to refuse tasks diplomatically when there is a very real chance of becoming overcommitted with too many tasks needing to be done at too little a time period.
When 24 Hours are Just Not Enough: Time Management Techniques to Decrease Stress
Stress can be eased by applying proper time management techniques to your daily schedule. This ensures that the time available will be used efficiently so that you can have time to do all the things you need to do and be able to spend time with your family as well.
All Bones About It: New Treatment For GVHD
Bone marrow transplants have been part of the milieu of potential treatments for cancer for decades, but that does not mean that there are no side effects. Graft-versus-host disease is among the most common and most damaging problems that the transplant can cause, particularly because the medication that treats it can cause side effects that require further medication.
Pregnant Women Ask: Is it Morning or All-Day-Everyday Sickness?
The name given to this condition is misleading. Morning sickness is an all-day-everyday sickness that happens to a majority of pregnant women. Studies show that pregnant women enduring morning sickness report higher levels of psychological stress, including anxiety and depression.Causes and symptoms of this disorder are tackled in this article.
Zinc: Important Mineral That Has Taken the Backseat
This article talks about the importance of zinc in one's diet. Zinc, is a mineral that has been taken for granted. Many individuals fail to include this mineral in their diet and only take them when they are not feeling well. With doctor's approval, zinc supplements may aid individuals recover from zinc deficiency.
Links between Stress, Shift Work, and Serotonin Levels
The article talks about the common problems that can be encountered by individuals who work during the evening. Working at night may cause reduction of the body's serotonin levels. Individuals with low serotinin levels may feel tired, stressed, and depressed.
Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Quality Sleep, and Overall Health
The article is about the importance of sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders (CRD). This disorder may lessen one's quality of sleep and hamper the production of certain hormones and neurotransmitters. In addition to these ill-effects, such disruptions in one's circadian rhythms may cause an increase in one's blood pressure and cause many physical damage.
Understanding Idiopathic Medical Conditions
The article talks about the idiopathic case in medical conditions and diseases.The article also cites examples of today’s known diseases and conditions that a considered idiopathic in nature for the lack of acknowledged causes or origins. Some of the cited diseases and disorders in the article are acute idiopathic
polyneuritis and idiopathic scoliosis.
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