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Beware The Blackberry Thumb
By: Shawn Yarmo
Alternative Medicine
repetitive stress injuries such as Blackberry thumb
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Posture
By: Shawn Yarmo
Alternative Medicine
Posture is the position in which you hold your body upright against gravity while standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture involves training your body
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Diet and Nutrition
By: Shawn Yarmo
Alternative Medicine
Critical elements in your recovery from an injury
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Ergonomics
By: Shawn Yarmo
Alternative Medicine
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Laser Skin Resurfacing
By: cathrine F.
Plastic Surgery
Laser skin resurfacing involves the usage of laser to eliminate layers of skin in the targeted area so as to facilitate the formation of new, healthy, and smooth skin. In addition...
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Cheek (implant) augmentation surgery
By: david P.
Plastic Surgery
Cheek (implant) augmentation surgery is a type of cosmetic procedure performed to augment facial bone and there by to define your face. Cheek implants are done through incisions m...
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Blepharoplasty (Eyelid) Surgery
By: Shawn E.
Plastic Surgery
Blepharoplasty is a procedure under cosmetic plastic surgery meant to remove excess fat and skin present in the upper or lower eyelid to improve appearance. There are two major ty...
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Birthmark Removal
By: angie green
Plastic Surgery
Birthmarks are lesions with abnormal structures and can appear as darker or larger marks. Two major procedures to remove birth marks are laser therapy and cosmetic surgery. At f...
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Breast Augmentation (Implants)
By: angie green
Plastic Surgery
Breast augmentations with implants give full and youthful breast to women and thereby have a positive effect on the self-esteem and confidence. The breast augmentation also helps ...
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Laser Hair Removal
By: cathrine F.
Plastic Surgery
In laser hair removal, a powerful, pulsating beam of laser light is used to eliminate unnecessary hair. Laser hair removal can be performed in any outpatient facility with the req...
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Injectable Fillers
By: david P.
Plastic Surgery
» Breast
Injectable fillers inject various substances into your skin to make it appear smooth and soft. The procedure helps treat facial lines and most types of scars. Depending on the fil...
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Breast Reconstruction
By: david P.
Plastic Surgery
The breast reconstruction procedure helps to restore the lost breast and thereby adds up to the self-confidence as it lessens the physical and emotional impact of mastectomy. It a...
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Breast implant revision
By: Shawn E.
Plastic Surgery
» Breast
The breast implant revision offers relief from the physical discomfort as well as the general dissatisfaction with original the breast augmentation. As the breast implant revision...
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Breast lift
By: Shawn E.
Plastic Surgery
The breast lift with implants provides the patients with youthful breasts. The implant fills up the extra skin and addresses the loss of fullness.
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Signs of Binge Eating
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Amongst the most common signs that you are binge eating we can count the fact that you eat without knowing it, that you don’t care what you eat and that eating only stops after lo...
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How to help someone who suffers from Binge eating
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Binge eating is not a condition easy to cure, as it is based on hunger triggered by emotions and not by physical reactions. Hunger is not the most important factor that causes eat...
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Binge Eating and Genetics
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Binge eaters might suffer from this because they have some severe genetic disorders that make them the best targets for binge eating. If they do not get up and go get professional...
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Emotional and Physical signs of Bing Eating
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Emotional and physical of binge eating include a series of behavior and metal factors that can be easily identified if you know what to look for. Most binge eaters are aware somew...
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Detecting OCD
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is thus found in those persons who are rigid, inflexible and unwilling to change their attitude towards life itself.
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Genetic factors regarding obsessive compulsive
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/OCD
OCD a psychiatric illness has no definite etiology. However genetics do play an important role regarding this disorder. A gene SLC1A1 is a strong candidate for the gene responsibl...
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Home Remedies for OCD
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/OCD
Drugs are easy to take but they have to be withdrawn at one stage or the other. And believe it or not, it’s ugly. So, get yourself same help by practicing simple home remedies.
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Helping someone deal with OCD
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/OCD
The mainstay of treating OCD is and has always been cognitive behavioral therapy. It should be given foremost importance. Other interventions should only be considered in case of ...
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Genetic factors regarding Social Phobia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Social Phobia
No specific gene responsible for social anxiety has yet been identified but various researches on families and twins indicate genetics forming important etiological basis for soci...
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Home Remedies for social phobia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Social Phobia
The only way to help someone with social phobia is to make them realize that they are equal to others and not inferior. They only have to be optimistic.
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Detecting social phobia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Social Phobia
Social phobia thus roots from lack of confidence and belief in ones abilities. Childhood experiences also play an important and integral.
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Helping someone who suffers from social phobia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Social Phobia
People with social phobia not to realize that they have a baseless fear. And this fear can only be annihilated through proper counseling and psychotherapy.
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Genetic factors regarding panic disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
No specific gene responsible for panic disorder has yet been identified but various researches on families and twins indicate genetics forming important etiological basis for pani...
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Home Remedy Panic Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
There are many ways in which an individual can get rid of panic disorder. The drugs can help a person in getting rid of panic disorders but if the person use home remedies then it...
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Helping someone with panic disorders
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
anxiety, depression, psychology, psychiatry, panic disorder, panic attack, anxious, children, child,
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Home Remedies for Anxiety
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
All of us suffer from anxiety at one stage of life. A variety of simple home remedies can help us control our anxiety.
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Genetic factors regarding Anxiety
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
No specific gene responsible for anxiety has yet been identified but various researches on families and twins indicate genetics forming important etiological basis for generalized...
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How to help someone who suffers from anxiety
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
Psychotherapy with a good psychotherapist is the foremost strategy of helping a person deal with anxiety. Drugs also play a role but only in severe cases.
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Signs of someone with Anxiety
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Anxiety - Panic Disorders
In short, anxiety has three main components. The phychological and the interpersonal component. Each should be kept in mind and should not be overlooked.
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Genetic factors regarding bipolar disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Bipolar Disorder
The role of genetics is yet not very clear in the case of bipolar disorder. However, different researches suggest strong relation of this disorder to genetics and a correlation of...
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Alternative Medicine for Bipolar Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Bipolar Disorder
The mainstay of alternative or traditional medicine is thus Lithium salts which however are not without any serious side effects. But still are much better than general drugs beca...
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Helping Someone with Bipolar Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Bipolar Disorder
People with bipolar disorder should not be handled carefully and gently. Their pasts should be probed thoroughly and any factor or cause of their behavior removed by psychotherapy.
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How can you tell if someone is bipolar
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Bipolar Disorder
People are said to be suffering from bipolar disorder when they show both signs of severe depression as well as mania. Such individuals are not hard to find although it’s a rare d...
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How to help someone who has ADHD How to help someo
By: Kam poost
ADD-ADHD
Though ADHD is an incurable disease yet the symptoms can be greatly decreased by giving the child proper activities like physical exercise, balanced diet reassurance and a suitabl...
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Alternative medicine for ADHD
By: Kam poost
ADD-ADHD
Except for conventional drugs like Ritalin and amphetamine various herbs like caffeine and ginseng along with different Chinese herbs and homeopathic remedies like cina are useful...
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Alternative theories of ADHD
By: Kam poost
ADD-ADHD
There are various alternative theories regarding ADHD like hunter farmer theory which says that it is persistence of hunter like characters or it is a neuro divergent phenomenon o...
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Genetic factors of Attention deficit hyperactivity
By: Kam poost
ADD-ADHD
Genetics do play an important role in ADHD. It is a familial disorder and the role of genes regarding the uptake of dopamine has been proven. It is also associated with thyroid di...
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How to help someone who suffers from depression
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Depression
In order to help a child with depression therapy is required including reassurance and psychotherapy, drugs like tricycles , monoamine oxidize inhibitors and if the condition requ...
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How does depression affect emotion
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Depression
There is a definite relationship between emotion and depression. Depression in a child retards his normal emotional development and either there is deficiency or lack of emotions ...
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What children suffer from depression
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Depression
The children which are more likely to have depression are the ones who have genetic susceptibility, disorders of the prefrontal cortex and non biological factors like negative eva...
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How to tell if someone is suffering from depressio
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Depression
The child suffering from dispersion has the symptoms of being restless, disoriented with lack of interest in his previously favorite activities. He is not social and prefers to si...
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Role of Genetics in Learning Disorder
By: Kam poost
Children
» Learning Disorder
The role of genetics in learning disorder is very important. Genes affect the workings of human brain and experts believe that they have a role to play in learning abilities as we...
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Treating Conduct Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Conduct Disorder
Experts say that individual psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and parent counseling are the best ways of treating conduct disorders.
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How To Detect Autism
By: Kam poost
Children
» Autism
How to detect autism, a developmental disorder, is often diagnosed when a baby or toddler does not behave as per normal expectation. The problem is usually detected when the child...
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How to Find Signs of Chemical Dependency
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Chemical Dependency
Finding signs of Chemical dependency is characterized by watching your control over continuous consumption of alcohol / other mood altering chemicals. If you cannot stop yourself ...
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Dealing With Learning Disorders
By: Kam poost
Children
» Learning Disorder
You should guess that something is amiss and your child may be suffering from learning disorders if you detect any of the symptoms given in the list.
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Helping Someone With Autism
By: Kam poost
Children
» Autism
One needs to be highly caring, understanding and encouraging with an autistic family member or among friends for helping someone with autism. Initial approach requires detecting t...
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Helping Someone With Chemical Dependency
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Chemical Dependency
Chemical dependency is a state when someone is not able to abstain himself from consuming alcohol/drugs even after knowing its harmful consequences. For helping someone with chemi...
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Signs That Someone May be Bulimic
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
It is necessary for a lay man also to know the sign and symptoms of bulimia so that they can take adequate measures without wasting any more time.
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Genetic Roles in Chemical Dependency
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Chemical Dependency
The role of genetics in chemical dependency has long been debated and it has been established that although genetics has an influence over alcoholism and addiction, it is not the ...
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Role of Genetics in Conduct Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Conduct Disorder
It has been firmly established by researches that genetics do have a role to play in conduct disorder along with alcoholism in the parents!
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Preventing Bulimia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Bulimia can be prevented and treated too. Follow these tips for prevention of bulimia and take steps before the disease overpowers you.
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Emotional and Physically Signs of Bulimia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Bulimia is dangerous. Look out for these emotional and physical signs of bulimia and get help for your loved one as soon you detect these. You shouldn’t waste a single day once yo...
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How to Help Someone With Anorexia Nervosa
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Contrary to popular belief you can help someone with anorexia nervosa. To begin with, encourage him to seek medical help and then try to be understanding and patient with him.
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Detecting Learning Disorders
By: Kam poost
Children
» Learning Disorder
Detecting learning disorders at an early stage of a child’s life is crucial. It could range from difficulties in writing, reading, mathematics, etc, often caused by auditory or vi...
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Physical and Emotional Signs of Anorexia Nervosa
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Physical signs and emotional signs of Anorexia Nervosa include all kinds of physical and emotions symptoms starting from thin appearance to refusal to eat, that shows a persons ob...
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What Causes Conduct Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Conduct Disorder
What causes conduct disorder is child abuse, poor family relations, defects in genetics, poverty etc. It is more common among boys. Early detection and prevention helps a lot in d...
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Detecting Conduct Disorder
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Conduct Disorder
Detecting conduct disorder in children is easy if you keep them under close watch and check symptoms of extreme aggression and destructive behavior. Such kids do not fear punishme...
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Emotional Factors for Anorexia Nervosa
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
There are a number of emotional factors of anorexia nervosa such as lack of confidence in body appearance, difficult relationships, obsession with looking good etc, which causes a...
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How to Help Someone Who Suffers From Bulimia
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Find out all about the disease before you try to help someone who suffers from bulimia. Unless you know what bulimia is how can you take corrective steps?
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Causes Of Autism
By: Kam poost
Children
» Autism
Find out the causes of autism and take preventive measure to keep this dreaded disease at bay, It makes sense to identify the problem early on in life and take corrective measures.
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Behavioral Factors of Anorexia Nervosa
By: Kam poost
Mental Health Disorders
» Eating Disorders
Some of the most common Behavioral factors highlighted in anorexia nervosa are lack of hunger, lack of self esteem, heavy self obsession and a tendency to keep talking about onese...
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