All of us ‘play doctor’ to ourselves, some more so than others. You are self-medicating when you reach for that Panadol whenever you have a headache, skipping a visit to the doctor in the process. Self-medication is the use of non-prescription medicines by people on their own initiative, according to the International Pharmaceutical Federation. ‘It [...]
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What is Vertigo - Just the other day, I experienced a sudden bout of dizziness. This dizziness was unusual. I saw everything around me spinning round and round. I had to sit down on the ground. I visited a doctor and he told me I had vertigo. What is it? Vertigo is not a disease, [...]
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Exercises For Osteoporosis – The first thing that comes to mind when you talk about bone is calcium. But the journey to good bone health does not stop at getting the right nutrients. Getting the right exercise is also important for strengthening bones. Don’t think that our bones are rigid. In fact, they’re not only [...]
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Dehydration Symptoms In Adults - The human body is a bio-electrical water machine which requires at least a quart for every 50 lbs of body weight daily. The blood itself is made up of a large percentage watery serum. The lymph fluids which transport waste and nutrients (comprising four times the volume of blood in [...]
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Natural Remedies for Erectile Dysfunction - Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is when a man can’t get and keep an erection long enough to have sex on at least 50% of tries. Most men have ED every once in a while or for short periods of time. About 34% of men in Canada have ED regularly. ED [...]
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What Is Sleep Deprivation – Need a lot or very little sleep? Don’t blame it on willpower; it likely has to do with your genes. Out of more than 700 participants in a particular study, two people stood out. These individuals were blessed with a trait most of us can only envy: Just six hours [...]
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Cycling Injuries - Cyclists are no strangers to breaks and fractures, but Andrew Coggan could be forgiven for not expecting a hip fracture from a bike crash at age 30. He may have been less surprised than most of his peers though, having recently been diagnosed with low bone density. For many cyclists, an injury [...]
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Breath sustains life. While it’s possible to go without food and water for a short period of time, you simply can’t survive without air. And while breath is an essential life-sustaining element, the benefits reach even beyond the continuance of life. When you learn about yoga breathing, the mental, physical and spiritual aspects of living [...]
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Treating High Blood Pressure – Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition caused when constricted arteries decrease blood flow and makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood and nutrients throughout the body. In most cases, hypertension has no known cause, though it may be triggered by factors such as obesity, excess [...]
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Hemorrhoid Treatment does neither have to be painful nor expensive. Hemorrhoid, also known as piles, is a condition in which the veins/blood vessels around the anus or lower rectum are swollen and inflamed. Hemorrhoid can cause mild discomfort, or sometimes pain which is more severe and persistent. It is estimated over 40% of the adult [...]
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16. February 2010
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