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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Tips On Getting Pregnant Fast - Trying to conceive is a burden that too many women carry. It can often be an uphill battle, and one that is extremely emotional. The goal to have a baby is easy for some and extremely difficult for others. Fertility issues are sometimes the father’s fault, but most of [...]
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Breast Cancer – One of the largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer shows that it makes no difference whether a woman drinks wine, beer or spirits (liquor). It is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that increases breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer – In [...]
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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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Cataracts – Women who take high-dose vitamin C supplements may be increasing their risk of age-related cataracts, hint findings of a Swedish study. Among nearly 24,600 adult women followed for more than 8 years, those who reported regular or occasional vitamin C supplementation of about 1000 milligrams per serving were about 25 percent more likely [...]
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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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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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16. February 2010
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