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Aug 15, 2007
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by akessler
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I recently read an article that discussed the rising popularity
of bariatric surgery for kids in an attempt to lose weight. I
can't believe this is what it has come down to. Parents are
shirking their duty of buying healthy choices, physical activity
for these kids is minimal, and so let's put these kids through
a potentially dangerous operation to make up for society's
irresponsible behavior.
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Aug 13, 2007
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by SirGan
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First, we should know that the word 'martial' derives from the name Mars, which was the Roman god of war. This is why-any practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist. How to define what exactly martial arts are? It could be complicated but the best and most simplest would definitely be that martial arts represent a systems of different practices and traditions of training for combat. Although, when they were or ...
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Aug 13, 2007
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by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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How do you end up feeling when you get angry? Whether you dump your anger on another person or inwardly seethe, your anger is negatively affecting you both physically and emotionally. On the physical level, anger triggers the body's fight or flight response, causing the adrenal glands to flood the body with the stress hormones - adrenaline and cortisol. Blood is taken from the brain and organs and put into the muscles in preparation for action. ...
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Aug 13, 2007
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by SirGan
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There is no doubt- television has a big impact on all of us, especially children. What should we know about all this and is there anything we can do to protect our children!? The fact is that, since the first TVs appeared in U.S. homes, in the middle of the twentieth century, television has grown a phenomenon found in almost 99 percent of American households. In the beginning, there were only three principal broadcast networks-today, ther ...
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Aug 13, 2007
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by SirGan
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When people hear word meditation most of them consider meditation as a worship or prayer. But they could not be more wrong. The word meditation take its roots in two Latin words: meditari(to think) and mederi (to heal).
Meditation could be defined as a self-directed practice for relaxing the body and the mind. But we could say that it work with the mind and have its effects on both, body and mind. The purpose of meditation is to make our b ...
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Aug 13, 2007
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by SirGan
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What exactly is constipation? Well, the definition is simple- constipation is one very common condition which occurs when bowel movements become difficult or less frequent. It could be very difficult to tell what exactly normal bowel movement is because the length of time between bowel movements ranges widely from person to person. However, experts agree that going longer than three days without a bowel movement is too long and co ...
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Aug 09, 2007
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by Jaks
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When rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation are the main objectives for your next vacation, arranging a spa holiday is highly recommended.
While the most popular spa treatment in the United States is massage, there is a boundless list of services to consider – some of which have been practiced for thousands of years in the hopes of utilizing a wealth of health benefits.
As you scan available spa holiday options, you may choos ...
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Aug 07, 2007
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by SirGan
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The anticonvulsants are one big group of medications used in prevention of the occurrence of epileptic seizures! They are also called antiepileptics. Although, for a long time- they are only being used to prevent epileptic episodes- the fact is that today-more and more, they are being used as mood stabilizers, because it is proven that they can help in treatment of bipolar disorder. What happens during the epileptic attack? Well, experts ...
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Aug 07, 2007
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by SirGan
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Corticosteroids are very popular and effective type of medications which represent a very close copy of cortisol, a hormone that our adrenal glands produce naturally. Beside this term- they are also called just steroids! There are some good things and some bad things that we should know about these Corticosteroids. First, the two worse things about them is that they can cause several serious side effects and that they have been abuse ...
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Aug 07, 2007
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by SirGan
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What exactly are prescription stimulants? Well, as the name suggests, stimulants are specific kind of medications which main purpose is to increase alertness, attention, and energy in the individual! By doing this- they also work as blood pressure elevators and well as the stimulants of the heart rate and respiration frequency! For what they are being used? We should know that, in history, they are being used to treat several differ ...
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