Archive for April, 2009
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SUNDRY CONDITIONS FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT OF ANXIETY: WRITER’S CRAMP
Writer’s cramp is a condition which is widely known to be particularly resistant to treatment. A thirty-two-year-old single woman had a very good and highly paid job managing a large office. Over a period of two years she had developed writer’s cramp. The condition had progressed to such an extent that writing was virtually impossible. [...]
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ARTHRITIS: MINERALS AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTS
Minerals are also considered extremely important in the treatment of arthritis. Disturbance in the body’s mineral metabolism is usually indicated in arthritis. Therefore, the restoration of proper mineral balance in the tissues is imperative for effective and fast recovery. Various mineral supplements are used by different practitioners. For the United States, the mineral supplements most [...]
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EPILEPSY: THE FACTS-CAUSES OF FEBRILE CONVULSIONS
The cause of a febrile convulsion, is, as the name implies, a fever or high temperature. Any of the common childhood infections such as chickenpox, tonsillitis, upper respiratory, ear, bowel or urinary infections may cause a high temperature and therefore cause a febrile convulsion. It is unclear whether it is how quickly the temperature rises, [...]
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STOMACH PROBLEMS
Pain Drugs and the Stomach Nowadays, most of the drugs used for arthritis and other types of moderate pain are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a group of agents that includes aspirin as well. While effective in relieving pain, NSAIDs are “two-edged swords” that cause a lot of side effects including even gastric ulcers in possibly [...]
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CHILDREN’S HEALTH: SINUSITIS
Symptoms: Yellow or milky discharge from the nose; fever; pain; stuffy nose; cough; red, swollen eyelids; headache. Home care: - Protect the child against sinusitis by giving decongestant cold remedies for a cold and having the child use nose drops, or by treating an allergy with antihistamines. - Give aspirin or paracetamol for pain. Warmth applied to [...]
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MEAL PLANNING FOR ALLERGIC CHILDREN
These are suggested menus for the three daily meals. Breakfast: A canned fruit juice, a vegetable, a soya beverage, potato bread, banana rye bread, Ry-Krisp, rice pancakes, or waffles. Lunch: Rooster, capon, or canned fish (but never fresh fish or shellfish), vegetables, and a beverage or a fruit (apple, plum, apricot). Dinner: Lamb (including the [...]
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FERTILITY TREATMENT: INTRA-UTERINE INSEMINATION (IUI)
IUI is a procedure that puts your partner’s sperm directly into your womb at a much higher level than can be achieved during intercourse, to improve the chances of fertilisation. Who Should Have It? If you have been given a diagnosis of unexplained infertility, you are under the age of 35, and there seems to [...]
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PREVENTION OF SEX DRIVE LOSS
Obviously factors such as the level of inhibitions one has about sex can’t be prevented in the here-and-now because their seeds lie deep in childhood. However, much can be done with the help of an insightful professional to heal even some of these old wounds. • Go through the list above and think out what [...]
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FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS EXPERIENCED WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS: FRUSTRATION
Most women with endometriosis have run the gamut of emotions – usually starting before diagnosis – including feeling frustrated and anxious, then relieved when their illness is finally given a name. No sooner have you felt relief when confusion and perhaps fear take hold. While your doctor is talking about your options, you may become [...]
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SELF-HELP PREVENTION FOR VARIOUS CONDITIONS: ACCIDENTS
To most people an accident is an ‘act of God’, a random occurrence or the result of carelessness or thoughtlessness. But just because accidents occur quickly, often instantaneously, doesn’t mean that they are not preventable-many are. Studies show that even the most apparently random of ‘incidents’ occur according to recognizable patterns and are in fact [...]