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By Abigail FranksJan 7, 20071 topic

Anxiety Disorder - Is Society or Your Lifestyle Killing You

General anxiety disorder is a common form of anxiety. It's characterized by excessive or unrealistic worry or concern. This worry is normally associated with a persons life and life situation. There are many theories as to the cause of anxiety but no clear reason has emerged as the primary cause of the disorder.nnThere are many theories as to the cause(s) that surround the identification of anxiety disorders.nn1. Certain medical conditions that can cause hormonal imbalances h

Primary topic: Anxiety

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By Abigail FranksFeb 2, 20071 topic

Head Lice Containment

Don't let the idea of head lice paralyze you. Although they're very prevalent, and most kids will get them at some point in their lives, lice aren't caused by being dirty. Head lice are very easily spread among the population. Although they don't jump or fly, any direct contact can result in yet another person being infected.nnThat contact may be a hat or scarf from an infected person. It may even be a simple hug hello where your head touches another. The point to remember is

Primary topic: Family

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By Abigail FranksFeb 14, 20071 topic

Dog Training - Getting a Great Family Pet

Getting a great family pet begins with careful selection of the animal. Great care should be taken in this regard due to the growth of puppy mills that crank out cute little puppies with little emotional stability. These emotionally damaged animals can be found in pet stores in almost any city or town across the country. nnTake the time to check out not only the puppy but also where the pet store obtained the animal. If there's any question, pass on a dog as the emotional tra

Primary topic: Pets

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By Abigail FranksJan 2, 20071 topic

Don't Let Social Anxiety Disorders Ruin Your Career

Social anxiety disorder is a disorder that is based on excessive self-consciousness. This can manifest itself in a feeling of fear or dread of public situations like a doing a business presentation are speaking up in a meeting. The symptoms of social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, are very broad and can affect people in a variety of ways.nnSome may be fine in public places like shopping, the supermarket or a mall but be very self-conscious if they need to interact with a

Primary topic: Depression

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By Abigail FranksDec 24, 20061 topic

Allergies - Attack of the Dust Bunnies

It's no secret that certain things can trigger an allergic reaction or allergy attack in people who are sensitive to certain things. While allergies and asthma can be caused by a variety of common products, foods and things in our environment, one common trigger is dirt and dust. nnDirt and dust can play a large role in causing asthma, allergy and even bronchial attacks. This is especially unfortunate given the type of housing and other environmental factors we live in.nnIf y

Primary topic: Medical Advice and Resources

Medical Advice and Resources

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By Abigail FranksFeb 27, 20071 topic

Anxiety Headaches can be a Symptom of an Overwhelming Emotional State.

Anxiety headaches are, at least for me, a symptom or warning of being overloaded with information or emotions. The feeling of dizziness comes on without warning and is typically triggered by information coming from OUTSIDE my own head. Maybe it's the kids or the spouse, the job or some other stimulus that pushes the right buttons that removes my equilibrium and overloads the circuits.nnAs the world has become increasingly complex, living has also become a difficult struggle.

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksJan 31, 20071 topic

Shocking News about Male Depression

While much is said about various anxiety and mental disorders, depression is one of the most common. While men are wired differently than women, they can also suffer from the effects of depression while not even recognizing the signs of the illness. This no doubt is due to the need to be well connected and to your emotional side. Depression can impact your body, mood, and even thoughts.nnDepression, left to its own can develop serious symptoms and side effects while working i

Primary topic: Depression

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By Abigail FranksJan 5, 20071 topic

What Do You Mean There Are Two Types of Bronchitis - Acute and Chronic?

Bronchitis, like many disorders can be classified based on length of time someone has symptoms. Chronic bronchitis is considered long-lasting or long term. While most of us non professional medical types are doing good to recognize basic symptomatic conditions, pulmonary specialists need to be much more detailed and their understanding and diagnosis of various illnesses and diseases. This is the only way that treatments for both types of bronchitis and other illnesses can be

Primary topic: Family

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By Abigail FranksDec 31, 20061 topic

Tips on How to Lose Weight without Beating Yourself up in the Process

Why do we continue to support an industry that delivers no more than a 5% long-term success rate? How about because the $30 billion dollar weight loss industry is selling what we want, namely promises of instant, easy and quick weight reduction. nnThat reason is we expect weight loss to be like everything else in our society, namely, almost instant. While we have instant entertainment, fast food and information on the Web, our bodies are organic and physical. While all this i

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 7, 20071 topic

A Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Can Save Your Life

If you experience certain symptoms like frequent night urination, blood in your urine or semen, pains in your lower back, in your pelvis or in your upper thighs all this could be symptoms of prostatitis, a non cancerous swelling of the prostate gland or it could be prostate cancer. nnNow there's no need to panic but the fact is that many who choose to ignore signs and symptoms condemn themselves to living with the uncertainty. This has to be worse than actually being diagnose

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 8, 20071 topic

Why People with Bad Credit may Need Even More Credit

There are two types of people that typically have bad credit. There are those that have run up debts over a period of months or years paying for extravagant consumer items and basically living a higher standard of living than their paycheck would support. The last thing this type of person needs is additional credit.nnThe other type of person with bad credit is one that for one reason or another has found themselves deeply in debt paying for unexpected expenses. These people

Primary topic: Personal Finance

Personal Finance

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By Abigail FranksFeb 27, 20071 topic

Allergy Season is Coming

Spring is that wonderful time of year that's associated with rebirth. After a long winter, all the flowers and plants begin to bud and bloom. There's nothing like the beauty of new leaves and the sights of fresh flowers everywhere. That is, unless you or a loved one suffers from allergies. nnThen, the thoughts of spring are more about just being able to breath and the misery of constant allergy symptoms. While there are many people allergic to a lot of things, even people who

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksJan 25, 20071 topic

There Comes a Time when Enough is Enough - Weight Loss Surgery

If the time has come for you to consider weight loss surgery, take it from someone who has had the procedure, think again, and yet again. Like it or not, the lifestyle changes that are demanded for successful long-term weight loss will still be there after any weight loss surgery. And if you think that weight loss surgery will for ever settle your weight control issues, you're in for a big surprise. Instead of removing your weight control issues, this weight loss procedure wi

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 27, 20071 topic

Lice Home Remedies that Work?

A search on the Internet will reveal a high number of home remedies that all feature testimonials. While testimonials are of some value, it's not good to place a lot of weight on them. When deciding what type of treatment plan you want to follow. The reason is that for every testimonial that says that a certain treatment works, there's another posting somewhere claiming that it was just as effective.nnThis is the reason why research is so important. While a testimonial is usu

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 6, 20071 topic

Going on the Offensive with Asthma in Children

Any condition or disease that affects children seems a lot worse for us as parents. While we only want the best for our kids, were almost powerless to protect them when facing many health-related conditions like asthma. Once a condition such as asthma has been diagnosed however, we can do everything in our power to see to it that they get the proper care that can make all the difference in their quality of life.nnAsthma and other respiratory conditions are some of the bigger

Primary topic: Family

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By Abigail FranksFeb 22, 20071 topic

Puppy Training and Socialization

When we talk about a dog being part of the family, it's usually because the family took the time to socialize the animal when he was a puppy. The term socialization isn't necessarily training, it just involves teaching the dog what others expect of them. There are many things that a new puppy should be taught if you want to end up with a great member of the family. These include:nnNot peeing in the house. The idea that certain parts of your home make an acceptable place to re

Primary topic: Family

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By Abigail FranksJan 25, 20071 topic

Is There a Link between Allergies and Asthma?

The short answer is absolutely YES, there is a link between having allergies and developing asthma. As you know, asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory tract with symptoms like a choking sensation, tightness in your chest, shortness of breath and characterized by a wheezing sound. Simply stated, continued research now suggests that allergies are somehow related to the development of asthma.nnAn allergy specialist at the Mayo Clinic , Dr. James T. Li, has suggested tha

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksJan 8, 20071 topic

Start Losing Weight Today!

There's no real secret to losing weight other than eat less and exercise more. I can almost hear a lot of your say; "But I have no time to exercise!" This isn't entirely accurate because there are lots of exercising opportunities if you only think outside the box. nConsider these few ideas.nn1. Park your car the farthest away from the store or mall. A few extra steps will go a long way to adding some great exercise to your daily life. It never ceases to amaze me when people w

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 27, 20071 topic

An Effective Prostate Cancer Treatment Option

If you've been told that you have prostate cancer, then you've probably had The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test, been physically checked and probably have already had a biopsy performed. Once all this has established your condition, your cancer is then assigned a score.nnThese scores determine what stage your cancer has progressed. During the biopsy, the lab will assign what's called a Gleason score helps the doctor in determining what stage your prostate cancer is curre

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksJan 6, 20071 topic

Don't Be Fooled by the Claims of the Latest Weight-Loss Products

The pain and frustration of constantly being on a diet and watching everything that you eat sometimes seems too much to bear. While I can sympathize with the disillusionment and disappointed outlook of many dieters, the fact is that we do it to ourselves. nnLet's face it, the idea of a weight-loss product, pill, plan or program that can somehow, almost magically remove those unwanted pounds is very appealing to us. We have instant information from the Web, instant entertainme

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 21, 20071 topic

HELP! My Child Has Head Lice!

Many parents every year get a call from their child's school or day care center saying that their child has head lice. The conversation usually starts with the declaration that your son or daughter has lice and that you should immediately picked him up from school. Once at school, you are then given the information that your child cannot return until they are considered lice free by the school nurse or you obtain a written note from your medical doctor.nnNothing is said howev

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksJan 31, 20071 topic

Living with Chronic Bronchitis

Bronchitis is an inflammation or infection of the lungâs airways, or bronchial tubes sometimes called the bronchi. Bronchitis, can be classified based on length of time someone has symptoms as either acute or chronic. Chronic bronchitis is longer term and is closely associated with cigarette smoking. The smokers cough is symptomatic of chrnic bronchitis. This is not to say however that chronic bronchitis is only caused by smoking, only that this is a common ailment of many

Primary topic: Natural Health

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By Abigail FranksFeb 15, 20071 topic

Is Your Lifestyle Causing Stress and Anxiety?

Although there are many types of anxiety, the majority of us at one time or another suffer from general anxiety which makes us feel anxious and worried about what's on our mind. Although it's considered normal to feel anxious or worried at times, general anxiety is characterized by excessive or unrealistic anxiety and worry about life or circumstancesnnUnderstand that this isn't a fleeting concerned are a thought process that's recognized in passing, but is persistent and ong

Primary topic: Depression

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