The first thing you need to do is to seek the services
of a professional and/or counselor who can teach you how to manage your
fears and give you the help that you need.
Exercise
can be a hit or myth affair. You can either try it and love it or be
put off from even giving it a go by the myths perpetrated largely by
the couch potatoes of this world.
It's not just heart muscle and tissue that degenerates in
humans - the arteries that serve the heart are also at risk,
which in turn, puts the major organ in the firing line.
Some
people have a difficult time in confronting their depression. Sometimes,
their depression and fears can get best of them. Here is a short list
of techniques that a person can use to
help confront their depression.
As many as 8 out of 10 women have the physical and emotional
symptoms of PMT. The remedies that suppress the symptoms of all these crazy hormones
creating havoc throughout your body are many and varied.
Liquid Diets have been
around for a while now. These drinks are now containing most
of the nutrients a healthy body needs but in a 'milkshake'
form. These are ideal if you don't like chewing food and
that is about all.
You can't freely smoke in people's houses, in their cars;
you haven't been able to toke away in good restaurants and
cafes for years and the time when your local pub stash the ashtrays is over forever.
Exercise comes in many forms - it doesn't necessarily have
to involve gyms or aerobic dancing classes. Brisk
walking,
stair-climbing, gardening and even heavy housework
all qualify.
About three-quarters of the energy you burn every day comes
from what your body uses for its basic needs, such as sleeping,
breathing, digesting food and reclining.
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia warns that legally
prescribed drugs for everyday ailments such as migraines,
colds and high-blood pressure can cause problems for drivers.
In today's modern world
there are still many people who oppose
vaccinations for children, fearing the side effects that can strike a
small percentage of young ones, but as James Anthony reports, health
authorities and governments are heavily in favour.
The days are getting longer, the climate's warming
and now is the perfect time to tone up your body for the fantastic
summer months: Tips for her and him inside.
As
Sara Templeton writes, "The common perception that marijuana or
cannabis users are chilled
out cats... has been debunked." With the potency of modern day 'hydro'
cannabis increasing, more and more users are experiencing aggressive
outbursts.
Turning to vegetarianism can come about from a dislike
of eating red meat, or even the sensation of
eating any type of flesh. Others just plainly don't like the
taste of meat.
Recent
studies have shown that up until 1996 the dental health of Australian
kids' teeth was improving, but since then tooth decay has been on the
rise.
In Australia almost a fifth of children wet their beds at
age 5, about 5% at age 10, 2-3% at age 14 and 1-2% as teenagers.
In the United States, figures show that between five and seven
million youngsters wet their beds.
Depending
on who you ask, Yoga is either a healthy and cost effective way to
purify the mind, body and spirit, or a useless stretching regime for
hippies. But as Claire Bertolus explains, ever since
the celebrity world embraced the practice everyone wants in. The ancient Hindi practice is relatively easy to
start, requires no equipment and any age group can do it.
Sport is an integral part of Australian culture,
and let's face it, we punch well above our weight in many
disciplines, from motorsport to cylcing, soccer, swimming and of course
cricket. But playing sport is not without risk.
One
of the first world's most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
is chlamydia, which infects millions of people across the planet, the
majority of which are aged under 30. The disease is a nasty bacteria
that's prevented by practising safe sex, and can be countered with
antibiotics among other things.
There
are thousands of cases of snakes biting people in Australia each year,
and as most people know Aussie snakes are the most deadly of them all.
We look at ways to avoid snake bites and advice on how to deal with
victims of the potentially deadly reptiles.
Looking into a persons eyes, can give you an idea of how
healthy and what type of mood they may be in. Iridology offers an alternative idea on how to improve your
health.
In Australia the Centre for Applied Economic Research at
the University of New South Wales put the cost of migraines
at between $302 million and $721 million a year. This is apportioned
to loss of productivity and medical costs.
Almost
everybody has experienced acne at some stage in their lives and
some people get it more than others. In this article we bust a few
myths concerning acne, and look at various ways to combat everything
from mild to severe outbreaks.
Have you ever overdone it with alcohol? The result of excessive
alcohol consumption can really make itself felt the next day, when the 'hangover' takes effect. We look at the
causes of the headaches and hangovers and some interesting ways in
which to limit their
effects.
From Kate Moss, to Gwyneth Paltrow and even Oprah,
it seems that celebrities are wanting to be stuck with needles these
days. No, not the hypodermic kind. All of the stars mentioned above
are, in fact, well known acupuncture patients.
In
a Reiki session, the
practitioner
asks the recipient to lie down and relax. The practitioner then
purports to act as a channel for energy, theoretically allowing
"Reiki energy" to be channelled through the practitioner to wherever
the patient is believed by them to require it. It could be joint
soreness, lung problems or a range of other ailments. Alison Madison explores the popular alternative therapy.
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