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How Office Stress Negatively Affects Your Life

October 2, 2009
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We all have those days at the office where we are really stressed out and feel like there is no end to this misery. We spend up to a week in sleepless nights trying to make the deadline, ignoring those back pains and headaches until after this ordeal is over. By the end of the week we can relax and go back to normal. But what about those people who are constantly feeling like that. They spend all their time under stress – and constant deadlines.

Modern life today means stress, lifestyle diseases, and people dying at early ages. With the stresses of recession and crime, so we have to worry about …

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Eat Right And Prevent Prostate Cancer

October 2, 2009
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istockFact: A good diet that is high in fruits and vegetables, low in fat and having minimal amounts of red meat helps decreases your risk of many lifestyle diseases. In an updated review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics it was examined whether certain changes in ones diet can have any benefits in the prevention of prostate cancer. A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. The results proved to be true.

Robert W. L. Ma and K. Chapman conducted an evidence-based review of dietary recommendations in the prevention of prostate cancer as well as in the management of patients with prostate cancer. …

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10 Illnesses And Their Effects On History

September 9, 2009
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Spanish-FluLooking back at our history in terms of plagues and diseases there are many. Take a look at the list below for the ten more well known and interesting diseases, most of which has wiped out people in large numbers. It also takes a look at the effect it had on society at the time. Be aware that this list is in no particular order.

Spanish Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually virulent and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin of the virus.Most of its victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, …

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Top 10 Bizarre Illnesses

September 9, 2009
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eating-carrotIt is strange, but these are some of ailments that people suffer from…

1. Art Attack (Stendhal Syndrome)
Dr Graziella Magherini, author of The Stendhal Syndrome, has studied more than 100 tourists in Florence, Italy. It appeared that these tourists became ill in the presence of great works of art. Symptoms included:heart palpitations, …

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Nicotine Dependence Is Dangerous

September 9, 2009
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nicotene-dependance1-2Smoking is known to be a risky habit as it contains one of the most addictive chemical – nicotine. This chemical causes physical vulnerability to your body and it is contained by various tobacco products.

Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing; these effects develop due to continued use of tobacco …

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