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The Woman's Crown: Her Hair

Hair is often referred to as a woman's crowning glory. Aside from a woman's face, her hair is the most visible part of her body.  No wonder, most women make such a big fuss over their hair.  While going completely bald is already socially accepted even among women, there was once a time when women had to grow long hair.  Almost like their very own "pet,"  women take care of their hair with great care.  They spend enormous amounts of money and time just to retain the ...
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July 27, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Diabetes Causes - Risk Factors for Developing Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

The causes of diabetes vary with the type of diabetes. The two major causes of diabetes are the body's failure to produce enough of the insulin hormone, and secondly the body develops a resistance to insulin. In other words, diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not create sufficient or any of the hormone insulin, or when the insulin produced does not work efficiently. Thus, this causes the level of glucose in the blood to be higher than normal levels. Causes of Type 1 ...
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July 25, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Excessive Head Sweating - The 3 Main Causes of Excessive Head Sweating

Excessive head sweating or facial sweating is perhaps the hardest sweating problem one would encounter. It is very difficult to hide as the sweat drips down the face, neck and scalp. People with this condition are much more prone to have excessive sweating in underarms, hands and/or feet. About 3 to 4 million people in the United States alone are suffering from this condition. Young and old people encounter this complex phenomenon. Regardless of age, there are three main causes ...
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July 24, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Diseases that Cause Baldness

Hair diseases and hair loss are interrelated. One cannot be thought about without the other. Common hair loss causes No single factor can be marked out as the universal cause of hair diseases. There are several causes varying from person to person. The two types of hair loss diseases The hair loss causes can be broadly divided into the following two groups -The temporary effect and  the one involving a prolonged action, usually triggered by genetics. a.)    The temporary ...
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July 23, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Osteoporosis Is A Bone Breaking Disease

It is normal for the bones to erode as we age. But for some people, the bones become so fragile that they break down under the body's own weight. This causes hip, spine and forearm fractures. This disease is known as osteoporosis. This disease is more common amongst women then men. This is due to the fact that the women have lighter bones and after menopause, they experience rapid bone loss due to decrease in estrogen. Also women opt for heavy dieting in order to lose weight, ...
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July 21, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

The Effects of the Thyroid on Weight

A thyroid disorder called hypothyroidism means you have an underactive thyroid gland. If you have trouble losing weight no matter what you do, it could be because you are hypothyroid. There are almost 30 million Americans with thyroid disease and women are 7 times more likely than men to have it. Hypothyroid is the most common thyroid disorder and often misdiagnosed by doctors.You may get this because it is inherited, or because of previous problems, such as nodules, goiter, ...
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July 20, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

The Importance of Thyroid Health

Copyright (c) 2010 Stephen LauThyroid health is overall health and wellness. Unfortunately, more than 20 million Americans have a thyroid disorder -- or one in ten is affected by some sort of a thyroid problem. If, unfortunately, you have a thyroid disease, you are not alone.The worst part of thyroid disorders is that there is a lack of public awareness of the importance of thyroid health. This may be due to many cases of undiagnosed thyroid disease, or the similarity of thyroid ...
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July 10, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

As Carrot Enhances Your Immunity

It slows ageing, promotes healthy vision, has anti-cancer properties, increases immunity towards various chronic diseases. Yes, carrot does it all for you. This natural health booster enhances your health on various grounds and fills in the essential vitamins to your body like pro-vitamin A, B3, C and E. Other important advantages of carrot besides those mentioned above includes preventing various gastrointestinal complaints like colic and ulcers and it also prevents heart attacks and cancer by ...
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July 1, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Are You Coping With Your Excessive Sweating and Weight Gain

Copyright (c) 2010 Lynsey CarterYou could already have an excessive sweating problem, and you probably have noticed that there is a little bit of extra poundage ( or padding ) going around, especially your middle region. You will find that excessive sweating and weight gain ( sometime a large amount of weight, sometimes a small amount ) often go hand-in-hand unfortunately. So not only do you have to contend with the problem of sweating, but you also have to tackle with trying to ...
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June 25, 2010 Posted in: News and Society

Weight Loss And Thyroid Problem - Finding The Solution

Free Weight Loss Recipes also How To Burn Fat Fast At Home also How To Lose Belly Fat In 2 Weeks 16 million overweight children or teens in America live in a household with one or more overweight parents - 80% of whom will become obese as adults if left untreated. These children suffer from serious self esteem issues and are developing high blood pressure cholesterol and diabetes - adult diseases today not in 20 years. Loosing weight does not get any easier than this. Are you ...
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June 20, 2010 Posted in: News and Society