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Treatment of Vaginal Yeast Infections

Vaginal yeast infections, also called Candida infections, are typically caused by the Candida fungus. During her lifetime 75% of all women are likely to have at least one or more infections. Women tend to be more likely to get yeast infections it if their bodies are under stress from poor diet, lack of sleep, illness, [...]

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Dealing With Eye Inflammation

When the eye becomes inflamed it is usually a response to trauma, an infection (bacterial or viral), surgery, allergic reaction or irritants found in our environment. Most of the time, eye inflammation is no cause for concern but it is still important to make sure that you keep the duration and severity of the inflammation [...]

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Prevent Preeclampsia by High Protein Diet

During your pregnancy women are at risk of developing preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is associated with hypertension (blood pressure over 140/90), swelling due to fluid retention (not just the ankles) and protein in the urine. Preeclampsia happens in approximately 7% of all pregnancies. But because it can cause morbidity and mortality in both the mother and child [...]

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heart disease men vs. women

Heart disease is a growing problem in the world as more and more people succumb to the stresses of living in a fast-paced world with poor nutrition, less sleep and even less exercise. It is a leading killer and heart attacks are the most visible sign that there is heart disease. The American Heart Association [...]

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Herbal Remedies for the Flu

Between 1918 and 1919 over 20 million people died from the influenza virus. There were not many ways known to treat the virus and as a result it spread quickly and killed many. The influenza virus is spread through respiratory secretions, from coughing and sneezing, and will usually run its course within one to two [...]

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What is Normal Menstruation

Menstruation. Every woman has the experience and every woman has her own personal thoughts about how it affects her life. Menstruation is the visible phase of the menstrual cycle that is counted from the first day of bleeding of one cycle to the day before the 1st day of bleeding of the next. Menstruation is [...]

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How Does Heart Disease Affect Women?

Heart disease is the number one killer of women. Heart disease is different in women than it is in men. Cardiovascular disease killed 513,000 women in 1999 versus the 264,000 women killed by cancer. Ever since 1984, more women have died from heart disease than men. Symptoms and the very nature of the disease can [...]

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Weight-loss and Hypnosis for Children

Who does not want to lose weight? Whenever we look at ourselves in a mirror how we wish we could shed some pounds. The same would be with our children. One of the methods being used nowadays is hypnotism for children to help them lose some weight. Obesity and complications and diseases brought by being [...]

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Floaters in the Eye – Are they a sign of something more serious?

You might have seen it before, tiny spots that enter your field of vision for no apparent reason. What you were seeing is likely floaters. Floaters make a shadow that looms over the retina and then the retina sends the information to the brain. The end result is an image being seen. What you see [...]

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Prostate cancer treatments

The prostate, a walnut sized gland in the pelvic area, is a male gland that surrounds the urethra. It is also a source of some of the urinary and other problems that men face after forty. Cancer is a serious prostate condition that affects nearly 16% of men in America. As men advance in age [...]

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