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Many relationships end in separation and divorce, and it is inevitable that the children will be affected. A child’s response to divorce will depend on a number of factors, including his age, his cognitive and emotional maturity, the quality of the parental and family relationships before and immediately after the divorce, and especially the amount [...]
Your doctor may want to write you up for two, three or more different painkillers. It is much better to stick to a strong-enough dose of one painkiller, taken regularly, often enough to keep the pain under control. Tell your doctor you prefer this. Your doctor may want to give you injections. This is not [...]
This lovely country of ours is ideal for outdoor living and playing. Unfortunately, we share the great outdoors with a variety of insects, marine creatures and plants, some of which can inflict itchy, painful and, on occasions, even fatal bites or stings. First aid treatment for snake bite has been changed in recent years. All [...]
Be careful of frozen chickens. Most contain salmonella germs in the meat but they are rendered harmless by cooking. If you don’t thaw the bird properly, the inside may remain raw and the germs active. If you travel to exotic places where the standard of hygiene leaves much to be desired, avoid the water. If [...]
This causes the symptoms, and these will depend on where the ectopic endomentrial tissue is situated. In the ovary, the repeated bleeding leads to the formation of “chocolate” cysts. These cysts may become as large as the size of a baby’s head and are filled with thick chocolate-colored fluid which is old blood. When the [...]
Many patients also suffer unnecessarily because they don’t know the actual aim of their treatment. It is a sad but true fact that many patients have palliative anti-cancer treatments believing they may be cured by them. Many doctors do not make the aim of treatment clear to their patients. Quite often, doctors recommend very extensive [...]
If you are overweight (or consider yourself overweight) chances are that you have looked at countless books, brochures and magazines offering a solution to losing weight New diets or miracle weight loss solutions seem to appear weekly. They are clearly good for selling magazines, but for the majority of people who are overweight the ‘diets’ [...]
Summary of main points. • Plateaus in fat loss arc common and are due to physiological adjustments and reversion towards old habits. • Maintenance of fat loss can be extremely difficult due to changes in metabolic rate and body composition. • Physiological adjustments result in a lower than predicted loss of body fiat with changes [...]
Summary of main points. • Fat cells are similar to other cells, but contain a lipid or fat pool for storage of fats to be used as energy. • The average human body has 30-50 billion fat cells, and obese people have up to 100 billion. • Most increases in fat mass are associated with [...]
Which foods will give you longer life and keep you younger longer? The macrobiotic diet outlined in this chapter will improve your health and increase your longevity. It is a predominantly lacto-vegetarian diet high in natural carbohydrates and low in animal proteins. The bulk of this diet consists of raw fruits and vegetables, whole grain [...]