health--medical

  • Can You Whiten a Discolored and Traumatized Tooth?

    Teeth whitening is one of the most popular cosmetic dentistry treatments that most people will opt for today. It enables you to restore your beautiful smile and confidence without undergoing costly dental procedures. If you have a discolored tooth that's traumatised or has undergone surgical treatment in the past, you can have it whitened without any side effects to your dental health. However, the teeth whitening process is different from that performed on vital teeth.
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  • Scared Of Ageing? 4 Strategies To Prepare An Anti-Wrinkle Skin Care Plan

    When it comes to skin care, no one wants wrinkles before they are necessary, so developing a proper skin care plan for anti-wrinkle treatments is a smart choice. This guide equips you with smart strategies to prepare an effective anti-wrinkle skin care plan. Begin Using Anti-Ageing Creams With Vitamins  Some vitamins have proven to have miraculous anti-ageing effects, so it may be a good time to start using them when you're looking to halt the ageing process.
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  • Safe Sex Tips For Lesbian Couples

    Just like heterosexual couples, lesbians are not immune to STIs (sexually transmitted infections), and that's why it's really important to attend your local sexual health clinic for regular testing.  Here are some tips on how to enjoy safe sex with your partner, together with some signs to look out for that could indicate that a trip to the clinic is in order. Safe sex tips for lesbian couples Remember that any form of one-on-one sexual activity could pass on an STI, especially if one or both of you are menstruating.
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  • 3 Exercises to Help You Beat Neck Pain

    Neck pain can range in severity from a mild ache to sharp shooting pains, but, if you have it, it can really diminish your quality of life. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to alleviate the pain. Below are 3 simple exercises which can help you to combat your neck pain. While these exercises may seem to focus on other areas of your body such as the feet, hips and thighs, stretching these areas can help to reduce neck pain.
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  • Managing Pain Without Medications

    Pain medication can offer relief for pain you might have in your back, shoulders, and other such areas where most people feel consistent pain, but this medication is not without risk. There are often side effects to pain medication, and it may damage the liver over time; the liver is a natural filter for the body, and it needs to filter out any medication not absorbed in your system. This medication may build up in your liver or have the liver work too hard to filter it out of your system, so you might suffer liver damage or other such health concerns with long-term use of pain medication.
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  • Preventing Kyphosis and Lordosis

    Lower back pain is a common issue that frequently plagues many people. Often the cause is a combination of different things, from gentic defects to tight muscles and poor posture. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, up to 90% of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Taking the time to understand these two common musculoskeletal defects, lordosis and kyphosis, will help you to prevent the risk of them occurring in later life.
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  • Nighttime Signs That Your Partner Might Have Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

    Obstructive sleep apnoea occurs when the body's upper airways become either partially or completely blocked during sleep. This means that the chest and diaphragm muscles need to pull harder in order to bring air into the body, and people who suffer from the condition often sleep poorly as a result. While it is possible to self-diagnose yourself with sleep apnoea, it's actually far easier for a partner to spot the condition.
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  • Women Should Know About These Signs and Risk Factors of Iron-Deficiency Anaemia

    Iron-deficiency anaemia occurs when your body isn't able to produce a sufficient amount of iron. This means that your red blood cells become low in haemoglobin, which is responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the rest of your body. Anybody can develop the condition, but women are more likely than men to do so due to the bleeding that occurs during menstruation or labour. Here are several risk factors that you need to watch out for.
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  • Do You Need to Talk to an Orthopaedic Expert about Your Child?

    It's natural for parents to worry about their children's development. From time to time they may wonder if they should see an orthopaedic expert. What are some of the biggest reasons for a parent's anxiety and what should be done in these situations? Balancing A small child will go through many different processes as they learn to walk, and balancing on their toes is one of these phases. This tends to go away in the normal course of development, but sometimes it doesn't.
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  • Breastfeeding adoptive children

    Many adopted parents are not aware that it is possible in some cases to induce lactation and allow adopted children to breastfeed from you. This can be challenging but very rewarding if you can be successful as there are many health benefits including the bonding formed by the regular physical, skin-to-skin contact of breastfeeding.  Here are the steps to developing a breastfeeding relationship as an adoptive parent.  Inducing lactation The first step is to induce lactation.
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