Category: Medicine

Planning drug and alcohol interventions

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Unfortunately, when a person is in the throes of addiction, they don’t always see that they have a problem. Even if they do recognize their addiction, many people think that they can handle it without outside help. This is almost never actually the case and if you think that someone you care about can’t handle their addiction on their own, it might be time to have an intervention. Whatever the addiction, whether it is an alcohol intervention or planning drug interventions, an intervention is never easy.

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How to prevent motion sickness naturally

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Did you know that half a teaspoon of ground ginger is more effective than chemical medication in suppressing motion or sea
sickness? And unlike most medication, it will not make you drowsy. Ginger has been used in the Orient for centuries to prevent sea sickness. Researchers asked subjects who were especially susceptible to motion sickness to sit in a reclining chair that spun around at high speed. All the subjects who ingested a well known medication or who took a placebo experienced violent nausea and/or vomiting. On the other hand, six of the twelve subjects who took ginger twenty minutes before the test experienced no discomfort. They consumed only 840 milligrams of ground ginger, which is the equivalent of half a teaspoon.

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Obesity and its cure

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Obesity is spreading at a rapid pace all over the globe and the day is not far when it may become a global epidemic. The dramatic increase of this disease is occurring in both children and adults. Obesity is a serious problem and does not come alone. It indicates the arrival of a host of other side effects among obese people such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, stroke, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, breathing disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome, osteoarthritis, gallstone formation and the list is endless. A list of side effects in women due to obesity includes increased infertility, a higher risk of obstetric complications, which strongly relate to the polycystic ovarian syndrome. Some recent evidence from epidemiologic studies also adds to this list with diseases like postmenopausal breast cancer, and cancers of the colon, endometrium, and pancreas.

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