Managing Pelvic Pain in Women

Pelvic pain in women often characterized as pain below the belly button and hips. The exact location of the pain may be hard to pinpoint. When ask by your doctor, you may sweep your hand over the whole area instead of exactly locating a specific spot.

Pelvic pain may vary from one person to another. In some cases, a mild ache in the pelvic region may be felt by a woman before her monthly period. Continue reading

Things to Do to Have A Neck Lift Without Surgery

Aging is not always a good thing to look forward to, especially when you have been used to being young and vibrant all your life. Wrinkles and sagging are inevitable when you get on in years and every woman dreams of utterly making them non-existent. Most women are very conscious about them because one can easily spot these skin aging signs in the neck area.

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Methods to Answer the Need to Lower Blood Sugar Fast

Blood glucose or blood sugar is the primary energy source of your body’s cells. At normal levels, sugar in the blood is 4-6 mmol/Liter or 70-100 mg/dL. It is at its lowest before you eat in the morning and at its highest when you eat. When a person fails to maintain normal levels of blood sugar, either hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia sets in. This is a condition that is known as Diabetes mellitus. Diabetics need to lower blood sugar fast when it rises all of a sudden. It can be really hard for them to continue what they are doing and feel well the rest of the day. If ever they live alone or happen to be in a place without anyone else, it would be very hard for them to seek immediate medical assistance.

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Tips to Do When You Need Help Sleeping

Sleep is probably the best part of the day because in this process, you get to regenerate your cells and recover from all the stresses that you experienced the entire day. It helps you recharge your body and mind so that you may be able to do all those things all over again and perhaps with a chance at a level of improvement.

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Basic Concepts About Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

NPWT or negative pressure wound therapy  is already a common modality in proper wound care. It is a method used to treat chronic and acute wounds and in graft fixation. Negative pressure wound therapy is known to help accelerate the process of wound healing by filling the wound with rough granulated tissue and by sealing the wound by closing its edges.

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Easy Home Neck Pain Treatment Methods

When you get tired from doing all those research and encoding or carrying those heavy sacks of beans to the shed, the first thing you rub is your neck. The pain can be very unbearable and may radiate to your head, arms, hands, and back. Ultimately, you end up having neck pain with the perks of other discomforts like lower back pain and headaches.

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Facts to Remember about the Negative Calorie Diet

Whenever you think about losing weight, you think about calorie intake. Calories are the worst enemies that you can have when you motivate yourself to cut off some pounds. With all the processed foods that are manufactured these days, even the seemingly harmless fruit packages are full of calories that could make you consume even more calories, way beyond what you should have. What is the solution to this diet dilemma? The immediate answer is more exercise, more discipline, and of course, a negative calorie diet.

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Vital Points About Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

It is truly very difficult to accept that one infant of 3,200 births is infected with neonatal HSV (herpes simplex virus). This condition causes severe morbidity and inevitable mortality. If it does leave survivors, they are left with sequelae that is permanent. Imagine the challenges that both the infant and the mother face as the disease progresses.

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Acne advice Part 2

4. Supplements and superfoods

Sometimes it’s not possible to get all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients required to obtain and maintain clear skin. We can be eating all the right foods, but because of other factors — such as long-term antibiotic use — we may not be absorbing everything we need from our diets. There are a few supplements that are particularly useful for getting rid of acne, including: Continue reading

Acne advice Part 1

What Causes Acne?

The exact cause of acne is unknown, but doctors believe it results from several related factors. One important factor is an increase in hormones called androgens (male sex hormones). These increase in both boys and girls during puberty and cause the sebaceous glands to enlarge and make more sebum. Hormonal changes related to pregnancy or starting or stopping birth control pills can also cause acne. Continue reading