Tag: Medical
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The Top Five Christmas Health Risks
The holidays are a season for celebration with loved ones. But if the proper safety precautions aren’t taken, you may find yourself spending your time in the emergency room, rather than around the tree. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to reduce the risk of holiday injuries for yourself and your loved ones. Start…
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How to Have a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season
The holidays are a season for family, friends, and fun. But it doesn’t take much for all that packed-in merriment to become overwhelming. Between all the parties, the travel, the treats, and just plain disruption to your routine, self-care can quickly fall to the wayside—leaving you feeling tired, stressed, and maybe even guilty. But even…
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Keeping Out Of The Emergency Room This Christmas
Unfortunately, emergency rooms get very busy at the holiday season. No matter where you live, the chances of you or someone in your family having to go to the hospital increase around Christmas time, specifically because of seasonal and environmental changes. Keep these few tips in mind to prevent any unwanted illness or injury at…
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Hand Washing vs. Hand Sanitiser
Hand sanitizer has become very popular in the past decade or so, and it pops up on the shelves of pharmacies and specialty shops more often than not. But how can you know if hand sanitizer is really the best way to keep your hands clean? Read on to learn all about hand sanitizer and…
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Cold Prevention and Hand Washing
Nobody likes to get a cold. Unfortunately, cold seasons spring up almost unexpectedly, and the more you happen to be around other people, the better your chances are of contracting the dreaded common cold. Although this age-old illness cannot be cured, it can easily be prevented if you take a few precautionary steps to be…
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Personal Hygiene: A Common-Sense Guide
Personal hygiene is an important area of everyone’s lives, but sometimes it is overlooked. There are several reasons why it is so important, and a few things you can do to improve your own personal hygiene and make your life better in the process. Health The importance of personal hygiene cannot be…
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Christmas is Coming: Reducing the Stress
Christmas is coming. This is an undeniable fact, and just like every year before, it’s going to come whether you are ready for it or not. This year, why not try being prepared for the holiday season? This is a time of year which overwhelms even the steadiest of people, and it’s no wonder that…
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Keeping Food-Safe This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is perhaps the most popular food-related holiday in the United States. Families throughout the country sit down on the last Thursday in November every year to enjoy a delicious feast of tasty food, including turkey, pumpkin pie and everything in between. And one of the greatest parts of Thanksgiving is sometimes even more celebrated…
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10 Healthy Living Tips For Winter Health
In winter, holiday spirits may be up, but general health tends to be on the decline. It’s not hard to see why—between the freezing weather, increased travel, and busy schedules, most of us aren’t making self-care a priority at this time of year. But to get through the coldest months in good health, it takes…
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Most Common Summer Allergies
For most of us, summer brings bright sun, hot days, and great times at the beach and neighborhood BBQs. But for some, summer can be prime allergy season. To help you battle unwelcome stuffed noses, itchy skin, hives, and more, here are some of the most common allergies that aggravate people during the summer season: 1.…