Experts say that you should prepare yourself to quit in advance of smoking your last cigarette. Identify several strategies, such as relaxation exercises, that can help you cope with your cravings for tobacco. First try to establish one or two other new habits, such as regular exercise, so you will be giving up tobacco in [...]
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Eating Disorders
June 4th, 2009 
admin Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are a common source of psychiatric and physical morbidity among young women in Western societies. Eating disorders are often not detected and they have a reputation for being difficult to treat.
There are a number of reasons why women with eating disorders are reluctant to seek help.
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The Health Risks of Secondhand Smoke
May 23rd, 2009 admin Secondhand smoke is the smoke given off by a burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe mixed with the smoke exhaled by the person smoking. This smoke contains the same 200 poisonous and 40 cancer causing chemicals contained in cigarettes. Because secondhand smoke is distributed throughout the air inhaled by everyone present in an enclosed space, exposure [...]
Good Health Habits
May 20th, 2009 admin People are staying healthier and living longer now than in decades past. This gain in life expectancy can be credited in part to better nutrition, improved public health and sanitation, and the advent of vaccines and antibiotics. But medical science has also made great strides in understanding and treating debilitating, chronic conditions such as heart [...]
