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Remarriage can have positive or negative effects for the child. Sometimes it restores a stable, two-parent environment with all its attendant benefits, especially a sense of normality. It also brings with it new stresses and problems. Some children feel a sense of disloyalty if they allow themselves to develop a close relationship with a new [...]
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Finally, I’ll just mention a few specialised ways of dealing with pain which could be recommended for you. Pain confined to one part of the body can sometimes be relieved by cutting or deadening the nerves that run between that part and the brain. With such methods you run a risk of also losing other [...]
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MINOR: Immediately apply cold water to the burnt area. If the skin doesn’t blister, don’t cover the burns. A soothing cream or an antiseptic may be applied. Should the skin blister, cover the burn with a clean dressing. Change this frequently.
NEVER use CREAMS or OINTMENTS where the skin is blistered. They stick and delay the [...]
Pure cholesterol stones make up only about six per cent and are usually large, either occurring singly or, at the most, in groups of two or three.
Stones made from bile pigments comprise about 12 per cent of the total. They are black and vary from multiple minute particles (biliary mud) to irregular larger stones covered [...]
An excessive activity of these male hormones is also the main cause of acne which is often associated with an excess of body or facial hair.
But don’t think that every woman with a fine moustache is about to develop muscles and a deep voice. For most women, an excess of hair is the only sign [...]
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Your doctor may tell you that you have stable disease. This means that the cancer has not changed in size since you started treatment—it hasn’t got bigger but it hasn’t got smaller either. It is most unlikely that continuing this treatment will bring you any real advantage. You would just be experiencing the side effects [...]
Is it genetic? Is it hormonal? Is it our environment? Is it a psychological problem? Or is it due to an abnormal metabolism?
Consider the energy balance paradox that exists in our bodies. For most of us, even without much conscious effort, our bodies maintain a constant weight. This is despite huge variations in how much [...]
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In a comprehensive review of the issue in 1991, Dr Andrew Prentice and his associates at the Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge, identified the physiological outcomes of slimming. These included: energy sparing adaptations, alterations in fat and lean body mass, altered energy substrate handling, changes in appetite, health related outcomes such as fitness and [...]
Fat makes up between 13-30 per cent of total body mass in the average female and around 12-25 per cent in the average male. Conversely, men have more lean body mass (mainly muscle) and
more body water than women.
These proportions change with age, degree of muscularity, fitness levels and a range of other factors, but they [...]
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Use a small wooden barrel, or a large earthenware pot. Possibly a large stainless steel pail or a glass jar could be used, but under no circumstances use an aluminum utensil.
Cut white cabbage heads into narrow strips with a large knife or grater, and place in a barrel. When the layer of cabbage is about [...]