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Migraines: Causes and Triggers
The pain is excrutiating! What causes these horrible headaches? Surprisingly, it's thought to be a drop in seretonin levels. Triggers can be foods, hormones, and more.
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Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects millions of women with cyclical alterations in hormones and biochemistry that can greatly exacerbate anxiety and depression.
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Chronic Pain and Chronic Stress
Why is it so important to alleviate pain and stress? It can become a vicious cycle. It can become chronic and can cause a whole range of health-related problems.
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Gossip at Work
When you share negative or positive traits about other people, your listener will attribute those same traits to you. Here's how workplace gossip backfires.
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Massage to Start Labor
Massage is one technique that mothers have found can help induce contractions. There are several places on the mother's body that are known to stimulate contractions.
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Power Naps Can Save Your Life
Naps can be life savers as they can help to ward off heart disease that results from prolonged lack of sleep which can contribute to high blood pressure.
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Stress and Heart Disease
Prolonged stress can wreak havoc on your cardiovascular system. Elevated stress hormones increase the odds of developing heart disease. Learn coping techniques.
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How Stress Affects Your Memory
Scientists already knew that long-term stress impairs learning and memory. Now, research shows that even short-term stress affects cognitive skills.
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New Research on Depression
Did you know that nature & nurture combine to increase the risk of depression? Here's the new research on this mood disorder, plus new information about antidepressants.
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Laughter and Health
Research indicates that laughter can increase pain tolerance and immune function, reduce stress hormones, improve circulation, burn calories and reduce blood sugar.
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