Articles written by Jennifer Harshman
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Blood Pressure Affected by Stress and Anger
"He makes my blood boil," or "He makes my blood pressure go up" may be true. Emotions, including anger, may be the cause of cardiovascular and other medical problems.
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Depression is as Deadly as Smoking
Just as there is a link between smoking and dying, there's a link between depression and death. Discover what makes scientists say this. Does depression kill? Learn more.
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Daycare Standards Feeding Children in Care
Daycare regulations can be difficult to understand. Here is a clear list of what daycare providers must feed children in their care to meet DCFS licensing requirements.
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Business Card Printing for the Entrepreneur
Saving money is important to the self-employed, but poorly made business cards are not the best way to save money. Business cards can be both inexpensive and of quality.
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Business Card Information for Small Businesses
Home-based and other small business owners need to save money. Printing business cards at home can be a costly mistake. A better way to save and find quality cards.
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Business Cards a Necessity for Small Businesses
Starting or running a small business can be difficult and may involve some hassles. Ordering business cards shouldn't be one of them. Find the right business printing.
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Starting a Business in Daycare or Childcare
Starting a daycare in the home may be the best business idea for someone who wants to start a business. For free information on where to begin, start here.
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Provide Childcare for Shift Workers, Earn More
Before starting a daycare, owners need to determine hours of operation. Filling an unmet need is one way to ensure a good income without worrying about the competition.
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Checklist for Starting a Daycare Business
Starting one's own business is appealing. Before deciding whether or not to start a childcare service, consider these things. It requires much more than loving children.
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24 Hour Care Daycare for Shift Workers
Get paid while sleeping, help children and their parents in the process? Can't beat that! Offering overnight childcare or sleepover care can be an easy way to earn more.
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Reactive Attachment Disorder May be Genetic
Reactive Attachment Disorder is usually found in abused, abandoned children who have been adopted or in foster care. It may be genetic and have nothing to do with abuse.
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Gluten Free Diet Not Just for Celiac Disease
Celiacs aren't the only ones who should go gluten free. The GF Diet, used for weight loss and part of treatment for many medical conditions, is getting easier to follow.
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Gluten Free Not Just for Celiac Disease
Celiacs aren't the only ones who should go gluten free. The diet's used for weight loss and part of treatment for many medical conditions and is getting easier to follow.
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Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
"You're too fat to have celiac disease," Jaime's doctor spouted one of many misconceptions. Many with wheat allergy or gluten intolerance go undiagnosed, for no reason.
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Friends at Work, or Fraternization at the Office
Fraternization is allowed in some organizations. In others, fraternizing can result in the termination of employment or in court martial. Mingling might not be good. Why?
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Don't be Tempted to Become a Cheating Husband
Extramarital affairs often begin at work, even though coworkers don't always set out to cheat. How an office romance can happen, and how to avoid cheating on your spouse.
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What Employees Expect From the Boss
Unclear expectations between manager and employees create a breeding ground for problems in the workplace.
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Managers Exceeding Customer Expectations
Whether new on the job or experienced, successful managers must know, meet, and exceed the expectations of customers- both clients and vendors. Deliver what they want.
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When to Stop Covering For a Coworker
People resent the coworker who's chronically late. It shows irresponsibility and a lack of respect for others. Covering for someone can leave you exposed. When to stop.
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What Coworkers Expect From Managers
Those who don't understand what coworkers expect run into trouble at work. Expectations might include teamwork or working overtime, but always include doing one's job.
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Get a New Job as a Manager
Preparation is essential when starting any new job. For a manager, the first step to being prepared is knowing what will be expected. It's more than the job description.
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Bad Customer Service Stories Travel Faster
Businesses should pay attention to customer service. Technology has changed the way consumers complain and the impact a dissatisfied customer can have on a business.
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Getting the Right Motorcycle Insurance
Motorcycle insurance is a must, but what kind, what company? Liability, collision, or comprehensive? Geico, Progressive, Allstate or State Farm?
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Protecting Motorcycles With Insurance Coverage
Motorcycle enthusiasts invest large amounts of time, energy and money in their rides. They want to protect that investment. After all, for many, riding is a way of life.
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Prevent Motorcycle Theft
Motorcycle owners can reduce the risk of motorcycle theft with anti-theft devices and common sense, and increase the chance of keeping their rides to themselves.
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How Many Motorcycles Are Stolen
Motorcycle theft is a common and often preventable crime. The chance of recovering a stolen bike is low, but bikers can reduce the risk of motorcycle theft.
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Company's Coming! Quick, Clean Up the House!
Someone's coming over and the house needs to look clean now. The Dash-and-Stash method of housework and a good scent make getting ready for drop-in visits easy.
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Entertaining Company on Short Notice
Dinner, practice, errands, messy house... now company is coming. Visits can be enjoyable, even with little time to prepare. Three steps lead to relaxed hospitality.
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Mold Remediation
What should a homeowner do if mold growth is discovered or suspected? Can bleach be used? A household mold problem can be solved with safe and effective methods.
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Information on Mold
Mold is a fungus, with DNA closer to that of animals than plants. What does mold want? Mold wants to eat the entire house. Learn how it spreads and what it needs.
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Using Bleach to Kill Mold Can Backfire
Most people reach for the bleach to clean up household mold, but it can make the mold problem worse. Instead of killing the mold, the bleach actually can feed it.
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Depression Recipes: Cooking for Less
Recession or depression, the result is the same. People are tightening their belts, looking for cheap and frugal recipes and cookbooks, and other ways to save money.
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Fibromyalgia Myths and Facts
"I heard fibromyalgia isn't real, there's nothing wrong with you." Myths about the pain of fibromyalgia are common. Myths, facts, and the elements of truth in the myths.
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Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT in Children
Hearing, "Your child has a heart condition" is always frightening. Parents facing a child's diagnosis of SVT may find reassuring information here.
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When Doctors Dismiss Fibromyalgia Symptoms
For decades, everyone chalked up the symptoms of fibromyalgia to other things. When doctors don't listen, or "don't believe in" FMS, patients suffer.
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Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Syndrome or FMS
The list of symptoms goes from A to Z, and they all can come and go. It's so unpredictable. This is not "in your head" or a mental illness, it's Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
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Fibro What? Who has Fibromyalgia?
What is fibromyalgia? How do doctors diagnose fibromyalgia? What are "tender points?" Find criteria for FMS diagnosis and links to myths, symptoms, and treatment.
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Highly Effective People Stop Wasting Time
Time-wasters: every life has them. Using the quadrants effectively means cutting out those things that are a waste of time - items in quadrants three and four.
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Moving From Crisis Mode to a Calmer Life
People are looking for a better, more fulfilling way of life. Crisis mode living, running on adrenaline, is exhausting. Covey's Quadrants are one way to manage better.
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Build a Highly Effective Habit
Effective people have better control over their lives, spending more time on things that are important but not urgent. They spend more time in quadrant two.
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Diabetes is No Big Deal
Experts warn of dangers and give ways to prevent prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, but Americans apparently don't listen. Why they think diabetes is "no big deal."
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Diabetes Diagnoses Doubled in a Decade
Type 2 diabetes isn't your grandma's disease anymore! Now it's for everyone, including people who are young - sometimes so young they can't even write their names yet.
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Make Life With Special Needs Kids Easier
Parenting special-needs children means being stressed and tired, but parents can take a load off of themselves with the proper use of routines. Here's how habit can help.
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Training a Child With ADHD to Focus
Parents can end homework battles by training children to enter a state of concentration on cue. It's a simple matter of using a bit of psychology.
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ADHD and Sleep Disorders in Children
A sleep disorder in addition to ADHD makes treatment more complicated. Improving sleep problems can improve ADHD symptoms and make life better for the whole family.
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ADHD Leads to Frequent Failure in Life
People with ADHD are often perceived as "failures in every arena of life," according to Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. Is there hope for someone who has an ADHD diagnosis?
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Milk Ingredients on Food Labels
Milk allergy, intolerance, a GFCF diet, and a vegan lifestyle all require avoiding foods that contain dairy. This list of ingredients on food labels could mean dairy
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Driving 101: Turn Signals
This is written for anyone who is, will be, or wants to be a driver in America, inlcuding foreign visitors, teenagers, and drivers who get honked at by other motorists.
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Bad Drivers
Bad drivers are everywhere. They don't use their turn signals, merge correctly, or obey signs. It is not only infuriating to other drivers, but also extremely dangerous.
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Find Native American Jewelry
Any tourist can find Native American jewelry in the Southwest United States, but it is a rare tourist who can find bargains - quality pieces at good prices.
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Not Bad Parenting - Medical Causes of Behavior
Misbehavior is caused by bad parenting, right? That has always been said, but that child in the grocery store might not be a brat - he might have a medical problem.
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