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Everyday of our lives we are subjected to stress – be it due to our career, family, or other personal endeavors. There are a lot of factors that can potentially cause us stress, and if we are unable to prevent it from worsening, we may fall ill, consequently falling short of the tasks and responsibilities that are expected of us. Fortunately, as inevitable as stress may seem, fighting it is actually possible. The common misconception, however, is that it takes going the extra mile and spending the extra bucks to be able to reduce the stress levels in our systems. While there may be a little truth to that, it is not always necessary. There are, as a matter of fact, ways in which you can battle stress without having to bend over backwards.

Where does it start?

The most common trend in attaining rest and relaxation nowadays is to head to the nearest spa clinic in town. There, we can avail of services that will rejuvenate all of our senses, relieving the body of any mental or physical stress. However, hitting the spa can be an additional inconvenience especially if there is no spa clinic available in your area; another thing is that it can also be an additional expense which may not be too enticing for the cost-cutters. The good news is that attaining the same rejuvenating experience we get from spas is possible in our very home.

Aromatherapy

Running a warm bath after a hard day at work is also an easy way to soothe the mind and body. Try dropping by at a home décor shop on your way home and grab some scented candles to light up in the bath. Aromatherapy is one of the most effective methods to soothe the mind. Warm water is also good for relaxing the muscles, thereby providing a calming effect on the body as well. In addition to this, you may also add in some essential oils to the water to further enhance its calming effect on your muscles.

What water fountains can do

Imagine reaching home from a nerve-racking, mind-boggling, and stress-inducing day at work and the moment you sit back on the soft, cozy couch in your den, you are at once transported to a relaxing atmosphere that will rid you of the day’s cares. Installing a large wall fountain in your living room can be a great way to add a de-stressing feature in your home. The trickling sound of water produced by large wall fountains is a very common component of the relaxing ambience in spa clinics, which you may enjoy even without leaving your house. This one-time investment can go a long way and will surely make your stressful days a tad less tiresome and draining.

Movie session

Another way to reward yourself after work is simply by watching a good movie alone or with someone whose company you enjoy. Make sure your movie selection is great for unwinding and will not further aggravate the stress your brain is already going through. Feel-good movies such as romantic comedies are a great pick for any de-stressing movie session.

Tea time

Tea time is also a great remedy for stress. Invite your best friend, your mom, or your partner to a catch-up session in your house. Tea has been found to have rejuvenating effects so don’t take that bag of tea for granted. And of course, laughter has been dubbed to be the “best medicine” so be sure you get your daily dose of that too. Having a good, relaxing time with someone you love will surely free you of any worry or stress.

 Hitting the sack early

Getting enough sleep is a surefire way to fight stress. Health experts say that at least 8 hours of sleep nightly is required to regain the energy that was expended during the day. If you spent the last 12 hours whipping out backlogs, answering long phone calls from clients, and wringing your brains out on a foolproof business plan, then rewarding yourself with a long, deep, night’s slumber is always a good idea. Chug a glass of warm milk before hitting the sheets as it will help you sleep better.

Keep a playlist of your favorite tunes

With today’s available technology, it can’t be too hard to keep a record of your favorite tracks and tunes. May it be classical, blues, or some other type of music that sends a relaxing effect to your mind, make sure that you have kept a playlist in handy to lull you from stress to rest on those days.

It can be quite overwhelming how easy it actually is to keep stress at bay even without having to drive to the nearest spa clinic. While these aforementioned tips are great stress-busters, you can be resourceful and experimental by exploring other methods that are just as effective.

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Getting bitten by a bug, no matter what kind it is, can be painful and irritating. The initial bite can hurt, and the lingering bite can irritate your skin causing it to itch. Most of the time, an itchy bug bite will cause you to scratch at it, but this will only further irritate your skin and make the bite take longer to heal.

If you really want to cure an itchy bug bite, then you’ll want to use the following remedies.

Put ice on it.

As soon after the initial bite as possible, you want to make sure that you put ice directly on the bug bite. Not only will this help to reduce swelling, but it will also help alleviate the itch. The numbing effect from the ice will also keep you from scratching at it once the ice has been removed.

Use deodorant.

Look at the label of your deodorant. If it contains aluminum chloride, roll it across the area of the bite. The aluminum chloride in the deodorant will help reduce the swelling and the itching of the bite, and you can apply it whenever the bite starts to itch.

Use hydrocortisone cream.

There are many different types of hydrocortisone cream, and any of them will be very effective in helping to reduce the itch of your bug bite. Simply place some of it on the bite directly and rub it in.

Use calamine lotion.

Calamine lotion is a tried and true method for the chicken pox, and it can also help with regular bug bites. Like hydrocortisone cream, make sure to apply calamine lotion directly on the bug bite and rub it in.

Make a baking soda mix.

Combine baking soda and water to make a paste and place the paste on the bug bite. Although you’ll want it to sit there, the baking soda is a great cleaning agent and can help keep the area from becoming infected and help reduce the itch.

Use vinegar.

Place a dab of vinegar on a cotton ball and press it against the bug bite. Vinegar contains ingredients that will reduce the swelling and redness of a bite as well as reduce the itch.

Break out the honey.

Honey is a natural antibiotic, and placing a dab of honey on a bug bite will keep it from itching. This can get messy, though, so you may want to place a bandage over the honey to keep it from getting on your clothes.

Use toothpaste.

Peppermint flavored toothpaste is also a great remedy to alleviate the itch of bug bites. Put a tiny dab on the bite and allow it to harden.

Cut your nails.

You’re going to be tempted to scratch, and if you have long nails, you could end up cutting the skin around the bite, allowing it to become infected. If you think that you will succumb to scratching the area, make sure to cut your nails. This will make it hard for you to scratch, and it will keep you from infecting the area.

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The cells in your body follow a regular pattern where they grow, divide and then die in a predictable fashion. When some of these cells start showing irregular patterns in their function that is when they are said to be cancerous. These cancerous cells may develop in your colon without your knowledge.

Colon Cancer has no proper symptoms, but if you notice that you are suffering from massive weight loss, fatigue and loose stool, you should go for a cancer screening. If your doctor says that you are suffering from colon cancer, here are the three types of treatments that are most likely to be recommended by your doctor:

1. Surgery

Surgery is one of the easiest ways to remove the cancerous growth in your colon, but this is usually performed only when the cancer has been detected in the first stage. In this stage, the doctor can easily remove the tumour by performing a colonoscopy. However, if your cancer is detected at a later stage there are two types of procedures that are followed:

• Surgical Resection

In this process the doctor will make a small incision in your abdomen, remove the tumour from your colon and then connect the dissected colon so that it becomes a single unit again.

• Ostomy

This surgery creates a detour for your intestines. Waste in your body travels through the colon and into the rectum, and they are finally discharged through the anus. Ostomy, bypasses the rectum, where the waste moves through the intestine into the abdomen and discharged into a pouch placed outside the body. This pouch may be temporary; to enable the body to heal after the cancerous cells have been removed or it may be permanent in some cases.

2. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy literally means, chemical therapy, where certain chemicals are administered into your body to prevent the cells from dividing rapidly and to destroy the cells that are cancerous.

Chemotherapy is said to cause hair loss and this is because the good cells that create new hair take a beating when chemicals are used in order to eliminate the bad ones from your system. Chemotherapy is recommended to people suffering from stage 3 and stage 4 of colon cancer.

3. Radiation

You know that radiation is a powerful source of energy that is harmful for the body. You have often heard about harmful radiation from the sun, atomic bombs and even microwave. You are always asked to protect yourself from these. Colon cancer treatment through radiation follows on these lines. The cancerous cells in your colon and exposed to harmful radiations so that they can be destroyed by them. The radiation that you face during your treatment is not good for your body, but this is something that you must take. There are many patients who insist on chemotherapy instead of radiation because of its harmful nature.

These three kinds of colon cancer treatments will be helpful in eliminating the cancerous cells from your body for a full recovery.

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The technology is advancing at a very rapid pace every single day. There are a lot of new wonders that you can see are being brought up in terms of research that is being conducted on the different things to either suggest a best approach in life towards living a healthy life, effects of supplements on our body, what is best for men to prevent the prostate cancer etc. and now there is a new research that is focusing on the fact as to how the different people who go through the process of amputation are able to get their lives back through this new process where the technology can now turn the humans into the bionic beings.

Before we proceed onto how the technology has equipped the humans to be bionic beings, I would really like to highlight certain facts regarding the amputations that are being done throughout the United States so that we all know as to how many people each year go through amputation and how their lives are being turned upside down where they are not their normal self no more, but they just show faith in them and live their life at the best. It is being estimated that there are approximately 1.8 million people in the United States alone who have gone through the process of amputation. Another statistic that was very shocking and highlighted as to the number of amputees was that there is about one amputee in about 200 individuals in the United States.
There are a lot of amputations that occur each year due to a lot of different reasons. The amputations occur because of the vascular problems in which there is blockage of the artery and that lead to the necrosis of the tissue and for that matter the limb or the digit needs to be amputated. There is another very common illness known as the diabetes, which results in a lot of vascular issues where the infection spreads at a very fast rate and this then leads to the development of a necrosis and damages the vessels in that specific digit that it affects and the blood supply to that specific digit is being compromised and then that digit has to be amputated so as to prevent that necrosis from spreading to the adjacent digits and tissue. It is also been mentioned in the statistics that the amputations that are being done due to the vascular lesions are known as dysvascular amputations and the amputations that are being done due to the vascular reasons are on the rise as compared to the amputations that are being done due to the trauma or accidents.

The people who go through the amputations are the ones who are just going through a lot of stress in their lives. For example if a person whose living depended on the fact that he has to lift loads on his back or has to walk around to perform his job is now no longer being able to perform his job and that is not going to take a toll on him but he and his entire family is going to go through a huge financial crunch. This is only the bare minimum that I have said here. We just cannot understand an individual who is going through the loss of a limb or a digit because these people are not themselves any more and that they are going through a complete new life that they have never thought of living before and this is so depressing for them because they cannot walk, cannot move without assistance and then they go through all the learning processes where they learn as to how to manage different things in their lives on their own.
These individuals who go through amputation need a lot of support from all of us to make their lives better and to be working again and that they just lose themselves at such a rapid pace that they just fall totally apart. They just do not know as to what to do now and that they need love and affection and comfort and support from the people who are around them. I think that we just cannot feel their pain that they are going through, but I also believe that we should tell them that this is not something that they need sympathy for because they are complete individuals and that they can do whatever they want to do, they just have to have the will to do the things that they want to. We just need to accept them with open arms and love them and feel them and this article is based on giving them hope that there are researches that are going on in which a lot of the work is being done on the prostheses that these people can have and really function as they have never lost a limb.

There is a team of British scientists who have worked on bionic prostheses and they have just worked really well in overcoming a problem where the prostheses that were made earlier were constantly rubbing on the skin and then they were causing the skin to erode and cause infection of the skin. This was causing a lot of disappointment among the people who were using the prostheses because rather than things becoming better for them, things were becoming more difficult every single day. Now the scientists have made the prostheses that are made up of metal and that they can now bind to the skin without causing any infection and has improved the quality of the bionic limbs that will be fixed for these individuals.
The prostheses that have been built by these researchers were being tried on a group of patients whose limbs and digits have been amputated and the results that these prostheses have shown were really good. This technology that is being used is known as the intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthesis, which is also known as the ITAP. The best part of these bionic limbs is that these limbs can be directly attached to the individual’s central nervous system and that the individual can take complete control of these limbs in a matter of five years. For us it has been science fiction where we can see the live tissue growing around the metal and that this not science fiction any more, it is a real life fact.

In this technique, there is involvement of the metal implant that is being loosely attached to the bone that is protruding through the skin and the skin just forms a seal around it. The researchers got the hold of growing the skin around the metal prostheses by observing as to how the skin moulds grow around the deers’ antlers. Through research the scientists have been able to develop a technology that is going to give a life to the millions of people who are suffering from the aftermath of amputations and that their life is something that will be changed for the best because then these individuals will be able to perform all their activities and would not feel that they have lost the limb because we learnt to live with our limbs and learnt as to how we can make them function and after amputation and plugging in of these prostheses these individuals will be able to learn as to how to make the best out of these bionic limbs and that it is just a matter of time that these people would learn as to how they can make things work for themselves.

It is through these techniques that these researchers are able to achieve a way where a prosthetic limb can be attached directly to the skeleton of the patient and that even though the skin is breached but there is no infection caused by it and that the invention of these bionic limbs have reduced the medical costs and a lot of inconvenience that was being caused by the conventional prostheses where these individuals would have to go repeatedly to get these prostheses fixed and also to get the medication in order to treat the infections and the pain that they are suffering through by the use of the prosthetic limbs. There is also a lot of problems with the pressure sores, as well as the surgical procedures that are being done to take care of the aftermath of these prostheses.

Now the researchers after having a big breakthrough in the fixation of the bionic limbs and digits, are now focusing on the attachment of the bionic limbs to the central nervous system with the help of the electrodes where the bionic limbs would just act on the desire to move that limb and that limb would move with the specific strength and in the specific direction that is being required and then this would make that limb a complete bionic limb. There have been researches that have been carried out in the United States but they did not make much progress because there were a lot of problems that were going on with regards to prevent the infection that was occurring because of the contact of the skin with the metal.
It is really striking to know that there are about 250,000 people in the United States and the Europe who undergo amputation every year and with this technology, there would be about 30 percent of the people who are going to find a new life coming their way and with no complications at all.

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There are a lot of people throughout the world who are suffering from the problems of infertility. This problem of not being able to achieve pregnancy and become parents become a whole lot stressful to the parents and that is something that they have to go through day in and day out. The couple also goes through a lot of psychological issues that need to be addressed.

At this day and age, there are a lot of different therapies that are being offered to the couples and these couples then go through these therapeutic processes with either a successful or a failure in attempt of getting pregnant and this just leads to a great deal of stress that they have to go through at those times.

Among many other therapies that are being offered, one of those therapies is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a Chinese mode of treatment in which the therapists believe that the disease process arises because of the fact that there is a restriction of flow in the energy in a specific portion of a body that leads to the problems in the different organs and thus gives rise to the different disease processes.

It is being said that this Chinese method, Acupuncture, is said to work even where the modern medicine fails to help. In acupuncture, there are needles that are being inserted into the different points of the body and that allows the energy to flow without any obstruction at any point.

There are a lot of reasons for infertility and when you go to an acupuncture specialist, you must state as to what are the different reasons to which the infertility is related such as low sperm count, polycystic ovarian syndrome, miscarriage problems, problem with ovulation or blockage of the fallopian tubes, acupuncture has the remedy for all of these problems.

Acupuncture is also used as an alternative treatment. People use acupuncture when they have burnt all other modes of treatment without any effective results. People who cannot afford the costly methods can also use the acupuncture therapy as a mode of treatment. Acupuncture is also considered as a safe and reliable treatment that can provide very fast and effective way to treat the problem of infertility. In treating infertility through acupuncture, it involves the pricking of needles in the eyebrows, earlobes, eyelids, ears and fingertips. The patient is then set to relax for about 35 to 40 minutes when the needles are being pricked and acupuncture guarantees a complete cure in just 3-4 regular sessions of acupuncture.

Along with using the acupuncture, there are also adjuncts of herbal therapy that are being used. The Chinese herbal medicines include Hachimijiogan, which is a Chinese herb whose function is to reduce the levels of the serum prolactin level and this then results in the normal ovulatory cycle and then pregnancy.

This mode of treating infertility must be used by the couples who are suffering from its aftermath and who want to achieve pregnancy and thus can start their life as parents and are able to get themselves out from a state of severe depression. I believe that this mode of treatment holds great benefits for you and you must check this out, may be as your last resort and do not ever lose hope because hope is what keeps the life going in the right and a positive direction. Best of Luck.

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High blood pressure is a very serious condition, which occurs because of a lot of different medical conditions, which causes a rise in the pressure of blood. The rise in blood pressure occurs in various conditions, which include diabetes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, heart valve problems, pulmonary problems, anxiety, etc. The blood pressure is a condition that requires prompt treatment because increased hypertension is an emergency.

The patients who are suffering from increased hypertension get immediate treatment in the emergency room in order to prevent the serious conditions from arising. There are a lot of medications that are available to treat the hypertension on a chronic basis so as to keep it within a normal range.

Since the medications are being taken to maintain a normal blood pressure, there is another alternative way so as to control the blood pressure, which is acupuncture. Acupuncture is an old Chinese way to treat a lot of different medical conditions and it promises to treat the problem of high blood pressure as well.

What exactly happens in blood pressure is that it exerts excessive pressure on the walls of the arteries and thus this damages the walls of the arteries and leads to arteriosclerosis, which is hardening of the arteries.

It is really important for us to understand as to what are the different symptoms that occur because of hypertension and its effects on the human beings. The side effects include flushing of the face, dizziness, nervousness, severe headaches, restlessness, breathing difficulty, inability to sleep. An individual is said to be suffering from hypertension when they have a continued rise in blood pressure consecutively for about three days.

The acupuncture therapy is used to lower the blood pressure. The question arises in minds is that whether this therapy is good to lower the blood pressure than the conventional therapies. In my opinion the acupuncture therapy is better than the blood pressure medication because the medications have side effects but the acupuncture therapy has no side effects. The most common side effect that one suffers from the medications is that of the low blood pressure because when these medications are taken then these blood pressure medications cause lowering of the blood pressure, then when the blood pressure goes down significantly then the physicians adjust these medicines to bring the blood pressure in the normal range and then these medications are taken at the adjusted dosages.

Some of the common side effects of the blood pressure medicines include headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, tiredness, weakness, drowsiness, lethargy, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss, weight gain, nervousness, increased anxiety, chest pains, palpitations, arrhythmia, cough, congestion, upper respiratory tract infections, skin rash etc.

The way the acupuncture works is that the needles are being that are inserted on the inside of the forearm just above the wrist and along with the insertion of these needles, there is electrical stimulation that is being done, which causes the reduction in the blood pressure.

In order to see the mechanism of action of this therapy is that when the needles are inserted and the electrical stimulation runs through them, this causes the release of the opioid chemicals in the brain and in the brain and thus reduces the excitatory responses, which results in an eventual decrease in the activity of the heart and the need of the increased oxygen levels, which thus reduces the blood pressure to a significant extent.

Along with this therapy, there are different herbs that are being used to lower the blood pressure, which includes Gastrodia Rhizome, Prunella, etc. to reduce the high blood pressure in order to produce better results to lower the blood pressure.

Along with the insertion of the needles, another method that is being used includes pressing of the skin at the back of hand and between the thumb and the index finger.

This is a proven method to lower the blood pressure and has caused improvement in the heightened blood pressure in a lot of individuals.

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Hypnosis is an increased state of concentration; it is no different than an individual reading a book with a great deal of concentration that he or she has no knowledge of what is going on in their surrounding. It can also be mentioned as an intense receptive concentration.

Hypnotherapy is being used to modify different behaviors, overcome the phobias and the habits that the individual wants to get rid of to improve their life. Hypnosis can just bring about miracles in your life that you could have not thought about. It is a gateway to the life you desire full of peace and tranquility with a much better control of yourself, where you are the in charge of your life and you know how to accomplish the different goals and tasks.

To make things easy to understand, lets say that our mind has two different levels, one is the superficial level known as the conscious part and the other deeper part of our mind is known as the subconscious. Our conscious is what holds the information for a very brief period of time and then that information just seeps down to the deeper level of our mind known as the subconscious one, just like water being absorbed by the earth surface that goes underground.

The information just seeps down to the greater part of our mind, which is the subconscious. Now the information that seeps down in our mind just makes our mind set in different patterns of behavior and this then affect our life. Therefore it is really very important for us to understand that we resolve the issues that are unsettled in our conscious part because if we let them seep in our subconscious, they are going to arise again and again and this will distort the thoughts and the mind patterns and will just lead an individual to go through the different conflicts.

There is a gate between the conscious and the subconscious mind known as the critical factor. This guardian knows as to what is right and what is wrong and analyzes the different thoughts against the values and beliefs of an individual and does not let the thoughts pass through that are against the values.

Hypnosis is a way to reprogram our minds on the different things that we need a change in. The example for that would be that if a person is a compulsive eater, then he has developed a behavior that needs to be corrected. This behavior can be corrected through hypnosis and not only this, there are a lot of other things where the mind can be reprogrammed and the individual can get rid of the problems that they are facing in their day to day lives that is keeping them from achieving their goals that they want to and excel in their lives.

You would be amazed that everyone has been through hypnosis at any point in their lives, and all what one requires for hypnosis is focus, motivation and the will to get hypnotized so that they are able to fix the problems that they are going through in their every day life to improve and better their life for good.

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