It is said that it is probable that most Americans and northern Europeans do not get enough sleep. A deficiency in sleep can lead to a shortage of concentration (which means being more accident prone); a weaker immune system (more illness) and depression. It is crucial to have enough quality sleep. We all need sufficient decent quality rest, sufficient good quality food and sufficient decent quality exercise.
Birth control is a large issue, there is no doubt of that and women are more aware than ever that having children is not a necessary result of having sex. They are also conscious that having children at the wrong time can ruin their careers and they are also aware that passions or alcohol get in the way of safe sex using condoms very frequently.
Snoring is considered a ‘benign difficulty’ by most people who snore. A bit of a joke really. But it is no joke to people who have to listen to it. No joke at all. Snoring can also be a sign that there is a deeper problem. It is similar to obstructive sleep apnoea, but is not necessarily the same.
The symptoms of ovarian cancer are quite problematic to recognize regrettably. This is because they resemble the symptoms of normal menstruation or menopause that numerous (or most) women experience often anyway. The chance that women who still menstruate have, is if they notice that some of the ordinary feelings are not exactly right.
The medical phrase for breast cancer is ‘malignant breast neoplasm’. Breast cancer originates most often in the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. The general term for cancers that originate in ducts is ‘ ductal carcinomas’ and the term for cancers originating from the lobules is ‘lobular carcinomas’.
Have you ever used an electric blanket? Some individuals are frightened of lying on something that is plugged into the national grid and I have to admit that when I think of electric blankets in that manner, they do sound quite frightening.
Millions of people all over the world develop warts. The bottom line is that they are more of an embarrassment – a social issue – than a medical difficulty. Some people just put up with them and others cannot tolerate them and have to have them taken away immediately, if not sooner.
It is a good idea to set yourself targets, if you want to achieve a goal. However, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about this. For instance, if you are a size 14 and you spend a fair bit of money on some beautiful size 8 dresses as motivation, you will probably feel quite cheesed off if you are not wearing them a month later.
Everybody is aware what stress is and we all think that the degree of stress in our daily lives is continuously on the rise. This is almost certainly true as well. However, stress can be a double-edged sword, stress creates stress, which means that being stressed is a vicious spiral. Stress ever creating more stress.
Everybody knows what a headache is from their own experience, but some people suffer from headaches a lot more frequently that others or what might be considered usual. There are quite a few different types of headache, but by far the largest group is that of tension headaches.