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Natural Treatment For Headache

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Do Rest in a quiet room, in darkness or with dimmed lights. Make sure of getting enough sleep at night. Massage the muscles at the back of neck and shoulder in a gentle circular motion with sesame oil. Then take a hot shower. Try using heat to soothe the pain: fill a hot-water bottle, wrap it in a towel, and rest your head on it. Try aerobic exercise, yoga, or deep breathing or relaxation exercises. If working at a desk or computer workstation, get up and walk around regularly to reduce tension in your neck and shoulders. Have your eyesight checked. Build up physical resistance through proper nutrition, exercise and positive thinking to prevent headache. Avoid this: Avoid drinking alcohol and caffeine in excess, and smoking. Avoid red meat, nuts, and chocolate. Avoid Spices, condiments, sour buttermilk, and oily foodstuffs. Boiling fresh ginger or dried ginger powder in water and then inhaling the steam is also effective. Eat a ripe apple with a little salt every morning o...

Tips to stay away from Breast Cancer

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1) Breast self-examination Women should begin self-examination at the early age of 20s. Self-examination helps you to identify breast cancer treatment early. Women should do self-examination at least one time a month the week after their period finishes. The women who are no longer menstruating should examine at the starting of every month. If you feel nodes or discomfort, then visit to a doctor for further examination. Self examination process can be found on medical websites but it is best to talk to a doctor and find out the correct process. 2) Mammogram Mammogram can also help to identify breast cancer early. Women who are older than 40, must get mammogram once a year though there is no cancer in the family. Women should begin mammography in their 30s if their sister or mother had breast cancer before menopause. Mammogram is breast's x-ray picture. For women, who have no signs or symptoms of breast cancer, screening mammograms are used to check. For women who have lump o...

Is there danger in withdrawal from alcohol, and what, exactly, is alcohol withdrawal?

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Withdrawal from alcohol, (as with any other drug), is simply a set of symptoms that occur when a person suddenly stops using it after a long period of time. Through observation and experience over time, it is observed that there is a set of symptoms that is readily identifiable. Though not everybody may have all symptoms, they are generally easily recognized and can occur in varying degrees from light to severe. Some of the more common alcohol withdrawal symptoms can be observed by simply looking at a hangover. Headache, mild shakiness, upset stomach, and sweats are all common symptoms. The more severe symptoms that generally occur with long-term exposure to high amounts of continuous alcohol use are the "DTs". These are called delirium tremens. People would DTs generally experience anxiety, confusion, visual, aural hallucinations and seeing things that really aren't there. Stories that illustrate DTs are seeing pink elephants, the feelings of bugs crawling on a person...