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Depression is rather over-diagnosed as a condition today. That's not to say it isn't damaging or dangerous, as it is. What I'm saying is that a lot of doctors and health professionals are more than happy to diagnose depression with minimal…

We all know about the horrors of STIs and how dangerous unprotected sex can be. It turns out that while this information might seem like relatively common knowledge today, not everyone's as well-informed. There's an entire generation of…

Any environment high in stress and tension is going to impart that stress onto the people in that environment. They then tend to take that stress out on other people and so on and so forth until the end of time. Schools are just like that.…

There are two well-known forms of diabetes. These are type one and type two. What you might not be aware of is that there are actually two less known kinds of diabetes as well. Double diabetes occurs when someone with type one hasn’t…

There are all sorts of herbal remedies for various things. You may snort and roll your eyes at this but a good number of them work a lot more effectively than any medicinal treatment we can come up with. I’m not talking about treating…

Arthritis is a condition which becomes more and more common each year.  It’s chronic and as such it’s not a condition which you’re ever going to get rid of when you get it. However, it’s imminently manageable and providing you take the…

Type two diabetes is a condition which is widespread to the point of epidemic proportions. It generally comes hand in hand with obesity and it’s now said that nearly three-quarters of type two diabetics are obese. This is a startling…

The days of having one job or working for one company for our whole lives are long gone. We're all likely to work for several different companies in a wide variety of roles, diversity is the wave of the future. Of course this can be hard…

Diabetes isn't a condition you should ignore. If you're in a high risk grouping for contracting the disease then it should become your life's work to get out of that grouping. There's plenty which you can do to achieve this and providing…

One of the biggest issues facing the world today is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The problem isn't the condition itself, it's how destitute the countries which are worst effected are. This relative level of poverty means that the countries…

HIV is a global epidemic which a lot of people don't like to think about. 70% of the worlds HIV/AIDS positive population live within sub-Saharan Africa, one of the poorest areas on the planet. Though HIV has become much less of a death…

Depending on where you're from, smog probably means different things to you. In cities in the more developed countries of the world smog has rather become a thing of the past. It's still experienced on the very worst days but these are rare…

We live in a world which is dominated by the past in every way. Every tradition and belief we hold is due to our ancestors and many things which may seem bizarre to us must have made sense long ago. The fact of the matter is that, thought…

Weight loss is a tricky business. It’s easier to lose weight than you’d imagine, at least physically it is. When it comes to keeping up the motivation required to lose weight consistently you can have issues. That’s the key to weight loss…

When it comes to global warming we’re going to need a grand global effort to combat it and even with that it’s not going to be a quick or easy process. Human beings churn out a lot of waste in the forms of pollution and rubbish and most of…

Exercise is a great thing to start doing if you’re not already. It’s one sure-fire way to guarantee your health and wellness and it has all manner of wonderful benefits. A lot of people take exercising to an extreme but there’s no reason…

There are more and more alternative therapies on offer all the time. It seems like just about every ancient people had their very own unique therapy and they're all coming forward now. There are such a vast a convoluted assortment that it…

We've known pollution was a bad thing for a very long time indeed. The thing which we weren't aware of is that it's actually bad for us as well as the environment. Quite why we didn't put this together earlier is a mystery as pollution is…

Traditional and complementary medicines are becoming more and more popular in the world today. The fact is that a lot of them really do show benefits to patients. These benefits tend to come without the crippling side affects which can…

There are many things in health and wellbeing which are more than a little convoluted and complex. That's fine, human beings are far from simple creatures after all. However, regardless of how simple some things are there are just as many…

Asthma is a condition which is most associated with children and though it’s more than possible for adults to suffer from it too, most grow out of it before they reach maturity. It’s a chronic, inflammatory respiratory condition which…

If you ignore the mass of weight loss convolution, which can be tricky in itself, then you’re really only left with a few very simple rules for weight loss. Those rules are all you actually need to lose weight and they’re things you already…

There is a broad array of different products on offer to people who are trying to lose weight. That’s the thing with weight loss really, finding an effective method isn’t just tricky it’s convoluted too. You’re going to be promised instant…

A lot of people can find the idea of vitamins and minerals a little confusing. There are simply so many different kinds that it can be complicated to understand them all and next to impossible to ensure you're getting absolutely everything…

We all know what calcium does, don't we? It's one of the minerals which is best understood and on saying the word I'm sure you all either think of milk or bones. Well, did you know that for all the calcium you've put into your diet to have…

Asthma is a condition which is most common in children. Most kids grow out of it as they get older and as such the risk factor vanishes at that time. Of course there are the unlucky few who suffer from asthma for their entire lives. The…

There are a wide variety of conditions which do us more damage as we get older. They're not relegated to old age and most can affect you no matter how old you happen to be. Osteoporosis is one of these. It's a condition which weakens your…

Weight loss isn’t as hard as you may think it is. It’s not the most difficult thing in the world and the only thing between you and a slimmer waist line is you. There are thousands upon thousands of supplements, methods and diets available…

Arthritis is the name given to over two hundred different kinds of inflammatory joint conditions. As there are so many individual types of arthritis it can be really difficult to treat the condition. As a general rule, arthritis is chronic,…

Type two diabetes doesn't have to be anything near a death sentence. It's a chronic condition which means, generally, it's something which is going to stay with you for your whole life. There are some cases of type two remission but these…