Looking better and feeling better are two closely related but not identical things. You manage one, and the other becomes a lot easier. Obtaining even one of them can be tricky, however. There are so many different pieces that need to fit together for you to be at your best. A key aspect is, as […]
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There is nothing wrong with using the latest products to keep your skin looking and feeling good, but it’s not all about moisturizing and exfoliation. Some of the most important ingredients for healthy and therefore good-looking skin are vitamins, most of which come from the diet, particularly fruit and vegetables. Take vitamin A, for example.
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There are a lot of products that claim to be the miracle cure for aging. They’ll make every line and wrinkle vanish, they’ll remove every ache and pain, and before you know it, you’ll feel like you’re 20 again. If you’ve tried any of these miracle cures, you’ll probably have realized that many of them
According to various sources, including the Guinness Book of Records, on August 4th, 1997 ( https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-person/), Jeanne Louise Calment died at the astonishing age of 122 years and 164 days. That means she was officially the oldest woman in history. Some of the things in Calment’s lifestyle may indicate why she lived so long. For example,
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Low blood pressure, or hypotension, probably doesn’t get as much attention as its cousin, hypertension (high blood pressure). However, that doesn’t mean it’s not a significant condition that can have some major effects on the body that you may need to look out for. There’s only one way to find out whether you have hypotension,
A lot of what’s important in measuring your health, diagnosing problems and working out solutions goes on behind the scenes in laboratories where very clever people look deep beneath the surface of your body and its component parts. There are some standard tests that are likely to crop up whenever you have something wrong with
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When doctors start talking about cholesterol, it’s rarely a good thing. They usually bring it up in the context of high cholesterol, which can lead to some serious problems further down the line. You do need some cholesterol, though. It’s essential to human survival. To start, let’s discuss what cholesterol actually is and what it
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It’s taken a while, but people are finally starting to realize that mental health is just as important as physical health and needs just as much care. We’ve still got a way to go before attitudes – and available treatments – catch up with those for physical health, but it’s amazing to think how quickly
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We all have our worries and our fears. Sometimes, they embed so deep that they’re a source of constant stress. When your anxieties reach the point where they stop you from living your everyday life, they may have gone past what can just be dismissed as human nature. In general, anxiety refers to ongoing unease.
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People have been experiencing dark moods for as long as humanity has existed. Sometimes they’re for understandable reasons, like the loss of a loved one or because of ongoing life problems. Sometimes they seem to appear from nowhere. It’s only more recently that we’ve really started to understand depression as an illness. There are a
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