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This Vitamin Deficiency Increases The Risk of Alzheimer’s or Dementia

Many of us have experienced in our lives knowing someone, perhaps a close relative or a loved one, who has undergone the ravages of some mentally debilitating disease such as dementia or its more advanced form Alzheimer’s. Recent Research Studies on Dementia and Alzheimer’s Now affecting more than 5.2 million Americans, Alzheimer’s ranks as being […]

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How being a Picky Eater Might Lead to Depression!

How being a Picky Eater Might Lead to Depression! Most families with small children are familiar with the moment when a child decides that they don’t like a particular food. There’s a screwed up face, tight lips that refuse to allow the food to pass, and a stubborn glint in the child’s eyes that suggests

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10 Signs To Identify Bipolar Disorder And How To deal With It

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10 Signs To Identify Bipolar Disorder And How To Deal With It According to the Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Alliance, “Bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and older every year.” Bipolar disorder is broken down into two main categorizations based on criteria from

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5 Exercises for Anxiety and Stress Relief

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5 Exercises for Anxiety and Stress Relief Exercising regularly is one of the surest ways for overcoming mental illness like stress and anxiety. Studies have shown that engaging in physical activities can improve mood, self-esteem, quality of sleep and energy. About Dr. Nick Cavill, a health promotion consultant, if exercise were a pill, it could

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Signs You Might Have an Eating Disorder and You’re not Aware of It

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Signs you might have an eating disorder and you’re not aware of it The healthy food is full of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber that are the guardians of your health. You can have normal weight and your body can still struggle to provide the necessary nutrients. Life is short. No one says to forget

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The Fascinating Relationship Between Bipolar Disorder and Weight

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The Fascinating Relationship Between Bipolar Disorder and Weight According to a study, more than two-thirds of people with bipolar disease are overweight. This means that there is a big increase and there is an urgent need to address this problem. The following are some of the ways weight and bipolar disease are associated and how

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13 Warning Signs of Mental Illness

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13 Warning Signs of Mental Illness The popular misconception about mental disorders is that they’re rare and are always someone else’s problem, they’ll never happen to you or your family. The truth of the matter is, there are quite a few mental disorders and they’re quite common. An estimated 54 million Americans suffer from some

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10 Things Anyone Who Loves A Woman With Anxiety Should Know

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10 Things Anyone Who Loves A Woman With Anxiety Should Know When a woman experiences a physical injury, her treatment and recovery can be understood by the injury’s physical characteristics over time and usually her needs can be easily identified and met. For example, if she has a broken leg she may not be able

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How Dishonesty Can Affect Mental Health

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How Dishonesty Can Affect Mental Health Do you remember the last day you did not tell a lie all day? Most of us can’t remember a day without at least a white lie, we often think there is no harm in telling lies for a good cause. You may be surprised to learn the after-effects

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How Much Thinking is Too Much? Signs You Are an Over-Thinker

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How Much Thinking is Too Much? Signs You Are an Over-Thinker Thinking deeply, spending time soaking up meaningful information, reflecting on what has been learned, developing the phrenic sinews, these are all good things. But, one can come to a point where the passion for contemplation transitions into a pernicious obsession. The question becomes: Where

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5 Tips for Dealing with Passive-Aggressive People

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5 Tips for Dealing with Passive-Aggressive People There are few worse things than passive-aggressive behavior. It’s bad enough when someone is openly hostile to your face; at least you know what they are really thinking and what their agenda really is. Having someone appear to behave appropriately only to realize that they are behaving badly

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7 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Bipolar Disorder

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7 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Bipolar Disorder Formerly called manic depression, bipolar disorder is a mental illness where the sufferer goes through periods of elevated mood followed by periods of dark depression. This disorder affect 5.5 million adult Americans, or 2.6% of the population, yet it’s widely misunderstood. Here are seven of the most

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Nourish

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I fall in love with new and different ideas, often one word will come to symbolize that whole process for me, and put the whole thing into perspective. Most of these are not ‘new’ exactly, just the way that I am looking at them is new. Nourish is on my list of words and concepts

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5 Reasons Why Having Selective Memory Can Be a Very Good Thing

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5 Reasons Why Having Selective Memory Can Be a Very Good Thing In past decades, selective memory has often been cast in a negative light due to the short-term and long-term effects that it has on individuals. Although it can cause many people to become emotionally distant or out of touch with the world around

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Is Mental Illness Hereditary?

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Is Mental Illness Hereditary? Mental illness is a serious health condition effecting millions of Americans. The most common types of mental illness include: personality disorders, social anxiety, compulsive obsessive disorder, and drug addiction. The causes, prevention and treatment of mental illness are all highly contested hot topics in the scientific community. Much of the disorder

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Signs You May Have Inattentive Type Adult ADHD

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Signs You May Have Inattentive Type Adult ADHD Attention deficit disorder is not only common in children but expands to adults as well, if you were diagnosed with childhood ADHD the likelihood of some of those symptoms in adulthood is high. Even if you were never diagnosed as a child you can be affected by

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4 Signs You Have An Addictive Personality

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4 Signs You Have An Addictive Personality 10-15% of the population struggle with what can be called an addictive personality. This type of personality can be very dangerous, and not just because of the behaviors. People with addictive personalities often have a hard time admitting that they have a problem. If not detected, this personality

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10 Most Famous Psychopaths In History

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10 Most Famous Psychopaths In History 10. Josef Mengele In the psychopathic doctor category, Josef Mengele takes top honors. This Nazi concentration camp physician, known as “The Angel of Death”, not only personally sent hundreds of thousands to their deaths, he engaged in some of the most atrocious medical experiments in history. He was one

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