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Kristine Alvarez's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest A Case on Emotional Eating This article relates the factors behind emotional eating by use of research through surveys and weight loss studies. This article leads to the idea that weight loss is #particularly hard for those who eat in response to their emotions and feelings (emotional eaters). Can't Hold Back: What You Need To Know About Fecal Incontinence This article is about fecal incontinence. It hits a lot of elderly people. Also called bowel incontinence, it comes as a result of anal sphincter muscle damage, rectal and sphincter nerve damage, loss of storage capacity, diarrhea, and pelvic floor dysfunction. Changing dietary habits, medications, and surgeries may help treat and cute this condition. Understanding The Mind Of The Hunter The mentality of a stalker can be a complex thing, though there tends to be at least some measure of a discernible pattern behind the behavior. Stalker's minds are complex mix of emotions, perceptions, and mental health issues that make them such dynamic and dangerous individuals. Yet, in some ways, that same mix manages to keep the stalker from being a menace to the general public, with their minds being entirely focused on one person. A Battle of Great Proportions: The Fight Against Obesity This article is about obesity. It briefly discusses some recent statistical figures connected to obesity. It also discusses about factors that contribute to obesity. These factors include energy imbalance, calorie consumption, calorie use, environment, genetics, disease and medication. Obesity, if left untreated, may lead to a spectrum of complications including: diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and stroke. There are a lot of ways to lose weight safely. Dieting and exercise helps lose weight gradually and naturally. For severe cases where dieting and exercise take too long to produce results, weight-loss surgery is the answer. The Skinny on Anorexia This article is about anorexia nervosa. This article presents a brief statistical figure of girls and women who have anorexia. Like bulimia, anorexia is characterized by a stern fear of becoming fat or being thought of as fat. They just differ in their means of cutting back weight. While bulimic people purge after overeating, anorexic people don’t eat at all. Eating disorders may be brought about by a lot of different factors: society, refusing to grow out of puberty, and having different stressful situations in the past. Anorexia also brings about a lot of side effects ranging from physical to psychological. The best way to prevent children from developing anorexia is to lead by example and expose them to healthy food and a healthy eating habit. The Positive Side of Stress Stress, like fear and rage, are always taken in a negative light by most people.However, after being analyzed rationally, stress can be used as a way to help someone prioritize tasks and keep someone from slacking off. Like fear and rage, moderate levels of stress can actually be used to direct someone positively. Effectiveness of Painkillers in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia This article provides basic information regarding the medical condition called fibromyalgia. It also discusses a new research about this condition and how opioid-based medications are used to alleviate symptoms of the said disease. The article also tackles information about search study on this condition and explains how pain killers do not work with fibromyalgia. Yoga in Classrooms Help Kids Develop Better Skills Just like adults, even children ca be under a lot of stress. The numerous school activities, peer-pressure and homework can all up and cause kids some stress. Teaching Yoga to children can help them develop better body awareness, self-control, flexibility and coordination. Such skills can even be carried beyond class and into their daily routines. To Eat or Not To Eat: Exclusion Diets for the Migraine Sufferer Migraines are extremely painful headaches, and one of the possible triggers for this condition are certain foods. This is why doctors sometimes recommend migraine patients to undergo an exclusion or elimination diet to find out which foods specifically trigger their migraine attacks. A Shadow Over Your Pregnancy: How Preexisting Health Conditions can Affect You and Your Baby Preconception planning is an important step for women with preexisting conditions to take when considering the possibility of becoming pregnant. This should be done with the advice of a doctor to ensure that the illness will not adversely affect the development of the unborn child or endanger the lives of both mother and child. It's Hard To Say Goodbye: Quitting Smoking This article is about smoking and how difficult it is to quit smoking. Smoking has been used since the ancient times, mostly for religious rituals. It wasn’t until the era of the European conquests that smoking was introduced as a social activity to the civilized masses. Smoking is difficult to quit because of the addicting quality of nicotine to the body. Gradually lessening the nicotine intake may help start the quitting process. However, if natural methods fail, there are stop-smoking products available in the market like: nicotine patches and gums that help supply for the body’s nicotine fits without using cigarettes. Broken Homes, Broken Children According to a research, the top five reasons why people got married are; to signify a life-long commitment, to make a public commitment, for legal status or for financial security, because of religious beliefs, and security for children. However, when parents get divorced, the children's security and well being is seriously at risk. Fathers Dealing with Postpartum Depression This article relates the significance of new mothers that deals with postpartum depression. New research studies have shown that fathers can also get depressed after the baby is born. Certain factors contribute to fathers getting postpartum depression, and how this study aims to provide help for those new parents that get depressed. When Depression Takes Its Toll The article deals with the experience of the famous writer Ernest Hemingway with severe depression and his eventual suicide. Specifcally, the article discusses the possible causes of Hemingway's depression and the events in his life that could have contributed to his mental and physical illness. A Rare Case of Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer in men may be rare but it doesn't mean they are no longer susceptible to such condition. Several genes may contribute to breast cancer and based on studies, certain populations with an unusually high proportion of people carrying BRCA2 mutations may have a higher incidence rate of breast cancer in men. Staying Firm When Life is Unpredictable This article talks about how life is unpredictable at times. Certain situations arise in which we have no control of, especially when dealing with accidents, death, and so on. This article aims give importance to friends and family members, for they are the ones whom one can easily go to for help and support. Counseling and therapy is also advised. Put Your Best Foot Forward for a Great Feat People take their feet for granted until they get in trouble. Aside from skin infections, the feet are also prone to injury such as muscle sprain and stress fractures. Improperly fitting shoes, impaired circulation or incorrectly trimmed toenails can deter you from enjoying an active lifestyle. Metabolic Breakdown: Why Some Drugs Might Not Work On You ome medications work for some people, but they won't for others. This is accepted as medical fact and is influenced by a number of things, such as dosage, age, and the person's unique drug metabolism. Drug metabolism is the process by which the body breaks down the drugs that go into your system into chemical components, which can either aid or hinder the drug's actual purpose. Learning to Breathe Your Way to Health The article deals with the importance of proper breathing as a means to get stress relief. The article also discusses how anxiety-ridden modern life is and how important it is to learn a few life skills, such as proper and effective breathing, as a means to maintain mental, emotional, and physical health. Weight loss: Pills vs Diet Programs The article talks about the necessities of weight loss as a means to attain optimum health. The article also delves into the different weight loss pills that are being marketed today. Weight loss programs are also tackled as a form of safe and proven weight control method. When Fungi takes the Fun Away This article focuses on the importance of caring for your skin. A lot of external factors can give your skin certain infections, but this article mainly talks about fungal infections. It is defined in the article, together with its classifications and its common types. Anti-fungal medications can heal these types of infections, but consulting your doctor would be necessary before such medications Non-Hormonal Contraceptive On The Horizon A new non hormonal contraceptive pill is being developed to avoid the side effects of hormonal birth control methods. The concept of RNA Interference received positive feedback from researchers and scientists. However, the availability of the pill may still be a decade away. Coping With The Trauma Of Sexual Abuse No matter what race, religion and economic status, children are getting sexually ##abused. And its effects don't stop until the child grows through adolescence and ##into adulthood. Healing may not come easy, but it is possible to regain a sense of ##wholeness once again. Psychosis: The Great Escape People sometimes just need to find a way to get away from all the trials and ###tribulations of life. Sometimes, people turn outwards and embrace temporary fixes ##for the stress and pressure of modern life, like taking a vacation. However, some ##people turn their “escapes” inward, which could possibly result in a mental ####condition known as psychosis. Head Tripping: Common Psychoactive Medications As modern medical science begins to better understand how the brain works and ###how mental illnesses can be treated or suppressed, psychoactive medications are ##becoming more common. There are several types and can be used to treat several ##different mental illnesses, but there are a few common strands in the market. When Passion For Fashion Is A Health Menace The fashionable supesized bags can be a potential hazard to women's health as an increasing number of “heavy handbag related injuries” prompted chiropractors to seriously consider issuing a medical warning on the use of these huge totes. Carrying heavy bags may lead to back pain, neck injury, and spine fracture. Breaking Point: The Factors Behind Insanity Insanity is one of those things that most psychological texts attempt to categorize, illustrate, and analyze, but never outright define. Indeed, from some standpoints, insanity and sanity are too relative to the individual and his circumstances to be given any single, all-encompassing definition. There are, however, several key factors to be noted among the various “forms” of insanity known to modern mental health experts. Break Free from Drug Addiction Drug-addiction is a problem ever since. Statistics of drug addiction are very alarming. However, there are treatments and help an addicted person can go to and find ways to cope with this problem and as such breaking a drug addiction may be difficult, but not impossible. Pregnant Women Deserve Only the Very Best This article is about pregnant women and how they are when they are pregnant. By taking prenatal vitamins, it would help in reducing health risks for both the mother and the baby. Gaining weight is also important, since this could give the idea that both of you are doing well and healthy. A simple guideline on what to eat and what to avoid is also included in this article. The Dangers of Overeating and Poor Self-Image This article talks about how young women react to the concept of beauty and the various ways they act to attain that value or status of being beautiful. Some have already developed serious psychological disorders such as bulimia due to the social pressure to be“beautiful.” This article also explains bulimia, how women suffer from it, and how counseling can help women overcome this disorder. Carving the Flesh With the Scalpel of Philosophy According to some recent studies, it would appear that one's outlook, attitude, and philosophy towards life holds a greater influence on physical well-being and longevity than initially believed. The main theory to explain this is that a positive outlook has a strong influence on mental health and subconscious actions, theoretically leading people away from self-destructive lifestyles. Another is that positive thought has a direct influence on a person's physical being, likely through chemical responses. Beware of What You Puff! Smoking seems to be a part of our society. It is addicting that too much of it can cause various illnesses and even death. The smoker is not the only one that is at risk on the bad effects of smoking, but the other people who inhale the smoke that they breathe. This article tackles the ill effects of second-hand smoke. Muscle Cramps: Description, Causes and Treatment This article tries to describe the occurrence of muscle cramps among individuals. It also briefly states the various difficulties and other negative effects of this condition. Finally, the causes and possible treatments for this health problem are discussed to gain knowledge on what to avoid and what to do during instances of muscle problems. Yeast Infection: Description, Causes and Treatment This article discusses the symptoms, dangers, and related health problems of yeast infection. It also discusses the various causes and treatments available for this health problem. Finally, it mentions the importance of knowing these information about this condition relative to the problem's prevention and treatment.	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