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How to quit smoking March 5, 2008

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You realize that smoking is bad for the health and you want to take care for yourself but you realize too that quitting is so hard. So what can you do to completely quit smoking?

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Stress - An enemy to fight March 4, 2008

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“We hear people say all the time, ‘Don’t get yourself so stressed out that you become sick.’ They probably don’t realize there is an actual biological basis for that”. Sonia, a single mother with a teenage son, a dwindling bank account, and a strained relationship with her parents, already had ample reason to feel stressed-out. Then, unexpectedly, an itchy, burning rash developed on her arm. She tried antibiotics, cortisone creams, and antihistamines, but none of these helped. Instead, the rash spread all over Sonia’s body, including her face. Stress was literally getting under her skin.

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