Dichotomy of Protecting Children With Torture
Breast ironing is a practice of suppressing pubescent breast growth in a misdirected attempt to preserve chastity.
Why Don’t You Think It’s Funny?
Humor is subjective, because everyone’s brain is wired a bit differently. Word associations are reinforced by a repetition of individual life experiences.
There are several ways to handle cremated remains. A mortuary may dispose of them, ashes canbe kept within an urn at a home, a crypt, or scatteredat sea.
How do professional caregivers know when a patient is transitioning to death? Pre-active and active phases of death become apparent prior to the inevitable.
Vitamin Deficiencies Affect Your Mood
Abnormal stress, masking a personal tragedy, or skipping required nutrition can overshadowan ordinarily pleasant personality, causing socialconflicts.
If your personal revelation begins with, “This may shock you…” it is probably a good idea to put the rest of the statement on hold while you contemplate consequences.
What do you do when the personality familiar to you, your family, and your friends swaps with an unpleasant alter ego? Is it a harmless fantasy?
What’s Shaking With Parkinson’s?
The most obvious symptom of Parkinson’s disease is tremors. It is often assumed to be a musculoskeletal disorder. But patients and caregivers should be alert to neurological changes.
Don’t Forget Alzheimer’s Patients
If doctors could predict Alzheimer’s Disease years before onset with better than 90 percent accuracy, would you want to know if you have markers? How would this change your life?
Could You Be a Good Caregiver?
Patients can become demanding with little motivation for self-sufficiency. Read how a prospective caregiver underestimates the task.
Functioning with very little sleep is not a virtuous work habit. Deep sleep improves productivity. Could this be the reason you’re so groggy, cranky, and obnoxious?
What is an Out-of-Body Experience?
Some people boast about out-of-body experiences while others fear them. Just what are they and why do some people strive to induce them? Are they an indication of health issues?
Patients Expect Just One Thing From Doctors
While many patient expectations can be unreasonable, others are practical. This hyperbolic, insightful and sobering patient-perspective was published on KevinMD website.
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