Getting sick, in America anyway, certainly isn’t cheap! While most of us live under pretty impressive private insurance or Medicaid plans through our jobs, insurance will only get you so far. For many people, getting diagnosed with a chronic illness will not only cause major damage to their physical and mental well being, but will also deliver a huge blow to their personal finances. If you’re living with a chronic illness and you’re feeling the strain on your account, here are some tips on how to cope. Learn About Insurance Insurance is a pretty dry subject, so most people will simply make sure they’re covered for various worst-case scenarios, and then forget about their insurance until it’s absolutely necessary to pull out all the paperwork. However, if you want to maintain healthy personal finances when living with a chronic illness, it’s essential to do some research into your health insurance…

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We may be a very advanced society regarding women’s rights and emancipation, compared to some distant cultures. Yet, for a staggering 50% of young women, intimate health and contraception is a big taboo. For half of those women, it is synonymous of duty more than pleasure, and many try to pack it somewhere safe at the back of their mind alongside with the car MOT and council taxes. It’s time to wake up ladies, and to learn to take care of yourself so that you can take care of your health without embarrassment. Let’s all relax and talk about the health industry behind our bedroom fun. Why Is it Taboo? This is a fair question when we think that we live in a society where intimate health is an embarrassing topics and synonymous of evil. While this tacit agreement of silence means that most of us are likely to catch…

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With superfoods around, “Diet” has become just a Four-Letter Word. You need not restrict yourself to small amounts with these special kinds of foods in order to get and maintain good health. Of all the superfoods, berries steal the show. They may or may not perform miracles, but from the strawberries to smitten your beloved one to the humble blueberries, these wonder berries are packed with nutrition. Sure, other fruits and leafy greens have their own position in our diet, but don’t you feel a kind of magnetism in berries? In point of fact, the attention bestowed on berries is not baseless. There are studies that actually show benefits of berries and amongst the most recent ones, researchers revealed that women who ate more than three servings of blueberries or strawberries a week had a 34 percent lower heart attack risk than those who ate less. This is huge, but…

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Accidents are something a lot of people fear. They come out of nowhere and cause you both physical and mental pain. They can result in a loss of earnings and psychological difficulties such as depression.  But the good news is that it is possible to recover when something like this happens to you. Read on to find out more. Your expectations One of the things that is the most difficult to deal with when you have been involved in an accident is that you have no time to mentally prepare. You go from being perfectly fit and happy to having an injury instantly. This can have a huge impact on how you see the world and yourself. The thing to bear in mind if you have suffered from an accident is that to make a strong recovery you may need to change your expectations a little. In many cases, a…

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For people who are trying to get healthier in the new year, a steady diet of the oily, fried options available at Americanized Chinese restaurants may not be the best choice. Not only are these dishes loaded with calories, they are high in fat, sugar, and cholesterol as well. However, eating authentic Chinese food more often can be an excellent choice. That is because it is loaded with vegetables and lean proteins. Meals are lightly stir-fried or steamed, not fried like they are in a typical restaurant. {Image Credit: Z & Y Restaurant} The Health Benefit of Using Chopsticks One of the biggest reasons that people gain weight is that they haven’t learned to pace their eating and recognize the sensation of being full soon enough. Chopsticks can eliminate both problems since it takes longer to eat with chopsticks than it does a spoon or fork. This allows diners to…

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We all go through difficult times in our lives. This may be due to loss, illness, job-related worries, etc. Some things are difficult to identify in ourselves. Would you be able to tell if there’s a problem with your best friend? The following are common issues experienced by millions of individuals each year. We have included the telltale signs and what you can do to help. Drinking We live in a culture that normalizes drinking. We only have to switch on the TV to see our favorite soap stars pouring a glass of wine. Or, we hear our colleagues talking about beer o’clock and how they got wasted at the weekend. Drinking is deemed okay in limitation. However, some research now suggests that there is no safe limit. It is one of the main preventable contributors to serious illnesses such as cancer. Do you suspect that your friend is drinking…

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