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		<title>Healthy Foot Care Tips For Your Feet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Do not ignore foot pain is not normal.
2. Examine your feet regularly. Pay attention to changes in the color and temperature. Especially between the toes and make sure you dry them completely.
3. Cut nails straight across, but not too short, especially the corners.
4. Buy shoes at the end of the day because your feet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Do not ignore foot pain is not normal.<br />
2. Examine your feet regularly. Pay attention to changes in the color and temperature. Especially between the toes and make sure you dry them completely.<br />
3. Cut nails straight across, but not too short, especially the corners.<br />
4. Buy shoes at the end of the day because your feet tend to be more prolonged.<br />
5. Choose the right shoe for the activity you are going to do.<br />
6. Use more than one pair of shoes and alternating their use, do not use them every day.<br />
7. Avoid walking barefoot, as your feet will have a higher risk of injury and infection.<br />
8. On the beach or when exposed to the sun always use sunscreen.</p>
<p>They are recipes that gap will help you show off those perfect feet you always wanted.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>For tired feet: </strong>Pour four or five drops of peppermint oil and the same drops of lavender in a bowl with warm water and submerge your feet about five minutes. Then sumérgelos in cold water again and repeat the whole operation two or three more times. This alternating cold and warm water is perfect to let your feet like new.</p>
<p><strong>For feet that need hydration:</strong> Mix a very ripe avocado and half plain yogurt. Mix ingredients and apply on the feet After introducing each of them in a plastic bag to keep warm. After twenty minutes, rinse the feet with water and apply a moisturizing body cream</p>
<p><strong>Bath for tired feet and sore:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>1 handful of chamomile</li>
<li>1 handful of mint, pennyroyal</li>
<li>1 handful of laurel</li>
<li>2 liters of water</li>
<li>1 pinch of baking soda</li>
</ul>
<p>Bring water to a boil, is removed from the heat and added the three herbs. Allow it to rest, strain and add the baking soda.</p>
<p>You must pour the water into a bowl adding enough hot water to make a foot bath.</p>
<p>For cracked heels are made all the previous steps for the drying of the feet, but the cracks require specific treatment</p>
<p><strong>Cracked heels:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Implementation of a ripe banana for 20 minutes every day.<br />
The lard-butter can be used alone or in the cracks of the heels or take a spoonful and mix it with honey.</li>
<li>A cotton soaked in olive oil is one of natural remedies for cracked heels most of the known.</li>
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<p>If such care is performed daily in approximately 10 days the skin of the foot should have been recovered, the time depends on the damage they had before starting the natural treatment for dry feet.</p>
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		<title>Healthy Beauty Tips: Beautiful Lips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How to increase the lips, make them beautiful shape and size, whether to increase the lips without the surgery? We offer free accommodation for the beauty of your lips.</p>
<p>Which parts of the body, how do you think is the most plastic surgeries? If you do not know, I&#8217;ll tell you &#8211; the vast number of transactions made on the chest and lips.</p>
<p>Let us ask of Plastic Surgeons, which lips are female? They have one vote argue that the most common &#8220;pattern&#8221;, which brought them to the patient &#8211; photo Angelina Jolie, which, among other things, the third consecutive year among the ten most sexual actresses in Hollywood. Men of it just wild, they call her lips inviting, calls, luxurious, reduces mad.</p>
<p>What can we do to the woman who wants to see your lips beautiful and sexually attractive, does not want to make injectable hyaluronic acid gel. Meanwhile, more men are clearly not happy when they deceive, and quickly recognize the artificially inflated lips, considering them vulgar and women with inflated lips seeing only as sex objects. And most importantly &#8211; the slightest mistake surgeon is particularly noticeable on lips, and hides it there is no possibility. Even the &#8220;well made&#8221; lip is usually stretched, the upper lip above the bottom and corners pripuhayut of collagen. Out there &#8211; there is a complex exercise, &#8220;The Call of Nature&#8221;, which will emphasize your natural lip line, making them more bulky and attractive.</p>
<p>Set to increase and the beauty of lips</p>
<p>During the first month you need to deal with daily, preferably even twice a day, and then to maintain the form, follow the entire range of 2-3 times a week. To get the greatest effect, before the beginning of classes umoytes carefully and vigorously propoloschite mouth first with warm, then cold water. All exercises will restart in 10 times, and then gradually during the month bring the number of repetitions to 21.</p>
<p>Fish swallows air. Strong pull forward the lips, mouth priotkroyte, then tightly somknite lips and facial muscles relax.</p>
<p>A camel chews prickles. Holding the mouth closed, move your lips first, sequentially to the right and left, then draw a small eight.</p>
<p>Chameleon catches a butterfly. Slightly priokroyte mouth, vysunte language as far as possible and in this situation stays as up to three. Then, remove the tongue, close your mouth and relax facial muscles, counting to two.</p>
<p>Elephant blow flock. Pull the lips of more and more sharply vydohnite, how would zaduvaya light candles or sduvaya flock. Then the lips relax as up to three.</p>
<p>Kit produces a fountain. Take a deep breath and naduyte cheeks, lips, fold in the tube. Exhaled air, first gradually and slowly, but in the end vytolknite air two or three sharp shocks.</p>
<p>Coyote howls at the moon. Slowly. say the chant sounds A-AND-A-U, then a deep breath. Naduyte cheeks and exhale air through polusomknutye lips so they vibrate. The sound should be like a low hum.</p>
<p><strong>Gopher:</strong> Within 2-5 minutes of whistle-known melodies, trying to maximize the sound loud and clear.</p>
<p><strong>Caring for the lips:</strong> Of course, one should not limit its attention to the beauty of one set of lips. There is a simple procedure for the care that will allow your lips always look great. We recommend a morning massage lips with a soft toothbrush, followed by the cause at first a little lip balm and then lipstick, so you&#8217;ll soon forget about the dry, shelushaschiesya lips. Before going to bed is also desirable to moisten the lips with a special nutritious balm, but if you do not, use a gentle cream for age. Do not forget to moisturize lips, and after a long stay in the sun, using a balm or clear gloss.</p>
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		<title>Healthy Sleep Tips: Important tips to get you to sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need to sleep every night for the best way to follow a non-sleep tips for the best and have to buy memory foam pillow. It is a matter of common sense: our sleep is important for everyday life. Sleep causes anxiety, lack of concentration, lack of difficulty and with others to discuss. If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You need to sleep every night for the best way to follow a non-sleep tips for the best and have to buy memory foam pillow. It is a matter of common sense: our sleep is important for everyday life. Sleep causes anxiety, lack of concentration, lack of difficulty and with others to discuss. If you problems with sleeping, it&#8217;s going to eat or drink, or is not appropriate or pillow to sleep on the mattress with it could be.</p>
<p>So the simple tips if you decide to follow, you sleep every night to be a great guarantee. The first thing you should do before, especially from cereals and sugar in the form of the sleep blood sugar levels increase and hinder you sleep, something not too heavy to ensure food is. Dairy foods are also the most that can control the breathing and said that any sleeping or wake you up from your partner can stop snoring is likely to stimulate mucous production. Bathroom because my sleep patterns to break up the union and you&#8217;ll find difficult to fall asleep later addition, more than two hours of sleep do not drink.</p>
<p>Make sure you to sleep, and twice that caffeine is also something to think before ingesting alcohol do not drink before going to. Some people do not efficiently metabolize caffeine to kick in for several hours and it can take a deep, restful sleep you get in will be delayed. If you form your doctor or pharmacist if the individual tablets are in line with the requirements of a deep sleep to see are talking.</p>
<p>Other tips before going to bed to sleep for a few hours include winding down. And our problems and leave your work behind you high Do not watch TV shows before going to sleep. , And keep your bedroom dark and quiet, according to a regular program go to sleep, my body loves this kind of routine. Because you will be at the shore all night so that does not suddenly start a soft one, the echo of the heart to stop waiting for my alarm clock sharp change.</p>
<p>Still, the most important concern your pillow and mattress sleeping tips. Pillows and other traditional materials with the wings of sleep during the shift and do not always support your neck is stuffed. This is a very easy to rest your neck during the night to support is important. Spinal alignment and great for the rest, you should try a memory foam pillow. Memory foam pillows for your body size and adjust according to your sleep patterns. This change of size pillows without the support of your neck all night long goal.</p>
<p>Different shapes and sizes and there until you try them all that you can not know is the best on the market with a wide array of memory foam pillows do. Your options for a superlative that better suits your needs to modify the height and pattern allows for a flexible memory foam pillow will be.</p>
<p>Tips for your mattress to sleep on the same subject see: any pressure points. You should sink in the same bed as a natural turning point for your spine supported. Memory foam, a natural and restful sleep out would be encouraged or even if your firm mattress, cheap to decide the best way is a pad or a soft top is to buy.</p>
<p>Down to change and there is no need. Bye snoring and sleepless nights to say. If you sleep a few simple tips and diet and activity are memory foam mattresses and pillows in all of your follow the rest of the problems will be fixed easily.</p>
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		<title>Healthy Hair tips: Stress induced hair loss are- Bald truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a fact of life, and when it is beneficient effect may be, more and more rapid achievement for us and we are more focused and work in a rapid, a taken as an excessive stress person may be harmful to both psychologically and physiologically. An excessive stress of the impact of a scientist and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a fact of life, and when it is beneficient effect may be, more and more rapid achievement for us and we are more focused and work in a rapid, a taken as an excessive stress person may be harmful to both psychologically and physiologically. An excessive stress of the impact of a scientist and more painful condition is called Telogen Effluvium. In the words of the common man, it&#8217;s really creepy name that means a person&#8217;s hair thinning due to the stress begins.</p>
<p>Stress of a straight hair loss for, but do not contribute. Despite what most people think that in May, it really is that person that doesn&#8217;t stress a person&#8217;s hair loss is a direct physical effect seems to prove a fact. Being fast to pop your head because your hair is not stressed out, but when a person is tense, he is in fact in some personal habits that lead to hair loss have to. The private one, a direct effect of stress, and with them to reduce stress related hair loss will help in tackling. Here&#8217;s a few of these habits, to avoid them and you can take some precautions are:</p>
<p>Poor diet &#8211; When people are overstressed, they neglect to have their food habits. Finally, one of the various physical ailments will suffer from a very unbalanced diet is one person, hair loss and clear in this case concerns a person at least will be. However, hair loss is a relatively mild warning sign that your diet and start eating right should be right. How a poor diet affects a person&#8217;s hair to show, here&#8217;s a little fact: normally a person will shed hair, roughly about 100 a day, andthese finally body naturally are replaced follicles.</p>
<p>Alcohol and cigarettes &#8211; is sad to say, some people blame for the turn to face the stress of stress as a result. Alcohol and cigarettes relaxants, and being readily available and legal, sometimes people are in the midst of high stress are the overindulged. While the volume is in the middle, both the fault of your already taken up the same health risks. However, only in times of stress or social drinking smokers are people too sudden a sudden as a means of coping with their consumption may increase. During this time, increased consumption of alcohol or nicotine causes physical problems. You know, that used a series &#8211; smokers, for example, is a yellowed finger nails or yellow teeth can be seen.</p>
<p>Hair &#8211; negligible &#8211; as a joke, a lot of people still think that in times of stress and more clear to take a lifetime to feel nervous with them. In fact, some of the causes of hair loss. Someone who their purse, walking ballpen with a nail, cut the Bella &#8230; Then there are people who in one form or another fiddle with the hair. Some girls, for example, chewing the ends of her hair, which a lot of split ends is to do something when the habit of leadership is upset. Nerve is that most hair loss is for the more stringent versions of hair-nibbling, or actually pulling his own hair turn when, angry or scratching your head when stumped as those involved are leading.</p>
<p>If you have these nervous habits, then a beautiful solution to your roots when their children blow up the kitchen or your boss for you on your time frame and started shouting to stop yanking your hair out for a lot of discipline to include a people are. If you will be a nervous habit, find something relatively harmless &#8211; buy a stressball, it will also strengthen your grip.</p>
<p>All of them, and keep the world a healthy, light, positive attitude and be happy with getting on top of that force is you. Keep a smile on your face and in your heart, and you wonder how this deal can get a general in the rest of the universe.</p>
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		<title>Healthy fitness Tips: 10 tips to remain fit and healthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.	A glass of orange juice daily, at least, to increase to twice or more iron in the body, the nutritionist advises Maryon Stewart.
2.	Sprinkle with cinnamon coffee: Pour half teaspoon cinnamon drink that once a day keeps cholesterol low and stable levels of blood sugar, according to U.S. scientists.
3.	Change the white brown: The bread is almost [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.	A glass of orange juice daily, at least, to increase to twice or more iron in the body, the nutritionist advises Maryon Stewart.</p>
<p>2.	Sprinkle with cinnamon coffee: Pour half teaspoon cinnamon drink that once a day keeps cholesterol low and stable levels of blood sugar, according to U.S. scientists.</p>
<p>3.	Change the white brown: The bread is almost four times more fiber, three times more zinc and iron, almost twice the white bread. Moreover, those who eat white bread increased half inch per year, say the researchers. ¡Ahhh!, And eat the bark, as they have eight times more pronylysina, which encourages enzymes to fight colon cancer.</p>
<p>4.	Chew the plants longer. This increases the amount of chemicals released into the anti-body, according to the Institute of Food Research. The chewing sinigrina released. And the less preventive effect is better cooked.</p>
<p>5.	Take the 80% rule. This is to join Japanese Hara Hachi Bu and leave 20% of the food they would eat on the plate. And prevents gastrointestinal disorders, prolong life and reduce the risk of diabetes and heart attacks.</p>
<p>6.	The future is orange: Reduces the risk of lung cancer. Those who eat them regularly have 30% less chance of contracting the disease, according to a study by the International Journal Of Cancer. Another study found that people who eat four servings of citrus fruit a day had a 40% less likely than those who eat less than one per day.</p>
<p>7.	Eat colorful as the rainbow. If you eat a variety of red, orange, yellow, green, purple and white fruits and vegetables, have the best mix of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that exist. So say experts at The Mirror of the Institute of Food Research.</p>
<p>8.	Eat pizza with tomatoes But the choice of finite mass with extra sauce. The Lycopene, an antioxidant in tomatoes, are thought to inhibit and even reverse the growth of tumors, and is better absorbed by the body when tomatoes are in a sauce for pasta or pizza.</p>
<p>9.	Clean your toothbrush. The contact of germs in the glass of the brushes can be fatal. The brushes themselves can spread colds and flu. Should be cleaned four times a week, especially after illness and keep them separate from other brush. Replace your toothbrush at least every four months.</p>
<p>10.	Make jigsaw puzzles, crosswords or Sudoku, or learn a language, any new skill, or read a book and memorize paragraphs. Stimulate your mind encourages him to form new mental pathways and strengthens memory. A person 50 years of mental activity is best vague memory of a person half his age.</p>
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		<title>Healthy dental tips: Management of dental floss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It consists of a silk thread whose purpose is to clean the surfaces of teeth that come into contact with each other, and spaces interdentarios; areas virtually inaccessible to the brush fibers that become true of the shelter board, with the risk of caries , gingivitis and pyorrhea.
If we do not use dental floss our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It consists of a silk thread whose purpose is to clean the surfaces of teeth that come into contact with each other, and spaces interdentarios; areas virtually inaccessible to the brush fibers that become true of the shelter board, with the risk of caries , gingivitis and pyorrhea.</p>
<p>If we do not use dental floss our mouth is never completely clean.</p>
<p>The floss is sold in rolls or individual protective kit as part of a control board (which also includes toothbrush, plaque-staining dye, silk applicator, toothpaste and other appropriate accessories for the maintenance of oral hygiene ).</p>
<p>The trade of silk is variable, having the appearance of a thin wire (1 mm. Approximately thick) of various colors (usually white) and even different flavors (strawberry, mint &#8230;).</p>
<p>The two most widespread forms of silk are waxed (easier to handle, and slide better), ideal for beginners, and waxing.</p>
<p>While dentists recommend the use of silk without waxing, recent studies have shown that its efficacy is similar to waxed.</p>
<p>Although in principle an operation can be complicated, we must remember that in the end it becomes a routine practice and simple, like brushing.</p>
<p>Therefore, do not forget that if you start to use is difficult to persevere in their efforts and not give back to a technique as simple, effective and necessary for oral hygiene.</p>
<p>The silk will be handled manually, extracting roll some thirty or forty inches, the ends of which rolled the fingers of both hands means, carrying the bulk of the wire to one of the fingers, so that as we use it, going from one to another silk finger, using clean tissue for each space interdentario.</p>
<p>Leave several inches of floss between the hands, subjects with the index finger and thumb, and its length will be great not to impede the movements to be made.</p>
<p>Usually begin by introducing the wire between the upper incisors (the easiest to clean) until it is gently supported in the gingiva.</p>
<p>Silk pressed on one side of the teeth, rodeándole as &#8220;C&#8221;, and slips vertically to the edge of it.</p>
<p>The operation was repeated several times (six or eight) until you notice a peculiar sound, an indicator that the surface is clean).</p>
<p>Ropes should always be parallel, not pressing on the gum, which would be injured, but on the surface of each piece.</p>
<p>The same system is followed with each of the teeth, and never saw horizontal motions (back to later), but vertical, then cut the gum and even erode the neck of the tooth making it vulnerable to decay and pain sensitivity .</p>
<p>Silk can also be used by the so-called &#8220;applied&#8221; a few simple tools in a plastic fork, whose arm is the piece of thread with which we clean, and a button at the fork where knots. Gives better results even though the manual application, applicators are used to take the first steps.</p>
<p>In children, the silk used to begin as soon as their abilities allow, and before that the contacts are closed interdentarios.</p>
<p>To simplify management, instead of winding the thread means to fingers, it is advisable to make a ring of about eight centimeters in diameter, knot the ends.</p>
<p>The ring is attached to the four fingers of each hand (except thumb) and will use it to rotate the thread clean.</p>
<p>The floss should be used at least once a day.</p>
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		<title>Acai Berry  Diet &#8211; Weight Loss and Health Benefits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Acai berry of the Acai palm tree is a fruit that can be found growing mainly in South America, covering Brazil and Peru primarily. Ninety percent of it if formed of seed pit and the rest is pulpy. The fruit has an exceptionally high fat content due to which its life after harvesting is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Acai berry of the Acai palm tree is a fruit that can be found growing mainly in South America, covering Brazil and Peru primarily. Ninety percent of it if formed of seed pit and the rest is pulpy. The fruit has an exceptionally high fat content due to which its life after harvesting is very short. For this reason, it is mainly preserved by freezing it, making it into a pulp or even in powder variety.</p>
<p><strong>Acai Berries</strong> are considered to be the nutritious fruit, which grows in the Amazon valley located in rain forest of Northern Brazil. It composed various ingredients such as Amino acid, fatty acids and anti-oxidants other than iron products, fibers and vitamins. Acai berry is a very tasty berry, which seems like a grape and tastes like chocolates candy. Assorted nutrients and minerals are available in Acai Berry fruit.</p>
<p><strong>Acai berries</strong> can help a person achieve weight loss by contributing its one most attractive property into the mix: that of providing high levels of antioxidants into the bloodstream. Incorporating an <strong>Acai Berry Cleanse</strong> in your diet can help the body eliminate free radicals. These free radicals are of course necessary in human development since these promote natural cell renewal. Natural cell renewal can be achieved by letting cells decay so that these can be replaced. Unfortunately, some cells decay too quick that other &#8220;new&#8221; cells have yet to be developed; or decay very slowly that others cells are much affected. Here is where antioxidants comes in.</p>
<p>Antioxidants help search off some or most of the free radicals that cause cell decay so that the body has time to develop the new cells that can replace them. At the same time, it can promote rapid cell regeneration by providing the body a balance between decaying cells and emerging cells. Once balance is achieved, the body basically returns or goes to a better state where the body can burn up as much calories as it should and &#8220;process&#8221; them properly. This is essentially why a healthy supply of antioxidants from food supplements like <strong>Acai Berry Diet</strong> products can also help make the skin look younger and the person&#8217;s energy level higher.</p>
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<p>Acai berries also give essential amino acids, a good source of carbohydrates and fibers, healthy fatty acids, and phytosterols which can speed up the metabolism considerably. This makes detoxification from the body move much faster. Fiber is known to help move bowel wastes very swiftly &#8211; but it also means that the body is dispending the nutrients at a quicker rate. In turn, the body quickly assimilates those nutrients and turns these into caloric energy. This is where people say that drinking acai berry juice supplements essentially gives them a boost of energy.</p>
<p>That boost of energy, if you really want to exploit it properly, is necessary for a healthy lifestyle. That can be used to promote more regular exercises that can accelerate up the fat burning process. The healthier part of this deal is: the more you exercise, the better your muscle can burn off unnecessary fat, so that you can use up energy even while you are resting.</p>
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		<title>The Young and the Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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For most people, diarrhea is nothing more than a minor inconvenience. But for the very young and the elderly, it can be life threatening, even fatal.
Why is it so dangerous for these groups? &#8220;Young children have a much smaller blood volume,&#8221; explains Harry S. Dweck, M.D., director of the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at [...]]]></description>
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<p>For most people, diarrhea is nothing more than a minor inconvenience. But for the very young and the elderly, it can be life threatening, even fatal.</p>
<p>Why is it so dangerous for these groups? &#8220;Young children have a much smaller blood volume,&#8221; explains Harry S. Dweck, M.D., director of the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. What constitutes &#8220;a small fluid loss in an adult can make a big difference in an infant.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Dehydration</strong> can take days to occur in an adult, hours to days for a child, and seconds to minutes in a newborn. Dweck emphasizes. That&#8217;s why diarrhea has been such a killer of children in many countries around the world.</p>
<p>If your child has diarrhea, &#8220;call the doctor right away, with the first loose stool,&#8221; Dweck stresses.</p>
<p>Diarrhea may be harder to recognize in infants. &#8220;Newborns may have up to 6 to 9 bowel movements a day,&#8221; Dweck says. &#8220;And if they&#8217;re breast-fed, it&#8217;s a more liquid stool.&#8221; But parents generally learn fast what their baby&#8217;s normal stool looks like. If it becomes more liquid, if it&#8217;s explosive, or if the odor changes, it&#8217;s probably diarrhea. &#8220;The best way by far to prevent diarrhea in infants is to breast-feed,&#8221; Dweck points out. The colostrum, the special kind of milk produced during the first few days of the baby&#8217;s life, &#8220;is loaded with antibodies and white blood cells&#8221; that are absorbed directly into the baby&#8217;s gastrointestinal tract, which will help prevent gastrointestinal infections down the road.</p>
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<p>There&#8217;s also less chance of contamination with breast-feeding, since bottles don&#8217;t have to be washed. And formula itself can cause allergic reactions that include diarrhea.</p>
<p>Diarrhea is less serious in children over 18 months of age, but diarrhea still warrants a call to?the doctor. Your physician will tell you how to treat your baby and what to give him or her to prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Once kids reach the age of eight or so, you can follow the same recommendations for treating diarrhea as you would for adults.</p>
<p>The elderly can&#8217;t stand to lose much fluid, either, but that&#8217;s because their circulatory system has changed with aging. Hardening of the arteries occurs throughout the blood vessels in the body; lowered blood pressure that occurs when fluid is lost means there&#8217;s not enough pressure to force blood to circulate.</p>
<p>&#8220;That puts them at a high risk for stroke, heart attack, or kidney failure,&#8221; explains Richard Bennett, M.D.</p>
<p>But when the elderly have diarrhea, it&#8217;s often difficult to know when they&#8217;re becoming?dehydrated. &#8220;They don&#8217;t recognize thirst as well,&#8221; says Bennett. &#8220;Or maybe they can&#8217;t get around well enough to get a drink when they are thirsty.&#8221; Changes in the skin that signal dehydration also aren&#8217;t apparent in aged skin. The best clue: Are they still passing urine every hour or two?</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re older and in good health but have a history of congestive heart failure and/or are taking diuretics, you should call your physician as soon as the diarrhea starts. &#8220;The doctor may want to change your dosage of diuretics, since these drugs cause you to lose fluid,&#8221; says Bennett.</p>
<p>Ironically, medical care can lead to some cases of diarrhea in the elderly, says Bennett. They&#8217;re more likely to be on antibiotics, which can have diarrhea as a side effect. They&#8217;re also prone to constipation and may self-medicate or have a physician recommend several types of laxatives, which can end up responsible for diarrhea. About half of the cases of diarrhea in the elderly are probably due to infections, the majority of which are viral.</p>
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		<title>Soothing Suggestions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever the cause, conjunctivitis can be painful and irritating. As with most symptoms or conditions involving the eyes, it is important to see a doctor for correct diagnosis and treatment. Although a viral or bacterial conjunctivitis will usually go away on its own, it will go away much quicker with the use of proper antibiotics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever the cause, conjunctivitis can be painful and irritating. As with most symptoms or conditions involving the eyes, it is important to see a doctor for correct diagnosis and treatment. Although a viral or bacterial conjunctivitis will usually go away on its own, it will go away much quicker with the use of proper antibiotics and antiviral agents, says Carol Ziel, M.D., an ophthalmologist with the Eye Clinic of Wausau in Wisconsin. Bosland adds that if an infectious conjunctivitis lasts longer than two or three weeks, it can start to turn into chronic conjunctivitis. &#8220;In this instance, the bacteria get into the outer corners of the eyelid and spill over into the eye, infecting it as well. And these mixed infections involving the eyelid and the eye can go on for quite a long time,&#8221; he cautions. In addition to seeing a doctor and following his or her advice, you can take some simple steps at home to help relieve discomfort and, if you have infectious conjunctivitis, to keep from spreading the infection around.</p>
<p><strong>Cool the itch of allergic conjunctivitis. </strong>&#8220;If there is any itching in relation to the conjunctivitis, cool compresses will really help to reduce it,&#8221; says Ziel. Simply wet a washcloth with cool water and hold it against the eyes.</p>
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<strong>Ice the swelling.</strong> Applying an ice pack to the eyes can help bring down any swelling from allergic conjunctivitis. &#8220;Try to keep the ice on long enough to reduce the swelling to the point where the eyelid can close down over the cornea,&#8221; says Boylan. (The cornea is the transparent circular covering in front of the eyeball that helps to focus light entering the eye.) &#8220;Otherwise, the cornea could dry out, which is another problem in itself,&#8221; he adds. &#8220;You rarely see this type of conjunctivitis not improve with ice packs and a little bit of time. Often, by the next morning, the swelling is almost completely gone.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Apply heat to fight a bacterial infection.</strong> &#8220;Hot compresses can help the infection quite a bit because the heat dilates the blood vessels, bringing fresh blood to the area, and raises the temperature up above what is optimum for the germ to survive,&#8221; explains Bosland. &#8220;The heat also relaxes the muscles around the eye, which can be quite soothing,&#8221; he continues. Applying a washcloth soaked in hot water (provided it is not hot enough to burn the skin) or using a hot-water bottle works very well.</p>
<p><strong>Drop in some relief. </strong>For minor allergic conjunctivitis, over-the-counter eye drops may provide soothing relief. &#8220;Any of these eye drops are fine to use provided there is nothing seriously wrong with the eye and provided you use them on a short-term basis only,&#8221; says Boylan. For safety&#8217;s sake, and especially if you are also using prescription eye medication, ask your doctor if it&#8217;s OK to use over- the-counter eye drops.</p>
<p><strong>Be selfish. </strong>Conjunctivitis caused by bacteria or viruses is very contagious, so you&#8217;ll need to keep from sharing towels, washcloths, pillows, and handkerchiefs with others. &#8220;The fluid draining from the eyes could get on the towel or pillow and infect someone else,&#8221; warns Ziel.</p>
<p><strong>Keep your hands off. </strong>&#8220;Because conjunctivitis can be quite contagious, it&#8217;s good to keep the germs off of your hands,&#8221; says Ziel. If you have infectious conjunctivitis, try not to rub your eyes, and be sure to wash your hands after wiping your eyes or applying eye medication.</p>
<p><strong>Shield your eyes.</strong> Conjunctivitis can make your eyes extremely sensitive to light and other irritants. So do all you can to give them a break. If you&#8217;re going outdoors, put on a pair of sunglasses to help shield your eyes from wind and sunlight. Put off mowing the lawn or working in the garden until your conjunctivitis has cleared, or at least wear a pair of goggles to keep pollen and dust out of your eyes. Take time off from swimming, or wear a pair of well-fitting swimming goggles. And, when possible, close your eyes to give them a rest..</p>
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