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When we suffer an injury as a result of an accident, we tend to think of the direct, immediate consequences first and foremost. Break an arm and your ability to use that arm will be compromised! What often takes people by surprise are the indirect consequences. A severe injury such as a road accident can leave you reliant on friends and family members, and this dependency can lead to frustration. Even a minor injury might affect your ability to work and function, which can increase the tension in a household. So having identified these problems, what can we do to fix them? The first step is to come to terms with the fact that these challenges are coming. Make it Right The National Accident Helpline, a solicitors specialising in personal injury compensation, have launched the ‘Make it Right’ campaign to draw attention to these problems. As part of the campaign, they have conducted a survey of British accident victims which revealed a number of mental side-effects to be distressing...

What Is Drug Abuse? Drug abuse is a disease that disturbs your mind and behavior. When you’re abused to some drugs, you can’t resist the desire to use them, no matter how much fatal the drugs may cause. Abuse of the drug isn’t about just cocaine, heroin, or other illegal drugs. You can also get the abuse to opioid painkillers, nicotine, alcohol and other legal substances. Keywords: Drug abuse, addiction, legal or illegal drug abuse Addiction vs. Abuse: Drug abuse is when you use illegal or legal substances in ways you shouldn’t use it. You might take more than the regular level of dose of pills or use without a physician’s prescription. You may abuse drugs to feel ease stress and good. But commonly, you can alter your unhealthy and bad habits or stop using altogether. Addiction term is used when you can’t stop any legal or illegal drug. Even when it sets your health in severe danger.  It cannot stop even when it sources of emotional, financial and other problems for you or ...

It rolls around again – the familiar cramps, cravings, and general distress. While many have been able to find ways to cope with pain, usually with wine and chocolate, it’s no doubt that some experience more discomfort than others. What about smoking weed while on your period? If the knots in your stomach are especially strong and if you live in an area where it’s legal, cannabis may a viable option then! Hear me out first. Aside from the fun headspace associated with it, smoking weed definitely helps ease pain from menstrual cramps and other pains. In fact, as a powerful anti-inflammatory , that’s where many of the medical properties from cannabis lie. How does it help and are there other ways other than smoking? We’ll go over those two thoughts here. First, here’s a quick hot list of the things cannabis is known for medically and how it can help you out during your moon cycle: Anti-inflammatory Pain relieving Reduce stress Relieve anxiety Treat insomnia/help sleep Improv...

Under most circumstances, parents, doctors, and especially plastic surgeons agree – cosmetic procedures aren’t appropriate for growing children. Certainly, there are exceptions, such as part of reconstruction after a major injury, but typically it’s best for children to wait until they’re fully grown to undergo such procedures.  One intervention that’s appropriate for people of almost any age, however, is otoplasty, a procedure that modifies the shape and position of the ears. In fact, unlike other procedures, otoplasty is most commonly performed on children ages 4 to 14 . Within a field dominated by procedures for adults, otoplasty is a special case. An All Ages Procedure While otoplasty is most commonly performed on children who have unusually large or protruding ears, it can be performed on anyone with cosmetic complaints about their ears. For example, adults may undergo otoplasty to repair torn earlobes or birth defects, or to reduce the prominence of their ears if they ...

A home should be a place where you can relax and live in comfort. In many ways, your home reflects who you are as a person, and you can fill it with things that match your personality. It’s also important to keep your home in good condition so you’re always ready to receive guests, but more importantly, so you can feel calm in your surroundings. Here are some tips on how you can keep your home looking great. Storage Clean and tidy living space is one way to keep your home looking presentable and will help to evoke a relaxing atmosphere. It’s easy to collect useless items of clutter over the years, so if you’re finding yourself struggling to keep your belongings neatly stored away, you may want to consider having a good spring clean and throwing some stuff out. If you live in a smaller home, you might be limited on storage space, which can make things more difficult. However, there are plenty of clever storage solutions you could try to implement in your home to keep it looking good...

The world is ripe with hackers and scammers who want to destroy and steal from companies big and small. Some are looking to steal identities, money and information. Others are malicious competing businesses wanting to get ahead of you. Sometimes the misplacement of data is accidental, but it’s no less disastrous. This is why your company needs Data Loss Prevention — also known as DLP — to monitor and secure any data that’s in use or being stored, and more. 1. Protect Personal Information Companies tend to store a lot of personal information about their workers. Health records, names and addresses, payment information, Social Security numbers — all things that, in the wrong hands, can result in disastrous consequences. It’s not just theft you need to worry about if this information leaks, either. Some of it, like personal health information or PHI, is protected under HIPAA. If you’re in the EU or have a remote team, personal data of residents is protected under GDPR. If any of th...

If your parents are starting to need more support as they head into old age, there are many options to consider depending on their needs – from getting help in their own home to supported retirement living or full-time care in a nursing home. Remaining at home Many older adults are, understandably, keen to remain in their own homes for as long as they can, and this can be managed with a little extra support, either from family and friends or with help from outside agencies. If this is an option for your parents, look into arranging in-home care givers, cleaning, and meal delivery. Contact Age UK for help and advice and consider simple modifications to make the home safer – perhaps replace a bath with a walk-in shower, install grab rails in the bathroom and on any outside steps, and think about a wheelchair ramp or stairlift. Medical alert systems will also provide help at the touch of a button if your parent falls and is unable to get up. Independent retirement living Some older...

The sedentary lifestyle combined with everyday stress can really endanger our health. Spending most part of the day sitting or lying down, without exercising, can cause serious health issues such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular problems and even death. Some experts even claim that sitting is the new smoking! “Any extended sitting — such as at a desk, behind a wheel or in front of a screen — can be harmful. An analysis of 13 studies of sitting time and activity levels found that those who sat for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking,” explains Edward R.Laskowski, M.D. The human body is designed to stand upright. When the body is upright, the organs are more efficient. People who are physically active have more energy, stronger bones and are much healthier. Here are 10 reasons why you should avoid sitting for too long: 1. Sitting for too long slows down everything in the body, even the...

This adorable tiny kitten was found on the street, alone and hungry. Luckily, a local animal shelter found it and took it in. The poor kitten was only 4 weeks old and weighted just 8.6 ounces, the size of a one week old. Chris and his mother Erin, who are volunteers at the shelter, decided to foster him. The adorable kitten had eye problems, was severely underweight and was riddled with fleas. He was so skinny and small that he looked like a small mouse. “We syringe fed him as he all about stopped eating and wouldn’t take a bottle. He battled an upper respiratory infection that we caught early and medicated for. He slowly gained weight, and it took him a long time to hit one pound,” explains Erin. As days went by, the baby kitten was getting better and his personality began to shine. He started hoping on his humans’ shoulders and curl up in their arms. He even got the most unique name- Mouse. Mouse’s owner says that although he is small, he’s fierce and never gives up. “He is qu...

If you’re looking for a non-surgical option to control bladder leakage, a pessary might be just what you need. Millions of women are affected by stress urinary incontinence (SUI) that’s adding anxiety to many aspects of their daily life.  When going for a jog, a workout or even just sneezing or laughing causes urinary leakage, women need to seek treatment to alleviate the issue.  Covering up the problem with pads, or seeking an invasive surgery are common options, but the most recommended (at least to try) is a bladder support device like a vaginal pessary. How do vaginal pessaries work? There are numerous different types (shapes) of pessaries available to women seeking a non-surgical leakage control solution.  Everything from donut shapes, to cubes or disk shaped Gellhorn’s are available on the market, but for many women a tampon shape is preferred.  It’s a necessary process of trial-and-error because finding the right fit is very important. Pessaries (bladder ...

Unfortunately, there will come a point and time in your life when you experience some sort of back pain. Yours might not be as severe or acute as the individual sitting next to you, but you are going to experience it. And, even just the slightest tinge is enough to make you want to tap out. That being said, back pain can be caused by a multitude of reasons, but when you’re in this situation, you are going to want something to make it more bearable. Most people would opt for pain meds or something over the counter, but this really isn’t the best way to go. In fact, more and more people these days are opting for orthopedic cushions. Not only are these devices safer, friendlier, and more cost-effective, but they are easier to obtain. And, these are just a few of the reasons that the devices are growing in popularity. You Can And Use Take Them Anywhere Back pain can hit at any time. And, usually, when it hits, it seems like it hits at the worst time. Maybe it hits when you are sitting i...

Fat reduction procedures coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This is mostly due to the complicated nature of the treatment, as well as the fact that everyone’s body is built differently and reacts to various procedures in its own unique way. And while all of them are different and offer their own advantages as well as complications, there are some negative factors that most of them have in common. Even a fat reduction surgery that’s gone smoothly and hasn’t been a risk to the patient’s health in any way, some side-effects and negative reactions may appear in the future. Due to the highly invasive nature of most fat reduction procedures, it may take some time for the patient to completely heal after the treatment is over, even if the procedure goes by completely smoothly. But there is a non-invasive alternative to traditional fat reduction procedures. And this treatment comes in the form of Coolsculpting NYC and other major metropolitan areas’ revolutionary body contouring...

According to the USDA, if you bore a child in 2015, you will spend approximately $233,610 to raise it to the age of 18. This vast sum is the lowest child cost that the USDA reported since 2011, but nobody would be blamed for wanting to cut that cost down. To successfully cut the cost of raising a child, you need to plan your life around doing so. Here are the costs involved in raising a child, as well as some ways to ease the strain on your wallet. Living Location Choosing where to live can be the most significant determiner of cost, not least due to the price of the house, but also due to the cost of shops and entertainment around the neighborhood. Education also plays a vital role, areas around good public schools typically cost more , but this could be a lot less than paying for private schooling and could come out cheaper in the long run. However, it’s worth doing a check of the cost when you’re looking for a place to live – if you’re only planning to have one child you might sa...

Every month in the US, many tens of millions of people buy something beauty-related. Whether it’s makeup, skincare, haircare, etc. There are a good 80 million people making some beauty product type of purchase. Many of these people spend quite a lot of time searching online for new products to buy as many often purchase certain products that turn out to not be good for them individually. If you are like millions of other people, you’ve likely spent dozens of hours of your time searching online for, while comparing, analyzing, and buying so many different types of sets of makeup, lipsticks, moisturizers, foundations, contours, eyeshadows, anti-aging creams, and so many other types of products. You’ve found some good ones you go back to, but end up tossing so many others that you’ve spent quite a bit of money on too, not to mention the amount of time you’ve wasted shopping online or at stores to find the best makeup products that are best for you and your skin. Well, we have a little...

Even the best-designed home décor might look quite ordinary and unappealing if it is dirty and dusty. Keeping homes clean is a tedious task for homeowners who cannot afford to look away from it. Whether they do the cleaning on their own or use some professional cleaning services, they must do it regularly. Vacuum cleaners are most appropriate for home cleaning that helps to bring out the best in home décor by maintaining its clean and dust-free looks. Vacuum cleaners are available in various designs and functionalities, and for finding the best vacuum cleaner, you must first ascertain the kind of use you have.  You must also consider the extent of use and the level of cleanliness you want to achieve. All vacuum cleaners can clean carpets, which is the most prevalent use of the equipment and even used for general housekeeping to keep spaces clean. From the ceilings to window treatments as well as crevices and corners of homes, you can keep the spaces spick and span and free from d...

A wedding is once in a lifetime affair which makes you feel extra special. While you feel special, you wish to make the occasion even more special by adorning jewelry that makes a lifetime memory. We all know that diamonds are best suited to the occasion. But what if you cannot afford it? Or, is there something else you can go with, which makes you look equally gorgeous? Of course! You’ve got the option of diamond alternative engagement rings which are becoming quite popular these days. There are various advantages of choosing a diamond alternative engagement ring. First of all, it’s affordable (if you compare them with diamond rings, they’ll help you save a lot!). Then, they give you colorful options to choose from based on gemstones you prefer (If you go for a rare colored diamond, you’ll have to pay an exorbitant amount). Best Place to Shop Diamond Alternative Engagement Rings Here, we’ll tell you about some of the best diamond alternative engagement rings created by BuyArtJewe...