HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Researcher: Johaubannah
Reference: http://www.poise.com/….
Smoking and Bladder Health: One More Reason to Quit
by Paul J. Watkins
It’s common knowledge that cigarette smoking is linked to a variety of health problems. Disorders such as lung cancer and emphysema are perhaps the most recognized problems, but did you know that smoking is also a leading contributor to bladder disorders such as bladder-related cancers and bladder weakness? A 2003 study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that smoking more than twenty cigarettes a day is associated with an increased risk of bladder weakness in women.
While it’s true that there are no studies establishing a direct link between smoking and bladder weakness, Rolando Rivera, M.D., a fellowship-trained urologist with specialists in Urology in Bonita Springs, Florida, notes that it can certainly be a contributing factor. He explains that smoking can lead to bladder cancer, bladder cancer can cause irritation of the bladder, and irritation can lead to bladder leakage.
Go Take a Hike
Researcher: Johaubannah
By: Barbara Call Bourassa
Links to the site: http://www.poise.com/Learn/LifeAndHealth/WomensWellness/Fitness.aspx
Summer has officially arrived and, chances are, your neighborhood has come alive. Children are riding their bicycles, families are passing by with strollers, and couples are out on evening jogs. It’s the perfect “outside weather,” and if the thought of going to the gym makes you cringe, you’re not alone. But just because you don’t want to be cooped up inside, this is no reason to surrender your fitness goals. Why not take up hiking? Of all the season’s outdoor activities, hiking is one of the easiest for beginners to try, since all that’s really needed to get started is a good pair of boots. What’s more, hiking is ideal for the entire family, as long as you choose the appropriate trails.
“Hiking is a great replacement for a gym workout for several reasons,” says Seth Levy, a self-proclaimed gear expert and manager of the Western Public Lands Initiative for the American Hiking Society (AHS) in Silver Spring, Maryland. “For starters, it’s free, and for most Americans, it’s very accessible. It’s easier to stay engaged when the scenery is constantly changing,” he says. “And interacting with the natural environment has real benefits─it increases people’s balance, enhances feelings of well being, and boosts their ability to focus.”
HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE
Researcher: Johaubannah
Reference:http://www.poise.com/Learn/LifeAndHealth/BladderHealth/Natural.aspx
Natural and Alternative Treatments for Bladder Leakage
By Paul J. Watkins
If you’ve been diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), you may be wondering what options are available to regain more bladder control. Some women immediately opt for medications and other non-surgical treatments, while others prefer to avoid both surgery and prescription medications and instead try a natural or alternative treatment.
Perhaps the most well-known natural treatment for SUI is pelvic floor exercises, also known as Kegel exercises. “This exercise is designed to target the muscles of the pelvic floor and region to train or re-train the musculatures and supporting structures of the pelvic region, thus the muscles that control urination,” says Phieu Lam, N.D., a licensed and board-certified naturopathic doctor in Brooklyn, New York. Lam says Kegel exercises are an effective treatment for many women living with bladder leakage. Melissa Bennett, N.D., a traditional naturopathic practitioner in Lilburn, Georgia, agrees. “I personally feel Kegel exercises are extremely beneficial in preventing urinary incontinence.” She adds that, in several clinical studies, 50 to 75 percent of patients who performed only Kegel exercises noticed a substantial improvement in their symptoms. In addition, a 2006 review suggested that Kegel exercises are especially helpful for women in their 40s and 50s who experience stress incontinence.
How CNN’s Dr. Gupta Treats his Carsickness
Researcher: Johaubannah
by: Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN
Read: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/15/car.sick/#cnnSTCText
Watch the video: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/15/car.sick/#cnnSTCVideo
(CNN) - Planning a road trip vacation can be tricky and downright frightening for people who are susceptible to carsickness.
Once the illness settles in, even the most soothing scenery whizzing past a car window will be no match for the symptoms: nausea, sweating, racing heart and difficulty breathing.
It’s a subject all too familiar to CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who spoke with CNN.com about his own history of acute carsickness and how sufferers can treat it.
CNN: What happens in the body when someone experiences carsickness or motion sickness?
Gupta: Basically, everything in your body, all your senses activate at the same time. If there is some sort of mismatch between your senses, say your eyes are telling you that you’re moving - or not - and your ears are telling you [the opposite] and for some reason they’re not connecting, you start to get what’s called disequilibrium, or motion sickness. It’s the body’s response of telling you “something is not quite right here.”
This tutorial will guide you through the process
of taking large avi pics for backgrounds/wallpaper.
This is important because large avi pics look better
and show more detail than the lil’ IMVU snapshots.
1st of all, you need to maximize your chat window
screen by dragging the chat window by it’s edge
from left all the way to the right.
Do the same thing from the bottom of the chat
window and drag it all the way down.
Now get your avi in the pose you want it in
and when you find the right shot,
Hit the ‘Print Scrn’ button on your keyboard.
(normally located at the top right)
Your computer has just copied your entire screen.
Now you need to open your image editor program.
If you don’t have one you can use your Microsoft
Paint program that most computers come with.
It’s normally located in your start up menu
Start -> All Programs -> Paint
When the program opens, go to the Edit option
and hit Paste (or Ctrl+V on your keyboard)
Now you see the shot you took, but it’s time
to get rid of the excess parts you don’t need.
Select the part of the pic you want, then go
back to the Edit option and hit Cut.
(or Ctrl+X on your keyboard)
Now the part you wanted has just been removed.
It’s time to open a new file and you do that by
going to File Option and hit Open New.
Normally you’re gonna see a pop up window asking
if you want to save the other file you had open.
Hit the hell No button.
When the new file opens, go back to the Edit option
and hit Paste (or Ctrl+V on your keyboard)
Wooo…
There it is! Your perfect pic!
Now it’s time to save and name your new pic.
Do this by going to File option and hit Save
(or Ctrl+S on your keyboard)
When the window pops up give your pic
a name in the File Name section.
Now you see right under File Name where
it says Save as type? You need to select PNG,
but if that’s not an option either select JPG or
JPEG then hit the save button.
That’s it…
you can now upload your new large
avi pic to your portfolio.
Before you even think about entering the IMVU
modeling world, there are two main qualities and
skills a model must have.
-Learn to follow directions
-Meet your deadlines
If you can’t do that,
this is not the career for you.
Having a cute avi does not make you a model.
Taking good pictures, doing the job right, and completing
whatever job you were hired for successfully does.
There are tons of avis out there who never make it
due to lacking these two very important basic skills.
I don’t care if you’ve got the greatest avi of all times.
If you can’t do your job right and on time no one
is going to hire you.
Here’s how to do both.
The ability to follow directions is quite easy. It is
nothing more then paying attention to details.
If someone gives you an assignment, never, and I
mean never ever, just scan through it. Even if you
think you already know how to do whatever is told.
Read everything word for word, so you know exactly
what is expected of you and if for some reason you
don’t understand it:
Don’t be shy! Ask Questions!
Let the person know you are unclear or uncertain
about whatever it is, so they can explain it to you
and clear up the situation.
That way you’ll end up doing your job right, as
opposed to doing it wrong and getting a bad
rep on top of being fired.
Now let’s talk about meeting your deadlines.
This is nothing more than completing your work
on time. When someone gives you a deadline
for an assignment, make sure you do it.
Submit your work on time. There is no excuse
for submitting your work late. Deadlines should
be at the top of your to-do list.
Write it down, save it in your notes, mark your
calendar or do whatever you need to do to make
sure you remember your work is due on that day.
When you don’t meet your deadlines you
make yourself look bad and prove you’re unreliable.
Not only have you let the person down who hired
you and wasted their time, but if that assignment
was crucial, they’ve just been screwed because
you didn’t come through in the end.
What’s worse is now you leave yourself open for
getting a bad rep, and bad news spreads a hell-of-
a-lot quicker than good news.
Don’t be on the models’ not-to-hire list.
If for some reason you know for a fact you can’t
meet your deadline, you need to let the person
who gave you the assignment know immediately.
That way they know in head of time and if you’re
lucky you can arrange another due date.
This is why it’s best to complete your work as early
as possible than to wait to do it at the last minute
or the last day.
Besides, early work completion looks better and says
a lot about you. For one it shows you’re serious, and
so serious you got it done early.
It also shows that you’re reliable and will increase
repeat customers for you. The better your rep, the
better the offers, which means more work for you.
Overall if you want to be a successful model, you
should start by learning to follow directions and
meeting your deadlines.
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