Tips on staying awake after a sleepless night

Unless you plan to stay cuddled up in your house avoiding sharp objects and large machinery, staying awake after you’ve been up all night is dangerous.  Unfortunately, this situation is sometimes unavoidable.  Following these three tips to stay awake can make the aftermath of a sleepless night significantly more bearable...
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Homeopathy may improve symptoms of fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome of unknown etiology. Patients with fibromyalgia are most often women of childbearing age, though this condition can occur in children and in men. There are few effective treatment options for fibromyalgia, leading many people with fibromyalgia to experiment with complementary and alternative medicine.

One complementary healing modality, in particular, is well-established in India and various European countries. Though homeopathy often finds itself at the core of heated debate in scientific literature, this alternative medicine system has maintained and even increased in popularity over the past 250 years since its inception...
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Homemade oral rehydration solution (ORS) for diarrhea

Any child or adult that is experiencing diarrhea, no matter the cause, can easily become dehydrated.  The fluid lost with each liquid bowel movement during a bout of diarrhea can be quite significant.  It is essential that individuals with diarrhea replace their fluid losses.  One effective way of replacing fluid lost during diarrhea is with an oral rehydration solution.

An oral rehydration solution, or ORS, can be purchased or made at home.  Examples of oral rehydration solutions that are available in drug stores and grocery stores include Pedialyte, Rehydralyte, Ricelyte or the oral rehydration solution used by the World Health Organization called WHO-ORS.

Oral rehydration solutions for diarrhea can be easily made at home.  Homemade ORS is as effective as store bought ORS.  However, it is absolutely essential that the recipe for homemade oral rehydration solution is followed correctly.  One of the most common reasons for treatment failure when using a homemade oral rehydration solution is that the solution was made incorrectly...
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The anti-aging health benefits of mindfulness meditation

Could mindfulness meditation have an anti-aging effect on those who practice regularly? This interesting question is the topic of much speculation, but many individuals are unaware that the issue of anti-aging and meditation is also the topic of recent scientific investigation...
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The benefits of self-administered acupressure in asthma sufferers

Without the daily use of medications, many asthma sufferers experience shortness of breath, wheezing and chest tightness.  These symptoms can significantly decrease the quality of life in individuals with asthma and many asthma sufferers feel that chronic medication use is the only answer.  However, research is beginning to elucidate the role of complementary and alternative medicine practices, such as acupressure, in the treatment of asthma...
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