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  • What Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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    What Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration
    Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) refers to a state of decreased vision or sight more commonly found in the United Kingdom. This medical condition leads to noteworthy reduction in sight, but never becomes the reason for loss of vision (blindness). This is because in this condition, only the middle area of the vision (retina) is affected, leaving the side portions undamaged. The main function of the retina that is located behind the eye is to send the images observed by us to the brain. This is possible because of the two parts of the retina namely, the macula and the peripheral retina. The macula makes it possible to view fine aspects such as reading, observing facial characteristics, and identifying various colors. Age-related macular degeneration actually affects the macula part of the retina, instead of affecting the whole  [...]
    Posted at December 2nd, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • What Is Adrenal Adenoma
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    What Is Adrenal Adenoma
    Adrenal adenoma refers to the non-cancerous (benign) tumor that develops in the adrenal cortex, the outer layer of the adrenal gland. These adrenal glands are present on the top of both the kidneys. There can be multiple tumors in the adrenal cortex, which are collectively called as adrenal adenomas. The main function of the adrenal cortex is generally to generate hormones that are a part of the steroid collection. An adrenal adenoma is said to be ‘functioning’ when it generates the hormones. Although this means that the adenomas are in a good state, in fact, they often end up generating too much quantity of steroid hormones. On the other hand, if an adrenal adenoma is unable to generate the steroid hormones, it is said to be ‘non-functioning’. The presence of adrenal adenomas is detected just by chance during a scan of the  [...]
    Posted at December 2nd, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) – What Is It?
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    Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) – What Is It?
    Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) refers to a disorder wherein children exhibit confrontational and defiant behavior towards commanding people, such as parents or teachers. This means that children suffering from ODD often: Are disobedient, hostile, resentful, and disruptive in their behavior. Refuse requests Dislike taking or accepting orders Rarely respond to instructions Held others responsible for their mistakes Lose temper At some point, all children confront or resent upon some bad situation, lose temper when upset by it, or refuse to follow a disliking instruction. However, in case of children suffering from Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), such behavior shoots up frequently, that makes it difficult to deal with them. Now, do you realize that there is something common in ODD and ADHD? Yes, it is the cause to some extent  [...]
    Posted at November 26th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • What To Do If My Child Is Not Taking Medications
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    What To Do If My Child Is Not Taking Medications
    Children often do not like to take medicines. There are many reasons for this such as, taste dislike, difficulty in swallowing, or immediate side effects. It is at this point of time, parents need to convince children to take their medicine regularly. However, this is a bit difficult task and becomes even tougher, if your child is stubborn. Moreover, children are sometimes obstinate and may not cooperate, but this becomes a problem when the medicines need to be taken regularly. You should realize that it’s required that your children accept and follow their treatment. So, instead of concentrating on your child to take medicine on telling him/her to do so, you need to explain your child about the importance of treatment. Further, know that children who realize that they are taken seriously and are included in the discussions with  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • How Do I Look For A Therapist
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    How Do I Look For A Therapist
    NHS provides all the required care, advice, and support to all the victims of ADHD irrespective of whether the victim is a child or an adult. It has only qualified professionals that will look after and treat such victims. However, you might prefer to opt for some other way to deal with ADHD. The reasons for this movement/shift can be: Lengthy waiting for examination Dissatisfaction for the conventional medical treatment for ADHD Favor to look for alternative treatments, especially private ones, as the line of thinking is the desire of more concentration and interest shown in the private treatments Therefore, it perfectly fine if you prefer a specialist or a therapist to treat ADHD. However, be sure you know the meaning of the terms well. With respect to ADHD, the term ‘therapist’ for the NHS means a clinical psychologist,  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • Is Exclusion From School An End Of My Child’s Education
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    Is Exclusion From School An End Of My Child’s Education
    Exclusion refers to suspending a student for a short period or permanently expelling him/her. It is a critical punishment given in schools and now-a-days, it is called ‘exclusion’. It is basically done to exclude a pupil who has serious problems that can affect the welfare of other students. This step is taken considering the progress of all students, its nothing to do personally with your child. So, do not take this personally to your mind. Take this positively for the betterment of other students and of your child too, who can be taken care of completely to get well soon by undergoing counseling and other therapies with medications. Exclusion Types Moreover, a child is excluded on a temporary basis, which lasts for a few days. There are three kinds of exclusions that a school can undertake. Listed are the three such exclusion  [...]
    Posted at November 23rd, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • How Do I Deal With Conduct Disorder In My Child?
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    How Do I Deal With Conduct Disorder In My Child?
    As a child, a boy or girl might tend to fight with the peers on some matters due to difference of opinions or might have a habit of stealing due to temptation or a revengeful motive. If these behaviors are within a normal limit, we can explain the child about its ill effects and can make him to avoid such behaviors in future. However, there are times when your child would not listen to you at all and continue with its bad behavior. But, do you know that such behaviors of being aggressive, antisocial, and disobedient; can take place so frequently such that they cross all the limits and are beyond your child’s control. Such a state is known as Conduct Disorder (CD), which is an unexpected condition according to the age of the child. The frequency of such problematic behaviors is the outbreak of three characteristics of a CD in a  [...]
    Posted at November 19th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • Let’s Cope Up With The Deadly Blood Cancer
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    Let’s Cope Up With The Deadly Blood Cancer
    Leukaemia, or blood cancer, is a fatal disease wherein a huge amount of abnormal cells is generated by the bone marrow. I am sure that even though you must have heard about this disease, but still would not properly know about its types, causes, and symptoms. Frankly speaking, the cause of this disease is yet unknown to the world. Any victim of such disease needs compassion and support from family members, friends, and relatives; instead of just from a doctor. Sometimes, it is so severe that patient might not be able to live longer, as the symptoms might exhibit themselves at quite a later stage. Alas! We too tend to be afraid of this. But, let me tell you that instead of welcoming fear and despair, we need to invite hope and timely, appropriate treatment. Realize that positive vibrations are filled immense power that might change  [...]
    Posted at November 17th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • Is There A Need To Remove Large Adenoids?
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    Is There A Need To Remove Large Adenoids?
    During the early stage of our childhood, the growth of resistance power against infection is directly dependent on the four tissue regions that lie at the back of the throat. Here are these four tissue regions. Right tonsil Left tonsil Base of the tongue Adenoids The location of the adenoids is just above the tonsils, at the rear of the nose. Usually, they grow larger right from the birth until four years of age and then start decreasing in their size. By the time you reach your adulthood, they diminish in general. Adenoids Symptoms Listed below are the symptoms caused by adenoids. Nasal obstruction, in which a child starts breathing orally and snores at night Glue ear, in which a kind of fluid is produced in the middle ear Sleep apnoea syndrome, in which a child cannot breathe at all during sleep for a temporary period (due to  [...]
    Posted at November 17th, 2009 | Health A-Z
  • I Want To Come Out Of Drug Addiction And Stop Drug Abuse
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    I Want To Come Out Of Drug Addiction And Stop Drug Abuse
    Drug addiction refers to a state of being physically or mentally dependent on a specific drug. If you are physically addicted, your desire to have more and more quantity of the drug will be at its peak, without which you will find it difficult to survive. On the other hands, drug abuse (misuse) involves usage of a drug for unsuitable purposes or in too much quantity. Different types of drugs can be misused prescription medicines (such as painkillers), illegal drugs (such as heroin), and other common medicines that are available in the market (such as herbal remedies). You would definitely not want to spoil your life just because of a single drug. If not so, understand you have no real human goal/aim in life and that you are on the misleaded path of wasting it. Realize that this human life is precious and you cannot just afford to  [...]
    Posted at November 17th, 2009 | Health A-Z
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