Toenail Fungus: Treatment and Prevention

Toenail Fungus: Treatment and Prevention

Author: Christine Dobrowolski

A thick, yellowish nail with splotchy white areas is a classic presentation for a fungal toenail. In the early stages the toenail is only slightly discolored, or slightly thickened. In the late stages the nail can become very thick and has a tendency to “grow up” more than in grows out. The nail will be very discolored, typically dark yellow-brown and will start to change shape and crumble. In some cases the nail becomes very loose and many will lose the nail, only for it to regrow with the fungus.

What is the Treatment for Bipolar Disorder?

What is the Treatment for Bipolar Disorder?

Author: Dr. Michael G. Rayel

How do we treat bipolar disorder? Specifically, how do we treat mania or depression associated with bipolar disorder? The treatment of these two clinical states is not the same.

The treatment of mania is dependent upon its severity and acuity. For mild to moderate mania, mood stabilizers such as lithium and valproic acid (Valproate) are still the standard of treatment and may be sufficient to contain the symptoms. Lithium starts to work after 10 to 14 days while valproic acid, about 7 to 10 days.

How To Treat and Prevent Low Carb Diet Headaches

How To Treat and Prevent Low Carb Diet Headaches

Author: Benji Paras

Strict “no carb” phases of low carb diets have developed a reputation for giving dieters severe headaches. Dietitians have identified a number of different factors that could cause these headaches. They vary from person to person.

When Your Chicks Leave the Nest

When Your Chicks Leave the Nest

Author: Jennifer Stewart

When my son was 18 (and had finished school), he moved into a flat with two of his mates. They were boys we’d known throughout his high school years and the flat was only ten minutes from home, but I cried for two weeks!

It just seemed to me that a major part of my life was over. When your kids are little, you assume that they’re always going to be around, leaving trails of Lego blocks all through the house and dirty rings around the bath-tub from all the mud they’ve accumulated while building cubby houses down the back yard.

Relationship Problems Have Warning Signs

Relationship Problems Have Warning Signs

Author: Abe Kass

Families are made up of individuals; men, women, and children. All members are interconnected. Imagine a family represented by a hanging mobile. Each member is a hanging object. When you tug on one object, it shakes the rest. The same is true in families. Each person’s moods, attitudes and behaviours influences those around him or her.

Depressed, angry or emotionally injured individuals are not islands unto themselves. They impact on everyone around them. Typically, individuals are the way they are because of what is happening (or has happened) between them and other people. For example:

Choose To Be Happy - NOW!

Choose To Be Happy - NOW!

Author: Teri Worten

The older I get, the more I realize that ninety percent of life is about choices. Both the choice to be happy or unhappy is mine. Sure, unforeseeable circumstances come and rattle our cages from time to time but it’s our decision how we choose to cope with them. We can resolve to allow the situations to defeat us or we can simply count it all joy.

Diabetes and its Management

Diabetes and its Management

Author: Sahil Mehta

Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most costly burdensome chronic diseases of our time and is condition that is increasing in epidemic population in the whole world. The complications resulting from the diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and are associated with failure of various organs such as the eyes, kidneys and nerves. Diabetics are also at a significantly higher risk for coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke and they have a greater likelihood of having hypertension dyslipidemia and obesity.

What is Diabetes?

Depression Explained

Depression Explained

Author: Rapheal Adewale

Depression is a mental state marked by melancholy, pessimism or dejection.
Depression can also be defined as a psychotic condition characterized by stuporous withdrawal from reality and intense guilt feelings.

Depression is characterized by the following:

Loss of confidence in oneself

Undue pessimism

A feeling of constant helplessness

Uncalled for or unexplainable mood changes-i.e an abrupt switch from happiness when nothing has happened to warrant it.

Rudeness or aggression that is without apparent cause or which is occasioned by some trivial incident.

Good Fats and Bad Fats — Whats The Difference?

Good Fats and Bad Fats — Whats The Difference?

Author: Benji Paras

As a low carb dieter, your diet is undoubtedly high in fat. And if you’ve done research on the different types of fats, you probably heard the two big buzz words surrounding fats today–”good fats” and “bad fats.” Up to that point, you may have thought all fats were bad–or good, but only for low carb dieters.

In this article, I am going to go over which fats are “good” and which fats are “bad”–and how much of each you should consume with your low carb diet.

Time To Connect With Your Teen

Time To Connect With Your Teen

Author: Tammy Pinarbasi

While on a recent trip to the grocery store, I happened to hear a mother telling her teenage daughter not to answer her ringing cell phone. Of course, the daughter explained to her mother that “she just had to answer it” As the mother was in the middle of stating how she barely gets two minutes of her daughters time in a day, and her daughter answering the ever so “important” call anyways, all I could think was how much I could relate with this poor woman. In fact, I’m sure most parents with teenage children can relate to her as I did.

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