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- Overcoming A Crack Habit: The Hardest Substance To Kick - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsCrack is a designer drug. It was designed to be extremely addictive and it is. While it's certainly possible to recover from a crack habit, know that it'll be a major challenge and that you'll need all the help and support you can get. It won't happen overnight. Recovery from crack is a lifelong ...
Views: 4635(1 vote) - Recovering From Anorexia -- Learning To Trust Food - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAnorexia is an addiction to food deprivation. While anorexics do eat, they derive pleasure from limiting and restricting their calories, sometimes to the point of starvation. Anorexia can cause serious health problems as the body struggles to cope with an absence of nourishment. The challenge of ...
Views: 2331 - Recovery From Binge Eating -- Learning Moderation - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsRecovery from a food addiction requires the practice of moderation rather than abstinence with respect to food.Moderation can be more difficult to learn and practice than abstinence. The first step, especially if you are overweight or obese, is to see a physician. Your doctor will perform an ...
Views: 1753(1 vote) - Alcohol Addiction, the Symptoms and How to Fight It. - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAlcoholism is a problem that afflicts many people around the world. Unwittingly, you yourself may have an addiction to alcohol. People often misjudge what is an appropriate amount to drink. People who categorize themselves merely as social drinkers may in fact be heavy drinkers. People who think ...
Views: 969 - Alcohol Addiction - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAlcohol addiction is a compulsive need for beer, wine, or hard liquors containing a chemical which consumes the mind and body. Alcohol addiction may be present when one is seen as sweating, nauseous, shaky, or mentally unstable when not able to obtain an intoxicating liquid substance. The more ...
Views: 1136(1 vote) - America's Number One Sin: Nicotine - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAround the world millions of people are falling into the addiction of cigarettes. In cigarettes there are 599 ingredients, the most addictive being nicotine. Just in the smoke alone is over 4,000 chemicals, causing second hand smoke to be extremely harmful to the human body as well as the ...
Views: 1131 - Quit Smoking Today - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsWouldn't you like to quit smoking today? Quitting smoking can be a difficult task, but you can definitely quit when you know what's expected, you need to find what motivates you, have the social support, and write down a personal plan that you can achieve. Stopping smoking requires determination ...
Views: 945 - A Self-Help Guide for Conquering Prescription Narcotics - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsGiving up taking prescription narcotic pain relievers is not to be taken lightly. It is a soul-searching, can I do this mentality. The process is a long one; be ready to be ill for over a month. If you are working, it would be great if you could just take as much vacation, sick and personal time ...
Views: 1036(3 votes) - Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Alcoholism - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAlcoholism is a serious problem affecting nearly 18% of all Americans at some time in their lives. There are several factors which can make a person more susceptible to an addiction to alcohol. These include a family history of alcohol addiction, a personal history of mental illness, high levels ...
Views: 848(6 votes) - Alcohol Addiction - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsAlcohol addiction is a serious problem that affects millions of people each year. It is important to recognize the warning signs of an addiction. Let's take a look at some of these signs and symptoms, and the steps necessary to stop the abuse of alcohol. Alcohol is a part of many people's ...
Views: 1012(3 votes) - Addiction Symptoms and Advice - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsSome people think think that it won't happen to them or their family, but the problem is that addiction is just as common as anything else. A compulsive type of personality is easy to fall for a varied number of types of addictions without recognizing or even understanding what's going on with ...
Views: 773(3 votes) - Kidney Dialysis Jobs - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsKidney dialysis is the medical means of providing artificial renal replacement therapy for loss of kidney function due to renal failure. This means the kidneys cease to function adequately which produces abnormal fluid levels in the human body. Acute renal failure occurs when a patient has ...
Views: 926 - What You Need to Know about Hemodialysis Nurse Jobs - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsOnce you visit a dialysis center, you will come across many medical personals, and you may wonder who will take care of the hemodialysis procedure. These professionals are specifically trained for a particular type of job and they offer different types of services. Nurses are known to be ...
Views: 1100 - Becoming a Certified Hemodialysis Nurse - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsMany people are now looking into the doctor and nurse fields. A big one in particular is a hemodialysis nurse, which is also known as CHN. A hemodialysis nurse assists and helps patients during certain medical conditions such as kidney failure. Hemodialysis nurses work on kidney failure through ...
Views: 3221(1 vote) - Hemodialysis Jobs - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsDialysis is the artificial method of removing waste products such as potassium and urea from the human body when a patient has kidney failure. Hemodialysis removes these waste products directly from the patient’s blood and is the most common form of dialysis. As a general rule, most patients ...
Views: 828(1 vote) - Dialysis Employment - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsIn the health industry, there is a huge variety of dialysis jobs requiring varying levels of expertise, experience, and specialization. One of them is known as a dialysis technician. In this position, you are responsible for the set up, maintenance, and operation of kidney dialysis machines as ...
Views: 913(1 vote) - Acute Travel Nurse Jobs Are Available - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsIf you want to make a career change and are wondering what field to enter you should consider going into the medical field. This field is growing at a rapid pace and there will be plenty of positions available in the future. Many people are making the change to the medical field every day ...
Views: 799(1 vote) - Trends in Emergency Medicine - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from Lisa SimmonsThe demand for emergency medicine and visits to medical emergency departments (EDs) was on the increase according to the “National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Emergency Department Summary: 2001.” The increase in recent years contributed to busy conditions in emergency ...
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