Battered Woman Syndrome: Abusive Relationships

Battered Woman Syndrome: What Do You Do when Your Adult Child Becomes a Victim of Physical Abuse?
This story is my nemesis. The words are wrung from my heart, one drop at a time, like blood oozing from an open wound. This is the story of our discovery that our daughter was in an abusive relationship and being beaten.
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Parenting Health Help: The Danger of Second Guessing, Questioning or Undermining Each Other

Parenting Issues: The Danger of Undermining, Questioning or Second Guessing Your Spouse
Each parent approaches parenting with their own unique spin. Parents need to respect and affirm each other. There are very few issues that require one parent to question another parent about in front of the children.
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Health Hazard: BPA Found in Canned Foods

Dangerous Levels of BPA, Bisphenol A, Found in Canned Foods
Consumer Reports magazine has just published findings that the BPA, or Bisphenol A, a toxin found in plastics is being used in canned goods. Highest levels of BPA have been found is canned soups, tuna and green beans.
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Good and Bad Cholesterol: Control Cholesterol with Diet and Nutrition

Good and Bad Cholesterol: Foods to Add and Subtract from Your Diet
The average American diet is high in less healthier foods and low in healthier foods. Hence we suffer from many nutrition and diet related health issues. High cholesterol is a prominent nutrition related health risk.
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Healthcare Reform Bill Will Not Cover Abortions

No Public Funded Abortions in Health Care Reform Bill
The largest and loudest pro-life group has been the Catholic Church. The Conference of Catholic Bishops has ensured that in the recently passed universal health care reform bill, abortion is not covered.
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Appendicitis with Unusual Presentation

Appendicitis with Unusual Presentation: Mid-Abdominal Vs. Right Quadrant Pain
With four children I've nursed many stomach aches. Three were caused by appendicitis. Appendicitis pain generally occurs on the right side. In the last bout, pain occurred in the LLQ and termed 'appendicitis with unusual presentation.
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Caring for Senior Citizens: Communicating with the Elderly

Caring for Senior Citizens: Communicating with the Elderly

One of the tools that senior citizens are most reluctant to use are hearing aids. They will accept eyeglasses, medications, dentures and sometimes even Depends before they will admit to needing one or more hearing aids. Here are skills to employ when communicating with an elderly person.

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