A Phone for the Hard of Hearing
Many people who suffer from hearing impairments find it difficult or even impossible to tele-communicate. Even though there have been many advancements to help people with various disabilities communicate easier, little time has been spent on those with hearing problems. In a time when telecommunicating is all the rage, shouldn't ...
Cotton bud linked to boy’s hearing problem
Nine years is a long time for an 11-year-old boy to be without any hearing in his right ear, however, this is what happened to Jerome Bartens who had to cope with this handicap. He was diagnosed as deaf in his right ear when he was just 2-years-old.
Doctors and ...
How a Hearing Test Works
Many of us fear going for various medical tests and exams because we are not sure what the procedure entails. A hearing test, on the other hand, is a fairly standard and simple procedure, and should be done by anyone who may have a hearing impairment.
But what exactly does ...
Smoking linked to Hearing Problems
Smoking has been linked to numerous illnesses, including heart disease, cancer and emphysema, and now it could be linked to hearing loss as well. A recent US study has revealed that teenagers who smoke, or are exposed to smoke from a young age are more likely to develop hearing and ...
Nail Fungus or Nail Psoriasis?
Nail psoriasis usually appears in people that already have psoriasis on their skin. In rare cases nail psoriasis may appear before the skin manifestations. And in the rarest cases psoriasis will only appear on the nails of a person and will never appear anywhere else.
In the case when there are ...
The Secrets of Getting Enough Sleep…Finally Revealed!
Here’s one a really mundane topic that’ll interest you – the secrets of getting enough sleep. It’s not about interpreting your dreams or the mysticism of being in a suspended state of animation; it’s about the facts of getting enough sleep.Do you think you’re sleeping enough? Well, think again…This is ...
Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks Relieve Migraine and Cluster Headache
Another example of migraine headache being relieved within 30 seconds after injection of the greater occipital nerve.Need I say more ….. just part of the overwhelming evidence for cervicogenic involvement in migraine …. but there is more!Blocking the greater occipital nerve in 14 cluster headache patients substantially decreased their symptoms ...
Keep the Habits that You Want, Get Rid of the Rest
Any behavior that is repeated often enough becomes a habit. Once a habit become so ingrained in your mind and body that normal processes are interfered with, the habit goes to the extreme of becoming an addiction. Unfortunately, in many ways these behaviors become part of your personality. In fact, ...
Fight Mental Depression, Live Long
If you are feeling mentally exhausted, hurt, upset, and sad, then you just might be suffering from some kind of mental stress. You might not be able to understand what is causing this, but every effort of yours perhaps does not work. This is quite a traumatic situation for a ...
Gambling Addict in Your Family
Gambling is big business in America earning billions of dollars in net revenue annually. Americans spend more money each year on legal gambling than they do on video games, movie tickets, recorded music and spectator sports combined (Christiansen, 2000). Gambling is very attractive, especially to people who need money. The ...
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