A toddler or preschooler, who will have been aware of marital tension before the separation, may still react with feelings of anger at the custodial parent, whom he may blame for sending the other parent away. He will often regress in his behaviour, and become dependent and clingy. Even the briefest separations may be protested [...]
(1.) Don’t panic.
(2.) Assume command (someone has to). (3.) Assess the situation …
Any injuries?
How many?
How bad?
(4.) Delegate specific people to do specific things; particularly with road accidents. Block traffic or divert vehicles on one side of the accident (many a minor injury has been converted to a major one through a car ploughing into the [...]
This germ may contaminate canned or bottled food, particularly if home-prepared. The toxin is deadly. Fortunately, an antitoxin is available, but early diagnosis and treatment is essential.
Food poisoning due to toxins usually develops within four to six hours but those cases due to infection with bacteria or viruses may take 12 to 24 hours to [...]
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Why tissues from the womb should sometimes be found elsewhere in the body is a puzzle called endometriosis.
The endometrium is the layer of cells which forms the lining of the uterus or womb. It is this layer which is under hormone control and builds up and becomes thick and spongy, ready to receive the fertilised [...]
All in all, you can see that the secret of staying young is basically the secret of staying healthy. And the secret of staying healthy is closely tied to proper nutrition. More and more researchers of the noble science of Gerontology come, in their quest for the secrets of aging, to the inevitable conclusion that [...]
I will discuss all the nutritive factors connected with better hair growth, or, in reverse, the nutritional deficiencies connected with hair loss and baldness. But first let me disprove one of the fallacious notions held by many authorities on the hair-through-nutrition subject. They claim that for healthy hair growth you need first and foremost “protein, [...]
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Heart signs are seen in the second major zone: Blood and Muscle zone—locally at left iris:
10′-15′, right iris: 45′-50′—commencing directly at the iris-wreath.
With heart signs, as with the entire iris, a lightening of colour signifies over-activity
= inflammation, and darkening indicates underactivity = weakness.
With all cardiac [...]
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First visit
A baby’s first visit to the doctor’s office is usually between two and four weeks after birth and this visit serves several purposes. For one thing, it gives the parent, the doctor, and the child an opportunity to meet together and begin a relationship. The parent can get to know the doctor and the [...]
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Many children cannot remain dry through the night before they are four or five. About 10 percent of all children over the age of five are bedwetters. Children of any age may have occasional accidents at night, especially if ill or in exhausted sleep—conditions that do not represent true bedwetting.
Five to 10 percent of children [...]
Don’t Take My Wife, Please
Comedians have been getting cheap laughs at the expense of the old ball and chain for as long as there have been women and steel. The funny thing is that as much as we joke about women driving us to our graves, the fact is that they actually add years to [...]