Health
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STDs on the Rise: How To Protect Yourself
With STDs on the rise, it is now more important than ever to become educated on various STDs and treatment options. Knowing how to protect yourself when you are sexually active is essential to prevent causing potential long-term damage to your body and overall health. How Often Should You Get Tested? All adults should get tested for STDs at least once in their lifetime, especially if they have been sexually active in the past. Getting screened for HIV is also recommended at least once in one’s lifetime, even if an individual is currently in a long-term monogamous relationship. For those who are sexually active, getting tested every 6 to 12…
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Accessible Housing for All
Our homes are our palaces, we cherish them and decorate them to create our own perfect havens away from the rest of the world. These are the places where we feel safe, secure and comfortable. But what about if something happens to us, either for a moment in time, or more permanently, that makes our homes become a place of frustration, and even a danger to use? This is something that wheelchair users have to address all the time. I have had times in my life when mobility was a problem. Straight after having Joe I was very ill, and needed a wheelchair to get around. I struggled with the…
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4 Ways That Addiction Can Impact Your Family
There are different types of addictions. Apart from gambling and other additions not related to drugs, the most common form of addiction is related to alcohol and other substances. If any of your family members has an addiction problem, be it drug-related or not, it affects your family negatively. It is important to identify when this problem is crouching early to try and stop it before it gets out of control. Detox is one of the ways you can use to help yourself or an individual with an alcohol or drug addiction. You can also bring the person to Florida rehab for addiction treatment to help the patient overcome the…
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Working from Home – Create A Working Space
Most people would find the idea of working from home a complete dream. It gives you flexibility when it comes to the working day, there’s no stressful commute, sitting stuck for what seems like hours trying to make your way into the city, and, if you so want it, every day can be a pj day – no-one is actually going to see what you are working in. Recent research has claimed that remote workers can be up to 13% more productive than their office based counterparts, it seems that it is no longer frowned upon to fit your work around your family – to be that little more flexible.…
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Making A Choice When It Comes To Care Homes
Our parents. They look after us when we are young, and then we look after them when they grow old. Unfortunately, for some of us, our parents and loved ones growing old leaves us facing some difficult decisions about their care, particularly if they become infirm, vulnerable or develop an illness like dementia or Alzheimers which leaves them unable to care for themselves. In a perfect world. we would have big enough homes and not have to work so that we would be able to give our loved ones the level of care and attention that they need. But for many people, this is just not the case. That is…
