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1.    The sun. UV rays induce skin-aging inflammation and generate free radicals, which make the sun the biggest threat to skin’s collagen, not to mention the fact that UV exposure puts you at a dramatically increased risk for developing skin cancer. UV light also worsens and causes hyperpigmentation. It is always a good idea to protect your skin from the sun with a combination of avoidance and vigilant sunscreen-application. Avoid sun at midday, and wear sunscreen every day, even if you are not planning a lot of outdoor time. If you are going to be in direct sunlight, invest in hats and sun-protective clothing.

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Onychophagia or nail-biting is a common stress-relieving habit. When you are excited, stressed, bored or inactivity, you may bite your nails. This is become the most common if the typical “nervous habits,” which include thumb-sucking, nose-picking, hair-twisting or pulling, tooth grinding, and picking at skin.
About 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another. Through puberty changes, nail biting occurs more often. At adult ages, 18 to 22 years also bite their nails. Most people will stop bite their nails by age 30.

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Heart failure is a serious condition that requires medical care. When your heart can’t pump blood the way it should be or the heart can’t fill with enough blood, you need to get a medical treatment. Heart failure affects the right side of the heart only or both the left and right sides of the heart. This does not mean your heart has stopped or is about to stop working, but it needs a serious medical treatment.

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AIDS
There is still no cure for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Alzheimer’s Disease
It is a degenerative brain disorder that manifests differently in each of its sufferers. The exact cause isn’t understood and can’t be treated effectively.

The Common Cold
Doctors still know very little about the nose-running, cough-inducing cold, whose root causes number in the hundreds. Time and chicken soup, not antibiotics, is often the only prescription that helps.

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Aging and exposure to sunlight can cause cataracts. It is painless, cloudy area in the lens of the eye that blocks the passage of light to the retina. If you ever feel changes in your eyes, they are often a normal part of aging, but they do not always lead to cataracts. Eye injury may also cause cataracts. Sometimes children are born with cataracts and sometimes it does not cause vision problems.

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Summer! It is time to get a glowing tan the sun-safe way!

As summer heats up our skin needs more protection from the  sun. Some rules to follow while under the sun:

1.    Always wear sunscreen
Wear broad-spectrum water-resistant SPF30+ sunscreen. It provides 30 times more protection than going without.

2.    Avoid solariums
Solariums generally emit UVA radiation but some produce higher levels of UVB to mimic the solar spectrum and higher levels of UV to speed up tanning.

3.    Fake it
This is the only safe one. It is important to exfoliate and smooth on a body lotion before applying. This way offers minimal or no sun protection so always wears sunscreen outdoors.
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Hearing loss causes by noises and age. The common symptoms of hearing loss include muffled hearing and a feeling that your era is plugged. You may have difficulty understanding what people are saying, and you may listen to the television or radio at higher volume than in the past and avoid conversation and interaction with other people. You may suffer from tinnitus or ringing, roaring, hissing and buzzing in the ear. You may also have a fee ling that you or your surroundings are moving when there is no movement (vertigo)
You can prevent hearing loss by avoiding loud noise such as that made by machines in the workplace, power tools, very loud music, and very loud motorcycles. If necessary, you can wear hearing protection such as earplugs or earmuffs. It is important to wear seat belts when you drive, wear helmets when you bike, ski to protect yourself from activities which potential for ear injury.

Snoring is commonly only a minor social problem that disturbs a sleeping partner or causes embarrassment to the snorer. At its worst, snoring can be a manifestation of sleep apnea – periods of arrested breathing during sleep that are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular problems. There are a lot of remedies such as “Singing for Snorers” (a complete program of singing exercises); Snore Free ( a plastic ring with magnets that is attached to the nose); AntiSnore (a therapeutic ring worn on the little finger), etc. However, these remedies supported only by personal testimonials and a few studies sponsored by the manufacturers of the products.

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Medical assistant has always been considered to be major components of the healthcare industry. To be a medical assistant is not that easy. It needs a lot of dedication and responsibility as well as good skill in interaction and communication. Medical assistant is considered to be a very demanding profession, requiring a wide range of practical and theoretical skills, good decision making abilities, good communication skills, etc.

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Do you like to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin? Yes, most of the people do. But, do you realize how dangerous over exposure to the sun can be? It can causes the DNA in our skin cells to mutate when we sunburn, build skin diseases like cancer also premature ageing where the skin becomes less elastic and wrinkles develop.

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