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How to Improve a Child’s Mental Health

How to Improve a Child’s Mental Health Today, around one in ten children suffer with some kind of mental health problem, including depression and anxiety. The root cause of these problems is generally found in what is happening in their day to-day lives. Disturbingly, around 70% of these children and young people will not receive adequate levels of intervention and

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Frequency illusion Explained

Frequency illusion Explained Imagine, for a minute, that you have just learned Tehran is the capital city of Iran. Prior to this, you knew absolutely nothing about Iran, its culture or its history. Now, virtually everyone you meet just so happens to be from Tehran. A strange phenomenon, to be sure. It all has to do with the memory and

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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Have you ever noticed that your mood seems to change from season to season? In spring and summer your mood may appear to be generally positive but as soon as winter comes along, the feelings of cheer and optimism begin to be replaced by more gloomy and negative thoughts. These are common emotions to experience, but if the symptoms grow

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Ways to Diffuse Confrontation & Aggression

It’s never a pleasant thing to witness or be involved in, but there is always a chance that we may find ourselves in a position whereby we need to diffuse a confrontation and soothe aggressive behaviour. We may experience this through our work as aggressive customers are an all too frequent occurrence in the workplace or we may need to

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Type 2 Diabetes Care & Management

Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition than can get worse if not taken care of early on. This condition is brought about when the insulin produced in the pancreas fails to work properly. Alternatively, it is caused when the pancreas becomes incapable of producing insulin in sufficient quantities. The result is that the levels of sugar, also known as

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COVID-19 & Vitamin D Benefits

At the time of writing, the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to sweep across the world, infecting millions and bringing societies to a halt. Politicians grapple with how best to confront this disease while scientists perfect and distribute vaccines to immunize the world’s population. What measures can we take to reduce the risk of contracting this virus? The best remedies are to

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