Understand Your HIV Test: Only an HIV Test Can Tell If You Are Infected

For most people, they think an HIV test is a difficult and long-drawn out test, when in reality, it is far from the truth.

An HIV test can be a quick and simple test to go through but understanding it, is a lot harder.

There are in fact a few different ways to test for HIV, to determine whether or not someone has the potential to develop AIDS.

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Self Employed Health Insurance

If you are self-employed, you may find yourself confused about navigating the new health insurance system.

Like many people who work for themselves, you are probably wondering:

  • how to take care of your individual health insurance needs;
  • where and how to find affordable medical insurance;
  • what you should do about dental insurance;
  • what is the health insurance marketplace and how to make sense of it;
  • whether you or your family can qualify for cheap health insurance;
  • and whether you or your family can qualify for free health insurance.

Don’t worry.

You’ve come to the right place.

This website cuts through the clutter and provides simple, easy-to-understand answers to your questions about self-employed health insurance plans.

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Posture: do you know how to stand and sit?

Caretakers provide invaluable help and assistance to their children, friends, relatives, and partners, but what happens when their work leads to back pain, compromising their ability to care?

Back pain is endemic among caretakers: a 2011 survey found that 70% of caretakers experience back and shoulder pain.

This issue seriously affects the quality of life of those who should be most valued in our society.

Children’s backs are also being damaged by overweight schoolbags, according to a national survey of school bags usage conducted by BackCare.

backpacks and your spine

The highest risk group was found to be 11 and 12 year olds, who carry an average of 12-13% of their bodyweight on a daily basis.

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Importance of Sleep

Poor sleep is a modern phenomenon with over 50% adults failing to get enough sleep.

Did you know that for adults to remain healthy you need on average of 7 hours sleep a night? with additional hours required after long haul flights, long distance travel, illness, infection, surgery, stress and exposure to the cold.

Insomnia is classified as receiving less than 4 hours sleep for more than 3 nights per week.

The impact of sleep disorders, including insomnia or poor quality sleep affects many people on a day to day basis leading to reduced capability and function both at work and home.

Common symptoms of poor sleep

complications of insomnia

  • impaired reflexes
  • excessive clumsiness
  • increased irritability
  • mood swings
  • reduced work capacity
  • poor concentration.

However, we now know that the implications of chronically poor sleep to our health are far reaching including elevating the risk of developing new disease such as diabetes, heart disease, depression, obesity and even reducing life span.

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Benefits of Sleep

PILLOWS

Most people do not realize that their pillows are one of the reasons why they wake up with sore backs in the morning. Indeed, the wrong pillows can cause stiffness on your back while you sleep, causing pain in the morning. Your pillow can either be thick, thin, fluffy – or simply not suited for your sleeping preference. With that, it is important to find a good pillow that can provide the proper support you need.

Benefits of Neck Pillows

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Fertility

Creation embraces natural fertility through:

  • Nutritional therapy and functional testing
  • Addressing 21st Century stress factors, environmental and physical toxins
  • Integrates Eastern and Western philosophies with complementary therapies
  • Supports assisted conception procedures
  • Addresses conception timing
  • Supports pregnancy and beyond.

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Counseling

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Ultrasound Therapy

When sound waves come into contact with air it causes a dissipation of the waves, and so a special ultrasound gel is placed on the skin to ensure maximal contact between the treatment head and the surface of the skin and to provide a medium through with the sound waves can travel.

Ultrasound can also be applied under water which is also a medium for ultrasound waves to travel through.

Effects of therapeutic ultrasound

The effects of therapeutic ultrasound are still being disputed. To date, there is still very little evidence to explain how ultrasound causes a therapeutic effect in injured tissue. Nevertheless practitioners world wide continue to use this treatment modality relying on personal experience rather than scientific evidence. Below are a number of the theories by which ultrasound is proposed to cause a therapeutic effect.

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Kinesiology Taping

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Cranial Sacral Therapy

What does it help?

Each of us produces a different reaction to trauma, stress and loss of healing capacity, so we each present a unique combination of ailments, pains and dysfunctions. CranioSacral Therapy helps the body regain its self-healing mechanisms, so its scope is very broad.

Common problems Cranio-sacral therapy may help include:

  • Stiff joints, chronic pain
  • Low Energy
  • Head Aches / Migraines
  • Jaw issues
  • Neuralgia and some neurological issues
  • Learning difficulties
  • Menstrual & Menopausal problems

How it works

The name Cranio-Sacral therapy is derived from the main bones associated with the system. These include the skull, face and mouth (cranium), and the spinal column that extends down to the sacrum. A membrane is connected to these bones, which contains a hydraulic system.

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