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6 Ways to Reduce Stress and Increase Your Happiness

We live in stressful times, where it’s often taken for granted that we will work until we’re tired and then go to bed to do it all over again tomorrow. While a strong work ethic is a positive, it can have harmful effects on your emotional, mental and physical health to always be pushing yourself to your limits. If you find that stress is getting you down and you need to unwind, here are some tips to make your days more relaxed and your life a happier one. 1) Build Healthy Habits One area which is often overlooked is how…

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3 Tips For Maintaining Your Health While Road Tripping

If you are someone who loves to travel around the world by plane to exotic places and love to stay at great resorts, you are not alone. A lot of travelers for example love to visit the Caribbean and stay at the most popular destination which is the Dominican Republic. And while they are there, they love to stay at Dominican Republic all-inclusive resorts. These vacations can produce one of  kind memories. You might also want to take a less detailed excursion and do a road trip.  While road tripping can be a cheap and easy way to see the…

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A Slip or Trip and Fall Could Mean You Need to See a Personal Injury Lawyer

Each year in the United States more than 290,000 people sue because they have been injured by a party in a definable set of circumstances. These cases are called personal injury and they are the most common types of court cases. They include medical malpractice, automobile accidents, slip or trip and fall, defective products, assault and other instances where a party is injured by the neglect, mismanagement, and willful intentions of another party. The ability to engage the legal system when you feel that someone has injured you is a fundamental right in the United States and every citizen at…

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Does IC Lead to UTIs?

IC and UTIs

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a painful and relatively rare chronic condition which causes bladder pressure, bladder pain, and occasionally pelvic pain. It affects mostly women after the age of 40 and there is no known definitive cause or cure. Interstitial cystitis symptoms vary for each person. Call your doctor if anything feels different when you urinate. The Link Between IC and UTIs The medical community has not come to a consensus on any possible link between IC and urinary tract infections (UTIs). Although the two are often confused in diagnoses, many doctors believe they are unrelated conditions. However, there is…

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How CBD took hemp mainstream again

The hemp plant has been incredibly important to America’s history, although in these modern times, you perhaps wouldn’t believe it. Nowadays, hemp is considered a revelation, with hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) products used for a wide range of therapeutic purposes. But did you know that American farmers grew hemp right up until the 1930s, and that the federal government drove a huge hemp cultivation campaign during the Second World War? In this post, we’ll take you briefly through the history of hemp on these shores, and go over recent legislation which has brought the plant from the cannabis family back into…

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