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Health tips: Quality magnifiers can help sharpen low vision

When a patient is diagnosed with low vision, this means vision impairment that is not correctable by standard glasses, contact lenses, medicine or surgery. This vision loss can affect an individual�s independence and quality of life, but it doesn�t have to. There are many tools available for these individuals to remain independent and continue to do things they enjoy � like reading, writing, crocheting, etc. Many people with low vision don�t know about the resources that are available to them. Low vision aids keep getting better each year with newer technology. Quality low vision aids can only be purchased through low vision specialists and dealers. Magnifiers purchased from the local drugstore are meant for people with healthy eyes and good vision; these magnifiers only have a minimal amount of the power that low vision magnifiers provide. A hand-held low vision magnifier comes with or without lights, with or without a base and in many different power...

Anxiety and your Health

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What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a state of persistent and uncontrollable nervousness, stress and worry that is triggered by anticipation of future events, memories of past events or reflections on the events of everyday life, both trivial and significant, with a disproportionate fear of catastrophic consequences. Stimulated by real or imaginary dangers, anxiety affects people of all ages and social strata. When anxiety presented in unrealistic situations or with unusual intensity, can disrupt daily life. Some researchers believe that anxiety is synonymous with fear, which occur in different degrees and in situations in which people feel threatened by some danger. Others describe anxiety as an unpleasant emotion caused by identifiable hazards or dangers that, in fact, not a threat. Unlike fear, which is caused by actual or known dangers, anxiety may be more difficult to identify and alleviate. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders in developed countries. These disorders are...

Facial Mask of Cucumber and Chamomile

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Homemade Facial Mask of Cucumber and Chamomile A homemade mask of cucumber and chamomile can be more than good for those who feel tired skin. Not only will moisture, but also take away that your face looks haggard. You have only to try the recipe. Just getting get the job and you feel your face has absorbed all the bad vibes he had in front of him? Do you think your skin looks even more tired than your own body? Well then, you may have found the recipe specified: a great homemade mask of cucumber and chamomile to make your skin look and feel fresh, radiant and renewed.  Ingredients: * Half a cucumber * One tablespoon of chamomile flowers Preparation: Peel the cucumber, which two thin slices reserves for later, and cut into cubes. Meanwhile, heat half a cup of water to a boil and place there tablespoon chamomile flowers. Let cool. Infusion Board with cucumber in the glass of the blender and blend until ingredients are blended.  Finally , you have no more than apply this mask on...