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Erotomania - A Crush Gone Too Far

          In my definition, a crush is the foundation for love.  You can have a crush on someone when you like them, find them attractive, want to get to know them better and think about them frequently.    The person you...

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Rett Syndrome

Google Images Austrian pediatrician, Dr. Andreas Rett discovered the disease in 1954. He first noticed the signs as he observed 2 girls in his waiting room. Both children were making odd repetitive wringing motions with their hands. Dr. Rett found...

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Theories of Suicidal Behavior: Perspectives on What Causes Suicide

People who exhibit suicidal behavior nearly always have a serious psychiatric disorder. Statistics show that nine out of ten people who commit or attempt suicide have at least one major psychiatric illness and in half of these cases two or more such illnesses are present. Most common of these psychiatric conditions are mood disorders, alcohol and substance abuse, and behavior disorders.

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Pap Smears - Do They Hurt and What Really Is Involved?

Today, I am sharing my personal knowledge on Pap smears because I myself consider this test as a potential detector of cervical or uterine cancer and this test is very helpful in prevention of cancer. My mother died of uterine cancer in 1997 and my...

12 comments    life health women
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Victor: the Wild Boy of Aveyron

“[The Savage] looks with compassion on poor civilized man -- no courage, no strength, incapable of providing himself with food and shelter: a degenerate, a moral cretin, a figure of fun in his blue coat,...

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Pap Smears - Do They Hurt and What Is Involved?

A pap smear (known in some countries as a cervical smear test), is a simple health screening procedure for women, to check for pre-cancerous cells on the cervix. It could save your life.

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Abnormal Psychology / Mental Illness History and Treatment

Most historians believe that prehistoric societies regarding abnormal behavior as the work of evil spirits. These early societies apparently explained all phenomena as resulting from the actions of magical, something sinister being who controlled...

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Psychology and Its Importance: Why Psychology Is Important.

What’s the importance of psychology? Psychology is important as it is concerned with the study of behavior and mental processes and at the same time, it is also applied to many different things in human life. Psychology involves various sub-areas of study and applications related with different subject like human development, sports education, physical condition, business, media as well as the regulation.

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Cancer Survival Rates

All cancer is bad but some are worse than others. This article looks at the 5 year survival rates of cancer in the United States.  

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Electric Shock Therapy "To Do or Not to Do" That is the Question

This Hub briefly explores the history of Electroshock Therapy and how the treatment’s beginning continues to be the highlight of what’s portrayed in present day. Many professional, both in the psychiatric...

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