To stay healthy and happy, you should try to eliminate stress as much as possible. Too much stress agitates the nerves and leads to permanent damage to health.

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Food poisoning can occur if you eat contaminated or spoilt food. Food poisoning is particularly common in meat, eggs and dairy products that contain harmful E. coli bacteria. Food poisoning is characterised by nausea, stomach upset, diarrhoea, chills, vomiting and fever. Food poisoning is different from food intolerance or food allergy, which is experienced by certain individuals who lack an enzyme or hormone in the body that stimulates the immune system to reject certain foods.

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There are many cigarette manufacturers, each of which sells a variety of different cigarettes. However, almost all cigarettes are manufactured in the same way, so inhaling any cigarette affects the smoker in a very similar way, regardless of the particular brand of manufacturer. This is especially true for the main pollutant in cigarettes: nicotine.

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Hypertension is a common condition in which the arteries are overwhelmed by the pressure of blood flow. In yoga, the body is treated holistically and hypertension is treated by regulating blood flow through consistent practice of certain postures. Yoga instructors recommend the 'Reclining Hero' pose (Supta Virasana) for the targeted treatment of high blood pressure.

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Muscle fibres can tear during sports and gymnastics, especially if the muscles were not well warmed up. A tear in the abdominal muscles can be very painful and needs some time of rest to heal.

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Small blisters or nodules on the tongue can be signs of a serious illness, but are usually no cause for concern.

Sores on the tongue and aphthae as well as blisters can be caused by herpes viruses, allergies, bacterial infections, immune disorders or serious diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer or syphilis.

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Part of getting older is the slight deterioration in memory. Over the years, memory deteriorates until simple things become difficult to remember. However, memory decline can be prevented and even if memory is already impaired, the brain can be trained and regain its former capacity.

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Fingernails can say a lot about a person's lifestyle and health. While vertical ridges on fingernails are very common and usually have nothing to say, there are various possible causes for the formation of transverse ridges on the nails.

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Wisdom teeth usually grow between the ages of 17 and 21. Even healthy wisdom teeth can cause enormous pain during the weeks of growth. To make the growing phase more bearable, there are a few things you can do to make the pain less debilitating.

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The pupils are black, round holes in the centre of the eyes that allow light to reach the optic nerve. The pupils become larger and smaller depending on how much light is coming in. Dilation is controlled by the coloured ring, the iris, which is made up of contracting and expanding muscle tissue. Incidence of light is not the only cause of enlarged pupils.

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