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3 Ways To Improve Your Smile

Your smile is often one of the first things that people notice about you. If you aren’t happy with the appearance of your smile, you may not have much confidence when you interact with other people. Fortunately, there are several ways you can enhance your smile and gain confidence. Use

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How Perry Dental Can Help Adults With Baby Teeth

Baby teeth are a person’s first set of teeth as they grow and develop. Baby teeth are eventually replaced by adult teeth. However, some people have baby teeth well into adulthood.  When Should You Lose Your Baby Teeth Baby teeth, or, more technically, primary or deciduous teeth, start to fall

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Tips for Managing Caregiver Stress

Stress can damage your health if you do not manage it properly. Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia-related illness is scary and stressful. Stress management and self-care are essential for every Alzheimer’s caregiver. Untreated caregiver stress increases the risk of caregiver burnout and can cause

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7 Things You Can Expect From Recovery And Rehabilitation Services In 2022

When it comes to treating alcohol and substance abuse disorder, which can be diagnosed when your pattern of drinking is problematic and causes considerable distress, everyone has distinct needs. Depending on how many symptoms you have, rehabilitation services might range from mild to severe. The type of care you’ll require is

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10 Strategies That Can Help You Break Your Alcohol Addiction Habits

Alcohol addiction is the most common type of addiction. Around 107 million people are addicted to alcohol on a global basis. Among them, 30% are women, and the rest, 70%, are male. Alcohol is considered a celebration drink for almost every event. Whether it is a marriage function, an official or

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3 Best Foods for Focus

If you find it hard to maintain your focus at times, try these foods to help you to stay sharp.  Chocolate Antioxidant-rich chocolate and foods like Blue Lake Memory Chocolates can improve overall brain function when you face difficult tasks. Flavanols – a subclass of antioxidants – are present in

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January 14 is Quitters Day

The New Year is off to a fresh start, but many resolutions are close to their expiration date. “Quitters Day”, which falls on January 14th this year, typically signifies the end of many resolutions made before New Year’s Eve. How can people really stick to their resolutions and make changes

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Protect Your Hearing: Why You Should and How You Can

Hearing loss is often thought of as a sign of aging. You get older, you lose the ability to see, hear, move… This can be why so many people feel useless in the senior stages of life; they depend so much on others to help them with these aspects. They depend

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fight burnout
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4 Ways Women Over 50 Can Fight Burnout And Win

I always look forward to reading McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace research. This is the seventh year it has been collected, and the data compiles survey results from 65,000 people in 423 organizations. Of particular concern to me was the data on burnout. This research reveals how the pandemic continues to

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How to Keep Your Eyes Healthy After 50

It’s no secret that our bodies change as we get older, and while we can’t turn back time, we can do our best to take care of ourselves. Healthy aging is all about protection, prevention, and proper treatment—it’s why we try to eat right, stay active, and practice self-care. And

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stay young
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Easy Ways Women Over 50 Can Stay Young

The iconic song “Forever Young” comes from our heart’s desire to stay young and carefree. While it is impossible to remain forever young, you’re also as young as you feel. It is possible to feel youthful and jovial into your older years, just put in the effort. Consider some of

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collagen supplements
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Why Every Woman Over 50 Should be Taking Collagen Supplements

Collagen often gets attention for its glamorous beauty benefits but there is so much more to collagen than just hair, skin, and nails. While collagen supplements can be linked to beauty benefits like improved skin elasticity and hair growth, it also has a wide variety of benefits for joint pain,

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Self-Care
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Preparing for the Flu in 2021 – Tips to Strengthen the Body

Cold and flu season is upon us, and every household should prepare for more illnesses than last year, especially with schools and businesses opening for in-person instruction and meetings. As I’m speaking to my patients about this year’s flu vaccine, a common question keeps coming up, “How can I make

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3 Peroxide-Free Ways to Brighten Your Smile

Although the American Dental Association (ADA) has deemed peroxide to be a safe way to whiten teeth, there are alternatives. Why go peroxide-free? There are two common side effects that come with peroxide-based teeth whiteners that lead many consumers to look for more “natural” options.  Adverse Side Effects of Peroxide-Based

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How to Handle Major Changes in Your Life

As we walk through this journey that is called life, there are many common obstacles that are encountered. We may find that major changes in our life disrupt the flow of what we are used to and cause us to have to regain our footing. There are a few major

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back pain
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Preventing Non-Accident Related Back Pain that Comes with Age

If you’ve been in a car accident or a work-related accident that’s affected your back, you’re not alone. Every year, thousands of people experience back-related pain due to an accident that wasn’t their fault. If that happens to you, you need to contact a personal injury attorney right away. It’s

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mental health
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Tips for Mental Health at Any Age

Cognitive decline, memory issues, and a growing epidemic of loneliness, all make people in their golden years incredibly vulnerable to issues with mental health. A good portion of older people are experiencing some kind of mental health issue.  Some people have taken a social anxiety disorder test to determine if

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Brain Benefits for Women Over 50 this Summer

Summer brings longer days, which means more time to spend outdoors… soaking up that precious sunshine. While we may all know that feel-good feeling from spending time outdoors brings, there is actually more to it than you think!  There are very real mental and brain benefits of getting adequate sunshine

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How to Maximize the Benefits of Therapy

Getting therapy for the first time may feel daunting. Because you’re talking to someone you barely know, opening up to a therapist and talking about your problems can be difficult. You may feel some uneasiness since it is a new experience, but it shouldn’t hinder you from getting the most

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Look Fabulous Over 50 and Beyond

The number one reason why you might not look fabulous over 50 is because you lack selfcare. Selfcare is one of those things we as women push off because we don’t have time for it. Family, home, work, etc. all take priority and we leave ourselves with little-to-no time for

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