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Overview The year 2020 is wrapping up and we at Friends anonymous will like to offer our help to guide you into 2021 with awesome routines that we think can make it a healthy and a super productive new year.  The year 2020 has been filled with lots of unlikely events, the most disturbing one being the Coronavirus. Many lives have changed, routines altered and plans rendered futile due to this pandemic, and now there is a second wave of the virus which holds more uncertainty concerning somethings in 2021. PS: If you are reading this, be thankful for life and everything you still have with you There are many things we often ignore as humans, especially when it comes to our health. However, you should have health plans for the new year, be ready to take up challenges that will reform and give you a better and healthy life. Healthy Tips For The New Year • Exercise   Exercise is crucial to our health. Exercise has its way of improving memory and brain ...

Overview Spending time under the shower enjoying the serenity of the bathroom and reminiscing good thoughts is very pleasurable for most people but for someone who suffers from uncomfortable itchy skin, the bathroom experience is quite the opposite. This is as a result of the uncontrollable itching that comes after. Pruritis  is caused by dry skin. The water washes away the skin's natural oil causing the skin to be dry and itchy. Although the treatment isn't as simple as just applying cream or body moisturiser, it may need extra attention. In serious cases, symptoms such as peeling, cracking and scaling of the skin would require extra attention and care must be taken to treat it. Finish this article to find out the solution. What causes itching after bathing: Many things can lead to itching after bathing but the most common causes include: 1.) Dry Skin: The skin becomes dry when there is no moisture and this can make it tight and itchy. Bathing with hot...

Overview There are lots of question associated with hiccups, a lot of myth and assumptions. Hiccups are common and most people will have hiccups at some time. Most people have taken hiccups to be a ‘way of life’.  It is important to know why you hiccup, the causes, and how to get rid of it.  What are Hiccups? Hiccups are reflex actions . The involuntary contraction of the diaphragm muscle (the muscle that separates your lungs from your abdomen) causing the vocal cords to snap shut, producing a weird and annoying sound called the hiccups. The medical term used to describe hiccup is singultus , a Latin word for ‘ grasp ’ or ‘ sob ’. Most of the time, hiccups are temporary, though very annoying, prolonged hiccups may be a sign of a major health problem. Everyone, both men and women get hiccups equally often, research also shows that hiccups can occur in foetus while still in the uterus.  What Causes Hiccups? However, there are some common known causes...

Overview Stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. While feeling stressed is unavoidable, how we deal with it to relieve the pressure and gain back control of our lives is very important.  It is very little we can do to avoid being stressed because factors that potentially trigger it are present all around us.  Living with high levels of stress puts our entire wellbeing at risk, wreaking havoc on our emotional equilibrium, we end up being physically unproductive and mentally ineffective. Causes Pioneer endocrinologist Selye  described the cause of stress as: "The nonspecific (that is, common) result of any demand upon the body, be the effect mental or somatic"                                                 - Hans Selye Stress is a non-specific response. There is no single cause of stress but what varies is the degree...