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Seasonal Affective Disorder: How To Fix SADness

When you are young, winter brings tidings of joy, snowball fights, and Christmas lights. To a child, a blizzard means no school and Christmas means free gifts. To an adult, however, despite the song “it’s the most wonderful time of the year,” the winter and holiday season may be the worst time of year. To … Continue reading

5 Tips Help a Friend With An Eating Disorder

Whether you are at school or at work, spending a significant amount of time around a friend may cause you to notice certain signals. For example, if your friend is constantly displaying a fear of gaining weight, paying constant attention to food or dieting, binge eating, or acting withdrawn, it would not be much of … Continue reading

Beating Insomnia: 5 tips for finding that elusive shut-eye

Insomnia, the world’s most common disorder, can cause rifts in both your professional and social life. The disorder can disrupt your sleeping pattern, effectively disrupting your circadian rhythms. Your circadian rhythm, and more specifically, your cortisol level and melatonin level are responsible for your sleep and wake cycles. Cortisol is manufactured from cholesterol by the … Continue reading

Helping your child learn: 5 tips for parents with children suffering from a learning disorder

Children that suffer from a learning disorder may feel discouraged and embarrassed, especially in a school setting. While other children are learning and progressing with ease, a child with a learning disorder may have to work harder to achieve the same success. Conversely, living with a learning disorder can strengthen the personality and work ethic … Continue reading

A Center To Ease Our Minds (And Our Wallets)

One out of every three United States citizens are currently living without health insurance. That is over 87 million people. With the price of our material rising, and the numbers in our bank account decreasing; where can an American catch a break? The Center for Group Counseling. This organization is dedicated to providing emotional well-being … Continue reading

M.H.A. 100 Years Strong

In order to survive over 100 years, an organism or an organization, must evolve. Where was the world 100 years ago? The bubonic plague, which affected 75 million lives, hit the west coast of the United States; the N.A.C.C.P. was founded; the Hudson Car Company modeled its first line of cars; construction workers began to … Continue reading

Mayo Medical Clinic

The Mayo Medical Clinic is an organization, which allows professionals to integrate a vast amount of resources, in order to train, equip, and support medical research. Within the medical clinic, the organization is separated into four different branches; education resources, research resources, community engagement, and the service center. Each one these branches, performs regular studies, … Continue reading

Bulimia Nervosa

Dyspraxia

The learning disorder of dyspraxia involves difficulties with motor skills. Simple tasks such as combing hair or waving goodbye are taxing for those with this disorder. Learning disorders such as dyspraxia can become so frustrating to the sufferers. The ability to perform certain movements and gestures is a difficult chore. Dyspraxia, one of developmental disorders, … Continue reading

Reading Disability

Reading disability is the most common learning disorder with a projected 70% to 80%. One type of reading disorder is dyslexia. Dyslexia makes reading and spelling a difficult task for those affected. Some of the symptom of this disorder include: difficulty learning the alphabet, difficulty with word retrieval, mixing up sound in words with multisyllables … Continue reading