If you’ve been injured because of a car accident, an incident at your home, or a fall at a location outside of your property, like work, someone else’s house, or at a store, you want to make sure you get the medical help you need. 

Even if you don’t think it was that bad of an injury, you should always visit a doctor to make sure.

Sometimes symptoms appear a few days or a week after the damage occurred, so if that’s the case, you should go then. 

Leaving injuries untreated can cause lifelong chronic pain and complications that will affect your quality of life.

We’re going to go over what might happen if you leave these common injuries untreated.  [Read more…]

Deprivation and urban decay are major sources of distress for millions of people around the world. Poverty, domestic violence, inadequate housing or pollution are all factors that build up stress in people overtime.

These factors will not only affect how people live, but also how they work or interact with their family members, neighbors or friends.

However, each time we are exposed to stressful events or circumstances that are out of our control, the way it will affect us will mainly depend on how we respond to these events and how we adapt to these circumstances. [Read more…]

Marijuana, cocaine, and heroin are just a few of the common substances that people get addicted to and try to hide. Addiction usually comes with shame and desperation, two emotions that can cause a person to lie, steal, and betray someone else.

You may not know that your partner is addicted to drugs, and that is common, but there will be signs of addiction that can help you figure out the truth.

Here are seven signs of addiction that are hard to hide:

1 – Extreme Mood Changes

Due to the affect the drugs have on the mind, and the desperate need to get more, mood changes are a part of a drug addict’s life. They will be happy one moment and angry the next.

The longer they go without their drugs, the more likely they are to experience negative emotions. Extreme anxiety and anger after spending a long time with you (with no breaks) is a very common sign. [Read more…]

Summer has finally hit the UK. We have blue skies, warm weather, and while most of us would like to be sat in a beer garden with a nice cold glass of Pimms, we’re stuck in offices or summer schools.

Though we have the evenings, most of us still find ourselves on the sofa at 8pm, settling down to the latest installment of Eastenders.

Meanwhile, the thought of donning a swimming costume for your trip to Greece in a couple of months fills you with dread.

Now, I’m not suggesting you fling yourself at the nearest gym screaming “Make me skinny!”. No one wants to be dripping sweat on the treadmill in a 35 degree gym when you could be getting a tan. I’m suggesting you make the most of this weather, get out in the sun, and get fit the fun way!

Here are 5 great ways to get fit without even trying: [Read more…]