More than 50,000 people are killed in the United States every year and hundreds of thousands more are forced to live with long-term and permanent disabilities for one common reason – because they have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
There are more types of injuries that someone can suffer than anyone could ever count. However, one of the most difficult injuries that anyone can face is a traumatic brain injury.
Self-esteem by definition is the way a person perceives the self. Those who have a strong belief in one's capabilities are able to succeed in just about anything while those who don't will experience a lot of difficulty in life.
Self-esteem is not something people are born with. This has to be developed and if parents are not able to do a go...
Cartilage is made up of protein and acts as a cushion, in between the bones at the joints. Degeneration and loss of cartilage at the joints is called “Osteoarthritis” or “Degenerative arthritis.” It happens at the hands, feet, spine, hips and knees. If the cause is unknown, it is called “Primary arthritis”. It can be attributed to aging and heredit...
Arthritis is basically an inflammatory disease causing significant damage to the joints that occurs in various joints of the different parts of the body due to various occasions. In the cases of people over the age group of sixty-five, arthritis has been found to the leading cause of disability. Arthritis exists in many forms and each form has thei...
Tony knew he and his girlfriend, Ruby, would tie the knot--someday. They'd been together on and off since college, spending a small fortune on airfare and long-distance calls whenever Ruby returned to her native Barbados. So when her visa expired and they faced another separation, he thought, Why not go all the way? Ruby's need for a green card ...
A Good Yarn is women's fiction. I picked up the book, because I saw the illustration of a basket full of yarn that suggested warmth or my mother, who used to be a knitter. I never could knit well, although I learned two stitches, knit and purl, and managed to come up with a few baby items for my kids. Reading this book made me yearn for knitting...