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Heartburn is a form of indigestion. The term heartburn is misleading as the condition has nothing to do with the heart. It is important to distinguish it from the genuine heart conditions like heart attack or heart pain. Symptoms of Heartburn Heartburn usually results in: 1. Burning sensation in the chest behind the lower end of the breastbone or upper part of the abdomen. The sensation may move up and down like a wave. If severe, this sensation may even extend to the sides of the chest and up to the neck 2. Sour or bitter taste in the mouth Common Causes of Heartburn The main causes of heartburn are due to: 1. Irritation and inflammation of lower part of the esophagus. This is often caused by the acidic stomach juices that are flowing back into the esophagus. Most likely, this regurgitation is brought about by lying or bending over too soon after a meal 2. Protrusion of the stomach into the chest due to the weak muscles that separate the chest from the abdomen. This is very common amongst the elderly, overweight and pregnant women. What can you do. To relief the discomfort brought by heartburn, you can: 1. Avoid bending over or lying down too...

For eight years, Janis Lopes of Orange, Calif., couldn t sleep because she felt like she had worms crawling in her legs. Only getting up and walking around the house seemed to relieve the unusual and sometimes painful sensations that she was experiencing. She was sleep-deprived at work, depressed throughout the day and anxious when she had to sit through a play or movie. After years of pain, discomfort and frustration, Lopes learned that she suffered from Restless Legs Syndrome, a condition that is both real and treatable. Restless Legs Syndrome is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to move the legs, often accompanied by creeping-crawling sensations. Restless Legs Syndrome is most prevalent at night and during periods of inactivity. As a result, sleep disturbances are common, and everyday activities such as traveling in a car or sitting at a desk can become unbearable. The disorder can cause chronic sleep deprivation that may result in difficulty concentrating, anxiety, mood swings and depression. Even though Restless Legs Syndrome affects up to 10 percent of the adult population, it can go undiagnosed for years because many people mistake...

I am somebody who developed a stutter at the age of four and it continued to affect my life for the next eighteen years. My name is Steve Hill and I am now 2006 thirty-two years of age and have been fluent for around the last ten years. In this article I am going to write about the different ways in which people try to hide their stutter. Some of these people who stutter are so good at hiding it, that many of their friends or family may not even be aware that they actually have a stutter at all. I will give examples from my own experiences and I am sure that many other people who stutter do the same as what I used to do. The first example is in a restaurant. Fluent people look at a menu and will order what they want to eat, this might sound very obvious but this is not what I used to do. I would not look on the menu for something that I wanted but would look for something that I felt confident I would be able to say. I had a huge dislike and fear to certain words beginning with certain letters, probably the worst words were the ones which started with the letter b . I would therefore of course avoid foods such as braised steak. One evening when I...

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia had over 800 rejections before he sold even one piece of writing. Oprah Winfrey was not deterred when she got fired from her television reporter s job being told, You re not fit for TV. Og Mandino The Greatest Salesman in the World had lost his family to drink and became a homeless person before becoming an inspirational bestselling author selling over 30 million books. Marie Curie, recipient of two Nobel Prizes once said, I tried out various experiments and the results were sometimes unexpected. At times I would be encouraged by a little unhoped-for success, at others I would be in the deepest despair because of accidents and failures resulting from my inexperience I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy. Bill Gates and Michael Dell were college drop-outs. Babe Ruth had more strike-outs then any other baseball player of his time. He also had the most home runs. Ann Bancroft, the first woman to travel across the ice to the North Pole, reminisced later about not reaching a goal to cover 2,300 miles across Antarctica bad...

If you own a diesel powered vehicle, you probably appreciate the inherent qualities of this type of engine. More torque, better fuel economy, easier maintenance are some of the attributes of owning a diesel powered vehicle. Still, some motorists complain about the engine s weak power, particularly when accelerating from a full stop. What you may not know is that a diesel engine can be tweaked to produce more power without harming fuel economy. Let s take a look at diesel engines and what you can do to squeeze out more power. Thanks to the work of one man, Rudolf Diesel, we have a choice when it comes to driving. Besides hybrid or rotary engines, the chief way most vehicles run is via a gasoline powered internal combustion engine. However, with Diesel s 1892 patent of the engine that bears his name, diesel power has played a significant role in powering buses and trucks across North America. Some passenger vehicles, particularly pick up trucks, are also diesel powered giving motorists an option to gasoline. Diesel engines have the following advantages over their gasoline counterparts: Diesels use air compression to create combustion versus the air...