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Stress is something we can all relate to because at a certain point in time we have all had to deal with some amount of it. It is usually a transient overwhelming feeling of incapability in busy life periods but can easily become a chronic condition if left unresolved. It is so prevalent in our lives and so it becomes important for us to develop ways of dealing with it. Not dealing with stress properly whether it be by avoidance, drinking or smoking will eventually manifest as illnesses. It can increase the chance of hypertension, gastrointestinal issues and can also worsen conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, for those with children, chronic stress can put your children at risk of developing Asthma. Excessive stress can even cause premature death. This article will suggest some healthy and straightforward coping mechanisms. One method of coping with stress is known as the problem-focused coping approach or in other words is to actively alter the stres...

Diabetes Mellitus or Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism leading to an increase in blood glucose levels.  This increased sugar levels can eventually lead to many complications such as Diabetic Neuropathy, Retinopathy and Nephropathy which affects the nerves, eyes and kidneys respectively. Diabetes may also precipitate many other diseases and co-morbidities including thyroid disease and some forms of cancer (Diabetes, UK, 2019). Diabetes can affect people of all ages and different races. Diabetes can be classified into primary diabetes, gestational diabetes and secondary diabetes. Primary diabetes includes the well-known Type I and Type II diabetes as well as Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood (LADA) and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY). Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy and secondary causes of diabetes include pancreatic insufficiency (Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus, 2004). Type I diabetes, MODY and LADA are genetically inhe...

Human behaviour, much of which is influenced by social, cultural, economic, and political factors, is clearly related to health, including the risk for infectious diseases like malaria. There are many reasons why particular behaviours exist and they often are tied to considerable benefits in areas quite distinct from health. The principal reason for which people do not accept new kinds of health behaviour is that the behaviour being advocated is inconvenient, produces unwanted side-effects, or does not give visible results (MacCormack, 1984). Thus, it is not always the case that “these people do not know any better," but rather that their native logic and rationality make sense within the realities and limitations of their local circumstances. Poverty creates preconditions to malaria, in that the means to acquire protection such as treated bed nets, repellants and insecticides from mosquitoes are hindered. It is well established in the world that morbidity and mortality ...

Human beings are a uniquely varied specie. No two persons are remotely the same — not even homozygote twins. Genetic makeup and the environment in which each man finds himself, predominantly goes a long way to shape one’s physique, personality, and interactions with other and the environment. Thus it comes as no surprise that we all respond to stressful life events in varied ways. Cohen et al. (1995) define stress as a process in which environmental demands strain an organism’s adaptive capacity resulting in both psychological demands as well as biological changes that could place it at risk for illness. Being not a respecter of persons, stress affects all people — man or woman, young or old, rich or poor. Stress is an ever-present fact of life that we must all deal with. Life in and of itself is full of stress. It comes in all shapes, sizes and conundrums; to the extent that even o ne’s own thoughts can cause predominant discomfort and strain, making the body more susceptib...