Social Issues

Genetic Invincibility – Is It For Real Or Myth?

There are stories that feed the fantasy of genetic invincibility that rehashes family fables for everyone to hear saying, “After all, we are a family of good stock and illness has never been a concern to us, so we can live and eat as we please”. However, newer studies are indicative that when it comes to longevity, genes of the sturdy kind contribute only twenty percent of our total well being.

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Adolescents Can Easily Be Addicted To Tobacco

Adolescents after their first cigarette very soon can experienced a loss of autonomy over tobacco according to a family health and community medicine specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The specialist who studies tobacco dependence, described a typical teenage smoker, a fourteen year old girl who smoke only occasionally about three cigarettes a week.

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Kleptomania – What It Is All About?

Kleptomania is an obsessive – compulsive disorder or also known as “compulsive theft behavioral disorder”. It is a manifestation of a larger psychiatric entity. While the legal consequence of being caught stealing is the same for all thieves, the motive of a kleptomaniac is gratification in the act of stealing, not for economic benefit. As we have known, everyone has its own rituals, superstitions and habits. These are normal “adjustments” to make one’s life manageable and even pleasurable. Once these behaviors become uncontrollable and seems to take over one’s thoughts and feelings, there must be a reason to suspect a brain malfunction called obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD).

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Overcoming The Fear Of Math

Mathematics is probably the most dreaded subject among students, oftentimes seen as difficult and hard to learn. Truth to the matter is that the adverse attitude of students towards math is one of the reasons why these young people are behind in math proficiency. It is either they fear the subject or they have little interest or poor motivation of the subject. Whatever the reasons may be, we have to understand that there are many factors influencing poor performance of students in math.

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Tattoos – Is It An Art Form Or A Brand For Society’s Ills?

Public perception on tattoo has its ups and lows. It has been associated with a life of crime in the sense that the art of tattoo is prevalent among inmates in jails and security prisoners. People branded it as a tainted skin art in which the stigma persists up to this time. Some people or establishments, they took care not to hire any person who sported a tattoo especially those proclaiming themselves to be a member of certain underworld gangs or groups.

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Moderate Your Greed In Acquiring Wealth

Money, they say is the root of all evils. But it’s not the money itself but the obsession to acquire it by all means has motivated a person to do evil things such as: murder, robbery, swindling, plunder, graft and corruption, lying, stealing of people’s money, betrayal of public trust, cheating just to stay in power, conspiracy and the likes. If your goal in life is to become rich from a questionable source, you will never achieve it, after all how much money is enough to quench that obsession?

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