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Learning the Difference between Cold and Flu Can Save Your Life
From Evergreen Hospital Medical Center Knowing the difference between a cold and the flu can save your life. While colds are uncomfortable and make you miserable, flu or influenza can be lifethreatening. A cold starts gradually with sniffles. You may have a mild cough, bronchial pain, a sore throat and stuffy nose. Colds rarely cause fevers. Influenza or flu, like a cold, affects the respiratory system. You feel lousy and exhausted. Flu begins suddenly. Your chest may hurt, your body will probably ache and you may have a cough, headache or chills. Influenza fevers last three days or
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In the New Year Paying Down Debt Addicted to Spending By Craig W. Armstrong
Current economic times are challenging and most people need every dollar they earn. They look forward to pay day, a rewarding day when they see what has come from all those days of work. Then, they start paying bills and suddenly pay day becomes a day they would rather forget. In many cases, the money is going out faster than it is coming in. Wouldn’t it be nice if the money we earned could be used for something fun instead of the debt we already have? If that is ever going to happen, we must pay off our debt. First, let’s take a look at our plastic friend, the credit card. We have all heard from some financial analyst on TV that we must pay more than the minimum on our credit card bill. This person is right. Paying the minimum, which is usually about two or three percent, only prolongs the pain. Plus, this is what the credit card company wants. The longer you take to repay the charges, the more interest they can tack on. Don’t let them win...find the money. Sacrifice it from somewhere else and pay as much as you can each month. Brown bag it, instead of eating lunch out. Don’t go bowling with the guys or out with the girls. We all enjoy some luxuries. Sacrifice them for a while. It won’t be fun, but it will beat watching the money go out as soon as it comes in. Roll your debt, using the
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Addiction is an excessive behavior that negatively affects life. It can come in many forms, with drugs and alcohol being the most common. Other forms include overeating and gambling. Some people joke about being a shopaholic, but this, too, is a serious addiction. Compulsive shopping affects millions of men and women, and despite the negative consequences, they just can’t stop. The extreme satisfaction in finding and making a great deal prevents them from foreseeing the consequences of their actions. Like most addictions, compulsive shopping often masks deeper issues, which are best left to a professional to diagnose and treat. Compulsive shoppers tend to shop to relieve emotional stress. Shopping is their coping mechanism, and sadly, it can lead to a stressful home life, with many arguments ensuing about their reckless spending habits. Compulsive shoppers are often aware of their be-
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