Exercise and weight management for Scottish Terriers

Scottish Terriers are energetic and active dogs that require regular exercise to maintain their physical and mental well-being. Consistent daily walks, playtime, and interactive games can help keep them fit and stimulated. However, it's essential to avoid overexerting your Scottie, especially in hot or humid conditions, as they can be prone...
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4 Tips for Effective Hand Care
You use your hands every single day and still, many people do not take the time to take care of their hands. Most people actually do not only not take the time to take care of their hands, but also don’t realize the importance of hand care. In this article, we are going to touch base on 4 tips for effective hand care that will allow you to have soft skin and ...
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The Female Athletes Epidemic
In 1998 the American Journal of Sports Medicine featured an article titled "The Association Between the Menstrual Cycle and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes." This article confirmed the suspicion that many coaches already had, which is that hormonal, as well as anatomical, predispositions were to blame for the seeming epidemic of female at...
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Speech Therapy: Talking to Your Child at an Early Age
It is never too early to start talking to your child. All your child needs to survive is learnt under your tutelage first. It is important that you set aside a lot of time to just speak to your child. Use his or her name frequently in the course of the conversation to help the child identify the name as his or her own.

One way of tea...
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Pizza: A Global Food Phenomenon
All the way back in eighteenth century Italy, the pizza was born. The combination of bread and tomato that was to become the pizza we know nowadays began as the food of the poor. It was such a delicious combination that it eventually brought tourists to Naples, the city of its origin, just to try their special combination. Over a hundred years after i...
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Can My Dog Be a Vegetarian Like Me?
Vegetarianism is on the rise in this country. It is a movement to stray away from most processed products and live a more environmentally-friendly life. And for those with political opposition to the meat industry, a vegetarian diet is to show opposition to the practices and procedures. With more and more people dropping meat from their diets, man...
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Home Remedies for Removing Warts
Warts are ugly little things, not to mention painful. They are physical manifestations of Human Pappiloma Virus, which could carry serious health risks including a risk of cancer. Going to the doctor to have them removed can be even more painful and cost a lot of money, while buying remedies from the local pharmacy can be just as costly.

So if you want t...
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Prepare Yourself for the Summer
Summertime is coming up! It's a time when the kids are out of school, and a time to plan family vacations, weekend trips to the river, or a simple backyard barbecue. But you can't just step outside for several hours for summer fun, as it can be easy to get heat exhaustion and dehydration if not properly prepared for the hot and, in some places, humid summer ...
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5 Fad Diets That Failed
Every year a host of diets hit the market that promise consumers what has yet to be seen: lasting and effective results. As our country's waste line expands it seems that, in equal measure, so does are appetite for quick fix diet schemes that promise huge results without a lot of effort. This isn't a new trend and, in fact, fad approaches have been around for a long...
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U.S. Raw Milk on the Rise - New Staph Strain Found in Europe
For the last several years now more and more Americans are becoming put off by the pasteurizing process they view as an unnecessary measure against illness-inducing microbes found in milk. Advocates point to advanced methods of keeping milk clean during milking, the farm-freshness that apparently re-instates long-lost benefits of...
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The Healing Power of Water
It's no secret that drinking plenty of water has been a key to a longer and healthier life, yet many still don't drink their daily requirement. In addition to giving you a more youthful appearance and greater endurance during physical activities, drinking the daily recommended amount of water can actually reduce your blood pressure and make your more resistant to...
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The Negative Side Effects of Soda on Your Oral Health
Most are simply concerned with the sugar found in regular soda and the extra pounds that sugar may add. However, even diet sodas can have negative side effects on our health. Both regular and diet sodas alike can greatly decrease oral health, and with most kids and adults reaching for sodas over water or milk, the number of those being ...
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Lo-Cal Living Linked to Reversing Type II Diabetes
Recent health studies performed by British researchers have led to evidence indicating type II diabetes isn't the "lifelong" illness most medical experts have always assumed it to be. Subjects at Newcastle University with type II diabetes were put onto extremely low calories diets - 600 calories consumed maximum each day - to see what kind...
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Three "Healthy" Foods That Aren’t That Healthy
Many people want to add more nutritious foods to their diet. It’s tough staying away from those tempting treats and delicious cheeseburgers, and, in an attempt to get our waste lines under control, we often switch up to some of the healthier options. It’s almost a gut reaction to choose a salad for lunch, but it may not be as healthy as you th...
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Happiness is Good For You
When Aristotle said that happiness is the meaning of human existence, he might have been on to something. New efforts in medical research seem to suggest that happiness plays a very active role in people living longer, healthier lives. A recent study has reported that the elderly may be up to 35% less likely to die if they feel happy. The paper publishing these re...
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Simple Solutions for Avoiding Sickness This Season
Most of us dread the winter months for the simple fact that we associate the whipping winds, icy conditions, and holiday stresses with acquiring common colds and influenza at seemingly the worst possible time. We decidedly avoid the unforgiving outdoor climate and focus on our jobs and making friends and family happy during the holidays. Y...
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Are Electronic Cigarettes Safe?
While there have not been controlled medical studies to confirm this, electronic cigarettes are claimed to be safer than traditional cigarettes because you don’t inhale smoke. Electronic cigarettes are often vaporizers that vaporize a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, which you then inhale like a traditional cigarette. Many of the carcinogens asso...
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Minimally-Invasive Surgeries Increasingly Opted by Patients and Professionals Alike
Very few people look forward to surgery for the simple fact that most of us don’t exactly enjoy having our bodies cut open and our insides exposed. The late Steve Jobs skipped potentially life-saving surgery immediately after being diagnosed with the pancreatic cancer that killed him, out of fear of having ...
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The Holistic Health of Eating Organic
There are many reasons why someone would choose to adhere to an organic regiment in their diet and lifestyle. Organic foods and products are healthier, they support local farmers, and they protect the environment and the Earth’s natural ecosystems. These are all important and they affect everyone on Earth, from children to politicians to animals. But t...
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White Rice Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
An analysis released by the British Medical Journal collected a variety of studies from China, Japan, Australia and the United States to conclude that your risk of diabetes increases 10% with each serving of white rice a day. It’s better to stick with brown rice and other whole grains instead of processed white rice, which is full of refined car...
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