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Progeria ( Hutchison-Gilford Syndrome)

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Just before his passing on January 10, 2014, Sam Berns was a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he achieved highest honors and was a percussion section leader in the high school marching band. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Sam was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease, at the age of 2. He is featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Life According to Sam, which premiered on HBO on October 21, 2013, 2 days before his 17th birthday. He just turned 17. A few years ago,before his freshman year in High School, he wanted to play snare drumin the Foxboro High School Marching Band, and it was a dreamthat he just had to accomplish. But each snare drum and harness weighed about 40 pounds each, and he have a disease called Progeria . So just to give you an idea,he weigh only about 50 pounds. So, logistically, he really couldn't carrya regular sized snare drum, and because of this the band directorassign...
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HOW TO BEAT DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY?

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  Imagine that you're getting ready to go to a party. You feel excited, but also nervous, and you've got this feeling in your stomach almost like another heartbeat. Something is holding you back, holding you back from getting too happy. "No, you mustn't get too happy.  Better to be cautious, otherwise, something bad might happen." You start wondering, "Who should I talk to when I get there? What if no one wants to talk to me?What if they'll think I'm weird?" When you arrive at the party, someone comes up to you and starts talking with you, and as this is happening, your mind starts racing, your heart begins pounding, you start sweating, and it feels almost like you're dissociating from yourself, like it's an out-of-body experience, and you're just watching yourself talk. "Keep it together," you say to yourself, but you can't. And it's just getting worse: after a few minutes of conversation, the person you've been...
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How to avoid smoking?

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YOU CAN STOP YOURSELF FROM SMOKING   If you're a smoker trying to quit, do you have options... Patches, chewing gum, lollipops -- and even lasers! But if you're overwhelmed with choice, maybe try nothing at all. Now smoking is bad for you -- it causes cancer and a gazillion other diseases. You know that. We know that. This is your life and we’re not going to tell you what to do.  But we are going to tell you the science behind quitting if you or someone you know is trying to give up the habit. Now before we breakdown the options, we have to first understand why it’s so difficult to quit in the first place.  One word: nicotine . It’s what’s naturally found in tobacco and as addictive as heroin and cocaine. When inhaled, nicotine travels quickly to the brain. There, it releases dopamine and other feelgood chemicals into brain cell receptors. This creates more and more nicotine receptors in the brain.  When these receptors are starved of nicotine you go through int...
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Mental illness symptoms

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 SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS Do you remember the last time you felt sad, anxious, or scared that you were somehow off?  You're not alone...., even if it may feel like it .The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, reports sometimes a funk or rough patch can be a sign of something much deeper.  This blog represents 10 mental health symptoms you shouldn't ignore.  With that being said, let's talk about the 10 mental health symptoms you should not ignore.  1#  You're having feelings of sadness or depression that last longer than 2 weeks. All people experience sadness at one time or another, However, most normal feelings of sadness get better with time.  The American Psychiatric Association reported abnormally intense sadness lasting two weeks could be a sign of depression.  The National Institute of Mental Health stated, "not being able to snap out of it or sadness being heavier than normal should be taken seriously."  2#   You're hav...
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