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Health is defined as a state of physical, mental and social well-being (WHO 1946). Did you notice the SOCIAL part? Many doctors overlook this integral part of their patients needs. I have decided to tackle this issue of long-distance relationships because countless friends and family in couples are separated due to job obligations, school or other circumstances. So the question is: do long distance relationships actually work? Who are you dating? Joe Tracy, publisher of Online Dating Magazine believes that long distance relationships require very strong trust, commitment, guidelines and communication. " Studies show that a majority of people involved in long distance relationships eventually break up. That's why you see so many "experts" proclaiming that long distance relationships are a bad idea and don't work. Yet if you learn to master communication and set the parameters of your relationship, it can work. It's an uphill battle, but it is possible ...

This weekend I installed a chat application on my phone called WhatsApp. Many of my friends had urged me to get it, citing its wonderful connectivity of free phone-to-phone messenger services. I was truly amazed at how easy it was to communicate with everyone whose phone number I had across the world and the sharing of multimedia was simple awesome. That was in the first hour. After that I realized that: 1. You cannot turn it off, so basically EVERYONE on your phone who also has Whatsapp can message you ALL the time FOR FREE about, let's face it, nothing. 2. People you don't normally talk to start talking to you...just because it's available and 3. You don't get any sleep or work done just from the excitement of getting firsthand news-worthy events (read gossip). How smart really is a smartphone?  It just comes to show that technology has come a long way. The internet and communication have made our generation one that seeks instant gratification. Most q...

Hip-hop power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed a baby girl, reportedly named Blue Ivy Carter, Saturday night at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Beyoncé gave birth via scheduled C-section, though many sources noted that Bey’s baby came more than a month before her expected February due date. The New York Daily News notes that Jay-Z and Beyoncé tried to tightly control their babeyoncé’s arrival, renting out an entire floor of Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, taping over security cameras and forcing employees to turn in their cell phones. Beyonce and Jay Z welcomed their baby on 7 January 2012  Not everyone's baby-welcome is so highly publicized (not everyone can be royalty) but it is a huge step for every parent nonetheless. Here are a few tips for those first-time parents who need to know the do's and don'ts of taking care of a newborn baby: Do   1.It is essential to make your new baby sleep on their back so that you can avoid the ri...