Articles by Elizabeth Dennis
Inhalers for Asthma - Are There Different Kinds? -
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Elizabeth Dennis
The dramatic symptoms of asthma including coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing are caused by three events in the airways: the lining of the airways beginning to swell mucus being secreted the muscles that surround the airway going into spasm There are two...
Dorm Fires - Why Your Dorm Room is a Blaze Waiting to Happen -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Nearly 1,500 fires occur each year in college dorm rooms and fraternity and sorority houses. As a college student, your small living space will be filled with paper, books, clothing, bedding, and other highly combustible materials. A fire can take hold within seconds as a...
Essential Dorm Room Supplies for Campus Living -
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Elizabeth Dennis
In addition to the basic items needed for college living, i.e. linens, school supplies, clothing, etc., there are handful of essential dorm room supplies that will make the best of your small living space. Keep things neat and organized with the following. Portable Storage Cart...
College Housing – Top Four Tips for Dorm Room Safety -
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Elizabeth Dennis
While living away at college, you must take an interest in your own safety. Although college housing is in general a very safe place to live; there are a handful of safety precautions to consider. These four tips can help. Dorm Fires With nearly 1,500...
College Supplies - Who Brings What? -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Dorm room space is almost always limited. Two people and all of their college supplies can fill up a room quickly. When you receive your room assignment, contact your future roommate immediately; to not only learn a little more about each other, but to determine...
Dorm Sheets - Why you Need Extra Long Sheets -
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Elizabeth Dennis
A typical dorm room mattress is considered an "extra long twin." This size has become the standard in dorm rooms for the comfort of the taller students. Full size and larger beds are not practical in a dorm's limited space; but an extra-long twin gives...
Colon Constipation - What to Eat for Relief -
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Elizabeth Dennis
As the foods you eat move on through your digestive system and arrive in your colon, the colon goes to work absorbing water from your recent meal leaving behind stool. Constipation can occur when the colon absorbs too much water; creating stools that are small,...
Raynaud's Disease - Relief for Numb Fingers -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Do your fingers ever feel numb and turn white when exposed to mildly cold air or are outside in the cold for only a few short seconds? Many individuals will experience numbness in their fingers after prolonged exposure to very cold temperatures, but if your...
Tea Tree Oil Uses - Preventing Body Acne -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Although body acne develops in the same way as facial acne, you may want to treat if differently. A majority of commercial acne removal products, including washes, soaps, gels, toners, exfoliators, creams, etc. are made specifically for the face. To treat acne on other areas...
Home Burglar Alarms - The Importance of Outdoor Home Security -
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Elizabeth Dennis
The most effective home security alarm is one that prevents a would-be intruder from entering your home at all. This alarm system will set off a siren as soon as entry into your home is attempted by way of a door or a window. Let's...
Home Burglar Alarms - How to Prevent False Alarms -
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Elizabeth Dennis
False alarms from your home security system are not only costly to you and your local emergency services, but they can delay help to more serious 911 calls. In addition to checking and testing your system regularly, consider the following to greatly reduce and hopefully...
Do It Yourself Home Security - How Easy is It? -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Wireless home alarm systems are rapidly growing in popularity as wireless technology improves. The components of a wireless system talk to each other via radio frequencies and not wires or cables as with traditional hard-wired systems. Because there are no wires to be run through...
Home Security - How to Prevent Intruders -
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Elizabeth Dennis
A home alarm system can certainly alert you and the local authorities that an intruder is attempting to break into your home. This same alarm will hopefully scare off the intruder; never to return. However, there are a handful of other measures to take to...
Kids Closet - How to Install an Age Appropriate Closet System -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Organizing your child's closet can be a bit more difficult than the other closets in your home. There is a good chance the closet doesn't solely consist of clothing; you are likely to find toys and other items in there as well. The organizational system...
Organized Closets - The Easiest Way to Keep Them That Way -
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Elizabeth Dennis
If your closet is simply not big enough for your belongings and a closet remodel is out of the question, you must reduce the amount of things you store in the closet before it can be kept organized. It is a tough one to swallow...
Shoe Racks, Shoe Cubbies and Other Great Shoe Organizer Products -
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Elizabeth Dennis
The right closet shoe organizer for you is going to depend on how many pairs of shoes you have in your collection and how much space you have to store them. Shoe racks are one of the easiest shoe storage options and come in every...
Financial Planning Course - An Introduction to a Personal Financial Plan -
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Elizabeth Dennis
What is a Personal Financial Plan? Financial planning is an ongoing process of organizing and planning your income, expenses, and savings to accomplish short-term, medium-term, and most importantly long-term financial goals. The plan itself may be a detailed, formal document prepared by a professional or...
Lose Weight Really Fast without Dieting -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Diets, more often than not, fail to work because they are offering a short-term solution that is almost impossible to maintain for the long haul. You either feel so hungry, deprived, and bored that you instantly crave everything which you are not allowed or your...
Natural Skin Products and Other Benefits of the Beach -
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Elizabeth Dennis
With so much talk about taking care to avoid the sun's harmful rays, rarely do we read about the health, beauty, and fitness benefits of the beach. Natural Beauty Aids Think about it, sand and salt are common ingredients in the beauty products on which...
How Long Does it Take to Digest Food? -
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Elizabeth Dennis
Twelve to twenty four hours is the optimal time it should take for ingested food to be fully absorbed and its waste eliminated from your body. If it is taking your body less than the twelve hours, it is possible your body is not absorbing...
