In today’s society, disability is equated to being an illness.  Although individuals with disabilities tend to face discrimination in society, the Canadian government acknowledges the importance of shifting away from the “stigma” and the biomedical approach when discussing disability.  Their goal is to provide individuals with disabilities with independent living, social inclusion, control and social support.  In order to achieve these goals, many...

This year our nation experienced the first public health emergency being declared by a government official regarding domestic violence. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declared a "state of emergency" stemming from the exponential rise in the numbers of domestic violence related deaths in that state. Nationwide, law enforcement officials indicate a dramatic increase in restraining orders as well as stalking cases that involve the use of technology. This is not good news...

One of the most common questions I receive: "I'm having pain in my knees and joints. My knees even hurt when I get on the bikes at the gym. Is there a certain exercise that can help in strengthening my knees, or any other advice you can give? Someone said to take fish oil."

Osteoarthritis, or "wear and tear arthritis", is actually common at any age, although more common as we get older and remain physically active.

May people suffer joint pain because of...

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.D

There are certain points related to Arab and Muslim women. We covered three of them  in previous parts, in this part, wee discuss parenting in Islam.

4. Parenting In the Arab and Muslim world: In the Parenting an Arab and Muslim girl, parents give girls everything they wanted. They treat them sincerely and kindly. And when they were at the right age, the family chose a good husband for her, in what called in sociology, arranged marriages...

Hasan A. Yahya,  Ph.D

2. Accusations of Arab Societies: Some people accuse Arab women (especially in the Gulf Arab societies) for looking to as low as their drivers for sex? And ask Why this so? Then they give an answer to their question: It's because their men marry twice or thrice, and at some point one of the wives is always ignored. What do you expect her to do? An answer for this would be that Qatari, Saudi, or else, women do not sleep with as low as their...

Less-endowed women will feel more confident if they have fuller and firmer breasts since these are among a female’s most visible “assets”. Many will seek ways to have bust gain with growing preference to non-surgical methods that are safe and affordable. If you are like the millions of women who have been searching for answers to such questions, you should know that there are known exercise to make your breasts bigger.

Breasts are made up of fatty tissues....

“I was 16 years old. My family did not have the money and we badly needed some. I did not know anything about marriage, nor did I know who I was getting married to. All I wanted to do was make some money. I had no idea what I was getting into and suffered terribly for it.”

These are the words of Nazia who got married to a 75-year-old Sheikh from a middle-eastern country. Nazia was sent divorce papers by post two weeks after marriage. She was shattered. However,...

It's NO Secret...Divorced Women Need Protection!

Whether you arenewly divorced, or have been for quite some time, you ought to consider arming yourself with some great self defense andpersonal protectionitems! Now, I will assume that you don’t want to carry or use a firearm, but there are many other great items for self defense, such as pepper sprays. These are great because they will temporarily disable an attacker for about a half an hour without causing him any permanent...

Have you ever longed for fairer, brighter skin? Strange isn't it? How some very fair ladies feel they look sickly and bask in the sun for a so called healthy tan. They were healthier pale than browned because a tan is a sign of sun damage. If you are born brown, then you would be the envy of these women. Then again, the grass is always greener on the other side. Dark girls often want to be fair.

Modern technology is amazing. A pale girl can get tan skin without even stepping...

Were coming up to summer so lets look at 3 summer 2007 hair styles that will be “hot” hairstyles to have and will be very popular.

Here are 3 hairstyles for the summer of 2007 which are all great looks to have and will make you look chic, sexy and stylish all at the same time.

1. The short crop.

This style is the ultimate cut for today’s busy women and as you can literally wash and go and was the hairstyle of late 2006 became the...