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Mental health is as equally important as physical health. While physical health helps keep our bodies strong and fit, mental health helps keep us sane, rational and headstrong.

Being mentally fit allows us to enjoy life and the environment, helps us overcomes life’s trials and tribulations and prevents us from getting a breakdown. We can be creative, learn, try new things, and take risks. Having good mental health helps us become better people and gives us the positive attitude we need when faced by doubt and hardships in our personal and professional life.

You may have already taken steps in maintaining good mental health better than you physical fitness, only you might not realize it. The fact that you are still living and breathing with a sane mind proves that you are capable in coping with life’s pressures. In maintaining mental fitness, it is good to know how to overcome stress.

The older we grow, the more prone we are to stress and most of use would want to achieve a stress-free life. Stress will come and it is up to us on how to effectively and positively handle it.
Stress is a state when a change occurs in our lives and we have to adapt to it. Changes such as deaths, births, illness, a new job or getting sacked are changes that require adaptation. In this process of adapting, if you are not careful with coping properly, can lead to stress.

Effectively coping with stress is good for our mind, body and soul. Methods to keep stress at bay are like meditation, exercise, yoga and such help reducing the negative effects of stress. If stress in not controlled, it can effect us emotionally and intellectually. Some of the effects of stress include fear, anxiety, and confusion, a decrease in concentration and memory and loss of sense of humor.

Public health is one of the major concerns of the 21st century. With lots of new viruses and diseases this is understandable. Health care institutes all around the world spend lots of money every year to provide people with vaccines or cures for all the new diseases, but they just seem to pop-up out of nowhere. Even television commercials were made to inform people about the best ways to take care of themselves and others around them.

The best way of doing that is for all to understand the basic ways that a certain virus is spreading and nevertheless the basic hygiene measures. As we all have been taught, it’s better to avoid certain things than to have to cure them.

Moreover, it can be said that these days information is available to almost everyone so the “I didn’t knew” excuse if not acceptable. The fewest, and to some unimportant, things can help us live healthier. As we come into contact daily with lots of people, lots of places, it is highly recommended that we wash our hands as often as we possibly can. Everyone comes in contact with lots of germs with our hands and it’s highly possible that our organism isn’t familiar with some of them. It is a useful method to prevent infection. Another method is to use wet wipes or antibacterial gels. Also covering your mouth and nose in case of cough or sneeze are mandatory measures.

Also, another method would be trying to open widows and let some fresh air into your home. Even if it’s very cold outside, a dose of fresh air will strengthen your body and it will protect from viruses. Crowded places can also be a mean of spreading a virus as many of them have an oral spreading. It is recommended to avoid crowded places, but in our daily life it is sometimes impossible to do that. We need to be very careful when we choose to treat ourselves. Some diseases can have specific mutation so that the regular pill doesn’t have the desired effect. Consulting a doctor is a good idea as he can provide lots of useful information regarding a specific illness.

All in all, it can be said that sometimes it is better to invest a little in prevention measures than to pay lots of money, and not to mention time, in an expensive treatment.

This week turned out to be a very tough week for Congress, as well as many Americans. The health care debate seemed to have escalated from Coast to Coast. On Capitol Hill for instance a Swastika drawn with some cheap spray paint was painted on Congressman David Scott’s suite site.

The goal now in Washington is to clear up any and all misconceptions regarding this matter. With that, the pros and cons of medical coverage are being currently discussed, and reported about.

National Health Care Pros

Nationalization of health care would provide everyone with some level of assistance. This will, for one, help them to afford a doctor and they would be able to obtain physicals, afford prescriptions, etc. They would have access to services they otherwise would not be able to afford.

Patients receiving medical coverage also receive additional help in the event of a problematic injury or illness. It would also assist people who have a very low income but yet work hard to acquire the help they require.

For instance, perhaps right now they are stressing out about not being able to afford prescription drugs or frustrated that they cannot afford to pay a dentist to operate on their teeth. It would provide relief to families fighting to make ends meet. People would also be protected in the event of an accident.

People who do not have children would also for the first time be awarded health care. It would also be beneficial to single people who right now are uninsured just because they do not have children. In any case, many Americans see nationwide policies as reasons not to want to see everyone receive services.

National Health Care Cons

Oftentimes offered medical policies raise new issues. For example, it in the long run could make it tougher for people to find high quality services. Furthermore, making a federal issue out of health care also strips the power away from state and local governments.

They will be required to obey orders passed down from Washington regarding this issue whether they like it or not. Oftentimes various rules and regulations are imposed on people who are granted national health care. For example, they may no longer be able to freely choose a doctor or other practitioner.

In extreme cases, people will be informed that if they do not go to the doctor that is listed on their health plan then they would go to jail. Doctors could also in this exaggerated instance be affected, and could perhaps face jail time if they do not abide by the rules set in place. So what happens if the person is out of the state or country?? What if they are traveling?

Another major factor that works against nationalization of any government program is privacy. Once again you probably will have to account to the government who seems to record your every move already as it is. (I.E. you might have to report when you are traveling in the event you may need absentee health services.)

The cases against nationalizing health care are not necessarily based on reality, but could be. The likelihood that medical provision could have a negative effect on American is based on the exact nature of a specific bill that would be passed as law.

The most critical case against this type of government-sponsored help is in all likelihood how it could have a detrimental effect on our life politically-that America might give the government one more bit of themselves that they will never be able to get back. No matter what, American citizens are advised to keep watch.

Misconceptions and Concerns Many people were scared in our country this week, and probably rightfully so. People both for and against the nationalization of health care spoke up and expressed their concerns, but of course this is a very personal matter.

The most personal issue of all that was brought up this week was that pertaining senior citizens. The fear was that the American people would be required to “pull the plug on Grandma” as one news source said. Another news source had mentioned, however, that this was false.

There would be this option but that seniors would not be required to use this service. This of course still seems to make many American people nervous. Therefore, they are continuing to speak up about this issue any chance they can get.