INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If they're tall enough to do dips without lifting your legs, you'll need to lift yourself onto the bars. Push yourself up onto the bars until you can straighten out your arms. Keep your hands straight out to the sides of your torso, not in front of or behind your chest. Straighten your legs and point your toes.  If your parallel bars are shorter, you can bend your knees so that you have space between your body and the ground to perform the dips. Keep your upper body straight, too, and your core tight. Don't worry if you can't do these right away. Build up to doing this type of exercise by working on your bench dips. Look ahead as you dip to make sure you're not tucking your head into your chest. Lower yourself down until you reach at least a 90-degree angle with your elbows.  Keep your elbows tucked close to your body; don't let them splay out.  Make sure to lower yourself slowly. Try to work against gravity. Press yourself upward with your arms until they are straight again, making sure not to overextend your elbows as you do. In fact, it's best if you keep your elbows slightly bent, as it makes the exercise more difficult. If there's a "resting" point in this exercise, it's at the bottom of the dip for 1-2 seconds. As soon as your arms are in the starting position, lower yourself back down again, making sure to do so slowly. Repeat the process for 8-10 reps. Try to do 2-3 sets. When you're straight up and down, you work your triceps the most. To work your chest muscles more, tip your body forward and then dip up and down. However, keep your chest in the same position as you lift yourself up and down; don't try to swing forward and back. To make the exercise harder, add a belt weight before hopping up on the bars.

SUMMARY: Get into position by placing your hand on the parallel bars. Lower yourself down with your arms, keep your head and shoulders straight. Push yourself back up to the starting position. Keep pushing up and down for the whole set. Lean forward to do a chest dip.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Perhaps you have recently moved to a new city, state or country and are feeling a bit overwhelmed with the culture there.  Rather than succumbing to your anxiety, write it out.  Journal how you feel at the moment, what troubled or made you happy that day, as well as if you are missing anyone from your last home. Don’t allow yourself to become a recluse during this experience.  Reach out to your friends either locally or at home to talk to them about how you are feeling.  Perhaps you are on a study abroad trip and have other classmates who have similar feelings; connect with them as well as with those who are adjusting a bit more easily. You might say something like “I know that you seem to be having a great time here in Italy but I’m really struggling with how different it is from home.  How did you manage to acclimate so well?” Though it can be tempting to allow this culture shock to take over your mind, allow something else to replace it.  Don’t exhaust yourself by ruminating on your stress constantly.  Watch movies or listen to music that you enjoy.  Practice your hobbies like reading, dancing or shopping. Being homesick could also be intensifying your feelings of culture shock.  Though you should not be reaching out 24/7, keep connected with your friends and family back home. Plan to call your family and friends at a minimum of every few days.  If phone access is restricted where you are, try email or send handwritten letters. In addition to remaining connected to home, it can also be beneficial to ask for care packages from your loved ones.  This will give you a chance to have some reminders of home abroad with you and will provide you comfort during times of stress. You might ask for particular snacks or hygiene products that you like that you cannot find in your current location. When you are experiencing culture shock, nearly every experience that you are having may feel completely new to you.  Find some ways to bring some experiences and normalcy from home to your current environment.  For instance, perhaps you enjoy a certain meal that you can’t find in any restaurants in your current location. Find the ingredients and make your own. Though you should try to have many new experiences, try to keep some familiarity in your daily schedule.
Summary: Journal your thoughts. Talk to others about your experience. Find a distraction. Keep in touch with everyone from home. Ask for care packages. Do things that are familiar to you.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you've followed the above steps diligently and the bad breath persists, you may have a medical issue that needs to be treated. Bad breath is a sign that something is not right in your body. If altering your hygiene practices and your diet does not improve your symptoms of bad breath, there is a good chance that there is some other imbalance, infection, or disease in your body that is causing it. These are lumps of calcified food, mucus, and bacteria that collect in the tonsils and can be seen as white spots. They are often mistaken for a throat infection such as strep throat, although sometimes they are too small to be visible in a mirror.  Tonsil stones are often harmless but cause a reeking bad breath. If you see a small white patch on the tonsil, try swabbing it gently with a cotton swab (be careful not to gag yourself, and don't press too hard). If it comes off on the swab and is a liquid or pus, you likely have a tonsil infection; however, if it doesn't come off or if it comes out as a solid chunk of white matter, it is likely a stone. Smell it and you'll know for sure. You might also notice a metallic taste in your mouth or an obstructed feeling when swallowing. If you have type 2 diabetes, it may be causing your body to burn fat instead of glucose, which releases ketones, a chemical that results in bad breath. Bad breath can be caused by metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication. If you take metformin, talk to your doctor about alternate treatment options. There are a vast array of illnesses that can cause halitosis, including the following:  Trimethylaminuria. If your body can't break down a chemical called trimethylamine, it will be released in your saliva, causing bad breath. It'll also be released in your sweat, so persistent body odor might be an accompanying symptom. Infection: Several types of infections such as sinusitis and infections of the stomach can result in bad breath. It is important to have any unusual symptoms checked out by your doctor, including this one.  Kidney disease or failure: In particular, a metallic or ammonia taste and scent to the breath can indicate severe problems with the kidneys. See your doctor if you have this symptom.

SUMMARY:
Talk to a doctor. Look for tonsil stones. Consider whether you have diabetic ketoacidosis. Consider other potential culprits.