They say that wooden swing sets helps with arthritis, but i’m not sure. If you will notice that thousand of old people are now suffering from degenerative disease like arthritis. This is a joint disorder featuring inflammation. Arthritis literally means inflammation of one or more joints. This is accompanied by joint pain. Symptoms of arthritis: [...]
Before discussing any health related issue, be sure you have term life insurance quotes online or somewhere. Do you know that Urinary Tract Infection or UTI is usually occur in women? This is because the urethra is much shorter and closer to the anus than in males.And this is usually cause by bacteria. Having sex [...]
Last saturday we launched the vaccination at Mercury Drug in Retiro-Mayon area, we had the Vaxigrip and Fluvac Vaccine. Just to give you a bit info regarding this two vaccine. Fluvac vaccine helps prevent people having influenza, which caused by specific influenza viruses. We all have to note that this vaccine will not protect you [...]
A simple heel prick is the best gift your baby can receive at birth. Newborn screening or NSB is a simple medical procedure to check if your baby has a congenital metabolic disorder such as Phenylketonuria or PKU, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia or CAH, Congenital hypothyroidism, and Galactosemia. If these left untreated, it could lead to [...]
Recently, fiber has become a buzzword among heath circles. For most, dietary fiber is found primarily in lean meats and plant food like vegetables, root crops and grains. A good amount of fiber in out diet has been scientifically proven to help prevent certain cardiovascular diseases like heart disease and high blood pressure. Sufficient fiber [...]
Osteoporosis is a silent disease, slow and gradual. It stealthily makes bones weak, brittle, and prone to fracture. Osteoporosis afflicts not only the elderly. It can strike very early on, with your diet and lifestyle possibly putting you at risk. You may be severely losing bone minerals density (BMD) without realizing it. Women are more [...]
Hypercholesterolemia or dyslipidemia results from increase intake of fatty foods especially those derived from animal sources. LDL cholesterol or the bad cholesterol is the main culprit in antherosclerosis or hardening of the blood vessels. It is the prime target for cholesterol lowering interventions. Among patients with metabolic syndrome or frank diabetes mellitus, elevated triglyceride and [...]
They have slight blood pressure elevation, impaired fasting blood glucose, dylipidyenia and abdominal obesity. Clustering of these abnormalities in one individual gives him 2-4 times the risk of developing CVD. Tips for healthy heart are therefore directed at addressing the modifiable risk factors. Fortunately, lifestyle modification can correct most of the risk mentioned. Diet and [...]
Choose your parents, Be a female. If you are a female, delay your menopause. Don’t grow old. These may well be the best advice I could give to anyone to prevent developing cardiovascular disease. Age, male sex, bad genes and postmenopausal stage are non-modifiable risks that even doctors cannot change. The other risk factor that [...]
In recent years, people’s living standards and work environment has greatly improved, but due to accelerating pace of living, increase in work pressure and sedentary lifestyle, waist and back disease is growing at a remarkable rate. Four out of five adult have at least one bout of back pain sometime during their life. In fact, [...]
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