Among the risk factors that benefits the most from lifestyle modification in terms of dietary restrictions and regular exercise is diabetes mellitus. Achieving and maintaining one’s ideal body weight makes elevated blood sugar easier to control. The advice to take low salt, low fat diet has a lot of sound basis. This is more so [...]
Moderate exercise, smoking cessation and small amounts of alcohol contribute to raising our good cholesterol. Drinking alcoholic beverages is not encouraged for those who do not drink but for those who do, a simple “rule of two” applies. This means two bottles of beer or two shots of hard liquor or two glasses of wine [...]
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 [...]
Having a healthy lifestyle and modifying your risk factors will help prevent you from acquiring the infection (HPV). Safe and healthy sexual practices and lifetime mutual monogamy is like-wise the key, so are quitting smoking and getting vaccinated. Also, cervical cancer has a pre-cancer stage that is only detected through regular screening. Screening methods available [...]
Cervical cancer is caused by a chronic and persistent cancer-causing type of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which is transmitted sexually. The infection leads to pre-malignant lesions and progresses to cancer. Because it develops over time, cervical cancer is also one of the most preventable types of cancer by a cervical screening and a cervical cancer [...]
Bad News: Cervical Cancer is the Second most common cancer among Filipino women. Good News: it is HIGHLY PREVENTABLE Much has been said about cervical cancer. In the past year all over the world, so many efforts have taken place for the sake of its awareness, advocacy and prevention though various television and radio ads, [...]
Viral hepatititis A is acquired through ingestion of food and water contaminated with fecal material. One to two weeks later the patient may have low grade fever, upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and tea colored urine. Later, yellowish discoloration of the eyes and skin will be noted. The person recovers fully and develops long [...]