Documents tagged 'Blood'
Published: 23/05/2008
Caffeine is considered the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world. It is estimated that approximately 80% of the world's population consumes caffeine on a daily basis. The most common dietary sources of caffeine are coffee, soda, tea, and chocolate. After ingesting caffeine, it is...
Published: 23/05/2008
The safety of the Ortho-Evra birth control patch has been questioned in the past few years after the Associated Press reported that research had surfaced about 23 deaths related to the patch. Doctors who reviewed the 23 cases of death found about 17 deaths that appeared to be clot-related,...
Published: 23/05/2008
Every day we hear of all the good reasons to watch our diets and eat healthily. When considering this, most of us will look down at our bodies and think we could do with losing a few pounds, we could do with tightening up a few muscle groups, lifting a few drooping bits etc. Those are the biggest...
Published: 22/05/2008
A lot of people eliminate cool down from their bodybuilding or fitness workouts because they consider it unimportant. The truth is that cool down is just as important as warming up and plays a crucial part in staying injury free. Cooling down after a workout is important because it promotes...
Published: 22/05/2008
Low blood pressure is a difficult clinical finding for a healthcare provider to address. While high blood pressure is known as the "silent killer," because it is associated with few acute symptoms, hypotension (hypo=low + tension=pressure) may be normal for a patient if it is without symptoms,...
Published: 22/05/2008
Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms a person can have. It is sometimes difficult even for a doctor or other medical professional to tell what is causing chest pain and whether it is life-threatening.
Any part of the chest can be the cause of the pain including the heart, lungs,...
Published: 22/05/2008
Did you know that when you respond to the everyday stresses of life with an over abundance of negative emotional responses such as anxiety, anger, or hostility you are significantly increasing your risk of developing heart disease, and many others?
What do all of these negative emotions have...
Published: 21/05/2008
Blood in the urine is a common problem. The medical term for red blood cells in the urine is hematuria. Sometimes blood in the urine is a sign of a serious problem in the urinary tract, while other times it is not serious and requires no treatment. Only after a thorough evaluation by a healthcare...
Published: 20/05/2008
A migraine is a complaint that is quite often suffered by other family members, all of which have probably been experiencing them from a young age. Normally lasting for a couple of hours or more when medication is administered, most are normally felt just on one side of the head but can affect...
Published: 20/05/2008
Cinnamon is a sweet warm flavor that is used as a favourite holiday spice, but also used in savory dishes year round. It is one of the oldest known spices that is grown in the bark of a cinnamon tree. It is dried rolled into cinnamon sticks also know as quills. Cinnamon which grows in India,...
