Food Poisoning – Diagnosis And Treatment
Food Poisoning Treatment Food poisoning may appear due to intake of contaminated food in solid or liquid form. This is a common illness all over the world and not specific to particular region or part of the world. Usually, this is mild in its nature. But may cause serious illness. image by late.lunch...
New Surgeon General Criticized For Being Overweight
On Monday, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin was sworn in as our country’s 18th surgeon general. She’s now America’s top doctor and the face of the country’s public health policy. She’s also one of a growing number of Americans considered overweight. When the announcement of Obama’s...
Give Where It Counts This Season
This holiday season we’re hoping that you’re taking our suggestions for giving back by donating used sports gear or giving blood . Another way to help is by donating money to a worthy cause - I know a few people who give money to a charity on friends’ behalf instead of buying gifts....
iPhone Apps Lead the Pack in Fitness Trends
The fitness world has had its fair share of memorable trends from high-impact aerobics and leg warmers, to mind-body exercise and the rise of Pilates. This year the fitness trend that has impacted FitSugar readers the most is all those healthy iPhone apps. While most of you voted for the iPhone, many...
Speak Up: Holidays, Family Visits, and Comments About Your Weight
Posted by admin in Exercise on 12 17th, 2009 | No Comments
If you’re like me, you don’t get to see your extended family too often, except around holidays. No matter what, I always get comments from relatives about how I look (that’s just how my family is). It makes me feel self-conscious, especially when the heavier-set women remark about...
Health Headlines: The Fight Against Breast Cancer Is Stronger
Two stories came out this week that show great promise for the fight against breast cancer by ridding the body of breast cancer stem cells. These stem cells have been resistant to chemotherapy treatments and remained in the breast even after the cancer went into remission. Researchers hope that if they...
Heart Risks Increase with Smoking
Though the rate of heart risk is more when one is on tobacco, smokers are nonetheless tobacco smokers are Credit: bizjournals being warned of increased risks. The chances of fatal heart attack as well as stroke are loads more with the reviewed results being very prominent in America and Sweden. Recent...
Drive-Thru ER Concept Studied For High Volume Situations
Following up on America’s invention of drive-thru restaurants, beer stores, and wedding halls, the Stanford Hospital & Clinics are trying out the viability of a drive-thru emergency room. Although not equipped to handle acute cases, the scheme may prove useful in triage situations. Moreover,...
Drive-Thru ER Concept Studied For High Volume Situations
Following up on America’s invention of drive-thru restaurants, beer stores, and wedding halls, the Stanford Hospital & Clinics are trying out the viability of a drive-thru emergency room. Although not equipped to handle acute cases, the scheme may prove useful in triage situations. Moreover,...
MED-EL’s Vibrant Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant Gets EU OK
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 6th, 2009 | No Comments
MED-EL out of Tyrol, Austria has received European approval to market the Vibrant Soundbridge middle ear implant system for children and adolescents. The device features a single point connection to the skull, so the system can remain permanent as it accommodates the patient’s head growth. From...
Wolfram|Alpha Beefs Up Its Medical Capabilities
Posted by admin in Health/Technology on 08 6th, 2009 | No Comments
In May we wrote about the medical capabilities of Wolfram|Alpha , a new search engine capable of finding and cross referencing relevant data from multiple sources. Unlike other common search engines, this one actually provides actual answers to queries rather than links to where one may find them. Since...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]