From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Caregivers Must Detect Stroke the Fast Way

Caregivers must detect stroke the FAST way… that’s F for Facial Weakness, A for Arm Weakness, S for Speech Difficulty, and T for the timely manner of acting. This is particularly true for caregivers attending to patients who have already suffered a stroke or for patients that are at risk to suffer a stroke.

FACIAL WEAKNESSThis means the person is exhibiting any one or all of the following symptoms: • sudden numbness or weakness of the face• can’t smile• face fallen in one side• mouth or eyes drooping  Read more...

Break Old Habits to Avoid Another Stroke

Breaking old habits is a means to avoid another stroke. Practically speaking, this could be easier said than done–but not impossible!

Human nature shows that once a person suffers a very painful experience, that person tends to gravitate towards something that will relieve the pain and promises to avoid it from happening again. However, human nature also shows that once comfort sits in and pain is tremendously relieved, the same person has the tendency to return to the old habits that brought the said person to the very same painful experience in the first place.  Read more...

Is Stroke Recovery Possible?

Having a stroke can be a life changing event. A stroke not only affects the person who had it but the people in their lives. Stroke recovery should begin from the first day. There are many treatments for recovery. Treatments include both physical and psychological rehabilitation. There are also medications that may help in speeding your recovery. Recovery from a stroke can continue throughout the rest of your life.  Read more...

Prevention From Long Term Effects From Strokes

Suffering from a stroke can be a debilitating scary moment in one’s life that leaves them with the agonizing process of putting all the broken pieces back together again. Symptoms of a stroke usually are blurred vision, slurred speech, and the inability to walk. In some cases patients lose the ability to feel pain or temperature due to the sensory part of the brain has been affected.

Stroke rehabilitation is a crucial part in the recovery process. The earlier a rehabilitation program is started the better the chance a sufferer has at regaining their speech, vision, and mobility.  Read more...

The Importance of Learning CPR

We see people performing CPR all the time on television and in the movies. It seems pretty easy and most of the time it works as victims wake up dazed and confused, but none the worse for wear. But if you were presented with an emergency situation in real life, would you be able to respond with life-saving measures? CPR isn’t performed exactly how it looks and there are definite techniques to learn. It’s always a good idea to take a CPR course because you never know when you will need it. Life isn’t exactly like a movie, it’s actually a lot more unpredictable, so it’s always a good idea to be prepared. It’s a lot better to know CPR and not need it, then to need it and not know it at all.  Read more...

How to Live a Long and Healthy Life – Secrets of the Okinawans

One of the longest living people in the world is the Japanese. Numbers vary each year and many factors can make statistics quite volatile, but the United Nations had Japan at number one in life expectancy at birth at the ripe old age of 82.6 for its overall population in the years 2005-2010. The CIA World Factbook ranked Japan at number three (after Macau and Andorra) at a slightly lower number of 82.12 in 2009. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that the islands of Okinawa in Japan boast 50 centenarians per 100,000 people – possibly the highest number in the world. Not only do the Okinawans enjoy long life, they also are among the healthiest people in the world with remarkably low rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease.  Read more...

How to reduce weight in ten days

This is the question of concern in today’s life. Many people want to get out of their giant structure and feel comfortable with slim and sleek presence. Is it possible in ten days? The answer to this is yes and how it is possible without any workouts. Here came the pill of nature to melt your fat and cholesterol. How the weight loss pills can do this? It is because of the contents in their extract. Prompt intake of the pill continuously on these 10 days makes you feel lot better than the before. The presence of nutrients in fair proportion enables the work to be done faster.  Read more...

Adhesive Bandages – Your Assets in a Medical Emergency

Adhesive bandages are great to have around. In case you have to apply first aid in an emergency, these can help you out. Apart from that, you can also use these to provide support to a sprained ankle or wrist in an emergency. It will work really well if the bandage is a bit wide.

However, not all adhesive bandages are good to work with. Some are too hard for comfort, while other, more flexible ones feel like they are being held in place with superglue. Be careful when you buy adhesive bandages. Here are some quick pointers:  Read more...

Subtalar Arthroresis For Flatfoot – Don’t Even Think About It!

If you have flat feet (clinically known as pes planus deformity), you may have heard of a procedure called subtalar arthroresis and you may be wondering if it’s a “cure” for your condition.

First of all, I want you to know up front that I am against this procedure. I’ll explain why after I discuss flatfoot and other forms of treatment for it.

A person with a flatfoot has lost the normal medial longitudinal arch (the “highest” longitudinal arch of the foot). People with flatfoot usually have normal looking feet and the foot flexibility of people with “normal” feet. Flatfoot actually is very common.  Read more...

Natural Health Tips

It is very important to be in good health. A sound body and mind ensures happiness. Below are a few natural health tips.

The below natural health routines followed on a day to day basis helps in better health:

* Drink a minimum of 8-10 glasses of water in a day.
* Maintain a decent routine daily like getting up early, exercise, food and sleep.
* Have to be very careful about water and must drink only clean water.
* Do physical activities like walk, swim, cycling etc.
* Minimum 8 hours of sleep is very important.
* Make sure to avoid any fried foods.
* Yoga and Meditation will be very helpful.
* Do not smoke or consume tobacco, alcohol.  Read more...

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