A 1500 calorie diabetic diet means eating no more than 1500 calories of food each day. You may need this diet to control your blood sugar or lose weight. Or lower your risk for heart problems.
Bipolar disorder or also known as manic-depressive disorder is a mental disorder that affects the feelings, thoughts, perceptions and behavior. It is considered a lifelong disorder which causes mood to shifts from the lows of depression to the highs of mania. Continue reading
Elevated blood pressure or hypertension is already a common condition that so many people have these days. It is known as the disease that remains silent because you may be unaware that you already have it because you don’t have the symptoms showing. You may experience headaches, nosebleeds, and dizziness when you have hypertension.
Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig, is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.
She’s already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won’t feel your baby’s acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming. Continue reading
What if you stop smoking at this very moment? Have you ever thought about the benefits it could cause to your body, to society, and to the environment? Gone were the days when cigarette smoking is a cool thing. Gone were the days when cigarette smoking is legal indoors. Continue reading
Have you noticed yourself before you have your period? How do you feel? What significant changes do you experience during this time? Women experience PMS or premenstrual syndrome in different ways. Some have it with severity and others may not exhibit symptoms at all. In PMS, there are both emotional and physical changes that take place about one or two weeks before menstruation. This temporary condition stops when menstrual flow starts.
Multiple myeloma is the malignant growth of the plasma cells, a kind of white blood cell in the bone marrow. Plasma cells are the one generally responsible in producing proteins known as antibodies to fight against any infections or diseases. Multiple myeloma develops when a cluster of plasma cells also known as myeloma cells turn out to be cancerous and reproduces, increasing the amount of plasma cells to a higher than usual level. Continue reading
A lot people nowadays are very much inclined to sports and keeping themselves physically and mentally fit. Living a healthy lifestyle has been always the goal. It’s not a very easy thing to do. It takes extra effort to be in shape. “Health is wealth,†as many people say and in order to achieve it; we are to take the extra miles. Continue reading
The first step in your assessment should be to get a general sense of the EKG. Mentally note if you see something out of the ordinary and come back to it as you go through your assessment. Do all the leads look normal?
Is there normal R-wave progression? Is AVR inverted? Be very general in this first assessment.
The second step begins our formal analysis of the 12-lead EKG. Check the calibration block on the 12-lead. Is it standard, half-standard, or 2 times standard? Don’t forget to do this. Continue reading
A blushing bride may not necessarily mean than it is just a cause of a sudden rush of blood accompanied by a strong emotion. It might be rosacea. Rosacea is a dermatological condition that is categorized as chronic or long-term. Usually, fair-skinned thirty- to sixty-year-old women are affected by this skin problem.