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- Posted: April 22, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
Knee osteoarthritis is described by degeneration of the knee’s articular cartilage, which is a slippery material that usually protects bones from joint friction. This condition also includes changes to the bone beneath the cartilage and can affect neighboring soft tissues.
- Posted: April 20, 2021Read more »
You might get surprised to know that an average U.S adult sits 6.5 hours a day sitting and for teens, the number is even more; 8 hours a day, says the Washington Post. However, 60% of the U.S population spends at least 2 hours a day sitting watching the screen. In such cases, when people sit like this without being physically active, their muscles and bones get weak, additionally, they are more likely to gain weight.
- Posted: April 14, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
First aid is an emergency measure, usually consisting of basic, life-saving methods that many people can train to do with minimal equipment and no prior medical experience. The term ‘First aid’ is generally used for administering care to humans. However, it can also be done on animals. It is not classified as a medical treatment and does not substitute therapy from a trained medical professional. To sum up, first aid is a blend of simple procedures with a tinge of common sense.
- Posted: April 06, 2021Categories: PregnancyRead more »
Sodium is an essential chemical element that helps regulate your body's temperature, pH levels, and fluid levels. Sodium is incorporated in various foods and is one of the two elements that combine to form sodium chloride (table salt). With inadequate sodium, your organs, nerves, and muscles wouldn't function in the way they should. We require it, but too much of its intake could be harmful. During pregnancy, as we all know, your body's blood volume and other fluid increase, and it is sodium that keeps everything balanced.
- Posted: March 22, 2021Categories: CoronavirusRead more »
As COVID-19 is an entirely new disease, there will be many questions/doubts regarding it. Like many people, ask about what happens before, during, and after your appointment to get vaccinated. Before understanding how the COVID-19 vaccine works, let’s get an idea about how our body fights the disease.
- Posted: March 19, 2021Read more »
Premature babies are those babies who are born before the mother reaches the 37th week of pregnancy. In simple terms, premature babies (also called preemies) are born too early before certain vital organs are able to develop. Based on how premature the baby is, he or she could have underdeveloped lungs, immune system, digestive tract, and even skin. To provide support to these babies living outside the womb, they are placed inside an apparatus called an incubator. It gives the babies with environmental conditions required to sustain them while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Posted: March 06, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
When you get your blood pressure readings or blood pressure numbers, there are two of them. The first or the top one is the systolic blood pressure, and the second one is the diastolic blood pressure. For example: If your reading comes as 120/80. Here 120 is the systolic blood pressure, and 80 is the diastolic blood pressure. These two numbers indicate different aspects of the pressure being applied by your blood as it pulsates through your arteries.
- Posted: February 25, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
Age-related Macular Degeneration(AMD) is a common eye condition among people of age above 50 years that causes blurred or reduced central vision. It occurs due to thinning of the macula; part of the retina responsible for clear vision in the direct line of sight.
- Posted: February 12, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
The occurrence of chickenpox(varicella) has now declined sharply over the last 15 years after the introduction of varicella vaccine and some immunization recommendations. This chickenpox used to be very common in the United States during the early 1990s. You must have heard about this, which usually happens with every human. Now the vaccine has become successful in handling the virus. Thus more than 3.5 million chickenpox cases, 9,000 hospitalizations, and 100 deaths were prevented.
- Posted: February 08, 2021Categories: General HealthRead more »
Most people are born with two functioning kidneys, although you need just one to lead a normal, healthy life. If you have only one kidney due to any reason, it's essential you take good care of it as you don’t have another kidney if this one stops working. Irrespective of whether you have one or two kidneys, you should have a healthy lifestyle. Eat a nutritious diet, exercise daily, limit smoking, alcohol, and drug abuse, etc. But people with a single kidney should necessarily follow these tips in addition to getting frequent checkups to ensure their kidney is in good condition.