With our current civilization's struggle to shed pounds has come many innovations and changes in how we try to conquer that struggle. Today, people diet differently, exercise differently, and live differently. It only makes sense that how we lose weight, track our weight, and track our exercise programs should change to fit our crazy lives.
In the 21st century, smartphones, tablets and social networks have truly changed the way we see our world and how we interact with that world. It is only fitting that we utilize these new devices to help...
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Symptoms And Treatment Of Pulmonary Embolism
Many people who experience chest pain and shortness of breath assume they may be having a heart attack. Although that may be the case, there are other causes, just as deadly, that can cause the same symptoms. As most people know, heart attack, or an acute myocardial infarction, is caused by a thrombus, usually a piece of an atherosclerotic clot, becoming lodged in one of the coronary arteries and stopping the flow of oxygen rich blood. Pulmonary embolism is very similar to a heart attack, but takes place in the arteries of the lungs.
These embolisms,...
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Does Your Child Need Their Tonsils Or Adenoids Removed?
Years ago, rarely did a child grow up and keep their tonsils. Most adults today can tell you about how they had their tonsils removed and got to eat ice cream, pudding, etc. Although tonsil and adenoid removal does not happen quite as often as it did in the 1970's and 1980's, it is still a fairly common procedure that occurs for specific reasons.
I recall having a doctor tell my own mother on multiple occasions in the 1980's that "if his(my) tonsils get any bigger I am going to take them out!" The doctor simply wanted to take my tonsils out because...
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