HAVE A HEALTHY HEART: Cardiovascular Diseases

For about 42 million people, estimated in the US suffer due to cardiovascular diseases. Almost everyday, a 4, 000 numbered of people suffering from heart attacks and about 1, 000 have strokes. Because of such incident, it causes more than 700, 000 deaths each year.

Cardiovascular illnesses generate when normal flow of blood through the heart and through the body is clogged in the some way. Then as a result, the heart, kidneys and other vital organs may be harm. Heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure, and high blood pressure are just the common forms of cardiovascular diseases.

Heart attack. Like the other body tissues, heart muscle also needs an enough of supply of blood to stay alive. Heart attacks occur when there is a blood clot in a narrowed artery blocking the flow of the blood to the part of the heart muscle. And the section of the blood that does not receive the blood now begins too die. Signs of heart attacks include the following: uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest, and often in the arms and shoulders, lasting for almost two minutes or more. And treatments for this illness are drugs, surgery, and physical therapy.

Strokes. As mentioned above, if the brain tissues do not receive adequate oxygen and nutrients, it begins to die; resulting to a stroke, the major cause of strokes is blood clot lodging in one of the arteries to the brain. Signs of small stroke include sudden, temporary dimness of the face, arm and leg on one side of the body. The remedy for stroke requires surgery, drugs, and physical therapy.

High blood pressure. The force of the blood against vessels walls as the heart pumps is what you call the blood pressure. Hypertension then maybe defines as blood – pressure levels consistently above 140/90. It is often called as the silent disease since there are no real warning symptoms of hypertension. Proper diet along with cutting amount of salt used is a necessary ways to take control blood pressure.

As of now, there are a lot of major modern health hazards that may begin in young people. Later in life, especially among people who indulge in an unhealthy life – style, these hazards sometimes resulted in the above mentioned diseases. And although there have been major medical breakthroughs in curing these diseases, a better safeguard for your health is the a wellness of life – style.

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Left and Right Brains

Though the two halves of the brain look the same, evidence shows that they have totally different functions. The left one controls the right side of the body, and the right brain controls the left side of the body. The two halves of the brain also have different means of thinking. Left part of the halves can be called the logical brain. While you’re reading these words, your left brain comprehends their meaning. It also recognizes groups of letters as words and as group of sentences. Your left brain has the capacity to do the arithmetic. In fact, it’s the left brain that has the same function as a computer. People who excel in math and science use their left brains a great deal.

What does the right brain do then? Whenever you draw a picture or listen to music or recognize a face without putting a name to it, your right brain is the one involved. If the mathematicians use their left, the artist and musicians use their right brains a great deal. This information first started when the doctors began to perform operations to cure epilepsy. The operation has isolated the two halves of the brain and this allowed the researches to study the separate functions of the two halves. With the use of EEG readings, there is more information that are now being gathered about the different functions of the right and left brains.

There is more activity in the left hemisphere when you are writing a letter and in the right hemisphere when you are drawing a picture. There is some nerve activity on both sides during any kind of activity though the activity on one side is usually greater than the other.

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Hearing Presbycusis

A lot of deadly viruses, cancers and so many illnesses are now arising from different place with unknown reasons that brought us awareness of our health status. And because those are harmful and dangerous we more focus on it neglecting the other knowing that it may bring more danger.
Nowadays, people were more conscious of some parts of their body disregarding the other.

Example of which is the ears. The ear is an organ that has the responsibility to detect sound. Therefore, the ear plays an important part in our life. We may find difficulty in speaking if we lose our hearing resulting to poor communication, hearing loss can also affect our relationships, school performance, job productivity and emotional well-being. For that reason, our ears should also be paid attention same as the other parts of our body.

One way of taking good care of our body is by knowing the conditions of every part. And also by having the knowledge of the illnesses it may have when deprive.

Presbycusis is the condition of losing our hearing sensation which little by little occurs in almost individuals as they grow. This hearing loss is common irregularity associated with aging. It is concluded that 40 – 50 % of people have this hearing loss.

There are a lot of causes of this presbycusis but the common reason of its occurrence is because of age-related changes in the following locations:

* within the inner ear
* within the middle ear
* along the nerve pathways to the brain.
Contributors of presbycusis:

v Environmental noise
v Hereditary factors
v Aging
v Health
v Loss of hair cells

Medications to presbycusis are still reach in hand. And thanks to technology for the great help. One of the invented devices through technology is the hearing aid which may be recommended for some individuals. Assitive listening aids may give further pogress in hearing ability in certain conditions. One of the example of such device is the built – in telephone amplifier. Training in speech reading can also help those with presbycusis to fully understand better what is being said in conversations or presentations.

There are many strategies to help people with presbycusis. Hearing aids may be recommended for some individuals. Assistive listening devices can provide further improvement in hearing ability in certain situations. One example of such a device is the built-in telephone amplifier. Another example is FM systems that make sounds clearer, with or without a hearing aid, by delivering sound waves like a radio. Training in speechreading (using visual cues to determine what is being spoken) can help those with presbycusis to understand better what is being said in conversations or presentations.

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Public Health: Familiar with “Love Canal?”

Are you familiar of the story “Love Canal?” Love Canal is a small community located near at Niagara Falls, New York. In 1976, a heavy rains soaked the earth and flooded the basements of the area, soon afterward, gardens began to die, pets became sickly, then the people. Over the next two years, residents had suffered from high rates of miscarriages, birth defects, cancer, and other ailments. Why did this happen?

The Love Canal society had been built in a forgotten toxic dumpsite. And during the flooding, the water was mixed up with the chemicals seeping from the toxic wastes buried there over twenty years earlier. At the end, the President declared the Love Canal as a disaster area. The place is but one of example to show unto us how the environment can affect public health. Tragedies as of this could have been prevented if the environment and public health become everybody’s concern.

What is a Public Health? Public health includes efforts to protect and promote total well – being on an individual, local, state, national, or international level. An organized group of doctors, and other professionals, scientists, public officials, and consumers are working together to achieve better health for everyone.

Now a day, through the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies, the federal government is involved in every phase of public health. The public health department functions as medical care programs, disease detection, environment health programs, patient facilities and services and lastly as a support services.

In 1948 the United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO) to “raise the physical and mental health of all people.” WHO sponsors projects for infectious disease control and immunization in generating countries. The organization also concerned with improving nutrition and sanitation, as well as training public – health.

Tear Hear—ing Loss!

The cure for temporary hearing loss sometimes depends on the reason of the hearing loss. Treatment for it includes using hearing devices.

Proper medication is still important although you and your family may view permanent hearing loss as part of aging. This treatment cannot bring back your hearing, but it makes communication, social interaction, and work even daily activities easier.

Treatment for changeable hearing loss depends on its cause. It is sometimes treated victoriously. Hearing loss caused by:

o Ototoxic medicines (such as aspirin or ibuprofen) sometimes work after you have been stopping taking the medicine.

o An ear infection, sample as a middle ear infection, often heals up on its own, but you still may be needing antibiotics.

o Often an injury to the ear or to the head may heal on its own, or sometimes you may need surgery.

o Disease such as otosclerosis, acoustic neuroma, or Meniere’s disease may really require medicine or surgery.

o Corticosteroid medicines are used to treat to an autoimmune problem, generally by which is the prednisone.

o Earwax is cured by removing the wax. Avoid using a cotton swab or a sharp object to try to remove the wax, for this may push the wax even deeper into the ear and may also cause injury.
For permanent hearing loss, as of age- related and noise- induced hearing loss, hearing apparatus can often improve how well you may hear and communicate. And these apparatus or devices include the following:

o Hearing aids. This device makes sounds louder and clearer. They do not replace your hearing, but they may help you function and communicate more easily.

o Devices such as assistive listening devices, alerting and other communication aids.


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Ongoing Treatment for HEARING LOSS

Hearing loss because of earwax or ear infections is generally cured after treating the cause. Work with your doctor if you continue to have a hearing problem in this situation. You may require more remedy or surgery, depending on the cause of your hearing loss.

If you had this permanent hearing loss like age – related and noise – induced hearing loss, you will probably continue to use a hearing aid. Your hearing specialist may recommend occasional hearing tests to see whether your hearing had changed. If the changed had occurred, your hearing aid may need adjustment.

Below are some other hearing devices that you may consider:

· Assistive listening devices. These devices make sounds louder by bringing the sound directly to your ear. You can have different kinds of devices for different cases for example one – on – one conversation and classroom settings or auditoriums. The most common used listening devices include telephone amplifiers, personal listening systems (such as auditory trainers and personal FM systems), and hearing aids that can be connected directly to a television, stereo, radio, or microphone.

· Alerting devices. Devices like this alert you to a particular sound (such as the doorbell, a ringing telephone, or a baby monitor) by using louder sounds, lights, or vibrations to catch your attention.

· Television closed – captioning. Television closed – captioning makes it easier for you to watch television by showing the words at the bottom of the screen so that you can read them.

· TTY (text telephone). TTYs (also called TDD, or telecommunication device for the deaf) let you type message back and forth on the telephone rather of talking or listening. The information is sent over the phone line to a receiving TTY and shown on a monitor when the messages are typed on the TTY keyboard. The one who makes a call possible from a phone to a TTY or vice versa is a telecommunication relay service.

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So Da’nt cha! (do you still drink soda?)

Most of us love to drink soda that’s why it became one of the world’s favorite beverages. Each year, billions of gallons of soda are sold in one country alone. Although it is popular with men, women, and children, experts believe that drinking soda may bring serious health problem. And probably, many soft drinks lovers are aware that it is bad in their health.

I think we need to know more about this drink that we love.
So here are the reasons why we chose to drink soda:

Ø It’s yummy!
Its taste could be the one thing that gets us addicted in drinking soda, it is delicious and savory. As matter of fact, it is good that people drink it every after meal!

Ø It’s in the corner!
I think every corner of this world has a vending machine of soda. Even if you want to drink something else, you would still go for it.

Ø Convenience!
If you want something in a quick or if you are in a hurry it would be convenient for you to grab it and then go.!

Ø Thirst!
People often drink soda to quench their thirst. But according to expert, this is the worst time to drink soda, because when you are thirsty, you have low level of saliva. And this saliva neutralizes acid (soda is the most acidic beverages) and wash your teeth clean.

And here are the some reasons why we should give up drinking soda…
Ø Soda is useless. First of all, soft drinks are composed of refined sugar and filtered water. Therefore there is no beneficial component present in soft drinks.

Ø Kidney damage. Researchers stated that large amount of in take of soda result in enhanced kidney stone formation. And if you are questioning on how these soda could form a stone, it’s because of their acidity and radical mineral imbalances.

Ø Increase blood pressure. Experts reasoned out that over consumption of fructose, particularly in soft drinks, can lead to an increase of blood pressure.

Those were the reasons why we love soda and the reasons why we should stop drinking it.
Do you have any idea to what extent to which drinking carbonated, caffeinated, sugared, or artificially sweetened beverages can damage your body? One of the best things you can do to improve your health is by giving up soda!

Talking Therapy for Depression

Having a conversation with a trained therapist is one of the best ways of treating your depression that is according to experts. And this has been proven by many studies. Some of people in this case choose to have a therapy for about several months to work on a few key issues while other people favor to stay in therapy for years, successively working through larger problems. Still the major decision is in your hands. It is up to you of what to choose. Of course what is convenient for you is the better.

The following are some common types of therapy applied depending on the cases of the patient. This had been tried and tested by most of the people engaging in this phenomenon.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It helps you view how behaviors and the way you think about things play a part in your depression. It focuses on the way your mind think and works. Some of these unhealthy patterns of yours will be change with the help of your therapist.• Interpersonal Therapy. From the word itself, this focuses on the relationship you had with other people and how they affect you. The one who will help you identify and change the unhealthy behaviors is none other than your therapist.

• Problem solving therapy. This therapy focuses more on the specific problems that the one involve in the problem are currently facing and also gives a hand in finding solutions to those problems. Again it is therapist’s help that can change your unhealthy behaviors.

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Dr.Shintani has never wasted the blessings

“I am humbled and honored to become part of this humanitarian Order... I
look forward to being a part of the international work that the Knights of the
Order of St. John have undertaken for nearly a thousand years.”- Dr.Terry
Shintani

He deserves it. God is good in his life. Dr.Shintani has never wasted the blessings he has got from above by offering what he has to other people. A true servant-leader indeed.

A lot of people today who are powerful, intelligent, and have got everything in this world, yet, they don't have the heart of service. Unlike them, Dr. Terry Shintani, chose to earn and give. He earned knowledge, worked, and then shared his accomplishments with us.

Dr.Terry Shintani has been a great leader in the field of complementary and integrative medicine, He was honored by being knighted by the Sovereign Order of the Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem for his accomplishments in medicine and his years of service to humanity. May 24, 2009- the Order conferred upon him the title of “Knight of Honor” in a formal investiture ceremony that took place in New York City. He has also been designated the “Living Treasure of Hawaii” by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission and is best known for developing the “Shintani Diet”, which became popular for its natural effect weight loss and improvement in health.

WHO IS DR. TERRY SHINTANI?

"Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH, KSJ is a physician, attorney, nutritionist, author, lecturer, radio show host and community advocate. He is formally designated a "Living Treasure of Hawaii".

Dr. Shintani is best known for his whole-person health programs and pioneering the Eat More, Weigh Less Diet and the Shintani Diet programs. His Diet Program is featured in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Dr.Shintani's nutrition science works are published in scientific journals such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the Legal field, he created a landmark law to allow Native Hawaiian practitioners to practice without fear of prosecution. He founded the innovative integrative medicine clinical practice at the Dept of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine." continue reading TERRY SHINTANI in wikipedia.

Indeed, Dr. Shintani stands as an inspiration for everyone. He is a model for responsible stewardship. He is investing his intelligence, skills, strength, and everything to God and people. Nothing is wasted in his life. Let's all do the same.
You my friend has your own strengths. It's impossible to think that God has not given you anything to grow and bear fruit. Today, you are challenged to use them for God's glory. Dr. Shintani should have been using what he has for his selfish ambitions but he chose to be "selfless" like what God did. You too has the opportunity to serve. Like God, He came to earth to serve and not to be served.

Depression: Determining Physical Symptoms

A lot of us or rather most of us can determine the emotional symptoms of depression. But you may not have the ides that depression can cause physical symptoms, too.
As a matter of fact, most of the people with depression feel pain or physical symptoms. And these are the following:

Headaches. These conditions are just fairly common in people with depression. And if you had migraines, it may worse if you are depressed.

Back pain. If you are suffering with back pain already, it may get worse if you feel depressed.
Muscle aches and joint pain. Depression can lead to any kind of chronic pain worse.

Chest pain. Obviously, it's very important to get chest pain checked out by an expert right away. It can be a sign of serious heart problems. But chest pain is also associated with depression.
Digestive problems. You might feel a circling stomach or diarrhea if you feel depress.

Exhaustion and fatigue. Your sleep would be useless; you may still feel tired or worn-out. And getting out of bed may seem very hard or even impossible.

Sleeping problems. A lot of the depressed people can not acquire sleep well anymore. They would wake up very early or can not fall asleep when they go to bed and while others sleep much more than the normal.

Change in appetite or weight. Most of the depressed people lose their appetite and by which their weight also were affected.

Dizziness or lightheadedness. Having no knowledge about the physical symptoms that might be caused by depression, many people with depression never get help. And even a lot of doctors miss the symptoms, too.
These symptoms are not really “all present in your head.” This depression situation can really cause some changes in your body. For sample, it can delayed down your digestion by which can result in stomach problems.

Depression seems to be associated to an unbalance of certain chemicals in your brain. And some of these same chemicals play a necessary role in how you feel pain. Well then, many experts conclude that depression can make you feel pain differently than from the others.

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