March 23rd
1) Eat 1 to 2 daily servings of red and/or orange vegetables. For example, one carrot will provide you with about 7,950 Ills of beta-carotene and one medium tomato provides 820 lUs of beta-carotene.
2) Eat at least two green leafy vegetables per day. Two ounces of spinach will provide about 4,600 lUs of beta-carotene.
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March 22nd
Antibiotics are used for infections of the respiratory system as well as for infections in other parts of the body. One group of drugs developed to counteract the growth and invasion of bacteria includes the sulfonamides or sulfa drugs, which are not really antibiotics but are often called by this term. Some individuals develop a [...]
March 22nd
Older people often claim that they are constipated. It is difficult to define what is “normal” when it comes to bowel habits. Perhaps you were brought up at a time when ideas about bowel movements led to some unhealthy practices, such as the use of cathartics (purges) and laxatives. Many people grew up with the [...]
March 22nd
The body regulates its temperature to maintain a steady state and when it becomes excessively cold or warm damage can occur. We associate fever with illness; usually the illness causing the raised temperature is short-lived and improves with or without medication. In the older individual especially, an elevated temperature may have a number of causes, [...]
March 22nd
Most people at some time in their lives have had a roentgenogram or X-ray. These images of the body allow physicians to see what is happening within the abdomen, chest, bones, and skull. They permit the diagnosis of different kinds of illnesses, and some may have to be repeated to follow the results of treatment.
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March 19th
The news of Natasha Richardson’s tragic death after a skiing accident has shocked us all; especially because of the apparently minor nature of her injury and that she was quickly up and about and talking immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, however, Ms. Richardson suffered a near textbook case of what’s called epidural hematoma. I say near because [...]
Read more of Natasha Richardson’s tragic death teaches us about head injury…
March 19th
before, but there’s a few new reasons to talk about it again. First is a newly published study that figured out how fast you need to walk in order to achieve a “moderate” level of intensity. That’s important because the current recommendation is that you should get 30 minutes of “moderate intensity” exercise five times [...]
March 19th
March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month and as it’s such an important issue I’d like to bring it up today. I’ve written on this topic several times before but according to the American Cancer Society it is the third most common cancer found in men and women, and the second most common cause of [...]
March 16th
Antenatal screening and control of early infectious syphilis are essential for the control of congenital syphilis. Seropositive women must be evaluated and treated promptly. Regardless of the stage of pregnancy, patients who are not allergic to penicillin should be treated with penicillin according the regimens above. Pregnant patients with confirmed penicillin sensitivity should be referred [...]
March 16th
The period itself is a very stressful time in a woman’s monthly cycle, especially on the first day. There may be abdominal pain, and a general feeling of being under the weather. This feeling lends to exacerbate any pre-existing headaches; sometimes the general lowering of the body’s resistance means that ordinary headaches will occur more [...]
Read more of HEADACHES RELATED TO THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE: HEADACHES WHILE MENSTRUATING…