Archive for July, 2008

ABOUT HEARING LOSS:

 

Hearing loss simply means sudden or gradual decrease of how well you can hear a sound. Many things can lead to this problem. The degree of this problem sometimes depends on the cause itself. The loss may be partial or temporal, it can be permanent, mild or severe, it can also be reversed. Some people are born with this problem. The third most common chronic problem found with older Americans is gradual hearing loss. If this problem develops gradually, the person suffering it may not know. Rather, friends and family members may be the ones to notice it. Hearing loss slows down the person’s ability to work either in the office or at home and it also exposes such person to danger. It leads to loneliness, depression, loss of independence etc because it may result to less social interaction. However, there are modern gadgets that can help the person to hear properly.

ABOUT HEADACHES:

 

There are many health related problems that occurs in the lives of children and adults and one of them is called headache. Sometimes, this sickness can come with other symptoms like cold, flu, or sore throat. Headaches comes in different ways, but the most common way is usually not serious but comes often and often .Stress and emotional strains is one of the major causes of headache and on most occasions, this is a fallout of tension, and since many adults pass through emotional stress, tension headache is common with them. This illustrates some possible areas of pain resulting from tension headache.

FOR A HEALTHY BRAIN, EAT FISH:

It has been  established that pregnant women that eat fish , gives birth to children that has better cognitive and fine-motor skills at the age of 3 than those whose mothers did not eat  fish while pregnant. Also, women that eats about 2 servings of fish per week while pregnant have their children at age 3 performing better than those who don’t eat fish., if you decide to  asses their receptive vocabulary and their visual-spatial , visual motor and fine motor skills. Worthy of mention here is the fact that the most important developmental stage of the brain is from the womb, and that is what makes this discovery to be very important. By the time that the pregnant woman s second trimesters i.e. the period when all the critical process of establishing the correct interconnections are taking place, almost all the neurons have been established.

ABOUT COLON CANCER

When cells that are not normal grow in the rectum or in the colon colorectal cancer occurs. This is also called cancer of the colon or rectal cancer. It forms tumors as it grows. This type of cancer usually occurs in the life of people above 50 years of age and is one of the most common types of cancer in today. It is the second leading cancer deaths in America today and what makes it to be complex is that it is not detected easily.

IODINE DEFICIENCY AND NECK SWELLING

It has not been established the exact quantity of iodine that is the daily requirement of the body. But the range is between 0.04 and 0.01 milligrams per day. The food and water that we take contains very little percentage of iodine which reduces to zero the risk of overdose as a result of those stored in the thyroid gland which can be there for some time Children from parents that lacked iodine may develop cretinism. This is a situation whereby the child will be dwarfed, retarded mentally, have enlarged thyroid gland and a defective speech. You will equally notice in the child, symptoms like rough skin, sparse hairs, brittle nails bad teeth and the child will be subjected to anemia.
Iodine deficiency in adults results to myxedema and this affects the production of thyroid hormone. The manifestation of this disease is slow rate of metabolism, thickening of the skin, loss of hairs, enlarged thyroid gland and mental sluggishness.
Very close to Adams’s apple and across the wind pipe is the location of the thyroid gland. It discharges its chromme directly into the blood and for this reason, the thyroid is known as endoctrine or ductless gland. The importance of iodine cannot be overemphasized in human life. A mere 3½grain of this element stands between intelligence and foolishness. If iodine is deficient in the human body, no drug can restore it. The thyroid gland regulates the metabolism of the body; it is responsible for converting the food that we eat into energy and breaking down of other complex chemical substances to simple ones. This thyroid gland regulates the discharge of energy in the body in order to maintain a normal body temperature.

SEX IN PREGNANCY, HOW SAFE?

Sex in pregnancy is a controversial topic to discuss because of the society we live in today which is multi-cultural and multi-religious. Because of the difficulty in arriving at an acceptable conclusion, many people don’t want to get involved in this topic.

   Sexual intercourse which is the satisfaction of a desire arising from natural instincts is legal only within the recognized institution of marriage as ordained by God our creator. There are many fallacies surrounding this issue of sex during pregnancy. Some of them are :

*That is a taboo to sleep with a pregnant woman

THE IMPORTANCE OF ZINC TO YOUR HEALTH:

 

Zinc is an essential mineral that is important for the functioning and growth of the prostrate glands, reproductive organs. Zinc helps to regulate the activity of oil gland in the body and also it prevents acne. For proper protein synthesis and collagen formation, zinc is needed and these are the things that promote a healthy immune system and speeds up the healing of wounds. It allows acuity and smell, protects the liver from chemical damage, vital for bone formation, constituent of insulin and many other important enzymes including the antioxidant enzyme super oxide dismutase (SOD). It also helps to fight and prevent the formation free radicals in other ways.

PERSONAL HYGIENE AND YOUR HEALTH

It is worthy to note, though not believed by all that your level of personal hygiene affects how regularly you fall ill. This knowledge notwithstanding,. Some people still care less about their personal hygiene. The use of preventive medication perfumes and putting on of good clothing can never equate personal hygiene.

Good and personal hygiene does not require money neither does it depend in your financial muscle. Rather, it is usually cultivated as an individual grows into adulthood. Cultivating this habit is never too late to start. Popular phrases like “health is wealth” or “cleanliness is next to godliness” are acronyms that support this print.

BENEFITS OF TEA TO YOUR HEALTH.

 

 

The most popular beverage in the world today after water is tea.  The process of developing it is of different developmental stages, like oxidation, heating, drying and the addition of other herbs, spices or fruit.  There is also another kind of tea called herbal tea which is the infusion of fruit or herbs that contains no actual tea e.g.   Rose -ship tea, chormoniche tea.

 

BENEFITS TO THE HEALTHS

 

Tea has the ability to lower bad cholesterols by an average of 10%.   Where dangerous cholesterol has already stuck to the artery, flavornoids which is an antioxidant in tea helps to prevent it from damaging the inner lining.