Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Up to 40 percent of men may suffer from premature ejaculation. This is why a new prescription medication, called Priligy, has been invented. It is an oral medication designed to decrease the amount of serotonin in the brain, which is why some men have the problem in the first place. Doctors say that if it takes a man less than two minutes to ejaculate after initial penetration, they may have a premature ejaculation problem. This also varies depending on their norm, so there is a bit of a gray area in the diagnosis. Your doctor will listen to your concerns and help you decide if Priligy is right for you.

There is a bit of a debate about whether or not premature ejaculation is actually a medical problem, which is why it is left up to an individual to talk to his doctor about possible treatment if it bothers him. Some couples do not see premature ejaculation as a problem, and there are no health concerns if it is left untreated. Priligy, however, is available for those who desire a longer period sexual interaction.

Priligy, as with all prescription medications, should only be taken as directed by a doctor. Since Priligy decreases the amount of serotonin in the brain, it acts a lot like an anti-depressant medication. This means that patients taking Priligy should be under close doctor care to deal with dosage issues and possible side effects.

All of the research that has been done on Priligy has shown its ability to increase staying power once an erection has been achieved. This means that Priligy might be just what a person needs if they are experiencing premature ejaculation or having difficulty maintaining an erection for the amount of time they desire to have sexual activity. Talk to a doctor to see if Priligy is right for you.

If only people are fast healers like Jacob Black from the Twilight: Saga. We would not have to go through Suffolk Orthopedics and undergo Suffolk Hip Replacement Surgery for broken or misaligned hips. But if we were given a choice, it would clearly be more ideal to be treated in a hospital considered by many as a premier orthopedic hospital, Orthopaedic & Spine Center (OSC). They even have assistance for employees who have sustained injuries in the workplace or during their line of duty, called the Newport News Worker’s Compensation program.

Coming from a family that is prone to bone breakages due to clumsiness, a streak of bad luck and fearless drive for adventure, I am more inclined to choose the best hospital to make sure my bones are nursed back to their perfect state and that they heal properly! OSC is the best choice for it!

We would not want to end up like Jacob Black who needed to have his bones broken again by Carlisle Cullen because he was healing fast and his bones were growing wrong!

Oftentimes I see people’s health conditions take a down turn for the worse because of misinformation. Unfortunately, there are millions of citizens still without any form of health insurance in my country and dissemination of health information and health care practices are severely lacking. Health Facts need to be simplified and imparted to everyone. This especially holds true for viral diseases like the flu. Simple health care practices such as correct hand washing procedures are going to be a big deal in prevention.

There is a web site that explains certain diseases like lung cancer and diabetes, diseases that afflict more people everyday, in very simple terms. If only there is a way to direct people online to know more about it. They also have health tips so you can educate yourself and practice better health habits.

Health should be a national concern. Without good health, citizens would not be able to perform well and the whole labor system will be affected. It also would affect the education of the kids. It has a very strong domino effect.

With all the natural calamities happening left and right, the government has been issuing advisories that every household make a disaster preparedness kit for each member of the family. It consists of a waterproof bag with a set of clothes, extra batteries for gadgets (cellphones, radios), water for 24 hours, medical supplies (First Aid kit and medicines), important copies of documents (passports, birth certificates, etc) and slippers. I have not been able to do it for all of us, maybe because I am still in somewhat denial that it will happen to my family.

All of it has changed when my kids’ school advised that they have their own kit in their classrooms when school starts. Suddenly I am scared for me and my kids.

Almost everyone I know is on a diet, trying to be on a diet, planning to be on a diet. And most of them are also exercising, signing up for marathons (is this the new thing besides badminton?) and doing all sorts of healthy stuff. I have yet to put myself up for a drive on an elliptical but the “Get Healthy” bug has rubbed off me and I am trying to put at least 10 minutes a day working on The 30-Day Shred and doing some walking. The husband almost had to pick his jaw from the floor when he saw me buy salad packets – enough to last me a week.

Personally, I really do not want to publicize my commitment, if ever I am truly deeply committed, to this get healthy spring board I started. I prefer to keep things low-key just to make sure I really lost that 50 lbs I want to shed.

I’d be happy if I lose 20 by next month and would probably be over the moon if it’s going to be 30.

So note to self: Make yourself go over the moon, OK?

If you are like me who has had the misfortune to inherit weak eyes due to genetics, eyeglasses would be a constant figure in your foreseeable future. However, if The #1 online Rx glasses store, Zenni Optical, continues to make and sell the Lowest Price Progressive Glasses, it would not be much of a problem. Eric’s Review of Zenni Optical reaffirmed their position as the best place to get eyeglasses from. They prove that cheap doesn’t mean that quality is sacrificed.

Science and technology has been so far advanced already that cures for diseases, illnesses or disabilities have been discovered and have helped millions of people lead better lives. A Cochlear Implant is going to be one of them.

Whereas hearing aids only work for outer and middle ear problems, Cochlear Implants can now be implanted inside the ear, and now can help those who have severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing aids cannot help these kinds of loss.

Cochlear Implant Surgery is safe – do you want to know a trivia? Political commentator Rush Limbaugh received a cochlear implant in 2001.

I can think of so many people who, for the longest time, have been trying to lose weight. I would like to call them people who are on a perpetual diet. I am one of those people. Can you imagine how many of them are most likely to try out different kinds of diet pills thinking it would help them lose weight faster? People these days no longer have the discipline and perseverance because these pills promise to do the work for them, only to have it rebound and wreak havoc in their metabolism.

Gastric bypass surgery is also very dangerous. It is reserved for the severely obese people so it is not an option for all people. Have you noticed celebrities lose drastic amounts of weight in such a short time? Surely, they are on some kind of weight loss program that does not involve exercise programs as I can imagine they do not have the time. I also hope they are starving themselves. Most of them have discovered a new way to lose weight: the hcg weight loss program.

It is a medically supervised weight loss program that involves no surgery or starving, no outrageous exercise programs, no dangerous pills or expensive packaged meals. It is designed to help reduce fat, not muscle (as what starvation does) and adjust the body’s metabolism in order to stay slim (some diet pills destroy our metabolism, making it slower). It is faster and safer than surgery and you can lose a pound a day! It is with the help of the hormone called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, HCG for short.

Otherwise known as your muffin top, jelly belly, dunlap.

Here are some tips on how to reduce belly fat. Not only is belly fat unattractive, it can be downright dangerous to your health. Extra fat carried around your abdomen can increase your risk of heart disease. :

1. Healthy Meals. Notice the word diet isn’t part of the equation. Healthy meals consist of lean protein, lots of vegetables, whole grains and some fruit. Your should consistantly choose foods that are as close as possible to their natural state.

2. Cardiovascular Exercise. Regular cardiovascular exercise will reduce body fat levels. Put your shoes on and get moving for at least 30 minutes per day. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far you walk in the beginning, the most important point is that you’re moving your body aerobically on a regular basis. Participate in whatever aerobic activity you enjoy.

3. Lift Weights. Yes, you did read that correctly! If you’re wondering what lifting weights has to do with effectively reducing belly fat, then read on. Regular weight lifting has several beneficial effects for those folks trying to reduce their body fat levels. Muscles burn extra calories. The more muscle you carry on your frame, the more calories you burn in a 24 hour period which translates into extra fat burning power. Muscles take up about one third less space than fat. Muscles give you the power to carry on your daily activities more effectively and with energy to spare.

They say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty is subjective and everybody is really beautiful. But marketing has given us the concept of “beauty” – thin, sexy (shapely) bodies, fair skin, perfect face features – and it has greatly affected our concept of beauty nowadays.

While before plastic surgeries were frowned upon and altering one’s face and body were done in discretion, these days liposuction is done by people from all walks of life. It is now seen as a means to help people boost their self-confidence and gain a better concept of self.

One of the services at sono bello is the Vela Shape. As a woman, I think we were born with cellulite in our body. Vela Shape is the only proven non-surgical FDA-cleared medical technique for body reshaping and cellulite treatment.  VelaShape™ enables you to comfortably and safely achieve a toned, contoured and well shaped body in as few as 4 sessions; making you look and feel more youthful. This non-surgical procedure also requires no downtime and is a virtually painless treatment for body reshaping and cellulite reduction.

While I am definitely open to liposuction (my tummy post-kids is a sight for sore eyes) – I am now leaning towards the non-surgical procedures that have been introduced lately. I am quite wary to be undergoing procedures under general anesthesia.

Christmas time in our family always means two things: family + good food = great times and a fond memories. Never did one Christmas go by without me remembering all the great food, cooked with love by my aunts and grandmothers, we have shared with one another. In fact, it has been a tradition for us to eat certain recipes at certain food gatherings, like my Mom’s pasta during Christmas dinner, my aunt’s special kaldereta and the special ham we buy at a store centuries old (They opened when my grandmother was just 6 years old!).

Healthy Recipes are included in our menu this year. Let’s face it, most of my aunts and uncles are not getting any younger. We are not getting younger. This year, we have another generation in our family – the great grandkids who are my kids and my niece and nephew. We need to be conscious of our health. Low fat and sugar free are on most my list since we are diabetics.

Christmas Recipes are hard to come by, most of what we originally serve have only been passed on by word of mouth. I should take the initiative to write it down sometime. However, things are going to be easy for us with 1001Recipe.com. I love how varied their recipes are and how everything is categorized! It makes finding certain dishes super easy.

Take for example a Fruitcake Recipe I was looking for. I want the fresh fruit kind with no wine since my kids eat it and I found one in less than five minutes.

Main Ingredients:
Dried fruits: 1.5 cup, chopped (cranberry, mango and pear)
Orange juice: 1/2 cup
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Butter: 1 stick at room temperature (1/2 cup or 1/4 lb)
Brown sugar: 1/2 cup
Eggs: 3
Walnuts: 1/2 cup, chopped
Baking soda: 1/4 tsp
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Ground cinnamon: 1/2 tsp
Ground ginger: 1/2 tsp
Apricot jam: 3 tbsp
Directions:
1. One day ahead of time, soak the cranberries, pears and mango in the orange juice and cover tightly, refrigerated.
2. On the day of preparation, preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. In a mixing bowl, cream butter with brown sugar.
4. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
5. Stir in the fruit pieces and walnuts. Mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt and add to creamed mixture.
6. Pour this into a round pan and bake for 40 minutes or until golden.
7. To decorate the cake, combine apricot jam with 1 tbsp water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until melted and thoroughly mixed. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and brush it over the cake.

An online friend recently decided to have eye laser surgery to correct her vision. She has been using eyeglasses with a grade of 450/350 for 5 years now and now that she is of age, she wants to be able to free herself of the need to be able to wear glasses all the time to be able to see. Lasik is a surgical procedure that changes the shape of the cornea to reduce the need for spectacles or contacts. Lasik has many distinct advantages over other refractive surgery procedures, but also has limitations that may indicate something else or no surgery is best for an individual patient. Fortunately, there are based in Boston so they can just avail of the Laser Eye Surgery Boston procedure from Boston Laser called iLasik. iLASIK is the new name for a specific combination of technologies making up the all-laser lasik procedure that they have been offering for almost a year now.

Their laser refractive surgeons are certified have a high reputation for their friendly, pleasant but very high quality and professional service. Her doctor was Samir Melki, PhD, the founder of the Boston Laser Group and she claims that he is certainly one of the best eye refractive doctors in Boston.

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I can never imagine life without chocolates.

I say that, because a friend who has two kids ages 9 and 7, and they have never tasted any forms of chocolate like milk chocolate their whole lives. I cannot even begin to imagine how that must feel like!

I’m a self-confessed sweet tooth. I have a great weakness to chocolate.

Add caramel and I go weak in the knees.

Add almonds, hazelnuts or just plain nuts and I go ga-ga.

My all time favorite chocolates are Twix, Mars (I don’t see this anymore, so sad), Almond Rocha and surprise — Dove Chocolate!

I prefer getting chocolate over flowers – and would often request that to my husband. My kids have inherited my love for chocolates as they need to have one after every meal. You can now tell that the recent Trick or Treat was very good for them. They seemed to have eaten more chocolates (and a lot of sugar) than they should for a night. I already told a friend to buy us the big assorted small bite packs when chocolate go on sale after Thanksgiving – they usually are on sale during that time. I plan to package them into loot bags to give away to children who sing carols during the holiday season. Instead of giving them money, which I do not know where they will spend on, I will give them chocolates – because let’s face it, anyone who receives chocolates is going to be a happy camper!

Chocolates are the classic gift choice for people during Christmas season! It has been proven to release endorphins which make people happy. It also has serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant. And the holiday season is a happy season, right? Add to that they have a good number of anti-oxidants which prevent aging.

So tell me, who wants chocolates this Christmas?

It seems that obesity is going to be the sickness of the XYZ generation – a generation of fastfood restaurants and internet activity – no sports at all. Obesity has been playing a major factor to coronary heart disease and a multitude of other diseases, diabetes being one of them.

Doctors have been trying to reorient people to change their lifestyles and have also exerted effort to introduce a variety of medicines to help them. Fish oil omega 3 fatty acids have been found to prevent buildup of fat along the coronary arteries so it has been developed and put into capsules.

The problem is many varieties of the capsule have poorly formulated, little omega 3 acids. Experts have found out that marine bi-products, cholesterol, saturated fats, and environmental contaminants that can do more harm than good. The brand of OMAX3 has been verified by a third party and even a pool of doctors to have the highest concentration of omega 3 acids – as much as 91% at a fraction of a cost – only 75 cents a gram.

You can buy them per box too!  It is priced at $31.95 per box, letting you save more than 20% on Omax.

That’s what Quaker Oats cereal, or oatmeal, has for its tagline.

Quaker Oats.
Good for the heart.

When coronary heart disease became one of the tip five leading causes of mortality around the globe, doctors, scientists and health experts have tried to find a way to not only stop it, but prevent it from happening.

Enter the discovery of the importance omega fatty acids to the body. These essential fatty acids contain the link to prevent buildup of fat along the coronary arteries thus preventing coronary heart disease.

Fish oil omega 3 fatty acids can be found in abundance in fish (oils mostly, tuna is best). It has been clinically proven that it has the components necessary to stimulate the breakdown of fibrin, which helps clot and scar formation – making you not an easy target for varicose veins, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

Omega 3 health supplements of course, quite expectedly, in abundance today, as manufacturers try to capitalize on the amazing discovery. However be wary of false or impure supplements. A quick way to test it is to store them in the freezer overnight. If the capsules, which should always be clear, turn hazy, it means that are impurities, commonly lard on it. Make sure to get pure supplements! Omax™ is proven to be a pure omega 3 health supplement.

I have been closely monitoring US President Barrack Obama’s health care reform plan for days. Parts of it I still cannot understand, like how getting all American citizens health insurance (their basic right, mind you) is regarded as controversial.

Quoting what Obama said in an interview:

In the United States of America, no one should have to worry that they’ll go without health insurance — not for one year, not for one month, not for one day.

"And once I sign my health reform plan into law, they won’t

This issue hits close to home. As a mom who has been hospitalized once a year WITHOUT health insurance, it was a pain in the neck and draining to our very limited financial funds. It was a good thing that the husband’s office gives away payday advances so we were able to secure cash in such a short amount of time.

Not anybody can be granted a payday loan though. For starters, you need to have a job which has your salary directed to your current account, because you need a checkbook and a debit card for this. Of course once you get paid, you need to pay the full amount plus interest too. There are other financial payment plans one can avail of (if you also cannot afford to pay it all at the same time).

Here’s to health insurance – may it be a basic human right.

We all get sick at one point or another some time in our lives. What really is different is how we treat our ailments and how we respond to it. For example, a common cold can be treated using over-the-counter medication (self treatment), herbal medicine (which is gaining popularity these days), oints and liniments and through consultations with a medical professional. Treatments for Symptoms are still best taken cared of by a licensed medical professional, in my opinion. This person has slaved away for almost 10 or more years getting the knowledge and training needed to take care of the most important population, the human species.

Want to know more about the person behind the brain SPECT imaging process? Get in touch with Dr Daniel Amen Clinics in the Media and find out how his practice helped treat psychiatric patients.

Common ailments usually go away on their own with proper rest. But if it doesn’t go away in a week, it’s time to consult a doctor.