General Health
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Menopause hormone replacement therapy has been a controversial topic for many years. To date, there is no conclusive evidence that using this therapy will improve a woman’s ability to remain healthy throughout her senior years. Today the terminology has also changed to reflect the fact that physicians no longer believe that replacing hormones is necessarily a good thing. The terminology has changed to Hormone Therapy (HT).
More and more physicians and researchers have stopped looking for ways of improving on the way that the human body works and instead are searching for methods of supporting the body to perform the functions that it can all on its own.
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A woman’s fertility is very important when she is trying to achieve a pregnancy or trying to prevent one. The rest of her life the thought of her fertility hangs on the periphery of her consciousness. It’s not a real concern or thought that passes through her brain. Possibly once a month she’ll be reminded that a pregnancy is possible but unless she is actively trying to prevent one or achieve one this thought passes through quickly.
It is during those times when trying to get pregnant or prevent a pregnancy that taking charge of your fertility is important. The first step to taking charge of your fertility is to understand your menstrual cycle. Each menstrual cycle a woman’s body gets ready to conceive a baby. There is a point in each month that you are more fertile than at other times.
The most fertile time of the month is the middle of the menstrual cycle. Taking charge of your fertility means being able to predict these dates using several techniques. This way you can either avoid or have intercourse, depending upon your goals.
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Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when menstruation ceases ending her years of potential childbirth. This typically occurs between a woman’s late forties to early fifties, commonly at the age of 51 years old.
With menopause come some drastic changes in a woman’s body with decreasing hormones and the potential for osteoporosis due to bone loss. It is important that a woman, while dealing with this change in her body, maintain adequate nutrition. Menopause is a normal occurrence in every woman and a difficult time in her life. For some it can be an easy experience, but for most it is not and will last between 1 to 3 years.
With menopause come many symptoms, one of these being weight gain. Typically, a woman gains approximately 5 pounds during menopause. In part, this weight gain can be attributed to increasing age and fluctuating hormones within the body.
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Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by the bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis. This bacteria can damage a woman’s reproductive organs. Even though the symptoms of this STD are mild or sometimes even absent, serious complications can cause irreversible damage.
Both men and women can carry the bacteria. It is excreted from the end of the penis in an infected male. But it is the woman who suffers the most from the damaging secondary effects of the infection.
Chlamydia is the most frequently reported bacterial STD in the US. In 2006 there were over one million cases reported to the CDC. Consider also that there is significant under reporting in these numbers because not all people with the infection are aware of the condition and seek testing. And testing isn’t always done when patients are treated for their symptoms.
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Leukemia is, generally, cancer of the blood depicting four possible types. It begins in the bone marrow cells and multiplies. This multiplying of cells eventually takes over and out survives the normal bone marrow cells. Leukemia occurs in all age groups, but commonly occurs in individuals over the age of 60. Side effects vary and can be very drastic.
Due to the devastating effects, that leukemia has on the body it is highly important at this time that adequate nutrition be encouraged. A healthy diet for leukemia patients is necessary to help the afflicted patient keep strong.
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The causes of chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS, has baffled scientists and researchers for decades. The condition was recognized as a specific entity as far back as the late 1860’s when physician Dr. George Beard named it neurasthesia because it appeared to be related to a nervous disorder that caused weakness and fatigue.
Today researchers have a list of different medical conditions that may be at the root cause of chronic fatigue syndrome. While there isn’t a definitive answer there are some suggestions that have led to changes in the treatment protocols for the disease. Some of these causes include low blood glucose condition, anemia and environmental allergies. These causes produce the same symptoms as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome but also have treatments that don’t erase the problems associated with CFS.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS, is a complex condition that affects between 1 and 4 million people worldwide. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention believes that number is low. They estimate in the U.S. many people who have the symptoms don’t seek medical care for their disability. They know that of those in the U.S. 25% are either unemployed or on disability as a result of the symptoms of their condition.
Since there is no known cause or cure for the condition many people turn to other natural alternatives to help boost their immune system. One of those alternatives is carrot juice. Carrot juice has long been known to have a number of health benefits for people.
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A mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack, happens in the brain – the center of our body functions. The brain controls how we think, see, talk, walk and feel. Each part of the brain has different jobs that control different parts of how we function. For instance, the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, which includes movement and sensation.
The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and also the speech centers. Vision is controlled by the back of the brain and balance and coordination are controlled by the cerebellum located in the base of the brain.
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In order to avoid aging or adjust to the inevitable results of aging, here are some anti-aging tips that are believed to be effective:
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A stroke is sometimes called a ‘brain attack’. It happens when a blood clot in an artery breaks and plugs up the flow of blood to an area of the brain. When this happens brain cells begin to die because of lack of oxygen. This takes only 3 minutes of lack of oxygen from arterial supply before the brain cells begin to die. This death of the cells will result in brain damage.
This brain damage is called a stroke. Many times the abilities that are lost include speech, memory or movement. How much damage is done and to what functions depends upon where the stroke happened in the brain and how much of it was damaged.
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When we talking about aging, most of us are agree (or… it’s just my opinion?) that habits play a very important role in determining a person’s life span. One of the habit is eating habit. Since i was a little girl, my parents have always told me and my brother to love or at least like eating vegetables. Later i know that this will not only help us grow up to be big, strong, and healthy person but are also helpful as Anti Aging component.
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