Health Topics
Fitness & Sports Health
- BioDigital Human
- Body Browser - Google Labs
- Medical Information for Healthy Living | Healthline
- Vitamins = Vitamin and Mineral Supplements ...
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- Health & Medicine
- the Doctors TV Show
- Vaccines.gov - USA federal gateway to information on vaccines and immunization.
- Vibrations from ultrasound used to heal broken bones | SmartPlanet - 2011-10-16
- Veteran’s leg muscle regenerated with pig bladder hormones | SmartPlanet - 2011-06-20
- Treatment Ratings and Reviews for 561 Conditions. Self Tracking. Free Tools to Help You Manage Your Health. | CureTogether.com
- OSS = McGill University - Office for Science and Society - Read Joe Schwarcz's column in the Saturday Gazette. You can also see him regularly on the Discovery channel.
- Features - Pull down the "Features" menu.
- Acne
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Questions Are the Answer - You can improve your care and the care of your loved ones by taking an active role in your health care. Ask questions. Understand your condition. Evaluate your options.
- Addiction
- ADHD / ADD
- Allergies
- Alzheimer --> Memory & Dementia & Alzheimer
- AMA - American Medical Association
- Anatomy
- Ask Dr. Weil
- Ask the Doctors
- Asprin
- Many Uses Of Aspirin
- Pimples? Don't worry. Make a paste by adding some water to powdered aspirin. Apply this paste on the pimples and wash it off after a few minutes. Since aspirin also functions as an astringent, the pimples will be reduced in size and will not be as red in appearence as before.
- Mosquito bites and bee stings can be eased by wetting the skin and rubbing an aspirin over the spot.
- "You must stop taking aspirin 2 weeks before any operation. A friend of mine bled to death after a routine operation, because nobody knew he was taking it. "
- Daily Aspirin Is Not for Everyone, Study Suggests - NYTimes.com - 2012-01-16
- Blood pressure - see Hypertension
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Canadian Chiropractic Association
- Canadian Dermatology Association
- Canadian Health Network - Réseau canadien de la santé
- Cancer
- C-Health: Your Health and Wellness Source (canoe.ce)
- Celiac Disease (gluten intolerance)
- Caused by excessive anitbiotics use?
- What is celiac disease? - Prevention - Canadian Living
- Gluten = a protein present in wheat, rye, barley, triticale
- Avoid (= Danger) :
- wheat, rye, barley, certain oats, and many others
- soy sauce, tomato sauce, potato chips
- ingredients listed as seasonings, dextrin, MSG
- Safe:
- Corn
- Eggs
- Fish
- Fruits
- Gluten-free specialty products
- Legumes
- Meats
- Milk, milk products, cheese
- Nuts
- Potatoes
- Poultry, Eggs
- Rice
- Vegetables
- Grains and flours - Gluten-free
- Almonds (almond flour)
- Amaranth
- Arrowroot flour
- Beans
- Buckwheat
- Chickpea flour
- Cornmeal
- Cornstarch
- Flaxseed (ground)
- Green pea flour
- Legumes
- Millet
- Oats (pure, uncontaminated) - Oats once considered off-limits for those with CD, are now deemed safe to eat as long as they have not been cross-contaminated with wheat (that is, grown in the same fields, shared in containers or processed in the same facilities as wheat).
- Quinoa
- Popcorn
- Potato flour (potato starch)
- Rice (white rice flour)
- Rice flourSoy flour
- Tapioca flour
- Teff
- Vinifera
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cholesterol
- cholesterollevels.net
- Statins lower cholesterol levels, thereby lowering risks for heart attacks and strokes. Statins add to the benefits of Aspirin. Should anybody with any evidence of heart disease start taking statins???? Zocor, Pravachol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Lescol
- Side effects can include insomnia, rashes, and gastrointestinal problems, serious muscle inflammaation, hepatitis, kidney failure.
- Almonds can reduce cholesterol levels as much as first-generation statin drugs when the nuts are consumed as part of a diet rich in heart-healthy foods - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - February 2005
- It is best to reduce cholesterol with diet and exercise.
- Phys Ed: Do Statins Make It Tough to Exercise? - NYTimes.com - 2012-03-14
- CNN Programs - House Call with Sanjay Gupta.
- Coffee
- Cramps
- Nocturnal Leg Cramps: Night-time Calf Muscle Pain: Dummies
- doctors still don't know what causes cramps - In some cases, it may be a fluid imbalance or a vitamin deficiency.
- potassium deficiency
- dehydration
- diuretics - increase the amount of urine (i.e. diuretics remove water from the body)
- coffee, alcohol, etc?
- even if you think you drink enough water, diuretics will remove the water very quickly from your body
- calcium and phosphorus levels got out of whack
- Prevention
- Tonic water (with quinine) - In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration limits the quinine content in tonic water to 83 ppm (83 mg per litre if calculated by mass), while the daily therapeutic dose of quinine is in the range of 167–333 mg. Still, it is often recommended as a relief for cramps, but medical research suggests some care is needed in monitoring doses. Because of quinine's risks, the United States Food and Drug Administration has declared that nonprescription sources, such as tonic water, should not be used to prevent or treat leg cramps. (Tonic water, Bitter lemon, Carbonated Chinotto beverages like Brio and San Pellegrino Chinotto, Schweppes? (in some countries), etc.)
- plenty of potassium-rich foods
- stay adequately hydrated at all times
- consult with your doctor for the best course of treatment
- First Aid
- Tonic water (with quinine) - In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration limits the quinine content in tonic water to 83 ppm (83 mg per litre if calculated by mass), while the daily therapeutic dose of quinine is in the range of 167–333 mg. Still, it is often recommended as a relief for cramps, but medical research suggests some care is needed in monitoring doses. Because of quinine's risks, the United States Food and Drug Administration has declared that nonprescription sources, such as tonic water, should not be used to prevent or treat leg cramps. (Tonic water, Bitter lemon, Carbonated Chinotto beverages like Brio and San Pellegrino Chinotto, Schweppes? (in some countries), etc.)
- Apply a hot compress to the cramped muscles.
- Massage the cramped muscles.
- Stretch and flex.
- Dementia --> Memory & Dementia & Alzheimer
- Depression ...
- Diabetes
- Dieting
- Aspartame
- Atkins - Low Carb Lifestyle
- "It's the calories, stupid" - Marion Nestle, NYU
- This may sound logical, but perhaps the most important factor is how the body chemistry deals with different foods. Reducing carbohydrates (even if you don't reduce calories) may indeed reduce your weight.
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Weight
- Doctors
- Drugs
- Ergonomics
- Excite Health with WebMD
- Food & Drink Topics...
- Hair
- Health
- Health Canada's Web Site / Site Web de Santé Canada
- HealthAtoZ's Search Engine
- Healthfinder (r) - a gateway consumer health and human services information web site
- Hearing ...
- Heart
- Hypertension (= high blood pressure )
- Remedies
- Hypertension zapped away without drugs - SmartPlanet - 2010-11-18
- Dummies::Understanding the Dangers and Causes of Hypertension (= high blood pressure )
- Dangers
- coronary artery disease (CAD)
- the leading cause of death in the United States
- a significant risk for stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure
- Causes
- idiopathic hypertension = physicians aren't able to determine its exact cause
- salt intake
- inherited predisposition = a genetic component and/or shared lifestyle component
- lifestyle factors
- obesity (and abdominal obesity, in particular) = (weighing more than 20 percent above your desirable body weight)
- inactivity - inactive people were 35 percent more likely to develop hypertension than were active people, regardless of whether they had a family history of high blood pressure or a personal history of being overweight
- cigarette smoking - both in the short term while you're smoking or chewing and in the long term, because components in the smoke or chewing tobacco, such as nicotine, cause your arteries to constrict.
- high alcohol consumption
- two drinks per day may reduce mortality from CAD
- three or more alcoholic drinks per day) is associated with increased blood pressure, not to mention an increased risk of dying from heart disease.
- secondary hypertension = it's a secondary result of a separate primary condition
- Narrowing of the arteries that supply the kidneys
- Other diseases of kidneys
- Abnormalities in the endocrine system, such as overactive adrenal glands
- Transient conditions such as pregnancy for certain women
- Certain medications that can increase the risk of high blood pressure, such as oral contraceptives or estrogen replacement therapy following menopause
- InteliHealth
- Jean Coutu Pharmacy
- Longevity
- MayoClinic.com - Medical and health information and tools from Mayo Clinic
- MedExplorer - Your Health and Medical Information Center
- Media Doctor Canada
- Medical Breakthroughs reported by Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.
- Medical Matrix
- MedicineNet (TM) Home Page -- A FREE Medical Reference
- Medscape
- Memory --> Memory & Dementia & Alzheimer
- Men's Health Daily
- Mental Health
- Merck & Company, global, research-driven pharmaceutical company
- Micronutrients ...
- Mind Tools - How to Master Stress
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine (USA)
- Nerves
- NetMed™ - Complete Guide to Health Information
- New England Journal of Medicine: Research & Review Articles on Diseases & Clinical Practice
- Pain
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pharmacy Technician - Resources
- Prevention Magazine - Wellness: Dieting, Health, Fitness, and Wellness from Prevention Magazine
- Prostate Cancer ...
- Reuters Health Info
- RxList - The Internet Drug Index
- Sex
- Smoking
- Stroke
- Sun
- Sympatico / MSN
- Trauma
- R.I.C.E. = Rest - Ice - Compress - Elevate = Rest - Immobilize - Cold - Elevate
- Phys Ed: Icing Can Make Sore Muscles Worse - NYTimes.com - 2012-01-12 - The title is misleading. Be sure to read the comments at the bottom of the article.
- Ice is usually recommended for acute trauma, to slow swelling and avoid further damage immediately after the activity or injury.
- NEVER return to the activity after using ice!!
- Heat is usually recommended for healing.
- Travel
- How to protect your health when you travel - Canadian Living
- Traveller's diarrhea
- Dukoral is an oral, two-dose vaccine that gives you protection against E. coli as well as cholera.
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid fever
- Malaria
- Suggestions:
- "Boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it".
- Avoid water; Avoid anything washed in water; Avoid salads; Avoid ice cubes. Bottled drinks are good (e.g. Tequila, cerveca).
- Avoid street vendors.
- A travel kit should always contain items for injuries, such as bandages, Polysporin, your antibiotic creams and an antifungal cream. Insect repellant is a must, because there are a lot of insect-related diseases like malaria or dengue fever. Tylenol is good for fever and pain
- SCUBA diving holiday ...
- Vitamins = Vitamin and Mineral Supplements ...
- Stem Cells
- Tremor
- Essential Tremor = Familial tremor
- Degenerative = Progressive = may get worse over time
- Not terminal
- Causes
- Genetic
- caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol abuse
- stress, anxiety, fear, anger, fatigue
- Not necessarily related to Parkinson's
- Treatment
- No known cure
- Alcohol reduces symptoms temporarily
- Vitamin D may help in the long term - 1000 to 4000 IU/day (There are also other reasons to take Vitamin D)
- B12 vitamin supplements - 1000mcg
- B-Complex vitamin supplements
- Vitamin E
- Physical therapy to develop the involved muscles
- Surgery is not a cure
- Parkinson's Disease
- WebMD -- Trustworthy, Credible, and Timely Health Information
- Weight
- Yahoo! Health
- ZDNet: Story: The doctor's always in! Where to find the best advice online
- Allhealth.com. Also called iVillageHealth, this site is part of iVillage.com: The Women's Network. The company was a founding member of Health Internet Ethics, a non-profit group whose mission is to improve the quality of health information on the Internet. The site has strong community components, including chats and support-group message boards. The content is aimed at women.
- DrKoop.com. Despite some near-death experiences of its own during the dot-com slowdown, this site is still alive and kicking. It provides a good selection of health news and recall announcements, along with features like its Drug Checker, which can spot potentially harmful drug interactions, and an online medical encyclopedia.
- Intelihealth. InteliHealth, a subsidiary of Aetna, provides information from a variety of credible sources, including Harvard Medical School, the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. While I found the site's priorities somewhat questionable--"Shopping" is the lead item in its left-column navigation--its Health A to Z section is a nice resource.
- WebMD. WebMD's content mission statement says its goal is to provide medical content that's accurate, thorough, and credible. News and health features are augmented with, among other things, a comprehensive listing of Diseases and Conditions and a lifestyle program headlined by Dr. Dean Ornish.
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