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2009-05-21T07:09:15+0000">May 21, 2009 – 7:09 am
A number of babies have these episodes, which in the past have sometimes been called ‘near miss SIDS’. The baby is found limp, sometimes blue, sometimes unconscious or unresponsive and not breathing. Varying degrees of stimulation seem necessary to revive him, ranging from noise or gentle movement of a limb to full blown resuscitation including [...]
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2009-05-19T06:26:15+0000">May 19, 2009 – 6:26 am
We strongly advise that throughout the course of your pregnancy you have regular antenatal (before birth) check-ups, to monitor that all is going well. These are usually routine and involve physical examination as well as blood and urine tests and ultrasound. The advantage of regular check-ups is that if any problems arise during the pregnancy, [...]
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2009-05-18T12:56:12+0000">May 18, 2009 – 12:56 pm
Well, as far as I’m concerned, we will never have sex again. You know why? Because we aren’t. I mean, we don’t exist. There’s no us. The insurance company says so. I wrote to them and they said we never were insured with them. I guess I have been sending bills to outer space for [...]
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2009-05-15T09:19:25+0000">May 15, 2009 – 9:19 am
A stethoscope is placed over the artery at the elbow. As the pressure in the cuff is reduced, it will fall below that in the artery and a sound as the blood pulses through is heard through the stethoscope.
This records the systolic pressure. The same measurement can be taken by feeling the pulse at the [...]
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2009-05-15T07:34:42+0000">May 15, 2009 – 7:34 am
So what do we do? Throw up our hands and say it is designed by fate?
No. Not every man, whose father gave him a certain set of genes, will develop alcoholism and neither does every child who inherits an allergic tendency develop asthma.
Some alcoholics drink that way right from the beginning and get into trouble [...]
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2009-04-29T10:01:29+0000">April 29, 2009 – 10:01 am
The major organs of the urinary system are the kidneys and the bladder, attached to each other and the outside of the body by tubes. Strictly speaking, however, the process of urination, the removal of wastes from the body, begins at cellular level. As all cells function, converting food into energy and repairing body tissue, [...]
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2009-04-28T11:26:34+0000">April 28, 2009 – 11:26 am
The bleeding from an injured tongue, even when it merely results from an accidental self-inflected bite, is often prolonged and alarming. Usually though, such bleeding can quickly be brought under control, without stitches or help from a doctor, if the victim firmly holds something over the site of bleeding to compress it. A wet handkerchief [...]
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2009-04-28T09:32:31+0000">April 28, 2009 – 9:32 am
Symptom: Pain in legs or feet occurring only while the child is resting or sleeping
Home care:
Massage or apply heat to painful muscles.
Give aspirin or paracetamol for pain.
Having the child wear sturdier shoes may reduce the frequency or severity of the pains.
Growing pains can be quite severe and it’s important to reassure and comfort the child.
Precaution:
If [...]
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2009-04-23T06:17:26+0000">April 23, 2009 – 6:17 am
Mountain climbing in Nepal. Scuba diving in Honduras. Gorilla watching in Rwanda. If you don’t travel, you’re reading only one page in the book of life.
But if you do travel, you’re at risk for diseases virtually unheard of in the good old United States. “Of the 20 million Americans who leave the country each year, [...]
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2009-03-24T08:47:11+0000">March 24, 2009 – 8:47 am
For some individuals, impotence results from unavoidable accidents or injuries. Scientists have also identified certain genetic factors as being instrumental in many of the physical conditions associated with impotence. For all of those men, prevention is beyond their control. Most men, however, do have several options when it comes to preventing dysfunctions such as impotence.
The [...]
