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Dec262022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How to prevent a scar

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No one wants to be left with an ugly scar after a wound heals. A scar forms as a natural part of the healing process, and the extent to which it does varies with a person’s age, sex, nutritional status, and individual genetic makeup, as well as the location, size and depth of the wound. Are there ways to prevent a scar? Not all scars can be prevented, but here are some ways to make scar formation less likely. Cleaning Wounds Properly can Help Prevent Scars Clean the wound using only warm water. Washing with soap may sound like a good idea, but it can irritate the inside of the wound. Avoid hydrogen peroxide and iodine too since they slow down healing by destroying white blood cells that aid in the healing process. Apply a light coating of antibiotic ointment to the wound for the ...

Dec212022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Symptoms, signs of pregnancy. Are you pregnant?

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Whether you are trying to get pregnant or are not sure if you are pregnant, you should know the common signs of pregnancy. Many women don’t recognize these symptoms and signs right away, but the first trimester is a very important one for baby’s development, so the sooner you know that you are pregnant, the sooner a healthy pregnancy can be established. Common Symptoms and Signs of Pregnancy There are many symptoms that can indicate you may be pregnant, though some of these symptoms may also occur during your menstrual cycle as well. Tender and swollen breasts: Two weeks after conception, hormonal changes in your body can make your breasts tender or sore. Breasts may also feel heavier and fuller. Fatigue: As the levels of hormones and progesterone soar, you may feel very ti...

Nov122022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Treatment tips for jet lag and travel insomnia

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Adventure travelers must not only cope with ordinary travel dilemmas of time changes and sleeping away from home, but must often deal with discomfort and noise as well. As a result, jet lag and travel insomnia can affect adventure travelers particularly harshly. Basically, adventure travel comes in two basic varieties: soft and hard. In the soft kind of adventure travel, travelers can expect a bed at the end of a day of hiking, cycling, or other activities. In the hard kind of adventure travel, travelers might sleep in shelters with several other people, in communal dorms, in tents pitched on snow and ice, in crowded buses, or on middle-of-the-night air flights. Sleep is by no means guaranteed. Jet lag is caused by the body's "lag" in being able to adjust to a new time of day. Tr...

Nov12022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Comparing vitamin C content in various beverages

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Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, takes part in a reversible reaction with iodine in solution. This can be used to compare vitamin C levels in various beverages. Vitamin C, a water-soluble ion of ascorbic acid, is essential for normal growth, repair and development in humans. Unlike most other vertebrates, humans and some other primates are incapable of synthesizing their own vitamin C, with the result that it is a necessary requirement in our diet. In this activity the relative vitamin C content of a range of juices and drinks will be examined using a technique known as titration. Titration involves adding one reactant to another until an end point, often indicated by a colour change, is reached. Vitamin C and its Reaction with the TriIodide Ion In this experiment the end point...

Dec62021 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Weight loss – Five pitfalls to avoid

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Sustained weight loss is possible when tempting pitfalls are avoided. The following are five pitfalls to avoid for weight loss: Television The entire nature of television is that it is a sedentary, passive entertainment that is conducted while sitting down for extended periods of time. Time spent watching television is definitely time spent not moving very much. Therefore, there is no opportunity to burn calories. Worse, most people take snacks to eat in front of the television. These snacks are often of the salty, highly caloric variety. If television is a relaxing and enjoyable pastime, it does not have to be totally excluded from life. One way to avoid gaining weight is to walk on the treadmill while watching television. Another suggestion is to change the type of snacks that ...

May282021 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Health care careers provide renewed opportunities

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Although the health care industry may have to scale back somewhat, the fact remains that people continue to need health care services. The population is aging and technology has made it possible to live longer, and to survive illness and disease that in the past would have taken lives at an earlier stage. That technology has also opened up many new career paths in the health care field.The outlook for health care jobs continues to be good well into the next decade, where as many of the other industries will not see a recovery. A Stepping Stone Approach The health care field offers a unique opportunity to many who wish to take a stepping stone approach to attaining their ultimate goals. For instance, beginning a career as a medical assistant, a phlebotomist, or a certified nursing ...