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Jan172023 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Tips to maintain healthy diet in travel

Health, Travel

Traveling can be an exciting and enriching experience, but it can also make it difficult to maintain a healthy diet. The constant movement and unfamiliarity of new places can make it hard to stick to a regular eating schedule and make healthy food choices. However, with a little planning and effort, it is possible to maintain a healthy diet while traveling. The first step in maintaining a healthy diet while traveling is to plan ahead. Before leaving for a trip, research the area you will be visiting and make a list of healthy food options that are available. This could include grocery stores, farmers markets, and health food stores. Make a list of the food that you will need to buy and pack for your trip. If possible, pack a small cooler with perishable items such as fruits, yogurt,...

Dec262022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How to prevent a scar

Health

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?

Health

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...

Dec172022 by Prnews mediaNo Comments

What are preventive measures in nursing?

Health

Preventive measures in nursing are an important part of the nursing process. It is a systematic approach to identify risk factors, prevent future complications and provide early intervention. This can be accomplished by performing assessments, educating patients and their families about self-care, being aware of environmental hazards and safety issues, documenting findings and concerns in the medical record, communicating with other healthcare professionals and providing referrals for treatment or services as needed. Types of prevention There are three types of prevention: primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary prevention Primary prevention involves using measures to prevent disease, disability or injury from occurring in individuals who are not yet ill. It includes public health mea...

Nov122022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Treatment tips for jet lag and travel insomnia

Health

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

Health

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...