Dehydration: A Common Problem
April 19, 2009 by Troy
Dehydration is more common than you may think. It s a commonly-known problem, occurring when the body looses too much fluid without having it replenished, but many people think that you only get dehydrated when you re extremely thirsty and are exercising for a long period of time or stuck out in the Sahara desert with a cup of water and miles and miles of sand between you and the nearest oasis. Of course, these examples are both true. Many people who do exercise don t drink enough water while they work out, and since they lose so much fluid through perspiration they do end up dehydrated. The same is true for those trudging through the desert, but these are extreme cases. Many people become dehydrated through the course of their daily lives because they re not drinking enough water. Often this happens gradually, and we ll hardly notice it until at one point in the afternoon we feel extremely thirsty. If this happens to you, it s a good indicator that you...
5 Steps To Staying Mentally Sharp And Preventing Alzheimer S Disease
March 1, 2009 by Darwin
If you want to stay sharp and in control of your life well into your golden years, there are proactive methods to achieving the mental alertness you need. More and more research is pointing to the fact that physical activity and lifestyle choices have more to do with preventing Alzheimer s disease AD and other forms of dementia - once thought to be a normal part of aging - than pure genetics. So if you had a parent, grandparent or sibling with AD it doesn t mean you have to follow the same path. Statistics gathered from extensive research do point toward a higher risk of developing AD if you had a close relative with AD - as much as 50 , but that has less to do with genes and more to do with following their lifestyle patterns. If for example, your parents were smokers who rarely exercised, you may have developed some of the same destructive habits. What can you do to break the cycle and prevent AD. Take action and take control today. Even if you are in...
Chicken Pox - What You Should Know About This Infectious Disease
January 2, 2009 by Oliver
Chicken Pox is the common name for Varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. Chicken Pox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It starts with moderate fever and then characteristic spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pox pocks , small open sores which heal mostly without scarring. Chicken Pox has a two-week incubation period and is highly contagious by air transmission two days before symptoms appear. Therefore, Chicken Pox spreads quickly through schools and other places of close contact. Once someone has been infected with the disease, they usually develop protective immunity for life. It is fairly rare to get the Chicken Pox multiple times, but it is possible for people with irregular immune systems. As the disease is more severe if contracted by an adult, parents have been known to ensure their children...
Vitiligo In Some Cases
November 15, 2008 by Ana
Vitiligo isn t the most deadly thing that you can come down with, like other diseases though you don t want to get it. Vitiligo is the loss of skin pigmentation in patches. This disease and several others are as a result of an auto-immune attack, which actually occurs by your own body s immune system, specifically on skin melanocytes. Vitiligo most oftenly occurs late in adulthood. The early patches that will begin to appear on skin, may continue to grow, or may remain constant in size. Often times these patches will be irritated due to their location. A simple example of this, is on your feet and ankles, where the patches are constantly in contact, with shoes, socks, sandals, etc. Often times Vitiligo will first occur as a result of stress that hits the immune system, which makes the body react in a funny way and start to eliminate skin pigment. Unlike most diseases, Vitiligo, is not a medical problem. In can and does in most situations cause a mental...