Health Blog September Archive

Easy Come Easy Go - Dealing With Fever

By Jesse Aarons at 09/29/08 18:34

Fever is but one of the most common health condition of the body that occurs. It is not classified as a diseases, but rather a symptom that may lead to a real disease.

Fever is characterized by a rapid increase in once's body temperature. The word itself means febris in Latin for "heat". It is also called pyrexia, which means pyretos - a word that describes fire in Greek.

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The Mosquito Menace: Infections and Concerns:

Mosquitoes had been one of the oldest insect that has brought diseases and fatality to millions of individuals. As different fields of human welfare and medicine evolves, so thus the threats brought by these menace. One concerned mother from Gloucester, where incidents of mosquito-related infections and disease has started rising was troubled and worried about the wellbeing of her child. A mothers concerns and the alarming cases of mosquito infections in Gloucester can be read here.

Link: Mosquito infections raise local mother's concerns - GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

Foods That May Help Prevent Stroke and Heart Attacks

We have told you recently about the S.T.R. protocol that will help you identify a person suffering from stroke. S for smile, T for talk and R for raising both arms. Another way of identifying a person having stroke is asking them to stick out their tongues. If the tongue is 'crooked' and is far from the ordinary appearance, then that is a problem.

Now we would like to list basic foods that might help you and members of your family from having stroke. We are also going to put foods that you need to avoid. Some of the foods we are going to list here are actually the basics and the most common in every market for easy shopping.

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Preventing A Stroke

My grandmother died about two years ago. Perhaps it was one of the loneliest year we had. It's really hard losing someone who means a lot to you. Dealing with death in the family is something I don't want to experience again.

Though my grandmother was already 87 when she died, we still did not see it coming. Things happen unexpectedly. She died just because of a pork chop. Yes, a small, but deadly pork chop.

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