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  1. HAVE BREAKFAST .  It is so important because if jump-starts your metabolism and stops you for overeating later. Also, some studies show how adults having a healthy breakfast do better at work. And kids get higher marks. So, don't skip it. 2. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER .  You stay hydrated (it is necessary) and it helps you to lose weight. Sugary drinks are related to Type 2 Diabetes  and obesity. The adequate daily fluid intake is 3.7 liters for men and 2.7 for women. 3. TAKE AN EXERCISE BREAK.  Get up and move. Do some deep lunges or stretches, which is great for body and mind. Just 30 minutes of walking five days in a week is okey. 4. DON'T SMOKE .  If you light up, quit. As soon as 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure drop. 5. SLEEP WELL.  A good night's sleep keeps you in a better mood, sharpens memory and focus, and helps you learn new thing. It lowers your risk of heart disease and helps you get trim. Aim to g...

  Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body can't effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is an hormone that regulates blood glucose. Uncontrolled diabetes can cause raised blood glucose (hyperglycaemia) and over time it leads to serious damage to the body's systems. Symptoms of diabetes can occur suddenly. In type 2 diabetes they can be mild and may take many years to be noticed. The symptoms may include: feeling very thirsty, needing to urinate more than usual, blurred vision, feeling tired, losing weight unintentionally. Over time, diabetes can damage blood vessels in the heart, eyes, kidneys and nerves. TYPE 1 DIABETES It's characterized by deficient insulin production and requires daily introduction of insulin. TYPE 2 DIABETES It affects to how your body uses glucose for energy. It stops the body for using glucose properly, which can lead to high levels of blood sugar if it's not tre...

  Today nearly a 50% of the children have at least one allergy. It's possible to be allergic to anything. Although the most common allergies are: pollen, dander, medication and food. Allergies are an overreaction of the inmune system, and the allergists must have a thorough understanding of how your body fights infection to treat the hypersensitivity that leads to allergies. The allergists are qualified to diagnose and treat conditions like hay fever, food allergies and intolerances, eczema, psoriasis, asthma, and certain types of sinus and ear infections. To treat allergies effectively, the allergist must determine what is the triggering reacti on.  An allergist consults with their patient and performs a series of tests in order to discover specific allergies, determine their severity, and figure out the best course of treatment. Allergists can prescribe the patients a treatment, which could be avoiding the allergen. When you go to the allergist, they'll talk with you to lear...

  Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted infection. Men and women can have it. The bacterium is  Chlamydia trachomatis , which is easily cured by antibiotics. It's important to treat it, if not it can cause serious health problems. Some of the problems it can produce is infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Prevention The best way to prevent it is the correct use of condoms during anal and vaginal intercourse. It is the only way, actually. During pregnancy, if you have chlamydia you must have your treatment so the infection isn't transmitted to the baby. There are no vaccines to prevent it. Symptoms Many people with chlamydia have no symptoms or only mild symptoms. If they occur, they're gonna appear three weeks after having sex with someone with chlamydia. In women it can cause  a change in vaginal discharge, bleeding between menstrual periods or after sex, pain or discomfort in the lower abdomen, burning sensation when urinating.  In m en it can cause  b...

  Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in a child because the fetus was exposed to alcohol during the pregnancy. It causes brain damage and growth problems. Any kind of problems or damages are not reversible, and they can change from one child to another. People might think that if the pregnant drinks a little bit it's not bad, but there's always a risk of having the fetal alcohol syndrome even if it's not that much. If you suspect your child suffers of this, talk to your doctor to reduce the learning problems. Symptoms The severity of the symptoms varies. This symptoms can be:     - Physical defects. Distinctive facial features, deformities, slow physical growth, vision difficulties, hearing problems, small head and brain, heart defects.     - Brain and central nervous system. Poor coordination, intellectual disabilities, poor memory, trouble with attention and processing information, difficulty identifying consequences of their acts, hyperactivity, fast ...

If you want to keep your brain engaged during the aging process, listening or playing music is a really good tool. Now we know that music helps to reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain. It also helps improving sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory. How do we listen to and play music? A stereo system puts out vibrations that travel through the air and somehow get inside the ear canal. They are transmitted by electric signal that travels through the auditory nerve to the brain stem, where it's reassembled in something we perceive as music. Music is structural, mathematical and architectural, based in a relationship between one note and the next one. Music's impact in memory Music can help retain essential information despite the memory loss. Music memory is stored in the hippocampus. This part of the brain is in the middle, so there are less chances to be impacted by age or diseases. Musical mnemonic device is a natural way to learn and recall information. As child...

  We need constant oxygen supply to our surviv al, a nd a heart attack generally occurs when the blood flow gets hampered due to certain reasons. SYMPTOMS The primary  symptoms  are: breathing problems, cold sweat, indigestion, fatigue, sudden dizziness,  pressure  aching sensation in the chest. These basic symptoms are quite common but they can vary between people. Some diabetic patients have silent symptoms. DIAGNOSIS Depending on all the risk factors and the symptoms associated to the disease, doctors can ask you to have some tests done. During emergencies,  a physical exam to review your medical history along with ECG or electrocardiogram inevitably becomes the first step to diagnose a heart attack.  To evaluate your heart function, the cardiologist might also use invasive procedures involving specialised medical equipment. TREATMENT The duration and the treatm ent  depend on your initial assessment.