Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:28:06 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/ Body Beautiful - Health News en-ca http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/images/logo.gif http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/ info@whitebark.ca http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=176 We all know we should eat fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy balanced diet, but we don't always know how much of each we should actually consume. And not all fruits and vegetables are equal in diet terms either. When choosing your fresh produce always try to include dark green leafy vegetables like romaine lettuce, spinach, broccoli and kale. Don't overcook them nor cover them in fatty dressings. Also go out of your way to find and consume dark orange and red vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes and the various types of squash. Have fun with this and select some that you haven't had before or search the Internet for new recipes featuring these products. Vegetables don't have to taste bad! Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:28:06 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=175 When it comes to the treatment of infections there is something that you should always remember, because with infectious bacteria you must kill them all or they can become stronger. When a doctor next prescribes you an antibiotic there are some things you will have to follow. Always make note of your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions on the exact usage for the antibiotic. This includes the dosage and length of time to take the antibiotic. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:34:57 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=174 Colon cancer symptoms are subtle, so it is hard to tell when you have colon cancer unless you are looking for it. Colon cancer can be very dangerous because the colon helps your body dispose of waste, and if it is not working right, the waste from your body will build up inside of you. But, colon cancer symptoms can easily go unnoticed. The colon is a part of your digestive system, and it plays a huge part in getting the wastes removed from your body. The colon absorbs nutrients, minerals, and water from the waste, and then disposes of the rest in the form of stool. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:03:49 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=173 Serious consideration should be given to the co-morbidities affecting weight classes of obesity, morbid obesity, and super obesity. Secondary disorders of related biological systems urge bariatric surgery almost on their own strength. Argument supports bariatric surgery to arrest co-morbidities underlying obesity before organ systems can suffer additional irreversible damage. Patients indicative of compliance with procedural requirements, especially in the postoperative phase of caloric intake control, will need observant nursing attendance to monitor for surgical aftereffects such as sleep apnea and heparin complications. Considerable potential for side effects such as glucose fluctuation and nutritional behavior such as hunger perception and diet and lifestyle changes exists. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:50:59 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=172 With all the people today who are affected by arthritis, many are asking if there is really a way for people to prevent arthritis. Because if there is, then why is the number of people who have arthritis have been increasing yearly? But the truth is that there is really a way to prevent arthritis from occurring. So how can arthritis be prevented? There are several ways to do it and if you will notice, all of them come down to lifestyle change. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:20:47 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=171 No, I am not claiming antioxidants cure cancer or prevent cancer from ever forming, I am claiming that antioxidants can help reduce one’s chances of developing cancer, or at least slow the cancer process down. Antioxidants can help fight off potential cancer cells, while at the same time fight off other diseases and viruses as well. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:11:44 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170 Maintenance of nutrition for children is a hot topic as medical practice since the onset of child age adult level Type II Diabetes and obesity have focused attention on the nutritive requirements of children versus exercise and lifestyle habits. Extremes of children lacking in nutrition with no weight gain who fail to thrive with larger and larger populations of overweight children who form a health risk over their life span. Nutrition and eating habits, heredity and family lifestyle can dictate body mass index in a child before they can even take control of their nutrition choices with the best information possible. Overfed infants and toddlers can grow into transitional childhood phases of nutrition where training and education of better choices is not present. Childhood nutrition is at a crisis point more than ever before. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:30:34 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=169 Clinically speaking, depression is considered an illness and can be cured with professional help. However, sometimes a small, tiny, weenie depression could be dealt with on your own, only if you are willing to accept and face it. Call it under the weather sometimes. Depression could be set off by the temperature, disappointments and frustrations from work or relationships, even the price of prime commodities. The moment you feel the beginnings of depressions, do the following: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:28:48 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=168 Arthritis is one joint condition that has different types. There is a type that is only found in children while there are the ones that can only be found in adults. Having different types, this means that arthritis have many causes. So what causes arthritis? There are a number of risk factors that causes arthritis and the most common of them is age. As a person ages, also compared to any regular item, you would not expect that it will be in a very good condition. Joints will start to be brittle and thus loses its regeneration capabilities. Once it becomes brittle, it will cause too much friction and may lead to joint tear. If the problem becomes a bigger problem, it may require arthroplastic surgery. They will replace the joints in order relieve the condition and the pain that accompanies it. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:39:27 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=167 When it comes to diseases or other medical conditions, medical experts are doing their best in researching for medical breakthroughs. These may be the latest medicine that people may use in treating their diseases, new physical therapy procedures that would help the effects of medicine, or any new classifications of the disease that the people should watch out for. When it comes to arthritis, there are still a number of researches being done in order to know more about this condition. Here are three examples of researches done for arthritis. There is a research about one symptom of psoriatic arthritis. This symptom is fatigue and researchers have found out that mostly women and those who are feeling pain are the ones who are presenting with the same symptom. This study was done by Dr. Dafna Gladman from the University of Toronto. She and her colleagues have studied 499 patients and found out that almost 50% of the people who have been studied were experiencing moderate fatigue while almost 30% were experiencing severe fatigue. Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:55:29 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166 Eighty percent of adults suffer from back pain at some point in their adult life, but if you start taking the proper precautions today, then you can start preventing your back pain, that way you never have to suffer! Low back pain is the most common and is the fifth most common reason for adults to visit the doctor, but low back pain is one of these easiest types of back pain to prevent! Lower back pain can be caused by many, many factors, but each factor can be eliminated easily with education. Because your lower back and spine is the most strained and takes on the heaviest load than another part of your spine. Due to this, your weight can cause lower back pain, so you should eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Also, you need to keep good posture, especially if you are in the same position for long periods of time. In addition, wear comfortable shoes, lift properly, stretch before exercising, and stop smoking. Another great way to prevent back pain is to exercise your back regularly. Stretching and strengthening your back through exercises is recommended to do two or three times a week, but you MUST be very, extremely careful. If you do not do the back exercises properly, then you may injure your back greatly. Common, easy-to-do back exercises are partial sit-ups, knee-to-chest raises, and press-ups (like push-ups, but easier). In addition, be sure you are drinking plenty of water. Water helps enhance your intervertebral disks in your back, which allows them to absorb shock. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:53:33 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=165 Swine flu is a fast mover, if one person is infected inside a household it is very probable that others will follow. Anti-viral medication can be used make the patient comfortable and speed up his or her recovery but they really don’t cure the flu. Swine Influenza is much like the flu we get during the cold and rainy seasons, you may take medication but this will only make you feel better, it will not “cure” you. The best thing you can do is keep the patient comfortable and take care of his aches and pains. Antiviral medication will also help you prevent further complications caused by the virus. They will stop the virus from making you feel worst but they will not kill it or make it go away. The antibodies your body creates take care of this. Once the virus disappears you have the advantage that your body has already created the antibody necessary to eliminate that particular strain if it tries to infect you again. Weather at home or at the hospital the only thing you can do is give the patient support and make him or her comfortable. Give him medication to control his fever, plenty of liquids to substitute those lost through vomit and perspiration do to fever and the most important and relevant to the patient, controlling the pain in his head and joints. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:40:22 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=164 The CDC recommends that pregnant women and small children get vaccinated against the H1N1 swine influenza virus. Old and sick people who can have complications are also recommended to get vaccinated by the CDC. There are two types of H1N1 vaccine, the first is a regular shot and the second is a in the form of a mist which you breath into your lungs. This mist has the live H1N1 swine influenza virus in it. The mist vaccine is not recommended for pregnant women and small children. It is also not recommended for people who care for children and sick and elderly people. They may transmit the live virus, in the vaccine to those they care for and continue spreading the disease. Although the CDC recommends that pregnant women and small children get vaccinated many doctors disagree. They believe the vaccine for the H1N1 swine virus has not been properly tested to find out if the injection or aspiration of the live virus by the mother will cause any effect on the fetus. There is no documentation or proof that the fetus will also be immunized when the mother gets the vaccine. In fact, some doctors believe that when the mother receives the live virus she may be infecting her unborn child with the virus, the truth about this is not known and it will take time to gather information on the subject. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:37:30 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=163 The symptoms of H1N1 swine flu are much the same as those any regular seasonal flu. This is one of the reasons that the epidemic spread so fast unquenched. Originally people believed it was a strong seasonal flu. People stayed at home and acted in the same manner they did when they had a seasonal flu before. Stay in bed, chicken soup, pain relief medicine, were the solutions to the problem. The flu does come around every year so why should this one be different. Swine flu does not show any symptoms until after the second to fifth day of infection so all these people continued on their normal routines during all this time. For the next few days after they were infected, they themselves infected their co-workers, classmates and all the people around them. When infected people started to come to the hospitals for treatment the virus was already on the move, not only in the area where it started but it was already outside the country’s borders. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:09 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=162 H1N1 swine influenza is a very aggressive fast moving virus. It is transmitted through the airways. All that is required is that a person touches a surface where the virus is present; and brings his hand up to his nose or mouth where it will find its way to into the respiratory system. Once there, it will multiply and continue infecting others as it again gets into the atmosphere through the exhaling of air through the nose and mouth. It is almost impossible to contain, the best solution is to completely isolate the infected person. Once a person is infected the symptoms will take between two to five days to show up, but during this time the infected person continues to spread the virus all around him. Our way of life makes it extremely difficult to contain this virus, people need to car pool, and take buses, trains, and subways to work. Business globalization places million of people on airplanes daily, many of these are carrying the virus and taking it across borders and oceans and continents. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:31:36 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=161 H1N1 Swine Flu is a virus that lives in pigs, humans and birds. It is extremely aggressive and can be dangerous if not treated properly. There are vaccines designed to prevent almost all types of swine flu but since they are constantly mutating and producing new strains it is difficult to control and even more to eradicate. Pigs in a farm or in the wild are usually together, close together. They eat and drink from the same food and water, they also sleep together. Swine flu is transmitted between them by contact between their noses, by sharing food and eating and drinking from the same feeding and drinking bins. This is the way they transmit the virus when in the same pen. Infection occurs in the whole farm, not just the one pen, dry mucus in their snouts and face is made airborne by the wind and air circulating around the farm, this air filled with virus is breathed by other pigs and infection occurs. Suddenly the complete farm is infected, in fact, if wild boar or wild pigs live nearby they can also be infected by the airborne virus in the same manner that their virus can infect the pigs in the pen. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:29:09 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=160 With obesity on the rise, there are multiple ways available now to support and help obese people lose weight, one of them being weight loss, or obesity, surgery. There is much involved in weight loss surgery, and there are many different options. Unfortunately, it is not as many people think it is though. It is not the “easy way out.” After weight loss surgery you have to dramatically change your lifestyle, eating habits, and physical activity levels to continue losing weight, prevent from gaining the weight back, and to prevent complications. But, surgery for weight loss is not for everyone. Surgery for weight loss is strictly for obese people who have a BMI of 40 or higher, or a BMI of 35 or higher and are suffering from an obese related disease. You also have had to try dieting and exercising before the surgery, and must be willing to continue to diet and exercise for you entire life after your surgery. Obesity surgery is to assist people in losing weight, not to lose it for them; it takes some effort on your part too. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:09:06 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=159 There are many treatments for colon cancer, some that are extremely common, and others that are very limited to special facilities. The right kind of treatment for you depends on the severity of your colon cancer, if you have had any type of cancer before, and if your family has a history of cancer. As you may know, colon cancer can and will spread to other parts of your body if it is not treated correctly in due time. If you have caught your colon cancer in its early stages, then the treatment will not be so bad for you. But, you may have to look into more extreme options if your colon cancer has spread to multiple areas of your body, if you have already experienced cancer before, or if your family has a history of cancer. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:57:19 -0700 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=158 With the obesity problem increasing all over the world, many people are on a search to find ways to help obese people lose their weight. Doctors and scientists are looking at a variety of surgeries and drugs that will assist obese people in their weight loss, and to make it easier for people suffering from obesity. Drugs for obesity are becoming much more common and there are many to choose from, but how do you choose and are they right for you? The first thing you should do if you are considering taking drugs to assist you with your weight problem is consult your doctor. Tell him or her that you want to lose weight. If you have been dieting and exercising and have not gotten much of a result, then your doctor will be more willing to prescribe you with medicine. If you have not yet tried dieting or exercise, then your doctor may suggest you do that before resorting to medication. Avoid leaping into a drug program you heard about on the television or on the Internet. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:53:46 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=157 Eight out of ten North Americans suffer from back pain at some time during their adulthood. And for this reason, over 50 billion dollars is spent on back pain treatments a year including appointments to chiropractors, medications, and surgeries. Do not let this be you; do not pay a dime for your back pain treatments. Over the last ten years my family has tested what is good, and what just simply does not work when it comes to back pain treatments. Our good back pain treatments come from a variety of strategies including: preventing back pain, staying healthy, stretching and exercising your back, and relieving stress from your back. In order to relief your back pain once in for all, it takes these precise tips/steps. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:59:57 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=156 Before starting this article, I would like to be upfront and honest with you and say, we do not know that back acupuncture works, but we do not know that it doesn’t either. Due to conflicting studies, back acupuncture is technically a theory because it has not worked for some people, but it has relieved others of their critical lower back pain. So I will simply provide you with the facts, and you can form your own opinion from there. Back acupuncture is when dry needles are inserted into the skin a specific points called acupuncture points. Then, according to the ancient theory, when the needles go into the acupuncture points, they are freeing up the blockage of energy within our lines of life energy that are responsible for health and illness. So, basically it is saying that we have lines of life energy flowing throughout our body, and when they get clogged, we get back pain. But when we get a back acupuncture, then our back pain is healed. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:45:20 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=155 The most effective way to avoid being obese when you are older, is to prevent it before it even occurs. This is why it is so important to learn how to prevent obesity, especially with over sixty percent of the American population being obese. Obesity is one of the main causes of death in America, one percent lower than smoking, with over three hundred thousand people dying from obesity a year. Prevention is the key because monitoring your diet effectively and exercising moderately a few times a week is much easier than trying to lose weight already gained. If you have ever watched the television The Biggest Loser, you would understand just how difficult it is to lose weight. So before it is too late, start preventing your obesity today (and your family’s too!). The first step to preventing obesity is to monitor and change the way you eat. First and foremost, you must always be sure to eat a healthy breakfast. Breakfast starts your metabolism out early in the day, so it can work better for you throughout the day. If you skip breakfast then you metabolism will slow down considerably. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:51:48 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=154 Colon cancer is very hard to detect at early stages because early signs of colon cancer are almost unheard of or too common of a symptom to suspect such a thing as colon cancer. Nevertheless, it is of upmost importance that you catch colon cancer in the early stages to ensure that the cancer does not spread. Abnormal cells reproduce quickly, and if they form into a cancerous tumor, then that can mean very bad things for you and your body. Once a cancerous tumor forms, then it will start killing of the healthy cells around it, and start spreading throughout your body. That is why it is so important to watch for colon cancer symptoms and catch colon cancer in its early stages. While symptoms may be hard to see, there are things you can do to protect yourself. Once a person hits the age of fifty, they are more likely to obtain colon cancer. So if you are fifty or over it is very important that you go to the doctor regularly, and it is even more important, that your doctor tests you for things such as colon cancer. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:35:34 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=153 Bariatric surgery is one way to combat incidence and worsening of obesity, an epidemic health problem concerning every nation, and most frustratingly, the wealthiest. Elective surgery for cosmetic purposes has become a growth industry and money making specialty. Yet, for all the weight loss and fat reduction techniques known to modern science, including liposuction, bariatric surgery continues to be the most effective. Unfortunately, bariatric surgery patients pay a heavy toll for the process they undergo. Qualifying for bariatric surgery is not simple. Psychological screening and projection of positive life affect are necessary for a physician to undertake bariatric procedures on persons with depression, history of eating disorders, problematic family relationships, and/or ongoing physical ailments that are contrary of a positive outcome with bariatric surgery biological stresses and post-surgical complications. Medical coverage for pre-surgical treatment, a hospital procedure and bed rest stay, specialized nursing and post-surgical follow up are required. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:20:17 -0600 http://www.bodybeautiful.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=152 Psychological conditions, procedures leading up to bariatric surgery, post surgical complications, and essentials for nursing the bariatric surgery patient must be taken into consideration for any candidate for gastric bypass, Laparascopic adjustable gastric banding, Vertical banded gastroplasty, and Biliopancreatic diversion and duodenal switch. These are the varying options among bariatric types of weight reduction surgeries, yet all carry a morbidity factor and mortality risk. With the complexity of the aftereffects, an extremely qualified nurse with skills in positively affecting a patient's mood and health are utterly mandatory. Postbariatric surgery and patient psychological affect are directly respondent to complex variables of post-surgical outcomes of infection, pressure, circulation, healing and fluid intake and nutrient re-uptake by the varied ultraincorporated systems. The sheer multiplicity of tasking in nursing a postbariatric patient demands the most knowledgeable, and assertive candidate possible. Postbariatric nurses must offer the patient an almost intimidating array of vigilant observation, ambulatory assistance, assistance eating, and/or dealing with vomiting and nausea as well as severe health risks stemming form surgical incisions and risk of infection. During recovery, constant observation by nurses and attending medical personnel must be scheduled. Anticipated complications of varying natures and causes can arise and swiftly trigger changes in heart activity and blood pressure, not to mention leaks and serious physical trauma. Any follow-up or complications-related treatment issues pose a challenge to the most dedicated of nurses. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:31:55 -0600