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10 THINGS TO STOP DOING IF YOU HAVE CANCER

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How to Cope Better, Increase Your Quality of Life and Reduce Stress Being diagnosed with cancer comes with challenges that are unique. Treatment concerns, side effects and the diagnosis itself can impose stress, decrease quality of life and make coping difficult. The good news is that changing certain behaviors can help. 1. Stop Feeling Like You're The Only One When you're diagnosed with cancer, it's easy to feel like you are the only one. You may have friends and family giving their support. But without having someone who has been in your shoes, it can feel like you are alone in your battle. A cancer diagnosis creates a perfect opportunity to seek out support, not only from loved ones but also from fellow cancer patients and survivors. Lasting friendships have arisen from the common bond of having cancer. Support groups - online or traditional face-face-face meetings - are a great way to reach out to others with cancer. 2. Stop Taking Medical Advice from Friends ...

HOW TO PREVENT & TREAT STOMACH PAIN(colic) IN BABIES.

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All newborn babies go through periods of crying or fussiness. However, when a healthy baby cries for more than 3 hours per day, more than 3 days per week for at least 3 weeks, it is a condition known as colic. Although colic can be highly upsetting for both baby and parents, it is a normal condition, and it will eventually go away on its own. Many people believe that a breastfeeding mother's diet can have an effect on a baby's system. Avoiding certain foods for your baby's first six weeks will help to minimize or prevent colic. Some foods can negatively affect a newborn, because it takes approximately two months for the digestive system to mature. Here are some ideas for preventing colic in your baby. 1. Avoid eating certain fruits during your baby's first six weeks. These include berries, mangoes, grapes, melons, lemons and pineapples. 2. Avoid eating certain vegetables during your baby's first six weeks. These include broccoli, cabbage, peas, cucumbe...

CONSTIPATION AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT

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Constipation is one ailment/ disease that you need never have again. It is certainly important to put the right kind of food into your body, but it is also essential to get wastes out. Naturopaths frequently address illness, bowel first, and with good reason. Scientific studies have shown increased incidence of diverticular diseases, heart diseases, and cancer among constipated persons. It is common for arthritics to have a history of chronic constipation. Probably at least one third of all diabetics would require less insulin simply if they had more fiber in their diet. Throughout much of Africa and Asia, people eat a great deal of vegetables, grains and legumes (beans, lentils, etc.). These people have a digestive transit time of 18 hours or less. This means that what's left of the food they just ate will be excreted as a bowel movement about 18 hours later. In Westernized cultures, a transit time twice as long (36 hours) is the rule, and 48 to 72 hours is not uncommon. This mea...

10 THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT Urinary Tract Infections(UTI)

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Overview of UTI Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infection that usually occurs when bacteria enter the opening of the urethra and multiply in the urinary tract. The urinary tract includes the kidneys, the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder (ureters), the bladder, and the tube that carries urine from the bladder (urethra). The special connection of the ureters at the bladder help prevent urine from backing up into the kidneys, and the flow of urine through the urethra helps to eliminate bacteria. Men, women, and children develop UTIs   Here Are The Fact Before we go deeper in the coming posts; 1. Urinary tract infections result in nearly 10 million office(toilet) visits, 1.5 million hospitalizations and about Tsh.100 billion in health care costs. Two-thirds of office visits for urinary tract infections are by women of childbearing age. One in every five women will have at least one urinary tract infection in her life, and some women will hav...
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5 TIPS TO CONTROL YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

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How to lower your blood pressure An unhealthy lifestyle will raise your blood pressure over time. And the higher your blood pressure becomes, the higher your risk of having a stroke or heart attack in the future. But the good news is that if you have high blood pressure, healthy changes will help to bring it down. And you don't have to wait until you have high blood pressure to make healthy lifestyle changes. The more you can reduce your blood pressure, the lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke will be:     1. Blood Pressure Diet - Eat less salt Too much salt raises your blood pressure, so it is important to eat as little as possible. In fact, some people with high blood pressure may be able to avoid blood pressure medicines by cutting down on salt. Most of the salt you eat is not what you add to your food, but is in prepared foods like bread, breakfast cereals and ready meals. Don’t add salt to food when cooking or at the table. When shopping for food, chec...

SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA: IMPORTANT IDEAS FOR EVERYONE

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What is sickle cell anaemia? Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited genetic condition in which there's an abnormality in haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells. People with sickle cell anaemia have a type of haemoglobin known as sickle haemoglobin (HbS), which is different from normal haemoglobin (HbA). Normal red blood cells can bend and flex easily, and so travel around the blood vessels easily. When sickle haemoglobin gives up its oxygen to the tissues, it sticks together to form long rods inside the red blood cells, making these cells rigid and sickle-shaped. They are then less able to squeeze through small blood vessels. These small blood vessels easily become blocked, preventing oxygen from getting through and causing severe pain and damage to organs. Symptoms of sickle cell anaemia Blockage of a blood vessel causes an attack known as a crisis. This is more likely to happen when the person is stressed by another illnes...