Archive for the ‘General Health’ Category

What is Mammography and Who Need to Use It?

What is Mammography and Who Need to Use ItMammography is a photo shoot with a special X-rays to the breast. With this tool, very small tumors that can not be palpated by a physician can be detected. Thanks to this tool, many lives could be saved because breast cancer can be detected at a stage is still curable. This tool does not give accurate results. Sometimes mammography fails to detect tumors or tumors sometimes show there but not there. It’s best to check the combined mammography and breast physical examination.

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Women and Smoking

Women and SmokingSmoking and women? It has covered all the issues about gender, femininity, fetal health, breast cancer, uterine cancer, personal appearance, prestige, lifestyle, and also to the code of ethics. Its taboo of women smoking is a classic problem. Two important issues of women with smoking is, starting with health problems and end with the problem of the not-healthy.

In a health problem, which explains a lot of news about the various diseases caused by smoking. Among them dry cough, lung cancer, oral cancer, and so on. Smoking also cause feelings of fear, trembling, wavering, restless, weaken the mind, reduce appetite, yellows the face and teeth, narrowing the breathing, to cause people are lazy and weak, and others.

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Health Tip: Walking and Diabetes

Health Tip - Walking and DiabetesRoutine foot was very well done for diabetics because it can increase the body’s ability to process sugar so it does not accumulate excessively in the blood. The result, blood sugar levels can drop so that it can reduce the risk of heart disease and kidney.

Before and after the walk, you should check your blood sugar levels. If too low, below 100 mg / dl, you should add about 15-30 grams of carbohydrate intake. If too high, above 200 mg / dl, then you should postpone your workout until his blood sugar levels down. It is important for diabetes to always check blood sugar levels with regular intervals if you want to try to walk away with a far distance.

The best time to exercise walking is approximately 1-2 hours after meals, when insulin and blood sugar levels begin to stabilize. The most advisable if done in the morning.

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Health Tip: Walking and Back Pain

Health Tip - Walking and Back PainThose who are suffering from back pain or are recovering due to back pain are advised to do light exercise such as aerobics. However for some cases of back pain sufferers, sometimes a little exercise still feels pain so they tend to stop exercising.

As an alternative, it is now advisable to replace the mild exercise by walking. Walking with a low speed stable and balanced it will maintain and enhance a person’s ability to perform daily activities, while reducing the tendency of incidence of back pain later in life.

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Essential Oils can Relieve Disease (Part 3)

Essential Oils can Relieve DiseaseAs in the previous article, there are still some diseases that can treat with essential oils.

Foot odor

Foot odor can occur due to the fungus, dietary patterns are wrong, or the habit of using synthetic socks with shoes that are always closed. That is why, it is advisable to frequently barefoot in order to stimulate reflection points on the soles. Barefoot helps the foot to breathe.

Hemorrhoids

Mix two drops of cypress oil in a bowl of warm water. Dip a flannel cloth and wring it out, then put the cloth on the anus for several minutes. Repeat three times. Perform compression twice a day.

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