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Jun
29th

Smoking ban has its hazardous effects

Author: Jam | Files under Health, In the News, Social Issues

“Like most things in life, when the smoking ban comes in force in England on 1 July, it will have unintended consequences,” BBC News reported.
Although the smoking ban was intentionally good, it has its consequences that may affect mostly children. Concerns was raised up about the effects of passive smoking to children.
If you can’t smoke […]


Jun
27th

Four ways to lower your blood cholesterol

Author: Jam | Files under Health, Medicine, Research

It has been proven that exercise is the best way to lower your blood cholesterol. However, not many of people have ample time to hit the gym. The Harvard HealthBeat Newsletter provided tips on how to lower your blood cholesterol through dietary techniques.

Cut down on saturated fat in cooking. You can use of liquid cooking […]


Jun
27th

Food supplements that lower blood pressure

Author: Jam | Files under Health, Research

Lifestyle and diet modifications are vital to management of hypertension, defined as a consistent elevation in blood pressure. Researchers, in an effort to stop and prevent this pandemic, which kills millions of people worldwide, continuously find diets or foods that may lower blood pressure.
Some foods and supplements have been suggested to have beneficial effects on […]


Jun
26th

How caffeine works?

Author: Jam | Files under Health, Medicine

HowStuffWorks.com provided a very good video presentation on how caffeine works inside our body. We all know that caffeine, depending on your daily intake, could cause health benefits and hazards but we do not know yet how it ‘tweaks’ one’s body to optimize his daily performance or how it weakens his defense.


Jun
25th

Search for a board passer easily

Author: Jam | Files under Education, Health, Medicine, Tips

Everybody is excited to know the results for the recently held licensure examination for Philippine nurses on June 2007. But, excitement sometimes brings into frustration when you have to scroll down the roll of successful examinees, from a thousand, to look for your name.
Here are some lazy ways to easily look up a board passer:
1. […]


Jun
24th

The new ‘plastic’ blood

Author: Jam | Files under Health, In the News, Medicine, Research

Scientists continue to find ways to deliver better health care to patients; one new innovation is the availability of artificial blood, so called because it is made up of plastic molecules that have an iron atom at their core, like hemoglobin, that can carry oxygen through the body. This new discovery could help to substitute […]