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What is Cardiac Arrest?
Urgent help can increase the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest. Read on to learn how to save a life.
Key Takeaways
- A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating.
- It is a medical emergency that can lead to death.
- With urgent medical care to restart the heart, survival is possible.
- Cardiac arrest treatment steps are: Call the medical emergency lines immediately, start chest compressions and use a defibrillator (AED) if available.
The heart is one of the most important muscles in the human body, as it is responsible for pumping blood all around your body. A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating, which is why it is a medical emergency that can lead to death.
We hear of balanced diet and probably learnt about it in school, but what really is a balanced diet and how can we achieve it in our daily lives?
By way of definition, a balanced diet is simply a diet containing the right quantity and proportion of the different nutrients in a day. These nutrients are classified as below:
Sleep is a fundamental part of our daily lives. While we emphasis the need for a healthy diet and regular exercise, adequate sleep is equally important.
The average daily duration of sleep recommended for adults is about 7 to 9 hours, with children and adolescents needing more sleep. Unfortunately, in metropolitan cities, the amount of time available for sleep is usually limited.
Body odour, also known as bromhidrosis, occurs when bacteria on the skin breakdown sweat into acids, which have a bad odour. While sweat is generally odourless, some sweat glands, known as apocrine glands, produce substances (proteins, lipids, steroids), which are broken down by bacteria on the skin to produce odour. These sweat glands are found mostly around the armpit, nipples, genitals and anal region.
Infertility happens when a couple cannot conceive after having regular unprotected sex. It may be that one partner cannot contribute to conception, or that a woman is unable to carry a pregnancy. Infertility may be caused by a variety of factors including problems with egg or sperm production, genetic factors, age, or too much exposure to certain situation. Due to this, there have been so many assumptions facing the causes of infertility, below are 8 things you should know about infertility.
You can live a healthier life by making simple changes to your everyday routine. Indeed, small changes can have more of an impact on your weight, health, and fitness than any one diet or workout routine.
Having hypertension usually necessitates the need to be on blood pressure medication for life to achieve adequate blood control. Sometimes, more than one blood pressure pill is required to control hypertension. People dread the need to rely on one or more pills and sometimes seek for non-medical ways to control blood pressure. Taking these pills have been shown to be effective with a well-established side effect profile, which your doctor can monitor for possible change in medication. Notwithstanding, there are lifestyle changes that could limit or temporarily eliminate the need for pills.
We all want to look and feel young for as long as we can despite nature’s call on our look and health over time.
Trillions of dollars are spent worldwide in the wellness market, with people purchasing a variety of beauty products, anti-aging products and nutritional supplements with the hope of maintaining their juvenescence. This is in addition to cosmetic procedures such as wrinkle treatment injections and face lift. In the US, for example, the average adult would spend about $40,000 (over N14,000,000) on dietary health supplement over the course of a lifetime.
It is commonplace to assume that a particular “healthy” diet is healthy for everyone. However, there are ongoing researches that could prove this wrong.
A number of factors are being considered in determining what diet is best for a given individual. These factors include age, gender, physical activity, sleep patterns, genetics and microorganisms (unique to each individual), among others.
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