Need a little honey in your life? Bring it ON! Folks seem to love honey for the sweet taste. Honey has been around since we had bees. Exactly how long honey has been in existence is hard to say. Cave paintings in Spain from 7000BC show the earliest records of beekeeping, however, fossils of honey bees date back about 150 million years! A really long time ago, right. Bees that produce honey (not all do) do it via extraction of the…
Before Giving CPR 1.Check the scene and the person. Make sure the scene is safe, then rub the person on the shoulder to check for response. 2. Call 911 for assistance. That one person should stay on line until EMS arrives. Remain calm and be able to give clear information on place, person and response at the time. Send someone else to get an AED. 3. With the person lying on his or her back, on hard surface, ground or…
AED Steps for Use Automated external defibrillators can help save lives during sudden cardiac arrest: 67 of 100 can be helped with AED. If AED is NOT USED only 3 of 100 are saved. Using the AED These AED steps should be used when caring for a non-breathing child aged 8 or older who weighs more than 55 pounds, or an adult. After checking the scene and ensuring that the person needs help, you should ask a bystander to call…
Everyone seems to know a migraine sufferer, or struggles with migraine themselves. Some of the statistics from the CDC are really alarming: Migraine is the 3rd most prevalent illness in the world. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households includes someone with migraine. Amazingly, 12% of the population – including children – suffers from migraine. 18% of American women, 6% of men, and 10% of children experience migraines. Migraine is most common between the ages of 25 and 55. Migraine tends to…
12 Point Medication Check List 1.Learn Before you start taking any new prescription or OTC/herbal supplement by speaking with your pharmacist. Before taking ANY new drug OR supplement have your pharmacist review the impact on the other meds you are taking. Medications and supplements can counteract each other & therefore should be taken at different times of the day, some with food only, some on empty stomach. Do not expect pills to do what they are prescribed for if you…
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Here is some helpful information I have gathered from pieces available on the net. You will find this helpful in the event that you are told that you need radiation as part of your treatment protocol. Radiation therapy — also called radiotherapy — is a highly targeted and highly effective way to destroy cancer cells in the breast that may stick around after surgery. Despite what many people fear, radiation therapy is relatively easy to tolerate and its side effects…
How Do You Know When it is Time to Leave Sun City Carolina Lakes? Carole Miller, RN,BSN One in a series by HealthShare Hopefully you moved here Sun City Carolina Lakes because you wanted to enjoy our independent, active life style, be closer to family, pay lower taxes, or for the warmer weather. All of those are reasons most often heard for residing here. Occasionally someone moves here because they or their family think that we are a retirement community…
Questions about LYME Disease? 1.. Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of a tick, and the disease is very prevalent across the United States and throughout the world. 2. Lyme disease (DRG 867) is a clinical diagnosis and may cause infection of multiple organs and produce a wide range of symptoms and should be used as a differential diagnosis in rheumatologic and neurologic conditions, with symptoms similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Somatization Disorder, and any difficult-to-diagnose multi-system illness….
Can You Pass This Balance Test? According to STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries) more than 27,000 people over 65, die as a result of falls, which is 74 every day all year long. Only 1 in 4 reports falls to their doctors during any appointment. It is very important to let your doctor know if you are slipping, unsteady or falling, even occasionally. There may be many reasons for falls but ALL are important, as part of your…