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Reasons of why your fingers are always cold

March 31, 2024December 9, 2016 by admin

When it is cold and the temperature is low, it is normal that our fingers to be cold, because the limbs receive less blood pressure because it is focused more on the vital organs.

But what happens when our fingers are always cold even though the temperature is warm. The reasons can be more than one.

Raynaud’s Disorder

Raynaud’s disorder is a rare condition in which there is a narrowing of the blood vessels in the fingers (sometimes also the toes and the nose), which causes the fingers to cool down, become white, then blue and once the blood flow returns it turn red; we also feel numbness and tingling.

The good thing that Raynaud’s disorder is transient, can be avoided with a change of diet, wearing gloves and avoiding emotional stress, which is almost always the cause of this evil.

The lowdown on dentistry sedation

June 14, 2022December 4, 2016 by admin

For some people, it’s one of the scariest visits they’ll make all year. For others, the dentist is a medical necessity. In a lot of cases a bout of sedation is required to at least numb the potential pain although few of us know exactly how this happens. When we do arrive in the practice, … Read more

Nutrition in childhood cancer

January 21, 2025December 1, 2016 by admin

The nutritional status of children with cancer is of great importance, because both cancer and its treatment can affect the child’s appetite, tolerance to food and the body’s ability to absorb nutrients.

A suitable nutrition can improve the clinical evolution, outcome and quality of life of patients undergoing cancer treatment. Recommendations during treatment may focus on eating foods high in energy, protein and micronutrients to help maintain nutritional status. The habitual nutritional advices include eating many fruit, vegetables and cereals, with a moderate consumption of meat, fatty products and milk derivatives.

Foods that can cause swelling

October 29, 2016October 24, 2016 by admin

Many people know that foods high in fat cause stomach bloating and heaviness, but they are not the only ones. A recent study discovered a group of foods that can also be the cause of that annoying swelling. Let’s know what they are, because it cause swelling and we should avoid it.

It is said that probiotics that contains the yogurt operate as a stomach soothing, worse some types of yogurt may be doing more harm than good. Some dairy products contain levels of lactose sugar molecule, which in turn produce gas bubbles and swelling. Not all yogurts are bad, if they are below 12 grams of sugar may be out of this list, unfortunately most exceeds 30 grams.

Restoring the Lost Firmness of Your Skin

October 21, 2016 by admin

Aging brings with it different problems, with our facial skin being affected at the most and it starts to sag. Sadly, our face is highly noticeable and any simple issue can be detected in the blink of an eye. Fine lines, wrinkles and other aging signs are there to spoil your look.

Stop aging with perfect treatments
Thankfully, there are enough options available in Melbourne as well as in Mornington, Victoria to treat aging skin. Professional experts of cosmetic injections Mornington clinics will help clients to have a younger looking flawless and healthy skin with modern and advanced treatments. They offer a range of treatments that include anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers and hyperhidrosis. All of these procedures are proven highly effective in restoring a sagging and aging skin to its tight and youthful state.

Rejuvenate Your Skin to Help Younger Layers Resurface

October 12, 2016October 7, 2016 by admin

Skin with a bad appearance and problems, like scaling, spots, acne scars, dryness and blemishes, is not a bad skin all throughout its deeper layers. These are usually problems of the surface layers and can be removed through specialised procedures. Two of such specialised procedures are dermabrasion and microdermabrasion.

Is microdermabrasion an invasive, potentially harmful procedure?
No. Microdermabrasion is non-invasive, does not employ surgical means or chemicals that can harm you. It uses microcrystals that are sprayed onto the surface of your skin, to remove a more or less thick layer of dead cells, dry skin and scars. The procedure resembles sanding your skin; only that it is milder and acts at a micro level. These are very tiny exfoliating crystals we are talking about. Dermabrasion, however, uses a special instrument along with anesthetics to get the job done. Both represent exfoliation procedures that rejuvenate skin and help younger, healthier layers resurface.

Things You Can Do If Baldness is Setting in

November 22, 2024October 4, 2016 by admin

Hair loss can be a difficult time for anyone, the idea of your hair disappearing before your eyes is tough to take. You may have seen it coming for sometime, extra hair coming out in the shower or you may have seen that hairline gradually receding for some years. As the early signs of baldness start to set in, so too does panic and it is in this moment that you need to start thinking about what you are going to do about your inevitable baldness. If you are in this situation right now then here are some steps that you can take to approach your balding head.

Known Ways That You Can Reduce Your Risk of Cancer

January 21, 2018October 2, 2016 by admin

The statistics for people who have or people who know someone who suffer from cancer are startlingly high, thankfully the last 20 years have seen some incredible advancements in cancer care and treatment and the number of people who now die from cancer related illnesses has come down by up to 75% in some forms of cancer and the improvements continue to be made year on year.

Whilst medical treatment can give you amazing results should you find yourself with cancer, the onus is still on you to do all that you can to cut your risk. Even cancers that are hereditary can be avoided for a longer period of time if you live your life right and here are just some of the ways that you can cut your risk of cancer.

Back pain in the upper part: Causes and Treatment

January 21, 2018September 6, 2016 by admin

The pain is concentrated at the top of the back is between the cervical and lumbar area. The disorder so-called dorsal or thoracic vertebrae that reside in the central part of the spine. Overall, the back pain occurs when any of the ligaments or muscles that are attached to the vertebrae is injured either by poor posture, overuse of the area, a bad move, fall or an accident. It is an area that tends to accumulate ailments for excessively sedentary life style and even for the opposite, i.e. when loading works or throwing objects.

Symptoms of pain in the upper part of the back

A very common form of suffering pain in the upper back area is due to the condition of scoliosis. This condition causes a deformation in the spine during the period of growth that occurs in adolescence. Therefore, it can give an imbalance between muscles that make up this area and ultimately generate pain frequently.

What is the glycemic index and glycemic load?

September 15, 2016September 2, 2016 by admin

The glycemic index is a theoretical concept that guides us on the speed with which a food increases glycemia, i.e. the glucose in blood and popularly known as sugar in blood. Let us remember that glucose is going to get through food intake. Carbohydrates are the nutrient that greater effect causes on the glycemia. In contrast, proteins and fats have less of an impact on the glycemia.

To settle this index compares the food with a pattern, glucose, to which it gives the value of 100. Those foods with values above 70 are considered high glycemic index. These foods would cause a rapid and short rise in blood sugar.

And in the lowest stripes, these are below 55 and thereby cause an increase in the slow but sustained glycemia.