Cancer of the lung kills more people than any other type of cancer, and has been known to kill more people than prostate/colon/breast cancer combined. Although smoking cigarettes is a risk factor, many non-smokers have this deadly condition. Lung...
Thirst is an important part of human physiology. Thirst is controlled by a number of different signals. Consuming foods that are very sugary can make you thirsty, but excessive thirst may be a sign of problems regulating blood sugar levels. You...
Becoming dehydrated can happen to anyone, and in some cases, it can become a medical emergency requiring hospital admission. Until recently, there was no good way to rapidly rehydrate a severly dehydrated person. With the development of oral...
When you exercise vigorously, your body faces challenges it doesn't face at rest. Contracting muscles generate heat that must be dissipated and exercising muscles require more blood to supply oxygen and remove metabolites. To meet these demands,...
High blood pressure is a risk factor for stroke and heart disease. Normal blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg. The top number, the systolic pressure, is the pressure when your heart is pumping blood out to your body. If systolic pressure is above 120,...
Essential to good nutrition is your intake of electrolytes, small ionic molecules that include potassium and sodium. In addition to conducting electrical signals, these compounds help your cells maintain fluid balance, or the correct ratio of...
Dehydration is a condition in which the body has lost water and blood volume is decreased. Depending on how much fluid the body has lost, dehydration can be classified as mild, moderate or severe. When blood volume is decreased, the concentration...
Sodium and water are the most important components of human hydration. Sodium is what maintains the water balance within cells. Hydration is simply the introduction of additional fluid into the body. Sodium intake can influence dehydration.
Honey is more than just a sweet-tasting food. Studies by researchers at Ohio State University and the University of Waikato demonstrated its effective antibacterial and healing properties. According to the New Zealand Dermatological Society on...
It might have been the tacos at lunch, movie popcorn or the margaritas after work, but you've gone overboard on the salt. High salt intake can cause bloating and fluid retention and raise the risk of developing high blood pressure. Though there is...
Manuka honey is collected from beehives that surround manuka bushes. The honey has medicinal uses because of many of the chemical constituents in the honey. In fact, honey has been known to be an antibacterial agent for many centuries, according...
Hyaluronic acid is a compound found throughout your body, including your skin, eyes and joints. It is commonly added to joint supplements and cosmetics. In sports and cosmetic medicine, physicians use hyaluronic acid injections to alleviate...
1.5 Nutren Fiber Prebio is clinically called Nutren 1.5 with Fiber and Probiotics, which is an oral supplement and an enteral (tube feeding) formula. Tube feeding is a method of taking a liquid formula and passing it through a tube that connects...
Lactated Ringer Solution, sometimes called Lactated Ringer's or simply LR in the hospital, is a type of intravenous, or IV, fluid. Choosing an IV fluid for administration requires consideration of the type of fluid as well as the patient's...
As an athlete, your body requires more calories than most people do. Most of those calories come from carbohydrate sources and you may need to fuel up during exercise when training long distances. Although most athletes load up on solid...
Your heart rate increases with physical activity to provide your working muscles with the increased oxygen necessary for continued exercise. At the onset of exercise, certain physiological responses, such as blood redistribution and increased...
Zinc is easily found in your local drugstore as a treatment for the common cold. Zinc supplements can also be effective for the treatment of children's diarrhea, but they are typically used only in cases of severe acute or chronic diarrhea. Zinc...
With all endocrine glands, disease symptoms arise as the result of either hypo- or hypersecretion of hormones. Doctors have prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements for the pituitary gland for childhood growth abnormalities, hypo- and...
Leg ulcers are open sores occurring on your lower extremities, most commonly as the result of impaired venous circulation. Blood clotting abnormalities, immobilization, chemotherapy, skin trauma, prolonged skin compression and certain medical...
Drinking coffee, both regular and decaffeinated varieties at any temperature, increases your body’s production of gastrin, which is a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric acid in your stomach. Gastric acid is necessary for proper...
Diarrheal diseases such as gastroenteritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, are the leading causes of childhood death and morbidity worldwide. Over 200,000 hospitalizations every year are due to acute...
