If you aren’t aware already, let this sink in: heart disease is the number one killer in America. Not cancer. Not natural causes. Without a doubt, a healthy heart is the biggest key to a healthy life. Some factors of heart health are genetic, but much of it you can control yourself.

These are the top 5 bits of…

Patient Tracker, a mobile app for Android Tab and iPad. This app helps to medical professional’s doctors and nurses to collect patient medical information. They can easily track, manage, monitor and access the patient records in one touch anytime and anywhere you want.

It is fully functional medical application having so many cool patient management features like add, delete, edit, view, store, manage & access a variety of patient information in the device to use it in…

When I was overweight and unhappy, I thought about being smaller, I thought about fitting into different clothes and feeling comfortable in any environment or social situation. But I didn't do anything about it. I was letting myself fall victim to not planning, not clarifying steps to reach my goals. Don't go on just wanting something. Start consciously planning where you want…

Urban living is sometimes harmful to our ears. Not only Adults, children as well are usually exposed to loud music. Teenager are so driven towards loud music that they use it between ear buds connected to iPods or MP3 players and music concerts.  Teenagers who put on a pair of headphones and crank the volume up to astonishing levels are the most effected one. With recent studies showing that around 25% of people under the age of 24 listen to music at the…

A renowned plastic surgeon, who is celebrated for performing a number of breast reconstruction surgeries, reveals a lot about the ground-breaking developments in the breast augmentation and reconstruction surgeries. The surgeon opines that the intending patients can anticipate the best results by going through the surgery related to the breasts. The surgeon assures of normal breasts post-surgery. He said that the progress of the refined surgical skills enable the…

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.

Christopher Lasch 

When you are aiming to get high grades from your studies as a health student, you need to perform excellently on every academic task and activity assigned to you, including writing health essays. To get high grades, you need to come up with wonderful health compositions. But, how can you find your way into writing a wonderful health essay? First and foremost, you need to have a good guide. For starters, time-tested essay writing tips and pointers would suffice. Here are some of…

Our diet defines our health, and this is why paying attention to what we eat is the right thing to do. Most of the time, people have to go through a special type of diet whenever their health condition compels them to. One special type of diet is the low residue diet. People go through it as a part of treatment plan for certain types of health conditions and as part of medical procedures.

This type of diet involves low-fiber…

When properly done, piercing the tongue or lip only takes a few seconds with minimal pain or discomfort. However, the healing process takes long, is rapid and may lead to complications. The healing may appear okay in the short term but in case of an infection, can have dreadful effects in the long run.

People who pierce their lips and tongues can suffer from receding gums. A research conducted by a team from Ohio State University, led by professor Dimitris Tatakis, showed…

Many people take for granted the changes that occur on their bodies at different times when they engage in certain activities. In fact, someone may simply know that doing a certain activity causes their bodies to react in a certain manner. For instance, someone may have regular neck pains that they often brush off. It would be advisable to seek immediate medical attention when you notice a trend, as this may be a sign of something more serious than you think.…

Sneezing, scratchy throat, running nose are the miserable signs of a common cold. It is a group of symptoms in our upper respiratory tract caused by a large number of different types of viruses. Although it is usually mild but is the No. 1 reason for kids in United states to visit a doctor and someone can miss going to school or work. As common cold is transmitted…

Smoking cigarettes is world’s No. 1 cause for adverse health conditions of the babies. Cigarette itself contains more than 4,000 chemicals, which  includes lethal chemicals like cyanide, lead, and at least 60 or more cancer-causing compounds. When you smoke during pregnancy, the toxic brew & gets into the bloodstream, baby's only source of oxygen and nutrients. Also none of those 4,000-plus chemicals is good for any baby, two compounds are especially harmful:i.e. nicotine and carbon…

Breathing as such is mechanical process in which our muscles around the lungs and the diaphragm pull air into the lungs and force it back out of the lungs. Breathing is a critical component of respiration, a process in which oxygen from the air is taken into the body and carbon dioxide is removed from the body and released into the air. Breathing difficulties are actually symptoms of a variety of mild to serious underlying disorders, diseases and conditions that interfere with normal…

Smoking is a killer habit, with time, it turn into an addiction easily. It makes the smoker physically unfit, triggering a series of diseases, majority of them being dangerous.Who are addicted to smoking are not able to get rid of it, mainly because they find it very difficult to get through the withdrawal symptoms. However, self-motivation helps them a great deal in overcoming the addiction. According to the American Cancer Society, support and encouragement from family, friends and…

Marijuana use and its "benefits" have been the subject of debate for decades. Knowing the truth about what it is and what it does will help shed some light on the subject.

• Marijuana is a drug. Whether it is less dangerous than cocaine or meth makes no difference. The fact is, it still alters the way the mind functions and how a person perceives the world around…

Teaching good dental hygiene habits begins in the home and should start about the same time a child's teeth begin to come in. A child's first role models are their parents. As they enter school, they also look to teachers and other adults to learn about their body and how it should…

Saving lives should be the driving force behind every ambulance service. Unfortunately, it is not, and this costs us many lives every single day. While an ambulance service can be used for specific tasks, such as timely home-to-hospital and inter facility transfers, dialysis transfers, hospice transfers, ER transfers and hospital discharges, the most essential role of this service is to assist people confronting…

The association between stress and neck pain is a proven concept. Although stress does not actually cause the pain, it can aggravate it. Stress causes muscles to tighten and impedes the free flow of oxygen to the brain. Stress can also intensify the pain of an existing neck or back injury…

Are you struggling with excess fat on your hips, thighs or abdomen? Do you also desire a perkier and rounder posterior? Kill two birds with one stone and have buttock augmentation using fat transfer! With the help of a skilled plastic surgeon, you can have the contours of your body refined for a beautiful shape that you can’t help but show off. Summer will be here…

Healthcare professionals rely on Internet search tools to find the information and answers they need. Over the last several years, major surveys confirm that the top two search engines healthcare professionals use are Google (and Google Scholar) and PubMed.

But neither tool is completely adequate. Google returns too many…