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Relief From Severe Constipation
Severe constipation is experienced when there is inability to move your bowels and the stool is retained within for a period longer than three days. This is downright inconvenient and uncomfortable not to mention painful. Thankfully, there are things that you can do to get some relief.
What Is a Scintigraphy Camera?
A scintigraphy or gamma camera is any camera used for the purposes of scinigraphy, the process of examining a human body to create a visual representation of radioisotopes that are emitting gamma radiation. Scinigraphy cameras have a number of applications is medical science.
Here's to Your Health - Garlic Anecdotes - Part Three
Garlic has traditionally been used to enhance the flavour of our food. It has also enjoyed a centuries-long reputation as a medicinal herb with some interesting tales attached to its aromatic tail. Stories of garlic's involvement in a variety of events are surfacing even now to the amazement of
Senior Caregivers: Things to Consider When Shifting to Live In Care
Most people find it difficult to have a stranger in their home the very first time. Senior parents in particular are the ones affected when adult children bring an in home care giver to provide them senior care. Often they feel abandoned, feeling as though their children no longer care for them. The
Natural Disasters May Create Patients While Destroying Electronic Health Records
The healthcare industry's Electronic Health Records (EHR) revolution has begun and it will no doubt continue until all medical and health care records and their recording systems become electronic over the course of the next decade or two. Once records are fully electronic, the days of paper fi
How To Protect The Elderly In A Care Home
Protection of vulnerable adults that may be experiencing abuse in care homes is very important. Specially trained social workers can offer advice, protection as well as support for the elderly people
Helping a Senior Citizen
Senior citizens are precious possessions of our society and with their experience they can do wonders. They do not always want someone to assist them while they walk or talk to them all day, nor do they want someone to help them climb stairs or take them to dinner parties. To make these senior citiz
Oxygen Concentrator - How It Works
Oxygen concentrators differ from oxygen tanks. A tank holds medical grade oxygen and will run out eventually. An oxygen concentrator pulls the room air and turns it into medical grade oxygen. As long as there is power going to your oxygen concentrator, there will be uninterrupted oxygen therapy.
How to prevent the ill treatment of care home residents
In recent days, there has been widespread coverage of cases in which residents have been abused in resident homes across the UK. This has sparked experts in healthcare and human behavior to conduct nu
Become More Mobile in Your Wheelchair
If you're in a wheelchair, it's important to have the equipment you need in order to do all the things you want to do each day. Your wheelchair must be mobile enough to make it easy for you to shop, work, or play sports. Listed below are some of the products to help keep you mobile.
It's Amazing - Natural Remedies Cure Cancer
No successful curing methods or medicines exist in allopathy for that. Lapacho, a natural herb found in abundance in South America has a miraculous curing effect on cancer. Do you know that even fatal diseases like cancer can be cured by natural herbs? Yes, Lapacho and Sanicle are herbs that make a
Dementia - Alzheimer's - Problems You May Face in the Bathroom Part II
In part one I very briefly explained the setting, our home where we care for a few elderly people. Each of them has some problem they need help with. One of them, a Mr. Q, is the subject of these articles. Mr. Q has been diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. However, the problems he
Getting Rid of Bed Bugs
The problem of how to get rid of bed bugs has existed for centuries; even in Europe as far back as medieval times. Although tiny, these bugs are far from harmless and seem to have the intelligence to attack when their target is sound asleep.
Healthcare Systems - What Would Improve Them and Are We Really Open to Change?
I think we have all heard or lived horror stories that involve waiting in an Emergency Department for hours and hours in order to see a physician. Some of us have loved ones who were admitted to hospital and then died, not from the initial diagnosis but because they contracted an infection or fell a
Does the Flu Shot for 2010 - 2011 Contain the Swine Flu Vaccine? Do I Need a Flu Shot?
The simple truth about the 2010 - 2011 flu shot. Help decide if it is right for you.
Proper Wheelchair Fitting - The Common Sense Approach
A brief but detailed description of proper wheelchair fitting procedures. The methods described will greatly benefit the health of the wheelchair user while increasing quality of life and comfortability.
Medical Alert Systems Can Be Your Key to Security and Independence
Medical Alert Systems are often your key to security allowing you to tell others that you need help. Many seniors live alone in fear that they may be helpless in an emergency and not able to reach the
Choose the Nursing Specialty Right For You Whether Experienced or New
If you are a new graduate nurse, it is best to affiliate with a large hospital in your area so that you will be able to get experience. You will be able to choose from the different specialty areas as positions become available within the hospital. Most hospitals allow you to work or rotate in the d
Insect Repellent Bands: The Latest Arm for Protection
Have you seen people wearing trendy and unique bands in their wrists nowadays? If you do, look closely and you will realize that these are not really ordinary bands, but these are insect repellent bands. Yes, this is the latest headline to hit the news today. Insect repellent bands!
Steps for Implementing an EMR
An EMR, electronic medical record, is a file that contains a patient's information. A patient's demographics (name, age, address), medical history, allergy and medication list are among the information found in an electronic medical record. Physician offices, hospitals and nursing homes are using EM