Overview: Providing effective and safe medical care is impossible without accurate medication records. Incomplete and outdated medication lists often cause omissions and duplications, incorrect doses, drug-disease interactions, and drug-drug interactions. Moreover, it is essential to care for a person in an emergency, especially without their medical records.
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What Are Nitrates?
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Overview: Have you ever heard of nitrates, and if you have, do you know what they are? If you answered that they keep processed meats fresh longer and provide them with a rich pink or red color, you are right, but what else do nitrates do? Somewhat less known is that nitrates occur naturally in fruits, vegetables, and grains, preventing nitrosamines formation.
As with everything, nitrates have their good side and, yes, a bad side. Learn about nitrates' health benefits, and side effects in What Are Nitrates? – The Good, The Bad, and The Alternatives. Remember, a healthy diet can diminish chronic illness and the onset of certain diseases, such as colorectal and gastric cancer.
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BENEFITS OF - Topical Drug Delivery Systems
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Overview: A topical drug delivery system is a method of delivering medication to the body through the skin. You apply the medicine to the designated body part, from where it gets absorbed into the body and bloodstream. Gels, lotions, powders, transdermal patches, foams, creams, and ointments are common forms of topical medication.
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Night Leg Cramps and Other Muscle Cramps and Conditions
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Overview: Leg pain is a common problem. It can be due to a cramp, injury, or other cause. This booklet focuses on night leg cramps, circulatory disorders, metabolic issues, and other conditions that cause muscle cramps.
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LUPUS - Disease Management Through Healthy Eating
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Overview: Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system is overactive and attacks healthy tissues. The condition causes inflammation, swelling, and damage to the joints and body organs, including the skin, heart, and kidneys. Lupus is treatable and manageable with medication, lifestyle therapies, and a healthy diet.
Changes in diet that are working for one person may not work for another. Keeping a food journal can help you to figure out which foods may affect you negatively and which foods might help to manage symptoms. Discuss with your healthcare provider how different foods and diet plans improve or worsen disease symptoms.
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TOILET PAPER
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Overview: Ever wonder why toilet paper is so white? Should it not be brown or beige if made from wood pulp? Unfortunately, consumers believe the tissue must be white to indicate it is clean, so the paper industries use chlorine and chlorine dioxide to bleach the paper. Unknown to the consumer, these chemicals react with organic molecules in the wood and other fibers to create toxic by-products, including dioxins. Additionally, chlorinated toilet paper contains the highest number of furans out of all the cosmetic tissues.
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KIDNEY STONES - What To Know!
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Overview: The kidneys are one of the most essential and hardest-working organs in the human body. Your kidneys detox and filter impurities from the blood (more than 200 quarts daily) by removing waste products and regulating fluid balance. The kidneys also regulate and balance sodium, phosphorus, potassium, and electrolytes. They help maintain healthy blood pressure and release three hormones: erythropoietin, renin, and activated vitamin D. Where erythropoietin supports red blood cell production, renin controls blood pressure, and vitamin D is necessary for the body to use calcium effectively.
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Contamination In The Water Supply
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Overview: Over the past decade, bottled water consumption has grown significantly because people consider it safer and better tasting than tap water. In the United States, most people drink approximately 30 gallons (114 liters) of bottled water annually. However, many wonder if tap water is better due to environmental concerns and potential health effects. Tap water, also called municipal water, comes from large wells, lakes, rivers, or reservoirs. The water typically passes through a water treatment plant before being piped into homes and businesses. While contamination is an issue in some regions, tap water is generally safe, convenient, and environmentally friendly. Generally, tap water tastes the same as bottled water. However, factors like mineral content or the type and age of the water pipes may affect flavor.
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Signs That You Could Have A Parasite
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Overview: Parasites are tiny, microscopic organisms that live in or on and take nourishment from another organism. They are external organisms that can damage the human body by causing chronic health problems.
Parasites generally feed on our body cells and the foods that we intake. They are habitual to surviving in the unhealthy environments of the human body. They thrive in warm, moist environments. Parasites are scavengers that first invade the intestinal tract but can quickly migrate to other body parts. Once infected, they multiply rapidly and can live as long as two years. These organisms can cause disease and even death, but the infections can be treated with medication if caught early.
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Your Pet and Their Medications
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Overview: Healthcare for pets can be financially challenging. It is still valid if you have pet health insurance. And many current pet health insurance options do not provide coverage for pre-existing conditions or expensive medications. If you need help affording pet medications or are just looking for ways to save money, this DIGEST can help.
Within the pages of this DIGEST, we discuss some common OTC medications and whether they are safe for your cat or dog. Because every animal is unique, speak with your pet's veterinarian regarding which over-the-counter (OTC) medications are safe.
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What To And What Not To Do With Unused Prescription Drugs
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Overview: Taking prescription medication as directed by your doctor usually means taking it until all the pills are gone. However, if your doctor changes your dosage or prescribes a different medication, you may have leftover medications. These medications may expire, and the over-the-counter remedies from the past may also have passed.
Unused prescription and over-the-counter remedies can be dangerous, especially to children and pets. Pain medication may even be a target for theft.
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DO OLDER ADULTS SMELL? - Cause and Remedy
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Overview: All humans at distinct stages of their life have body odors that change as they age. It is easy to understand when you think of a newborn baby. They have that distinct fresh scent. Then think of a teenager. They, too, have a distinctive smell that is quite different from a baby. And yes, adults are not unique. Many describe their scent as being mildly sweet and musty.
Old person smell is the characteristic odor of elderly humans. Human scent undergoes distinct stages based on chemical changes initiated through the aging process and the medicines taken to maintain health.
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DOES ALL STOOL SMELL FOUL?
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Overview: Making changes to your diet is generally the best way to monitor the scent of stool. Deleting or adding specific food, such as fruit, vegetables, and lean protein sources, will help flush the compacted matter and maintain regularity. Sometimes if the odor is horrible, it may be associated with certain medical conditions. Treating the underlying ailment will reduce symptoms.
Overview: There are three types of eye doctors, Ophthalmologist (MD), Optometrist (OD), and Doctor of Osteopathy (DO). Some similarities and distinctions define each specialty.
Because all three are licensed to prescribe prescription eyewear in eyeglasses or contact lenses, many people are confused or do not know there is a difference.
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WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL MEDICATION LIST
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Overview: People of all ages depend on their doctors to prescribe medications to keep them as healthy and active as possible. However, responsible medication use goes beyond just filling a prescription and taking it as instructed. It is also essential to be proactive about keeping your medications current. It includes effective communication with doctors and pharmacists and knowing what to do when your prescription expires.
Maintaining a list of all the medications doctors prescribes is challenging for most people. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of integration of patient health records, physician and nurse workflows, and a lack of knowledge about the medications. Other causes include patients' changing their medications frequently, using undocumented over-the-counter medications, and consulting more than one physician.
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The Parallelism Between Slips, Trips, Falls, And Medications
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Overview: In the United States, an older adult will slip, trip, or fall, making these incidents the number one cause of injuries among elderly Americans. These occurrences often lead to hospitalizations, hip fractures other significant injuries, causing loss of independence and may lead to nursing home admission. Unfortunately, many times these events also lead to death.
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Your Next Meal Is It Bioengineered?
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Overview: Today almost all the food you eat goes through some form of genetic modification. Nearly all food items fall under the category of genetically modified organisms. However, methods may differ in changing the food items genetically. A more complex and advanced option includes gene editing to make the crops pest and insect-resistant.
The Bioengineered process (BE) develops new plants with unique properties using recombinant DNA technology.
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Why We Sleep and What Is Deep Sleep?
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Overview: Sleep is essential for good health. To survive, we need sleep, just like we need food and water. That is why we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
While we sleep, many biological processes take place:
Nerve cells communicate and reorganize, supporting healthy brain functions.
Our bodies repair cells, restore energy, and release molecules like hormones and proteins.
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The Common HOUSE FLY
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Overview: House Flies transmit many diseases! Because they thrive in places teeming with pathogens, they carry and transmit disease-causing agents from place to place. Their food and breeding sites overflow with bacteria, and they vomit and defecate to add to the filth.
House flies transmit at least 65 diseases and infections, including cholera, dysentery, giardiasis, typhoid, leprosy, conjunctivitis, salmonella, and much more.
