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NBC Today - Life With Diabetes |
| NBC Today - Life With Diabetes Televised 11/7/2006 9:44 am Runtime 03:29 November is Diabetes Awareness Month. There are 20 million Americans suffering from Diabetes today and many more who may unknowingly have the disease. The Today Show highlights an 11-year-old with type 1 diabetes and her continuous glucose monitor. Her mother, who also has diabetes says, "we're at a point where we can address the disease" and the best way to fight it is to stay aware and vigilant. |
| Date: 2007-11-20 06:21:35 - Added by: admin1 |
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Diabetes Lifesaving Medicine |
| ACE-inhibitor and ARB drugs lower diabetics' risks for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and death from all causes, including cardiovascular deaths. Yet, research has shown that only 4 in ten people with diabetes are being prescribed the medicines.Get more information at http://www.HealthyUpdates.com Get a FREE REMEDY Subscription: http://www.healthisnow.com |
| Date: 2007-11-20 06:19:29 - Added by: taylor |
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Soap and Scrub Your Way to a Healthier Life |
| "The best method of infection prevention is hand hygiene," says Nancy Haberstich, CEO and founder of Nanobugs Inc, and a registered nurse specializing in infection prevention. The problem is, with so many germs floating around, it is not always simple to keep your hands clean. The following ways can prevent infection by practicing good hand hygiene. Wash your hands thoroughly. Use warm water that flows in a consistent stream from the faucet. Apply soap and rub your hands together thoroughly, making sure to clean your wrists, between your fingers, and under the fingernails. To prevent infection ensure that microbes have no place to hide on your hands. If you are wearing rings, clean under them as well. Wash your hands often. Wash after every use of the restroom. Wash after coming in from public places. Wash before handling food, and always wash any visible dirt off your hands. When in doubt, if your hands feel dirty, wash them. Wash in clean environments. If you are using a bar of soap, make sure the soap dish is able to drain any water that collects in the bottom. Otherwise, bacteria may grow in the water and on the soap, meaning instead of cleaning your hands, you are actually washing bacteria on to them. When using public facilities, try not to touch any surfaces, and after washing, use a paper towel to turn off the faucet. Use hand sanitizers when unable to wash traditionally. The best hand sanitizers are alcohol-based gels, but be warnedl; overuse of hand sanitizers can damage the skin. Also, after no more than ten uses, wash your hands to remove any dried build up from the gel. About The Author Dr. Proactive Randy Gilbert is founder of "InsideSuccessRadio.com" and enjoyed learning from Nancy Haberstich, founder of Nanobugs Inc, during an interview on "Inside Parenting Success" with Jodie Lynn. You can learn a lot more about infection prevention and the Nanobugs from Nancy Haberstich by listening to the entire interview for free by going to www.InsideSuccessRadio.com/Guests/Nancy-Haberstich |
| Date: 2007-11-20 06:04:57 - Added by: admin1 |
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Human Anatomy Models - The Brain |
| Anatomy of the Brain |
| Date: 2007-11-20 06:03:01 - Added by: elvis |
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Nervous system |
| Nervous system |
| Date: 2007-11-20 06:02:40 - Added by: elvis |
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How the Body Works : How Bacteria Cause Disease |
| How the Body Works How Bacteria Cause Disease Bacteria usually gain entrance to the body either by inhalation, by ingestion, or through a break in the skin. Once they have entered a tissue, the bacteria may produce a substance known as the spreading factor. The spreading factor digests connective tissue barriers in the tissues, thus allowing further spread of the bacteria or their toxins. Failure to overcome these invasive agents can lead to severe tissue damage. Large numbers of bacteria may compete with the healthy cells for nutrients and oxygen. Toxins, on the other hand, disrupt normal cell metabolism by interfering with chemical reactions. When a tissue becomes infected by bacteria, white blood cells migrate to the site of infection and begin to ingest the bacteria. The bacteria, however, may survive and multiply within the white cells, which then burst, releasing the bacteria into the tissue once again, causing severe inflammation. More white cells then enter the area to try to combat the infection. White blood cells are attracted to an infected site where bacteria are multiplying and causing inflammation. Some bacteria have thick capsules around them which prevents them from being engulfed, consequently, the bacteria increase. The body then manufactures antibodies which attach themselves to the bacteria, making them vulnerable to ingestion by the white cells. In this illustration the infected site is supplied with white blood cells. The bacteria have gained entry by a small cut in the skin and are beginning to multiply and grow rapidly, secreting toxins which can act locally or can enter the general circulation to be widely dispersed, causing the death or malfunction of the body cells. If the white cells fail to combat the bacteria in the initial stages, then tissue damage may occur. If they initially fail to destroy the bacteria, then the bacteria increase in number and finally begin to break up, releasing toxic chemicals, called endotoxins, which are contained with their walls. The released endotoxins may cause local tissue damage. |
| Date: 2007-11-20 05:55:51 - Added by: taylor |
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Under Our Skin - Lyme Disease Documentary |
| One of the most controversial illnesses in the history of medicine, Lyme disease may be the fastest growing infectious disease in the United States. Yet each year thousands are misdiagnosed - many of them told that their symptoms are "all in their head." This upcoming documentary investigates the shocking human, medical, and political dimensions of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic destroying countless numbers of lives. A case study of the dangers of the confluence of money and medicine, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our healthcare system and its inability to cope with a biological terror under our skin. Film website: www.lymediseasefilm.com |
| Date: 2007-11-20 05:52:25 - Added by: admin1 |
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Digestive System |
| The main function of the digestive system it to break up food and to take it in as energy. It first starts at the mouth where the teeth mechanically digest the food by breaking it down into smaller pieces and the saliva in the mouth containing enzymes break down the food chemically. When you swallow the food, your mouth forces the food from your mouth into your esophagus, which is a muscular tube that moves it down your stomach. Peristalsis is a series of muscles that contract along the walls to push it down. Three is a flat called the epiglottis that closes the tube down to the lungs so the food doesn't go down the wrong way. After the esophagus it goes into the stomach where it churns and breaks down the food mechanically and the stomach acid and enzymes break down the food chemically. After the food is in the stomach for about two to four hours it is pushed down into the small intestine where there are small hairs like thins called villa that absorb nutrition. They are also two structures that help break down the food. One of them is the pancreas that is a soft gland that helps break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and fats with enzymes. The second one in the liver, which creates biles, which is a chemical that helps break down fats, the biles are stored inside the gallbladder. After the small intestine there is the large intestine that absorbs water and makes protein, after the large intestine it goes into the rectum and out of the body. |
| Date: 2007-11-20 05:50:21 - Added by: elvis |
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Eye To Eye: Diseases In Games (CBS News) |
| A mathematician sees a popular video game as a realistic model for the spread of infectious disease. Tony Maciulis reports. (CBSNews.com) |
| Date: 2007-11-20 05:49:43 - Added by: admin1 |
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Digestive System |
| Me and Chris got really excited about the human digestive system. |
| Date: 2007-11-20 05:49:28 - Added by: elvis |
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