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The old saying that works without play makes Tom dull by could be coming back to media for further evaluations. Dementia is a condition mostly associated with seniors or most importantly people who have passed the ages of 60. However, in the recent times, it has been recorded that people at the ages of 40 years and above could also start experiencing this condition. Being tied in our offices all day would suggest that we may not have time to step outside and start exercising. For this reason, the condition could as well be on the doorstep.

When someone brings this story to light, another person would probably argue it’s false for that duration can only indicate that the body is already growing cold with no movement of blood to the brain and other parts of the body. The point is that Howard Snitzer not only made history but can also be said to have cheated death. The device used to put him in a stable condition with no pulse as physicians worked with him has also gained a lot of reputation for its work during that time. Capnograph, is the name of this amazing device, whose work is to measure the amount of carbon dioxide released in every breath is useful as doctors can understand the amount of blood moving to vital organs even though the heart is not pumping.

The announcement of these innovations which took place a month ago from the time this article was published at the Cleveland clinic, which was by then celebrating its tenth annual medical innovation summit, was in a tight horse race between 150 more nominations. More than 110 experts were brought into the picture to provide information on possible winners.

In accordance to a study performed by researchers, with the results appearing in the journal addiction, habitual smokers among children was as a result of those who decided to experiment with menthol cigarettes. According to these findings, 80 percent of those trying out the habit out of 100 percent were actually at a risk of developing the said addiction. The study was based on those experimenting with regular cigarettes from those experimenting with the menthol flavored cigarettes.

Each year events ranging from choking to cardiac arrests claim thousands of lives.  While this is tragic in and of itself, the more tragic part is that many of these deaths could be prevented. The way to prevent many of these deaths is a simple knowledge of CPR basics. As a provider of CPR courses we know first hand what an impact this knowledge would make and we hope that more and  more will become aware of this. We’ve put together some of these sobering statistics and CPR basics in the graphic below.

Teenagers have a tendency of eating anything sweet and yummy they can get their hands on, which in return could play a part in excess weight. This is only part of the story, according to a recent study, childhood obesity is considered a pandemic that should be dealt with under any circumstances before it’s too late. Obviously, when these children start attaining certain ages and hence crossing into adulthood, they start to realize that they need to cut the excess weight as a way of restoring their beauty and natural figures.

Asthma and allergies can all result from simple skin reaction like a rash mostly associated with eczema. According to the described research results, it was accounted that probiotics, normally known as good bacteria usually said to prevent various disease causing incidents from spreading to other part of the body, by balancing the entire bacteria population in the gut, may have a positive impact on the health of babies when immune cells are used to present those results. Generally, those cells normally cross the placenta before being passed out as milk allowing the baby to feed on them when breastfeeding.

While it is obvious parents at home may not have realized the dangers involved in these products, the FDA warns that they are to store them away from the reach of children as they could lead to hospital case medical issues. Curious children are always trying to understand what they can achieve by using products that they regularly witness adults close to the using. According to the statistics report issued by the US consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC from 1997 all the way to 2009, it has been evaluated that injuries caused by such eye drops were more than 4,500 children who were all said to be under the ages of five years.

Aerobic exercise is a routine that any person can undertake and according to Mathew B. Pontifex and the examination he and his colleagues carried out, when a single bout of moderate intensity aerobic exercise, where their objective measures included attention, academic performance and brain neurophysiology respectively, the exercise which involved 20 children all of which were ADHD positive and aged between the ages of eight and ten years. The results from the exercise marked a beginning of a new era of the victims as those with ADHD and took time to make aerobic exercise part of their daily routine, were able to portray positive results.

The research exercise

The results that from the research not only proved on the positive impact of a bout of moderate intense aerobic exercise to the described victims, but it was also concluded that the target patients had also a greater response on accuracy and stimulus. ADHD is a condition that not only affects alertness of children, but also a medical situation that if not treated in advance, could prove malignant.  There were two tested incidents of ADHD and the approaches of moderate aerobic exercises to provide comprehensive results. Two similar durations of seats and reading after the exercise and those who did not take part in the procedure of the exercise showed that those tested on the account of the exercise had a higher chance of maintaining fluency in their reading experience.

If you have ever witnessed somebody having a cardiac arrest, then you’ve probably witnessed even more people gathered around such as person with no clue of what to do except ask if there is a doctor close by. What most people don’t seem to realize is that sometimes they can be just as effective as the doctor. There will not always be a medical professional close by when somebody has a cardiac arrest. In case only one person knows CPR then this could be the difference between life and death for the one who’s having the cardiac arrest. This one person could be you.