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Ways to protect children from Melanoma

May
09

Date: May 9th, 2013

Melanoma is undoubtedly one of the most serious forms of skin cancers today. While the cancer rarely affects children, a recent study showed that children might still be at a high risk as adults. Even though cases of children suffering from melanoma are extremely rare, a 2 percent annual increase was recorded between 1973 and 2009 among children in US aged 19 years and below. Skin Cancer Foundation also revealed that a significant percent of pediatric cancers are related to Melanoma.

3 important products

May
06

Date: May 6th, 2013

A product that is Redmond Wash based, is a physio controller called TrueCPR. This is a device that is used to provide feedback basing on CPR; it enables rescuers determine compression, depth and quality of the chest. TFI (True utilizes traxial Field Induction) is a device that works according to the magnetic field. The technology for sure overcomes too much compression-depth brought about by other devices in the market. When used on a stretcher or a mattress.

CPR administration

May
05

Date: May 5th, 2013

According to Dr. David Newman, the decision as to whether to administer CPR should not be at all automatic. Dr. Newman was of the opinion that CPR should be thought of as a burdensome as well as a punishing procedure. He said that although it may be appropriate in some situations, it was highly inappropriate in others.

Types Of sleep apnea

May
04

Date: May 4th, 2013

The training has shown a lot of success and emerged to be the best type of training. The best way to address this situation in kids is what is burning up a number of people as the recently found medication seems to do well in adults.

Healthier children

May
03

Date: May 3rd, 2013

Not to badmouth the parents with low education, the fact is that they have less information about healthy living for both themselves and their children.

From the findings, we are able to find that over 14,000 kids between the ages of 9 and 2 were used to do the research. The research was done in 8 European countries: Sweden, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Estonia, Cyprus and Belgium. Both parents and children were used to collect data.

overdose facts

May
02

Date: May 2nd, 2013

Why use of alcohol?

For many people, alcohol helps to alleviate stress. Coming back to the truth, alcohol can make one do so many mistakes unknowingly. Taking medication and alcohol is one way that most people succeed taking their own lives, unknowingly.

Sleep apnea

May
01

Date: May 1st, 2013

Apnea is a disorder related to sleep, where one cannot be able to breathe appropriately. The disorder is also known as SDB. Research HAS Shown that a percentage of two of the total kids, majorly in the U.S are affected so much with this condition. This is a report filed by a sleep Academy based in the United States.

Chickenpox vaccine

Apr
30

Date: April 30th, 2013

Survey concerning the chickenpox vaccine was used on children for a decade and four years, and research shows that the vaccine has been quite helpful. Three quarter of the children whom which the vaccine was used on have reported to be successful. It works for both chickenpox and shingles.

Marine food

Apr
29

Date: April 29th, 2013

Marine food contains Omega-3 fatty acids. These acids can be used to protect cardiovascular diseases. However, no human would accept to be used as a specimen in the laboratories and end up dead. Proving to man has always been a challenge for the scientists, as they are forced to use animals and rodents for the tests.

Research on Cardiovascular

Apr
28

Date: April 28th, 2013

According to the “American Heart Association” AHA, the future does not look very bright for the youth of today as far as the health of their hearts is concerned. This is as long as they fail to make drastic and immediate changes in their cultural as well as social lifestyles.