How soon after the operation can we start sex again? Most check ups are at 6 weeks after surgery. Avoid vaginal intercourse during this time because there may be a risk of discomfort. Touching and caressing the outer part of the genital area is fine. Orgasm is perfectly safe! Will he/she get cancer if we [...]

As you begin the Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet, follow the Entry Plan for two weeks. Weigh yourself every day and record your weight. At the end of two weeks you will be able to see your weight loss for that period. Then decide if you want to continue to lose weight in the coming week or [...]

Medicare. People may qualify for this federally funded health insurance program if they are over age 65 or if they have received Social Security DIB for more than twenty-four months. There are two parts of Medicare: Part A and Part B. Part A covers inpatient hospital care and is financed through FICA taxes. Part В [...]

Exposure history The risk for acquiring a tropical infection is affected by the activities performed during travel. Since many tropical illnesses have nonspecific symptoms and physical signs, identifying a unique exposure may provide the only clue to the correct diagnosis. Activities in remote areas, such as hiking or camping, increase the chance of exposure to [...]

After taking a thorough patient history, your physician will begin the physical examination. The examination is based on inspection, what your physician can actually see, and palpation, what your physician can touch and feel. Alignment very simply refers to how your bones—from your hip, to your knee, all the way down to your foot and [...]

Walk around the garden and notice if you feel lighter; you are wearing summer clothes and the grass is warm under your bare feet. You walk towards a yellow rose, and the colour surrounds your body; it fills you with tranquil feelings. Now you approach a white rose, you breathe in peace from its perfume. [...]

Sam was 22 years old and pleased with life. He’d had tonic clonic, grand mal seizures since he was 15, but these were well controlled. He had just got a job he really enjoyed as a management trainee in a local supermarket, and (even more important for Sam) had left home and for the first [...]

Your target heart rate is the heart rate required for exercise to produce cardiovascular benefits. It is based primarily on your age. Determining your target heart rate requires some calculation, with your maximal heart rate being the first computation. (This is the highest heart rate that is safe for individuals of your age.) Your target [...]

Better blood sugar control means more than longer, healthier lives for diabetics. It also eventually will reduce the cost of diabetes-related health care in the United States. Some experts estimate that the treatment bill for diabetics now reaches 92 billion dollars a year. Intensive therapy – tight control – does not come cheap, however. The [...]

Q: Our fourteen-year-old daughter has ADHD and suffers from serious attention problems. As a result, her grades aren’t as good as we would like them to be. Could you suggest some simple classroom changes that might make learning a little easier for students with attention deficits? A: Stimulant medication, such as Ritalin or Cylert, can [...]