In the short term, flatulence is an inconvenience; in the long run it may promote disease (it is a mildly toxic gas, after all). Flatulence is a term used to describe a condition in which emission of a mixture of gases...

It has been scientifically proven that our bodies evolve to respond to stressors by altering the physiology to react the right way to the stressor. However, when we come across a stressor that is symbolic to our bodies the body alters itself the way it did before but may not react the same.

Because of this, we build up what are known as stress products. Instead of using these stress products we -grin and bear it-, so to speak. Doing this can result in many different types of...

Is natural mineral water healthy? How many of you know the answer for this question? What really surprises me is that a lot of people do not really know the answer for this seemingly easy question. The answer is yes. Natural mineral water is healthy and it is very, very essential for your body. We need water to function as more than 70% of our body is composed of nothing but water.

If water is all we need, why not drink any water? Why do doctors consider mineral water healthy?...

Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system and may turn even fatal at times. It is therefore important for the asthma patients to take proper care and precautions regularly. Asthma patients suffer from attacks that enforce the system to breathe with difficulty. Wheezing, choking, gasping for breath and suffocation are the symptoms of asthmatic attack.

The attacks may last up to several minutes and leave a person thoroughly exhausted. There can be severe organ...

Many of us turn to energy drinks daily in order to improve our activity at work or at school. We gain that often needed burst of energy by consuming these drinks during a time of exhaustion and/or high productivity. However, what many of us don’t realize is that energy drinks can be quite beneficial when it comes down to losing weight.

Energy drinks are slowly becoming more and more beneficial to one’s health. When energy drinks first appeared on the market they were...

Twenty pounds doesn't seem like much. And for me it was the last twenty pounds I needed. I had lost a good amount of weight on my own but I was having a real hard time with the rest. I wanted to lose twenty pounds in a month and keep it off. I knew I wasn't going to go the way of No-Carb diets, Low-Fat-diets, or those useless Low-Calorie diets...can you say hungry horrors?

No, I wanted a more up to date method to help me get rid of that little layer of belly fat I had left. I...

People are aware of the results of the Lap Band Surgery and because of the results of Lap Band Surgery it is growing in popularity. Anybody can suffer from morbid obesity. Whether the person is rich or poor it does not matter to suffer from morbid obesity. Money matters when the morbid obese person needs to get the disease cured. Undergoing Lap Band Surgery requires money but everybody does not have enough money to undergo Lap Band Surgery. The people who cannot afford Lap Band Surgery...

Ahhh, it's summer. And it's time, once again, to see if you can fit into last years swimming suit. The question is: are you going to go for the one piece or the bikini? You know which one you want but the issue is will it fit? If you're even asking yourself this one, you might be also asking yourself "can I lose 20 pounds in one month?" A month will still give you plenty of basking in the sun time and 20 pounds isn't really that much to lose. But before you go try...

Medical supplies are the most important instrument for the doctors to give the optimal examination. They must be in a perfect condition to protect any infections for the patients. However, you should clean them properly and immediately so that the debris, all dirt, and tissue could be removed completely. There are three important phases to clean hospital supplies properly. The phases are the initial cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization.

Step 1
The first thing you...

The great way to avoid any risks of infection to the patient is by sterilize the medical equipment in the hospital. All tissue, dirt, and debris would automatically be eliminated by cleaning the medical instrument immediately. You could wash the equipment using your hands as the easier way to clean the equipment.

Also, the automatic machine would be really effective to clean the instrument in the hospital faster than the manual ways. The most important thing you should do is...