Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, so it is stored in the body's fat tissue and liver.
Vitamin K is important to help support proper coagulation (blood clotting). The liver uses vitamin K to synthesize blood-clotting proteins. Without vitamin K, the level of the blood-clotting proteins drops, and clotting time is prolonged. Vitamin K has also been recognized for its role in helping to maintain the health of bones. There are three types...
Saturday, 29 October 2011
About Normal Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy
Abdominal pain and cramping: Normal abdominal pain during pregnancy is due to the following changes:
1. Implantation Bleeding:
During implantation you experience a little spotting termed as the bleeding. Implantation is nothing but the fertilized egg penetrating the uterine lining.
2. Stretching of the ligaments:
The muscles and the ligaments supporting the uterus stretch during the second trimester which can cause a dull ache across...
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Pregnancy Pain
Calcium Channel Blockers(Nifedipine) Taking During Pregnancy
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are a highly prescribed class of drugs used for the treatment of angina pectoris, hypertension, and cardiac arrhythmias. These vasodilating agents relax smooth muscle by inhibiting the entry of calcium into muscles or by inhibiting its release from intracellular storages. This relaxation in blood vessel...
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Clinical Pharmacology
Few Pregnancy Exercises To Control Pregnancy Pain
The hormones level in your body change, your uterus grows larger, you have to sleep in restricted postures and you experience fatigue due to increasing weight of baby. All these factors contribute towards hip and pelvic pain during pregnancy. But don’t worry now. We have few pregnancy exercises for you...
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Pregnancy Excercise
Improve Mental and Emotional Health by Taking Care of Yourself
A healthy mind is as important as a healthy heart but little attention is paid to mental wellbeing. People who are emotionally strong are in control of their emotions and behaviour.
In order to maintain and strengthen your mental and emotional health, it’s important to pay attention to your own needs and feelings. Don’t...
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Mental and Emotional Health
How Do Use Aminophylline Drugs Adverse Effects and Precautions
Indications:Treatment and prophylaxis of bronchial asthma, bronchial spasm associated with emphysema, chronic bronchitis & treatment of neonatal apnea.
Doses & Administrations:
Oral:
Adult:100-300 mg 3-4 times daily after food.
Pediatric:6mg/kg every 12 hours increased to 12 mg/kg.
For better dose range in children see theophylline.
Parenteral :Adult : Slow I/V (over 20 min ) 250 - 500 mg i.e (5 mg/kg) when necessary.
Maintenance...
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aminophylline Drugs,
Clinical Pharmacology
Health Benefits of Onion and Garlic
Onion and garlic have been revered since ancient times for both their culinary properties as well as their medical benefits. These pungent members of the lily family, with their distinctive flavour and pungent aroma, are used to enhance meat and vegetable dishes in cuisines of Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, whereas their fried, baked or pickled variants are a versatile delicacy in their own right. In addition to...
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Onion and garlic
Difference Between Sedative and Hypnotic Drugs
A sedative is a drug that produces a relaxing, calming effect. Sedatives are usually given during daytime hours,and although they may make the patient drowsy, they usually do not produce sleep. A hypnotic is a drug that induces sleep, that is, it allows the patient to fall a sleep and stay a sleep. Hypnotics also may be called soporifics. Hypnotics are given at night or hour of sleep (HS).
Sedatives...
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Anti Sedative Drug,
Clinical Pharmacology
About Skin Disease Psoriasis Causes and Treatment
Psoriasis is certainly a very chronic skin disease which time and again causes a lot of aching,
pain,throbbing, and inflammation to the patients. Generally there are more than enough
psoriasis causes out there
but the most common causes typically involve: stress, smoking, drugs, infection, sunburn,
hereditary factor,hormonal disturbances, environmental factors, vitamin’s deficiency, lack of minerals, deficiency of water,...
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Skin care,
Skin Disease
How To Get Ride Lower Back Pain Take Essential Tips and Tricks
Lower back pain occurs due to severe muscle strain or a back injury. Those who suffer from lower back pain often resort to shortcuts like popping pain killers or applying pain-relieving ointments. This, however, as said earlier, is a shortcut, which merely provides temporary relief and eventually turns into a habit. Take...
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Health,
Lower Back Pain
What is Parkinson's disease?and What You Know?
Parkinson's disease is the most common form of Parkinsonism. It is a disorder of the brain. All types of Parkinsonism occur when nerve cells in a particular part of the brain die or lose the ability to function. These cells normally produce a chemical called Dopamine, a chemical messenger that helps relay signals to different parts...
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Health,
Parkinson's disease
Vitamin D Essential Of Our Life Overdose of Vitamin D
Vitamin D belongs to a group of fat-soluble vitamins. This means you need to transport the fats.
Vitamin D is essential for us to soak up calcium and keep bones and teeth healthy. It allows the intestinal
absorption of calcium and reduces the removal of it through urine. It regulates calcium and phosphorus
metabolism. Vitamin D foods appear to assist in the treatment of psoriasis and increase our resistance to
tuberculosis. Additionally...
Vitamin b6 Important Deficiency Several Benefits and Source of Food
Vitamin b6 is very important for our bodies. It helps our bodies to create anti bodies against any external diseases. Thus our natural immunity increases in the presence of vitamin b6. Vitamin b6 helps in the formation of red blood cells in our bodies. The functions of the brain are also supported by this vitamin. The proteinsin our body are broken down with the assistance of this vitamin.
There are several benefits of vitamin b6. Pyridoxine...
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Health,
Vitamin b6
Friday, 28 October 2011
How To Get Back Healthy Heart Take Some Essential Steps
A healthy heart is key to having a healthy life. Sedentary and stressful lifestyle is leading to more and more people having cardiovascular problems at an early age. Here are a few tips to keep your heart beating for long:
1) Check your blood pressure timely: It is important to keep your blood pressure low by eating a diet low in sodium, exercising and keeping your arteries functioning.
2) Eating...
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Healthy heart,
Heart disease
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Take Some Steps To Looking Slim and Smart
Some women are lucky enough to reach 30 and look like they should still be at high school. For the rest of us, there’s the daily grind of applying endless lotions, dieting and hitting the gym to make sure our bodies stay younger than the number of candles on our next birthday cake.
Eat the rainbow
Eat your greens... and your reds, oranges,...
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weight lossing
Narcotic Analgesics Control Short Acting Long Acting Pain
Pain is a complex occurrence that is uniquely experienced by each individual. It has been defined as the emotional and sensory perceptions associated with real or Acute pain is a warning that something is not right in the body. Chronic pain is pain that persists beyond the expected time for healing. Analgesics are drugs that relieve pain. The narcotic analgesics are con-trolled substances used to treat moderate...
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Narcotic Analgesics
Monday, 24 October 2011
What is Narcotic Analgesics Mechanisms of Action Side Effects
Pain is a complex occurrence that is uniquely experienced by each individual. It has been defined as the emotional and sensory perceptions associated with real or Acute pain is a warning that something is not right in the body. Chronic pain is pain that persists beyond the expected time for healing. Analgesics are drugs that relieve pain. The narcotic analgesics are con-trolled substances used to treat moderate to severe pain. Nurses...
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Clinical Pharmacology,
Narcotic Analgesics
An Antiarrhythmic drugs To Treat Cardiac Arrhythmias
The antiarrhythmic drugs are primarily used to treat cardiac arrhythmias. A cardiac arrhythmia is a distur-bance or irregularity in the heart rate, rhythm, or both,which requires administration of one of the antiarrhythmic drugs.
An arrhythmia may occur as a result of heart disease or from a disorder that affects cardiovascular function.Conditions such as emotional stress, hypoxia, and electrolyte imbalance also may trigger an arrhythmia....
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An Antiarrhythmic drugs
How Do Work Anti Tuberculosis Medication Uses and Contraindication
Tuberculosis is a major health problem throughout the world, infecting more than 8 million individuals each year. It is the world’s leading cause of death from infectious disease. Individuals living in crowded conditions, those with compromised immune systems, and individuals with debilitative conditions are especially susceptible to...
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Anti Tuberculosis Medication
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