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Predominance of Coccobacilli

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I had my first pap smear last month and when the result came out, I have a severe infection. According to my pap smear comments, I had severe inflammation abundant neutrophils and predominance of coccobacilli consistent with shift in vaginal flora.My obgyne prescribed to take doxycycline for 7 days to be taken twice a day. She also give me neo-penotran (metrodinozole), a vaginal suppository for

My Daughter Food and Diet

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My daughter is complaining about her stomach ache and at the same with vomiting. After a few hours of observing her condition, I and my husband decided to go the hospital for check up. The doctor or physician get urine and blood sample for testing and find out that there is a bacterial infection in her urine or urinary tract infection (UTI). Thanks God, that is only mild infection so she is not

Baby Sleep Schedule

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For new parents out there, there are very curious in terms of how much time their newborn baby should sleep. Below information is adapted from wyeth brochure taken when I was pregnant.The first few days will pass by in one big blur. Baby’s schedule may be erratic for the first few weeks. He may seem to be awake all the time! Again, take it easy.Not all babies are regular as the clock. Newborn

Two Types of Health Insurance Coverage

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(source: The New Complete Medical and Health Encyclopedia vol. III)In general, private health insurance coverage is one of two kinds: group and individual. Employers, unions, and other kinds of organization typically provide group insurance as an employee or membership benefit. An individual can buy individual insurance whether or not he or she is covered under a group policy. But a good group

Initial and Later Stages of Cancer

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Initial StagesThe cancer may start with just one or a few cells somewhere in the body that undergo a change and become malignant, or cancerous. The cells divide and reproduce themselves, and the cancer grows.Most cancers arise on the surface of a tissue, such as the skin, the lining of the uterus, mouth, stomach, bowel, bladder, or bronchial tube in the lung, or inside a duct in the breast,

Healthy Lifestyle Tips

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Person with healthy lifestyle is far from illnesses. Living a healthy lifestyle means enjoying life without worries, stress, depression, and less disease. Balance your life to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Some Tips to Healthy Lifestyle- Good personal hygiene- Quit smoking- Balance your life- Eating healthy breakfast- Live simply- Eat more fruits and vegetables- Love yourself

Tips to Parent to Prevent Drug Abuse

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Any problem that confronts the member of the family specially if it is the problem of the children should be the concern of the adults or parents. Following are the suggestions to parents, to prevent drug abuse:Create a warm and friendly atmosphere at home.Develop more effective means of communication by being open, honest, frank about things that matter between them and their

Warning Signs for Mentally Ill Person

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Just how can a determination be made as to who is mentally ill? No temperature reading, no acute pain, no abnormal growth can be looked for as evidence of a serious problem. Yet there are warning signs, and among the common ones are the following:Anxiety that is severe, prolonged, and unrelated to any identifiable reason or cause.Depression, especially when it is followed by withdrawal from

Some Tips to Help Avoid Backache / Back Pain

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As we grow older, the back muscle – weakened by inactivity, poor posture, and almost unavoidable wear and tear – start to complain.Other causes of back problem are muscle and joint strain, changes in the spine, psychological tension, and internal diseases.Here are some tips to help avoid backache:Learn to lift correctly. Use your legs muscles, which are stronger than back muscles, by placing your

Vitamins and Its Function

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Vitamin AMaintain normal vision, skin health, bone and tooth growth reproduction and immune function.ThiamineHelp release energy from nutrients; support normal appetite and nerve function.RiboflavinHelps releases energy from nutrients, support skin health, prevent deficiency manifested by cracks and redness at corners of mouth; inflammation of the tongue and dermatitis.NiacinHelp release energy

What is Hives?

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Hives are indications of allergic sensitivity to various foods, drugs, furs, fabrics, cosmetics, or a reaction to emotional stress. It is not solely blamed to sting bites of insects.Hives appears as red or white welts on the skin which may disappear a suddenly as they come, or may last for several days.The development of hives (urticaria) occurs when the body releases histamine, an organic

Brain Capacity

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Fallacy:The brain can get tired by reading to much information.Fact:The statement seems to assume that the brain is the same as the mind. The brain has many parts, made up of tissues just as the rest of the body is. It controls bodily movements and is also concerned with the different senses. All the knowledge that we have, first comes to us through the sense organs. The mind, however, is not

Milk Stops Bone Loss

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A study done to women who passed the menopausal stage showed that drinking milk fights bone loss. According to this study, women should drink milk during their adult’s lives. This will help fight the bone-thinning effects of a lifetime of coffee drinkingWomen who do not drink milk but drink coffee containing caffeine can suffer bone weakening as they get older. This is according to a study

Benefits of B- Carotene and Vegetables in our Body

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Experts from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that if you want to be healthy, you must eat a lot of vegetables. Good Advice.Good eyesight, glowing skin, and glossy hair come from eating green and leafy and yellow vegetables. These vegetables contain B-carotene. This is converted to vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is important

Baby’s Hair and Hair Cut

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Some believes that it is not good to have a child’s hair cut before the age of one year but nowhere in the scientific literature can one find a medical basis for this belief. Cutting the hair of a child who is below one year old has no effect whatsoever to his physical, mental, and emotional well-being.The growth of hair is normal in all individuals. It begins as early as the third month of