Lockergnome’s Kelly Clay gets a demonstration of the iHealth blood pressure monitoring system and iHealth blood pressure cuff for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. iHealth works like a standard blood pressure cuff, measuring blood pressure from around your bicep, then charts the data on your iPad or iPhone with an integrated app so that you […]
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High Blood Pressure Can Cause Headaches
Being overweight, drinking a lot of alcohol and not eating right contribute to high blood pressure. The person may not notice anything wrong now but in a few years, this will come in the form of a stroke that could either kill or leave anyone paralyzed. Studies reveal that this affects more than 50 million […]
Do You Have Divine Powers – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ?
www.tm.org Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is asked whether he has divine powers. He says that anyone can reach the divine through Transcendental Meditation. Learning the Transcendental Meditation technique is one of the most enjoyable things youll ever do. The program is taught in a standard seven-step course, which includes public lectures, private instruction, and group seminars. […]
How to make Origami Buckyballs from PHiZZ units
Instruction on how to make “buckyballs” (dodecahedron, truncated icosahedron) from “PHiZZ” units. www.merrimack.edu For what it’s worth…some facts: – It looks complicated but it is really easy to make. Much easier than the “5 intersecting tetrahedra” or even an origami swan! – The unit used in this modular is Thomas Hull’s “PHiZZ” unit (pentagon-hexagon zig-zag […]
Hypertension, An Alternative Approach
For many years high blood pressure has been defined based upon actuarial tables prepared by life insurance companies. By that definition, blood pressure of 140/90 is borderline hypertension in a person 40 years of age. The suppressed fact is that blood pressure should rise by 5 points for every decade of life. Therefore, 145/95 is […]
Do We Really Need to Take Vitamins for Our Health?
Vitamins got their name because they are “vital to life,” meaning that if you are completely deprived of them for a long period of time, you become sick. One hundred years ago many of our forefathers did suffer from malnutrition. That was an age of under-nutrition. Americans are now living in an age of over-nutrition […]
Gestational Diabetes Diet – Recommended Foods
You should know that there isn’t one standard gestational diabetes diet available. Each dietitian will have their own meal plan that may be slightly different from someone else’s. Many women receive their GD diet like a tablet with the Ten Commandments on it, only to find out afterward that there are many differences between each […]
High Blood Pressure In Adolescents
High blood pressure, which is also known professionally as hypertension, is a state where the pressure of the blood flowing through your arteries is significantly higher than standard. Most medical professionals will state that the starting point for people more than eighteen years of age is 120/80. However, there are factors that could render those […]
Vitamins and Minerals Help Ensure A Good Healthy Heart
Taking good care of your body means that you are able to maintain adequate amounts of the minerals, vitamins and nutrients that are needed to ensure a totally healthy well-being. Also, it is very important to note that the heart requires a significant amount of attention too, in order for it to be able to […]