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Liver function tests: Things you should know

Overview Liver function tests are blood tests used to help diagnose and monitor liver disease or damage. The tests measure the levels of certain enzymes and proteins in your blood. Some of these tests measure how well the liver is performing its normal functions of producing protein and clearing bilirubin, a blood waste product. Other liver function tests measure enzymes that liver cells release in response to damage or disease. Abnormal liver function test results don’t always indicate liver disease. Your doctor [...]

07/02/2020 By Teresa Tran General, News 0 Comments Read more...

Foods to avoid for diabetics you need to know

Diabetes is a chronic disease that has reached epidemic proportions among adults and children worldwide. Uncontrolled diabetes has many serious consequences, including heart disease, kidney disease, blindness and other complications. Prediabetes has also been linked to these conditions . Importantly, eating the wrong foods can raise your blood sugar and insulin levels and promote inflammation, which may increase your risk of disease. Why Does Carb Intake Matter for People With Diabetes? Carbs, protein and fat are the macronutrients that provide your body [...]

30/12/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

Health Benefits of Lion’s Mane Mushroom

Lion’s mane mushrooms, also known as hou tou gu or yamabushitake, are large, white, shaggy mushrooms that resemble a lion’s mane as they grow. They have both culinary and medical uses in Asian countries like China, India, Japan and Korea. Lion’s mane mushrooms can be enjoyed raw, cooked, dried or steeped as a tea. Their extracts often used in over-the-counter health supplements. Many describe their flavor as “seafood-like,” often comparing it to crab or lobster Lion’s mane mushrooms contain bioactive substances that have beneficial effects on [...]

09/12/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

Gestational diabetes: Cause, diagnosis and treatment

What Is Gestational Diabetes? Gestational diabetes only happens during pregnancy. It means you have high blood sugar levels, but those levels were normal before you were pregnant. If you have it, you can still have a healthy baby with help from your doctor and by doing simple things to manage your blood sugar, also called blood glucose. After your baby is born, gestational diabetes usually goes away. Gestational diabetes makes you more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but it won’t definitely happen. Causes During pregnancy, the placenta makes hormones that can [...]

20/11/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

How high cholesterol affects health

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in your blood and in your cells. Your liver makes most of the cholesterol in your body. The rest comes from foods you eat. Cholesterol travels in your blood bundled up in packets called lipoproteins. Cholesterol comes in two forms: Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the “bad,” unhealthy kind of cholesterol. LDL cholesterol can build up in your arteries and form fatty, waxy deposits called plaques. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is the “good,” healthy kind of cholesterol. It transports excess cholesterol out of [...]

04/11/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

Causes, symptoms and treatment of herniated disc

Causes of a herniated disk A slipped disk occurs when the soft internal section of an intervertebral disk protrudes through the outer layer. The human backbone, or spine, consists of 26 bones called vertebrae. Between each vertebra lie rubbery, cushion-like pads called “disks.” These disks help keep the vertebrae in place and act as shock absorbers. Spinal disks have a soft, jelly-like center and a tougher exterior. A herniated disk occurs when some of the soft interior slips out through a crack in the wall of [...]

29/10/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

Lifestyle Changes to Treat High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against your artery walls as it goes through your body. Like air in a tire or water in a hose, blood fills your arteries to a point. Just as too much air pressure can damage a tire, or too much water pushing through a garden hose can damage the hose, high blood pressure can hurt your arteries and lead to life-threatening conditions like heart disease and stroke. How Is Blood Pressure Measured? A reading appears as two numbers. The first, [...]

14/10/2019 By Teresa Tran General Lifestyle Changes to Treat High Blood Pressure, Treat High Blood Pressure 0 Comments Read more...

Five flavor fruit (Schisandra chinensis) – Uses for health you may not know

Schisandra chinensis (five flavor fruit) is a fruit-bearing vine. It’s purple-red berries are described as having five tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, pungent, and sour. The seeds of the Schisandra berry contain lignans. These are substances which may have beneficial effects on health. Schisandra isn’t typically used as a food. But it has been used for medicinal purposes throughout Asia and Russia for generations. In traditional Chinese medicine, Schisandra is considered beneficial to qi, the life force or energy inherent in all living things. It’s thought [...]

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Rheumatoid arthritis – Symptoms and treatments

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system – which normally protects its health by attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses – mistakenly attacks the joints. This creates inflammation that causes the tissue that lines the inside of joints (the synovium) to thicken, resulting in swelling and pain in and around the joints. The synovium makes a fluid that lubricates joints and helps them move smoothly. If inflammation goes unchecked, it can damage cartilage, [...]

30/09/2019 By Teresa Tran General 0 Comments Read more...

6 Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushroom to health

The turkey tail mushroom comes from the Trametes versicolor family, formerly Coriolus versicolor (or “cloud mushroom”). It’s one of the 100 species of mushrooms that have been researched for their medicinal properties. Turkey tail mushroom grows on dead logs in woodland environments worldwide and gets its name from the brown and tan rings that look like the tail feathers of a turkey. It’s a type of bracket fungi, which means that it forms thin, circular structures that appear leaf-like. To find one, you probably just need [...]

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