The human heart is the hardest-working organ in the body—ceaselessly pumping blood to keep the body constantly supplied with oxygen and nutrients while ridding it of its waste products. Just like you would your car engine, you need to get routine cardiac screenings to ensure your heart is working optimally. These also help your doctor identify manifestations of cardiovascular problems, especially if you are already showing symptoms or have strong risk factors for it. Listed below are a few ... [Read More]
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Ways to Get Primary Care in the Digital Age
One of the biggest concerns people had during the height of the pandemic was how to keep up with their doctor’s appointments. Primary care visits consist of health checkups, diagnostics and treatment, and monitoring of chronic diseases. With social distancing guidelines in place, doctor’s appointments last year and early this year were increasingly being done online. In other words, more and more patients saw their primary care doctors virtually, through their smartphones and computers, which ... [Read More]
Going Back To Your Ideal Weight
Because of the pandemic, access to gyms and spaces for exercise is limited. Achieving an ideal weight has become a big challenge. With the prevalence of work-from-home arrangements, more days are spent on the couch than on our feet. Here are five simple yet proven ways of going back to your ideal weight. Redefine Your Motivation After a long time of being distracted, redefining your motivation is the first thing to do in getting back to your ideal weight. Start with taking note of why you ... [Read More]
A Guide to Sleep Disorders
Do you always wake up more tired than when you went to bed? Or has a restful sleep at night regularly become elusive? If so, you could be having a sleep disorder. Sleep disorders generally refer to conditions that either hinder you from falling and staying asleep altogether or prevent you from getting restful sleep. As a result, you will feel excessively sleepy or unable to function during the day. Let’s get a better understanding of sleep disorders by exploring their causes, their ... [Read More]
Weight loss: losing weight you gained during quarantine
You probably don’t need any study to tell you that weight gain is a common problem during quarantine. As many companies have gone remote, gyms have closed down, and orders to stay at home still remain in effect in most states, quarantine weight gain is a very real problem for millions of Americans. The Problem With Gaining Weight Gaining weight is something many joke about, but it really is no laughing matter. Dangers of being overweight are plenty. It increases your risk of developing ... [Read More]
