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Health Advice Articles Summary
Beware GrapeFruit
Grapefruits might initially seem like an ideal part of someone’s diet if they are overweight, but there are many potentially bad health effects associated with grapefruits and grapefruit juice:
Grapefruit interactions with some medications can cause negative effects, especially on kidney level, and sometimes it can even be fatal. A woman that uses birth control pills and then suddenly drinks too much grapefruit juice can get pregnant because this juice makes the effects of the pills disappear.
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Look out for the Symptoms of Diabetes
Psychological and emotional stress among mothers may trickle down to their kids and increase their
children’s risk of having diabetes. Mothers who experienced a stressful event such as divorce, domestic violence, mental tension and work pressure have an increased risk of developing diabetes.
Parents who are often stressed out or are having problems is the number one stressor among children. Without the parent’s knowledge, children may get stressed, raising level of cortisol - also called the “stress hormone”.
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Exercise Sleep and your Body Temperature
Exercise will raise your body temperature rhythm, and make your body
temperature “peak” at a higher level. This will increase your energy levels throughout the
day, and you'll feel more awake, alive, and motivated. As your body temperature levels will max out at a higher level, your body temperature will also drop more easily and deeper. This will allow you to sleep deeply, without interruptions.
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Coping with the Problem of Female Hair Loss
Hair loss is part of our daily lives, whether you realize it or not and is generally more common as people grow older, but can affect younger people as well. Hair loss is a gradual process, some research has indicated that it takes 5 years or more for follicle roots to fully cease.
For many patients, hair loss is a major emotional problem and is quite normal after major surgery, so it is important for patients to speak to their surgeon about this possible side effect before undergoing surgery.
Hair loss is quite a likely occurrence for children being treated for leukemia. In male- and female-pattern baldness, the culprit is something called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, which is derived from androgen, a male hormone.
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