This article outlines the best practices for effective breathing techniques to reduce stress and anxiety.
Five Best Breathing Techniques for Reducing Stress and Anxiety
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Category: Reflections
Mother’s Day and Fetal Microchimerism
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Fetal microchimerism is when the fetal cells travel outside the fetus and embed in the mother’s body during pregnancy. Those fetal cells can stay with the mother for decades and affect her health. The Chimera is a Greek mythological creature with parts taken from different animals. The Benefits to the Baby The fetus has a…
Good Friday
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The Passion of the Lord from a medical point.
A Bright New 20/20!
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[wpedon id=5778] We review the past year and gaze into the future. Scan the surroundings and witness confusion We have to detect and Cut out tunnel vision and use a broad view to identify the imperfect and apply solutions with a wider perspective. But before all, we examine what’s inside and recognize and spot weaknesses. The future…
Where Are the New Posts?
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Apologies to the faithful reader who checks this website regularly for new posts. I have been swamped preparing for an Internal Medicine recertification exam that will be held next month. The exam covers all the specialties like cardiology, neurology (brain), general internal medicine, nephrology (kidneys), hematology and oncology (blood and cancer problems), gastroenterology and hepatology…
The Stand-in for All Our Screw-Ups
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We all screw up. No exemption. Everybody makes mistakes, and mistakes have consequences. Every single one of them, whether you like it or not. What if we pile up all our missteps, faults, blunders, snafus, white lies, and sins in one pile? It could very well be a gigantic pile. What if there is an…
How the Body Saved Itself. Part 1: The Challenge and Metabolic Syndrome
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The Challenge When John was still a baby, his body organs bragged about who can make John healthy and live the longest. They all agreed on a competition. The brain said, “Since I can think, I can make John live the longest.” Not so said the heart, “I supply the blood, as long as I…
Disease Prevention Has a Deadline
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Disease prevention does not last forever. We can only postpone it for so long. Eventually, blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, and stroke will happen. What was reversible before is now permanent. Disease prevention should be dealt with posthaste. The attempt to reverse or prevent obesity and metabolic syndrome should have started yesterday. Cold Calling…
Do You Have Ten Refrigerators?
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Imagine someone going to the grocery several times a day and stuffs the perishables in the refrigerator. As the fridge gets full, his solution is to buy more refrigerators so he can keep on buying more groceries. Eventually, his house has several refrigerators and gets crowded. His electric bills are through the roof. Does…
The Two Minute Warning
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The two-minute warning is called in the last two minutes of the first and second half of American football. When somebody is brought to an ER with an acute problem like a heart attack, it is very similar to the last two minutes of the fourth quarter of football, and your team is behind by…
How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 5: The List
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I included an outline below of the information needed, and you can easily copy and paste in a word processing software and fill in all the blanks. Name: Date of Birth: Insurance: Height: Weight (English or metric units) Allergies: Reactions Past Medical Histories: Previous Surgeries: Medications: Name Dose Frequency Smoking Yes…
How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit. Part 4: How to Package.
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“As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.” Health information can be carried or obtained by the following Paper USB Flash Drive Electronic file attachment sent thru the internet The simplest way will be to write or print (better) with a computer on a small piece of paper, back to back, and insert in…
How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 3: Other Helpful Information
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The additional information in the emergency room or in the hospital. To gather this information, ask the Primary Care physician and the facility where they were done. Keeping in mind that your physician and hospitals have policies before you can obtain them. So it may not be easy sometimes. Friendliness to the staff will go…
How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 2: What to Include
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This article lists the critical medical information that doctors use as part of medical decision making. Having the latest info on hand makes for rapid diagnosis and treatment. Basic Medical Information 1. Name Date of Birth Address Insurance Social Security 2. Height and weight with the units. (For medication dosing and imaging with weight limits)….
How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part 1: Why?
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ER visits are unplanned. Here is the why, what and how to be ready for that ER visit.