Don't Get Sick!
This piece was rewritten for easier reading and originally posted on December 9, 2018. Fasting has been around for centuries and is practiced by the most significant religions. Intermittent fasting (IF) has seen a resurgence in the past years, and many people, including me, have achieved considerable health improvements. There is a solution that is…
How can 4 minutes of exercise beat 1 hour of jogging? “As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.” The Science In the 1991 study of Izumi Tabata. Doing High-Intensity Interval Training in as short as 4 minutes can give you the same benefits as running for an hour. The study improved the anaerobic…
Mini J as in Mini Jesse Mini J is a small 2.5 cm baked clay sculpture done by my daughter, Agnes, about 7 years ago. MiniJ’s photo has been the wallpaper on my mobile phone since it was made. The other day I somehow deleted it. I asked my wife to take another picture to…
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a group of conditions that include high blood pressure, obesity, high blood sugar, and low HDL and high triglycerides. The combination of the separate components of MetS has been associated with strokes, heart attacks, gout, fatty liver, and Type 2 Diabetes. Having One Component of Metabolic Syndrome Makes it Likely That…
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 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…
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…
“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…
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…
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)….
ER visits are unplanned. Here is the why, what and how to be ready for that ER visit.
The purpose of DrJesseSantano.com is to provide health information. Understanding why diseases occur is critical to avoid common and deadly diseases. At present, there is a worldwide epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes. Heart disease, stroke, and cancer are among the top causes of death. All of them are potentially preventable…
