Health Questions-help?

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2011

Question 1
Which of the following risk factors is
controllable?
A)stress
B)alcohol intake
C)diabetes mellitus
D)high blood cholesterol
E)all of these

Question 2
Smokers’ risk of heart attack is _______ times the risk of nonsmokers.
A)two to four
B) four to six
C)six to eight
D)eight to ten

Question 3
Regular physical exercise lowers blood pressure.
A)True
B)False

Question 4
Excessive drinking of alcohol can cause many types of disease.
A)True
B)False

Question 5
Four out of five people who die from heart disease are 65 or older.
A)True
B)False

Question 6
Physical exercise helps to prevent heart disease.
A)True
B)False

Question 7
Women have a greater risk of heart attack than men do, and they have attacks earlier in life.
A)True
B)False

Question 8
A person’s cholesterol level is not affected by age, sex, heredity, and diet.
A)True
B)False

Question 9
Which of the following is considered a “good” cholesterol?
A)LDL
B)HDL
C)triglycerides

Question 10
Alcohol can contribute to:
A)cancer
B)irregular heartbeats
C)obesity
D)suicide
E)all of the above

Is beetroot juice the new wonder drink?

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2011

It’s said to reduce high blood pressure, but what does it taste like?

Does ADRENAL abnormality affect kidney, other function?

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2011

Relative of mine was found to have “something” wrong with her adrenal glands nearly two years ago while in ICU for respiratory disease. It was not cancer, and doctors never mentioned anything further to us.

Because of her COPD, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure and CHF, she suffers tremendously from respiratory problems and mainly the increase carbon dioxide problem which comes with COPD. It is the high acidity (low PH) which I blame for her smelly, thick, dark urine which can be in any form I just mentioned or only one of those but the color of gasoline mixed w/ water, or lately appearing to be potato flaky-like.

From experience of seeing doctors ignore many things in many of her hospitalizations and subsequent treatments, I’ve come to believe her kidneys may not be functioning as well as they should.

What would our main concern w/ the adrenal glands here be?

By the way, just remembered that they (adrenal) produce cortisone(?) or similar, which serve to protected against inflamation. Am I right?

Wouldn’t treatment of her adrenal glands help with her lung inflamation and thus her breathing improvement?
JenS, I loved your complete and thorough answer!!! Wanted to extend question, but apparently I’d done so before. Wanted many others to read about such important gland and some of the problems with it.

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