Should You Go to a Retail Health Clinic?
It’s a common scenario: It’s after-hours or a weekend and you need to see your doctor. But the office is closed. Or it’s flu season and you can’t get an appointment to see your doctor for two weeks. Maybe you’re out of town and don’t have access to your regular physician. Or you don’t have […]
Lifestyle-Based Ways To Enhance Your Memory
Forgetting things is a common experience, but it can be frustrating and even frightening. Yet, it doesn’t have to mean all hope is lost. Whatever your age, there are ways to improve your cognitive skills. Although our brains reach their maximum size when we’re in our early twenties and then slowly decline in volume over […]
Blood Pressure Monitors
Blood Pressure Monitors: Types and Uses Hypertension (a.k.a. high blood pressure) is by far one of the most common diseases. Effective treatment and prevention of this disease is possible only in the case of the use and medicinal and non-medicinal pills. Determination of the optimal treatment is possible only if a healthcare provider gets the […]
High Blood Pressure And Alcohol Use
Various groups of blood pressure medications are used for the management of hypertension, many of them should not be taken with alcohol. Alcohol-containing medications and alcoholic beverages may enhance the effect of blood pressure medications and cause unwanted side effects. Alcohol and diuretics Patients taking the FDA-approved diuretics – Hydrochlorothiazide or Furosemide after the alcohol […]
Blood Donation And Transfusion Guidelines
Overview Every year, nearly five million Americans need blood transfusions. An estimated 43,000 pints (or units) of donated blood are used each day in the United States, and one in seven people entering the hospital needs blood. Women are critical to the country’s blood supply, since their role as caregivers sends a message that donating […]
Pros And Cons Of Birth Control Shot
Various contraception methods can be used to prevent pregnancy. When choosing birth control option, take into account a few factors such as effectiveness, safety, ease of use and price. An important factor, which is often overlooked when choosing a contraceptive, is to maintain a normal psychology and physiology of sexual intercourse. By choosing one of the […]
Arm Implant Birth Control Cost
Innovative researches and technologies allow improving new methods of contraception. Modern birth control implants are no less effective contraceptives than previously developed, but they can significantly improve the woman’s well-being. Implant for birth control allows getting the desired result without regular administration. After the implant is inserted under the arm skin, a woman may receive […]
Implant Birth Control Reviews
Birth control implant is an effective and safe contraceptive used for the prevention of unwanted pregnancy in women aged 18 and older. Despite the fact that the first implants to prevent pregnancy went on sale a few decades ago, contraception by means of implants is a progressive method of birth control. In the USA, birth […]
Non Hormonal Birth Control Methods
Birth Control Options For Women Who Cannot Or Prefer Not To Take Hormones Some women cannot use hormones because of health reasons, breastfeeding, side effects or a host of other reasons. Some women prefer to avoid hormones in general. Still, other women may only need occasional pregnancy protection and prefer not to use a full-time […]
What Is Permanent Birth Control Options
Permanent birth control (sterilization) has the highest reliability among all the methods of protection from unwanted pregnancy. It is called permanent because of the impossibility of recovering fertility. Therefore, before deciding positively on sterilization, all patients should weigh the pros and cons of this birth control method. If a woman does not want to get […]
Birth Control Pills
Overview Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved “the pill” in 1960, it has become the most popular and one of the most effective forms of reversible birth control ever invented. According to The Guttmacher Institute, among U.S. women who use birth control, more than 27 percent use the pill. A 2013 National […]
Different Types Of Birth Control Pills
Modern women have the possibility to use different types of birth control, each of them has advantages and disadvantages. Comparison of different contraception types helps to choose the birth control method, which will be optimal for both sexual partners. There are three main types of contraception: hormonal, non-hormonal, and surgical. Each of these birth control […]