Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Toby Keith Talks About His Gall Bladder Attack.

TOBY KEITH opened up a little more about last summer's gall bladder surgery. Like a lot of guys, he tried to man-up at first and then it brought him to his knees and he HAD to get 'er done. Toby said, quote, "I had an attack [that] I thought was weird indigestion back in December. Then it was gone for three months and I didn't think anything about it. I thought it was a cramp. "Then in March I was on the golf course and by the third hole, I hit my drive and then started feeling that same thing I had three months earlier. "Me and the guys hit our second shots and by the time I got to the green, I was doubled over, and dry heaving, broke out in a sweat. "Everybody says when you have a gall bladder attack, it feels like a heart attack. And I didn't think it was that bad. It felt like a stomach cramp."

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Four Healthy Ways to Detox After the Holidays

If you're a little heavier than you were before the holidays, don't panic. You don't have to starve yourself or go on an extreme cleanse to get back to normal. Here are four HEALTHY ways to detox after the holidays . . .

#1.) Avoid Sugar and Salt. If you're still feeling bloated, go easy on sugar and salt for at least three days, and avoid refined carbs like pasta, white rice, and white bread.

#2.) Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Than Normal. Doctors typically suggest eating at least five servings of each every single day. And if you've been eating junk for the last month, you need to step it up. Increase your intake of the healthy stuff to between seven and 12 servings. It'll help you get all the vitamins and minerals that aren't in chocolate, eggnog, and mashed potatoes.

#3.) Start Off Slowly at the Gym. Take it easy for the first week. If you're gung-ho on day one, you'll overdo it and end up being too sore to go back the next day. A lot of people make this mistake and then NEVER go back.

#4.) Drink Plenty of Water. It's the fastest way to start feeling healthier because water flushes out the toxins in your body. So here's the easy way to make sure you drink enough: Divide your body weight by two, then drink that many ounces of water a day. So if you're 150 pounds, you should drink 75 ounces of water a day, which is just over half a gallon.

(DietsInReview.com)

Friday, December 31, 2010

Doctors Are Treating an Aggressive Intestinal Bacteria With . . .

Hope you're done eating your morning scone already, because this one's ROUGH.


There's a "superbug" called C-diff that's starting to spread. It's a bacteria that aggressively attacks a person's intestines . . . fights off antibiotics . . . and gives people nonstop diarrhea.

So doctors have come up with a last-ditch treatment idea . . . wait for it . . . wait for it . . . POOP TRANSPLANTS!!

That's right. If you have C-diff, your doctor might take healthy feces from someone and transplant it into you. The healthy bacteria from the clean poop will quickly start replicating and can wipe out C-diff almost immediately.

Fecal transplants haven't been fully tested . . . all doctors know is that they really seem to work in this case, and if that can save lives, they're going to roll with them.

And they're not that difficult . . . basically, they're just a little add-on to a regular, routine colonoscopy.

(Associated Press)