If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, you may find yourself eventually faced with a decision as to whether you want to remain in the hospital or long-term hospice care facility or you want to go home to spend the rest of your life in a familiar and more comfortable environment. When you make the choice to go home rather than remain in a medical or hospice care facility, you may wonder what you can and should do (or have done) to make your home as comfortable as possible for you and everyone to maneuver.
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One of the least pleasant aspects of dealing with breast augmentation, if you choose implants, occurs immediately after your operation—and it isn't the pain. In fact, the pain associated with breast implants is generally fairly mild and easily controlled with prescriptions like Vicodin or Percocet. Instead, the real bugbear of the whole thing is something that you may not even have realized you were going to have until after the surgery was over: drain tubes.
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If you are currently pregnant, you are likely excited about your new baby. It is important that you learn everything that you can before it is born so you will be ready to take well care of it. Below are two common problems your baby may have and what you can do at home to treat them.
Baby Has Diaper Rash
Diaper rash is unavoidable and it is painful for babies.
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After giving birth, you might need pelvic reconstructive surgery to get your body back to the way that it was. This can be a hard process with a long recovery time. However, here are some tips for recovering from pelvic reconstructive surgery that can help make the process go more smoothly.
1. Compression Socks and Blood Thinners
Ask your doctor about the possibility of you developing deep vein thrombosis as a result of the surgery.
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When it comes to healthy living, proper diet and nutrition are key. These two things are crucial components of ayurvedic medicine as well. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently estimate that roughly 71 million adults in America suffer from bad cholesterol (LDL). Bad cholesterol puts individuals at twice the risk of cardiovascular disease, which is the number one cause of mortality in the US. Therefore, it is very important that you do what you can to lower your cholesterol.
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