NATURAL WAYS OF REDUCING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

When the phrase “blood pressure,” is mentioned the average adult is likely to stand still. For all reasons, issues relating to blood pressure readily arrest attention because it’s one aspect of personal health matter that determines whether or not you stay alive — and in sound health.
Physicians say the normal blood pressure is below 120/80 mmhg (millimeters of mercury). Pre-hypertension is diagnosed between 120/80–139/89; Stage 1 hypertension is between 140/90–159/99; and Stage 2 hypertension is a blood pressure above 160/100, hence the need to monitor your blood pressure religiously once you hit age 40.

OXYGEN METABOLISM AND HYPOXIA

The cells have no capability to store oxygen, yet all cells require it as an essential metabolic fuel. Without constant delivery, tissue hypoxia and anaerobic metabolism ensue. Tissue hypoxia is defined as inadequate critical oxygen tension to meet the needs of the cell. It is not synonymous with, but closely related to, arterial hypoxaemia which is decreased Po, in the arterial blood.

EFFECTS OF PARATHYROID HORMONE ON CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS

Parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is secreted in response to a decrease in the plasma ionised calcium level, influences calcium homeostasis by: (a) directly effecting calcium and phosphate reabsorption by the kidney, (b) influencing bone mineralisation and calcium flux from bone, and (c) stimulating 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25- DHCC) synthesis by the kidney.

BIOCHEMISTRY OF OBESITY

In a world where food supplies are intermittent, the ability to store energy in excess of what is required for immediate use is essential for survival. Fat cells, residing within widely distributed adipose tissue depots, are adapted to store excess energy efficiently as triglyceride and, when needed, to release stored energy as free fatty acids for use at other sites. This physiologic system, orchestrated through endocrine and neural

EFFECT OF CIGARETTES CONSUMPTION ON BONE MASS

The use of cigarettes over a long period has detrimental effects on bone mass. These effects may be mediated directly, by toxic effects on osteoblasts, or indirectly by modifying estrogen metabolism. On average, cigarette smokers reach menopause 1–2 years earlier than the general population. Cigarette smoking also produces secondary effects that can modulate skeletal status, including intercurrent respiratory and other illnesses, frailty, decreased exercise, poor nutrition, and the need for additional medications (e.g., glucocorticoids for lung disease).

EBOLA VIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT

It is a Central African disease that has traveled over countries in a living host to West Africa. It is easily spread by physical contact and eating contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5 species of Bats but monkeys and apes are easily infected and killed.
It kills in a week, leaving no time to treat an individual