This document outlines Brittany Piva's healthy living plan, which includes four main components: healthy eating and exercising, healthy relationships, knowledge of drug and alcohol abuse, and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections. For each component, the document provides information and advice. It discusses Canada's food guide and the benefits of a balanced diet and regular exercise. It defines healthy and unhealthy relationships and the importance of communication. It also defines and discusses the risks of drug and alcohol abuse and sexually transmitted infections, emphasizing the importance of prevention.
When you’re a parent, you may not give much thought to teen mental health conditions or mental distress. You might attribute potential red flags in behavior to typical teen growing pains. As parents, it is essential to realize that some things might be real warning signs of mental health issues in teens.
By understanding more about the risks for teens regarding their mental health and the impact of social media, you’re better positioned to know what to watch for; you’re also more likely to be able to help your teen who is struggling.
When you’re a parent, you may not give much thought to teen mental health conditions or mental distress. You might attribute potential red flags in behavior to typical teen growing pains. As parents, it is essential to realize that some things might be real warning signs of mental health issues in teens.
By understanding more about the risks for teens regarding their mental health and the impact of social media, you’re better positioned to know what to watch for; you’re also more likely to be able to help your teen who is struggling.
Do you realize that national surveys have suggested that nearly
fourteen-million Americans, that's one in thirteen grownups, abuse
alcohol or are alcoholic? For many adults, moderate alcohol use (1-2
drinks daily for men and 1 drink daily for women and elderly) isn't
harmful.
As a matter of fact, moderate alcohol use has indicated to have a
favorable effect on cardiac health, and may be a pleasant plus to
social affairs. But, unhealthy alcohol abuse may be life-threatening.
Heavy drinking has been evidenced to step-up one's risk for
particular cancers, especially liver, esophagus, throat, and larynx. Just be healthy and make your life better. find a easy way to earn money and then use it or invest it for a better life.
first of all be healthy. start it today and think about new ideas.
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Closeted Affairs the Struggles of Repressed Sexuality and the Benefits of Cou...Vincent Mauro
This is a project I chose to do for a school open house in which I interviewed two subjects and compared the results. I wanted to explore the struggles of repressed sexuality and the benefits of counseling for gay/bisexual individual's mental health.
This a project for a high school AP Psychology course. This is a fictionalized account of having a psychological ailment. For questions about this blog project or its content please email the teacher, Laura Astorian: laura.astorian@cobbk12.org
This lecture is about quitting smoking or smoking cessation. Lighting a cigarette and inhaling the smoke is bad for the health. Healthy lifestyle including a very good diet, regular exercises, enough sleep and a less stressful life is very important.
Have you heard some things about rehab that make you not want to go? Some people think that rehab is boring, or that others will judge them. This is simply not true.
We debunk these and other top myths about rehab in this slideshow.
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Do you realize that national surveys have suggested that nearly
fourteen-million Americans, that's one in thirteen grownups, abuse
alcohol or are alcoholic? For many adults, moderate alcohol use (1-2
drinks daily for men and 1 drink daily for women and elderly) isn't
harmful.
As a matter of fact, moderate alcohol use has indicated to have a
favorable effect on cardiac health, and may be a pleasant plus to
social affairs. But, unhealthy alcohol abuse may be life-threatening.
Heavy drinking has been evidenced to step-up one's risk for
particular cancers, especially liver, esophagus, throat, and larynx. Just be healthy and make your life better. find a easy way to earn money and then use it or invest it for a better life.
first of all be healthy. start it today and think about new ideas.
http://bit.ly/3p9rZwV
Closeted Affairs the Struggles of Repressed Sexuality and the Benefits of Cou...Vincent Mauro
This is a project I chose to do for a school open house in which I interviewed two subjects and compared the results. I wanted to explore the struggles of repressed sexuality and the benefits of counseling for gay/bisexual individual's mental health.
This a project for a high school AP Psychology course. This is a fictionalized account of having a psychological ailment. For questions about this blog project or its content please email the teacher, Laura Astorian: laura.astorian@cobbk12.org
This lecture is about quitting smoking or smoking cessation. Lighting a cigarette and inhaling the smoke is bad for the health. Healthy lifestyle including a very good diet, regular exercises, enough sleep and a less stressful life is very important.
Have you heard some things about rehab that make you not want to go? Some people think that rehab is boring, or that others will judge them. This is simply not true.
We debunk these and other top myths about rehab in this slideshow.
www.recovery.org
HEALTHY EATING What can I eat?
Diabetes education classes can assist people with diabetes in gaining knowledge about the effect of food on blood glucose, sources of carbohydrates and fat, appropriate meal planning and resources to assist in making food choices. Skills taught include reading labels, planning and preparing meals, measuring foods for portion control, fat control and carbohydrate counting. Barriers, such as environmental triggers and emotional, financial, and cultural factors, are also addressed.
Did you know that teaching about the dangers of alcohol and drugs is included in the education requirements of 38 states? But what is really happening when alcohol and drug education gets squeezed in with an ever-growing list of requirements in thousands of schools across the country? A total of 3,500 teachers, school administrators, and other educators were surveyed and the findings and recommendations appear in the following 19 page report
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This presentation details why many teens suffer from there everyday problems from drugs to relationships and also gives way to how to find sobriety from these "addictions" teens face whether considered real addictions or not they are in our world.
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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Recomendações da OMS sobre cuidados maternos e neonatais para uma experiência pós-natal positiva.
Em consonância com os ODS – Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Estratégia Global para a Saúde das Mulheres, Crianças e Adolescentes, e aplicando uma abordagem baseada nos direitos humanos, os esforços de cuidados pós-natais devem expandir-se para além da cobertura e da simples sobrevivência, de modo a incluir cuidados de qualidade.
Estas diretrizes visam melhorar a qualidade dos cuidados pós-natais essenciais e de rotina prestados às mulheres e aos recém-nascidos, com o objetivo final de melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar materno e neonatal.
Uma “experiência pós-natal positiva” é um resultado importante para todas as mulheres que dão à luz e para os seus recém-nascidos, estabelecendo as bases para a melhoria da saúde e do bem-estar a curto e longo prazo. Uma experiência pós-natal positiva é definida como aquela em que as mulheres, pessoas que gestam, os recém-nascidos, os casais, os pais, os cuidadores e as famílias recebem informação consistente, garantia e apoio de profissionais de saúde motivados; e onde um sistema de saúde flexível e com recursos reconheça as necessidades das mulheres e dos bebês e respeite o seu contexto cultural.
Estas diretrizes consolidadas apresentam algumas recomendações novas e já bem fundamentadas sobre cuidados pós-natais de rotina para mulheres e neonatos que recebem cuidados no pós-parto em unidades de saúde ou na comunidade, independentemente dos recursos disponíveis.
É fornecido um conjunto abrangente de recomendações para cuidados durante o período puerperal, com ênfase nos cuidados essenciais que todas as mulheres e recém-nascidos devem receber, e com a devida atenção à qualidade dos cuidados; isto é, a entrega e a experiência do cuidado recebido. Estas diretrizes atualizam e ampliam as recomendações da OMS de 2014 sobre cuidados pós-natais da mãe e do recém-nascido e complementam as atuais diretrizes da OMS sobre a gestão de complicações pós-natais.
O estabelecimento da amamentação e o manejo das principais intercorrências é contemplada.
Recomendamos muito.
Vamos discutir essas recomendações no nosso curso de pós-graduação em Aleitamento no Instituto Ciclos.
Esta publicação só está disponível em inglês até o momento.
Prof. Marcus Renato de Carvalho
www.agostodourado.com
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Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
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Overall life span (LS) was 1671.7±1721.6 days and cumulative 5YS reached 62.4%, 10 years – 50.4%, 20 years – 44.6%. 94 LCP lived more than 5 years without cancer (LS=2958.6±1723.6 days), 22 – more than 10 years (LS=5571±1841.8 days). 67 LCP died because of LC (LS=471.9±344 days). AT significantly improved 5YS (68% vs. 53.7%) (P=0.028 by log-rank test). Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: N0-N12, T3-4, blood cell circuit, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells-CC and blood cells subpopulations), LC cell dynamics, recalcification time, heparin tolerance, prothrombin index, protein, AT, procedure type (P=0.000-0.031). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and N0-12 (rank=1), thrombocytes/CC (rank=2), segmented neutrophils/CC (3), eosinophils/CC (4), erythrocytes/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), stick neutrophils/CC (8), leucocytes/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (error=0.000; area under ROC curve=1.0).
2. My Healthy Living Plan
• Consists of
• 1) Healthy Eating and Exercising
• 2) Healthy Relationships
• 3) Knowledge on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• 4) Knowledge on Sexually Transmit Infections
and Safe Sex
Consists of:
1) Healthy Eating and Exercising
2) Healthy Relationships
3) Knowledge on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
4) Knowledge on Sexually Transmitted Infections
My Healthy Living
Plan
3. Healthy Eating and Exercising
According to Health Canada, eating well and being
physically active every day go hand-in-hand with
physical and mental health and vitality.
Canada’s Food Guide defines and promotes healthy
eating for Canadians. It encourages a variety of foods
from four food groups – Vegetables & Fruit, Grain
Products, Milk and Alternatives, and Meat and
Alternatives. It also includes specific amounts and types
of oils and fats.
A well-balanced diet provides the right vitamins,
minerals and nutrients to keep the body and mind
strong and healthy. Eating well can also aid in the
prevention of a variety of diseases and health
problems, as well as helping to maintain a healthy
body weight, providing energy and promoting a
general feeling of well-being.
4. Healthy Eating and Exercising
Not only does eating the right foods provide
you with many benefits, it also gives you a
newfound energy and reduced amount of stress
levels.
Exercise and activity helps protect you from
heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure,
diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis,
and help manage stress.
Using this information I will continue to
maintain a well balanced diet to influence
others and benefit the overall health of
myself. I also plan on continuing to
exercise regularly to keep down my levels
of stress that can be easily be built up and
left in my body as well as improving my
overall health.
5. Healthy Relationships
Unhealthy Relationship
-Your partner controls you and has to know
your every move.
-You feel unsafe with your partner and they
abuse you. (mentally, physically, sexually
ect.)
-Your partner makes you choose between him
or your friends and gets mad when you
spend time with them over him.
-Your partner makes you give up things you
love like sports or quit your job so you can
spend more time with them.
-Your partner gets mad at you for talking to
other guys even if they have been lifelong
friends.
-You or your partner hides important things
from each other and lack communication.
-Your partner holds you back, makes you feel
insecure and unhappy, and they bring out
the worst in you.
Healthy Relationship
-Your partner asks about your day but doesn’t
need to know every detail.
-You feel safe with your partner and know that
you can trust them and tell them anything
you need to.
-You maintain a well balanced relationship and
can still spend all the time you want with
your friends but still remember to leave
some time for your partner.
-You can still continue to do everything that
you did before dating.
-You can talk to who ever you like.
-You can communicate well with your partner
and discuss important things.
-Your partner doesn’t hold you back, they
make you happy and bring out the best in
you.
6. Healthy Relationships
Communication can make a relationship healthy or unhealthy.
Communication is essential in a relationship. It is something
that is not just given to you right away, it is a skill you have to
develop with your partner as you gain trust, respect, and honesty
with them. In my opinion, it is key to have communication in a
relationship to develop a strong, healthy bond but also, too much
communication can be damaging and unhealthy to your
relationship. Your partner shouldn’t have to know every detail
about your day as that can become a serious control issue that
only continues to worsen. Make sure to balance your
communication skills and tell your partner what needs to be said
but not every single detail on your day, by doing so it creates a well
balanced and healthy connection between the two of you.
Although it is important to be able to tell your partner things and
express your ideas, communication also involves open ears to what
your partner thinks or has to say as well. Be honest with your
partner, it is a very important way of communication as they will
have a hard time trusting what you have to say if you are not. Also,
sometimes people have a hard time finding the right words to
bring up a topic, if you see your partner tense or at unease, sit
them down and try to talk about it with them because tension is
an unwanted choke hold on a relationship that you may not even
realize is holding you back as a couple. Remember, communication
is essential but too much is unhealthy, you must uphold a strong
balance with your partner to continue to maintain a healthy
relationship.
8. Healthy Relationships
In conclusion, healthy relationships are not something
developed overnight, they consist of trust,
communication, chemistry, and an inexpressible bond
of compassion that people use the word love to
describe.
For my future reference, I understand the
importance and significance of maintaining an
healthy balance between the things I love to do, my
friends and family, and my boyfriend.
It’s important to remember the best way to solve
an unhealthy relationship is to get out. Seek the
help of a friend, family member, or even a
professional that you can reach in a series of
hotlines or clinics in your area.
9. Drug and Alcohol Abuse
What is Drug Abuse?
A patterned use of a drug in which the user
consumes the substance in amounts or
with methods neither approved nor
advised by medical Professionals.
Drug abuse can affect anyone and can
sometimes take the people we least
expect.
It can control our lives by making everything
we do revolve around getting the drug.
People do drugs for many reasons, some
include: -influenced by friends at party
-used as an anti-depressant
-used medication to help with pain ect.
-family members also do it so they may think
its okay then
-to get attention
Effects of Drug Abuse
While each drug produces different physical
effects, all abused substances share one
thing in common: repeated use can alter
the way the brain looks and functions.
Depending on the drug, there are many spots
within the body in which can be affected
by drug abuse such as heart failure, kidney
failure, and other serious life-threatening
conditions.
10. Drug and Alcohol Abuse
What is Alcohol Abuse?
A psychiatric diagnosis describing the
recurring use of alcoholic beverages
despite its negative consequences.
Alcohol can act as an anti-depressant and is
found to relax people which is why it’s so
often abused by many.
Effects of Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol is extremely hard on your liver and
kidneys. When a certain amount of
alcohol enters your bloodstream, you can
get alcohol poisoning which can be deadly.
Alcohol can also interfere with the signals
being sent out of your brain which makes
your thinking foggy.
Alcohol can change you into someone you
aren't by the way it effects your thinking
which can cause fights and many
problems within your personal
life, career, and family.
11. Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Root causes for teens to participate in the use of drugs and
alcohol.
In today’s society, there are many issues involving teen’s
use of drugs and alcohol. There are various influencing factors
for such occurrences as well. As we all know, peer pressure is
one of the leading concerns to drug and alcohol consumption
in teens and many think that doing drugs and alcohol along
with the crowd will help them fit in better and be cool.
Although peer pressure is a main concern, there is much more
contributing factors. Teen’s minds work in a way that if
influencing factors in their lives such as their parents or older
siblings do something bad, it’s okay for them to do it. Because
of this, many teens with parents with drug and alcohol related
abuse are more susceptible to consume such things thinking
that it’s okay. Also, the hormone changes that teenagers go
through can be quite dramatic, causing teens to be overcome
with depression and anxiety. Substances like drugs and alcohol
can be used as a temporary anti-depressant, although in the
end it just digs you into a deeper hole.
12. Drug and Alcohol Abuse
The best way to avoid the harmful effects created by drugs and
alcohol is to just reject the offers presented to you.
The effects that radiate on to all
other aspects of your life when
you abuse drugs and alcohol are
countless.
Destroyed friendships
Destroyed relationships
Destroyed families
Destroyed health
Destroyed career
Destroyed life
...
13. Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually transmitted infections (also known
as STIs for "sexually transmitted infections")
are infectious diseases that spread from
person to person through intimate contact.
STIs can affect guys and girls of all ages and
backgrounds who are sexually active.
Unfortunately, STIs have become
common among teens. Because
teens are more at risk for getting
some STIs, it's important to learn
what you can do to protect
yourself.
STIs are more than just an
embarrassment. They're a serious
health problem. If untreated, some
STIs can cause permanent damage,
such as infertility (the inability to
have a baby) and even death (in the
case of HIV/AIDS).
14. One reason STIs spread is that people think they must have sexual intercourse to become
infected. That's wrong. A person can get some STIs, like herpes or genital warts, through skin-to-
skin contact with an infected area or sore.
Another myth about STIs is that you can't get them if you have oral or anal sex. That's also
wrong because the viruses or bacteria that cause STIs can enter the body through tiny cuts or
tears in the mouth and anus, as well as the genitals.
STIs also spread easily because you can't tell if someone has an infection. In fact, some people
with STIs don't even know that they are infected. These people are in danger of passing an
infection on to their sex partners without even realizing it.
Some of the factors that increase a person's chances of getting an STI are:
Sexual activity at a young age The younger a person starts having sex, the greater his or her
chances of becoming infected with an STI.
Lots of sex partners People who have sexual contact — not just intercourse, but any form of
intimate activity — with many different partners are more at risk than those who stay with the
same partner.
Unprotected sex Latex condoms are the only form of birth control that reduce one's risk of
getting an STI. Spermicides, diaphragms, and other birth control methods may help prevent
pregnancy, but they don't protect against STIs.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
15. Sexually Transmitted Infections
Most important fact(s) that people need to know about condoms.
If you are considering having sex, you should without a doubt
use a condom. What many people don’t know is that birth control
does not protect against STI’s and STD’s, condoms, latex condoms
are the only form of birth control that reduce one's risk of getting
an STI. Spermicides, diaphragms, and other birth control methods
may help prevent pregnancy, but they don't protect against STIs.
Don’t be fooled by your partner if you think it doesn’t look like they
have a STD or STI, many people can have them without even
knowing, the best thing to do is get them to go get a pelvic
examination. You should also be aware that condoms do not offer
full protection against pregnancy, there are many risk factors
involved such as the condom breaking and if you are going to have
sex you should always have another form of birth control such as
the pill.