Statistics and facts about the world’s deadliest disease.
Brown Recluse spider is the most dangerous spider in the United States and it leaves in our houses and not only!
Nikki Perez, 21 was waiting for her light at the Amarillo Airport in Texas when Brown Reclusive spider bit her to the back of her neck. Over the next few days her face swelled up to nearly twice its size, shutting one of her eyes, and her right ear began to rot off.
Nikki says: “It was spreading all over my head, which actually felt like a bit of a relief as the pain was so concentrated behind my ear.” Continue reading »
Mental health charity Mind help an online poll where more than hundred people shared their thoughts on Christmas depression, stress and anxiety about repaying their holiday spending. Continue reading »
List of 33 interesting facts about blood will help you to learn about blood and why it so important for our bodies.
1. Blood is the bodily fluid that performs many important functions within the human body.
2. The color of blood is dark red
3. How much blood is in the human body? Human body contains approx 6 quarts (or 5.6 liters) of blood. A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his body.
4. In one day, blood travels nearly 12,000 miles.
5. Human heart beats around 35 million times per year.
6. Heart pumps a million barrels of blood during the average lifetime – enough to fill three largest tankers Continue reading »
Interesting facts about digestive system
What is a digestive system?
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Obesity can have a severe impact on people’s health, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and heart and liver disease. Obesity statistics are horrifying!
Over two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, and over one-third are obese (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2006 and 2007–2008)
Shocking statistics about overweight in the United States:
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- Heart Disease is the most expensive condition to treat. In 2008 the cost of treating women in the United States was $43.8 billion.
- The second costly disease to treat is cancer at $37.7 billion
- Mental disorders at the third place with $37.3 billion spent a year
- Trauma-related disorders at $34.1 billion dollars
- The most common condition was high blood pressure, affecting 29.5 million women.
- The least common condition was cancer, affecting 8.4 million women.
Heart disease is the most common cause of death among women.
American Heart Association’s Journal reported that even small amounts of exercise and other physical activity will reduce the risk of heart disease.
Moderate exercising for just 150 minutes a week will lower risk of heart disease by 14%. Even less exercise than that will lower the risk.
After age 45 to 60 heart starts to stiffen. The reason is the more elastic the heart – the lower a risk of a heart disease. Exercising is the way to prevent the heart from loosing its elastic qualities.
Breast cancer is one of the leading cancer killers for women.
Approximately one out of nine American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. More than 44,000 womendie each year from this form of cancer. Continue reading »
Primary care physician shortage statistics
There won’t be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the new Healthcare Reform law.United States could face a shortage of as many as 150,000 doctors in the next 15 years.
Right now there are about 954,000 doctors in the US.
The greatest demand will be for primary-care physicians. General practitioners, internists, family physicians and pediatricians will have a larger role under the new law, coordinating care for each newly insured patient.
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If you have friends who are smoking and you’ve tried everything to make them quit, it is possible that this argument will be the most valuable for them.
Some people are not motivated by health, longer lives, less wrinkles, better breath, whiter teeth or even lung cancer danger. Maybe they are motivated by cash.
Share this statistics with them! Continue reading »
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