Tuesday, March 24, 2009

protect your digestion

There are various ways to protect one's digestive system. The best way to have a healthy one is by preventing plumping problems. This can be done by eating a lot of fiber in foods such as bananas and cereal and other things. There are also yogurts and pills to regulate digestion. Another way to protect it is by avoiding eating foods that clog up the digestive system.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

protect yourself from diseases

There are some ways to protect yourself from infectious diseases. First of all you can get yourself vaccinated so that your body is familiar with certain antigens. Other things you can do to prevent getting a disease is being safe by wearing condoms during sexual activities and not sharing needles. Be healthy by being safe.


allergies

From what I learned in class, an allergy is an abnormal reaction to a previously introduced allergen in the body by inhalation, ingestion, injection or skin contact. These allergies usually cause irritation of eyes, nose, or skin. Some allergies are dangerous enough to cause death but most allergies are curable with medicine.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

"THE COMING PLAGUE"

The movie was pretty disturbing but I think what worried me most about the movie was the fact that some diseases are re-emerging. Just when you think you've defeated a disease such as cancer it can come back. Some diseases don't even have a cure such as HIV and AIDS.