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Are you prepared if your parents or even you have a medical emergency?

You bring a family member to a hospital emergency room. The nurse or doctor starts asking you questions. They need information to provide the best and safest treatment possible? How ready are you to handle this emergency situation?

10 Medical Emergency Situation Things To Know

The Mayo Clinic has put together a list of 10 things you should know or make sure someone else knows when you bring someone to an emergency room.

1. Patient’s Doctor’s Name
2. Patient’s Birth Date
3. Known Allergies
4. Specific Patient’s Wishes
5. Medical Problems
6. Current Medication
7. Religeous Beliefs
8. Insurance Coverage
9. History of Medical Procedures
10. General Lifestyle

You can go to the Mayo Clinic Site for more information on the list.

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Using simple graphics and animation this short video provides a basic explanaion of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Are You Taking This Simple Health Improvement Step?

More research continues to provide support for a link between Vitamin D and cancer prevention. A recent study of osteoperosis in women found a correlation between patients taking Vitamin D supplements and a lower risk of developing certain types of cancer, including breast cancer.

Canadian Cancer Society Recommendations

There was a 60 percent risk reduction in the group taking Vitamin D versus the group taking a placebo. The results were so dramatic that the Canadian Cancer Society issued the following recommendation for Canadian citizens:

• Canadian adults should take 1000 IU (international units) of Vitamin D daily in the fall and winter months.
• People who may not get sufficient sun exposure during the spring and summer months should consider taking the same dose of Vitamin D all year round.
• No specific recommendations were given for children.

Other countries are in the process of reviewing the results and recommendations.

Useful Links To Vitamin D information

• Wikipedia article on Vitamin D
• Extensive information on Vitamin D can be found on the Mayo Clinic website