These foods can Make a Sleeping Beauty

What we eat in the evening it can provide a considerable influence on the quality of our sleep. We can easily get much better rest with just making a few changes and adding some specific foods that can help us sleep.
One thing to remember, we do not need to eat these foods just before bed. Because, this will make us awake due to increased blood flow to the digestive system.

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The following are foods that can help you sleep better:

1. Cottage cheese. In the cheese contains casein protein which is slowly absorbed by the body. Casein will distribute amino acids into muscle tissue after a few hours of consumption. In addition, the cheese will help you sleep better because it contains the amino acid tryptophan, which the body converts naturally will be two types of hormones that help you sleep, the melatonin and serotonin.
2. Oatmeal. Most people think oatmeal is the menu for breakfast, but the food is also useful at night. Because carbohydrates are found in oatmeal helps trigger the release of serotonin in the body. Serotonin is a hormone that enables convenient, reduce stress, and create a calmer mind. Because oatmeal is digested more slowly, the selection of food is certainly very tepa eaten before tidurt.
3. Peanuts or peanut butter. Other foods to consider to improve the quality of sleep is nuts or natural peanut butter. Nuts are a natural source of niacin, nutrients that can help pelapasan serotonin in the body. Both of these foods contain fat and calories are slightly higher. Therefore, we must wisely manage portions. By taking them moderate, both types of food can help to success in diabetes management. To get good results, serve peanut butter with whole wheat bread.

4. Warm milk. Drink warm milk can help us to be fast asleep. Because in milk contain tryptophan. Presenting milk in the form of hot drink will make the mind more calm and relaxed. In addition, milk also contains calcium which helps the brain to regulate the production of the hormone melatonin, which regulates sleep cycles naturally every hari.Tambahkan natural honey if you prefer the taste of sweet and honey will add carbohydrates to help release serotonin.
5. Wine. The grapes are the only one that contains the hormone melatonin. Therefore, by adding this fruit regularly in our diet, the bodys attempt to establish the sleep-wake cycle will naturally be helped. And the result we will be able to sleep more quickly and soundly every night. How to serve it, we can mix the wine in the bowl of yogurt pieces.
6. Bananas. Banana is functioning like a sleeping pill. Because the content of magnesium in a banana can make the body more relaxed muscles. Additionally, Melatonin and serotonin makes us feel calm.

Eat them one or two hours before we went to bed. This will provide an opportunity for the digestive process so that the effect or efficacy of these foods would be very beneficial.

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RECOGNIZING A STROKE

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R.

My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .....she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrids husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.)

She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some dont die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE.

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe

brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE(Coherently) ( I.e. It is sunny out today)

R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

NOTE: Another sign of a stroke is this: Ask the person to stick out his tongue. If the tongue is crooked, if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

A Personal Story of Heart Attack

Zuls story from himself..

Hi,
I thought of sharing my recent experience with all of you with the hope that you could gain something from it. Note the symptoms and warning signs that i will be relating. Suspecting that your are getting heart attack and making your way as fast as possible to the hospital, I think, is the key to surviving it.
So here is my story.


It was late Saturday night and I was watching a documentary on Nat. Geo. Everyone had gone to bed hours earlier. My wife had been preparing to leave for her one week trip to Institute Aminuddin Baki at Genting Highland the next morning.


It started with pain around the shoulder region spreading to the arms. My neck felt very uncomfortable. Its something I always get whenever I sit in a weird position for an extended time (in this case I am sitting where the TV is on my right side so I have to turn my head when watching) or I also gets it after hours in front of the computer. So I though, its because of the way I was sitting that causes it but I had only sat there for about 10 minutes. Earlier, I was sitting comfortable with the TV straight. So I decided I should just go to bed. After all its already about 1:30 in the morning. Normally, lying flat on the bed helps as I have done so many times after sitting for hours in front of a computer.


Just as I was going up the stairs, I started to feel a little dizzy and my stomach feels weird and warm. When I got in the bedroom, the a/c was on and it was quite cool. I lie down on the bed. Minutes later I started to sweat- cold sweat. The sweating was so bad that it started dripping from my head and the back of my ears. My stomach feels like I have eaten too much (I did not really ate a lot that night…it just felt that way). It feels as if it I am having a bad case of indigestion and heartburn. Minutes later I started to feel like I am going to puke.. Its the same feeling when you get a severe headache, sweat and feels like you are going to vomit (but this time no headache)


I got up, went downstairs and grab myself minyak cap limau. I always keep this handy for stomach discomfort or “angin”. The sweating is getting worst and as I sat on the sofa, sweat started to drip on to the floor. There was so much of it that my shirt is all wet so I took it off and put my shirt on the floor where the sweat was dripping.

I drank a glass of warm water and decided to go back to the bedroom. The dizziness is still there. My arms felt numb all the way to my fingers. I thought if I could get some sleep then all of these would go away. So I lie down on the bed. I was so sleepy that in between awake and sleep I could tune to my heart beat. It sounded weird, irregular. At this point my breathing was very heavy. The warm in my stomach feels like its moving up to the chest area.I keep thinking and trying to figure out what was going on. Is it just "angin" or indigestion or is it due to food poisoning.


I got up, went to the toilet and tried to make myself puke but couldnt. So I came back into the bedroom and sits at the edge of the bed.. My face was already very pale, I feel very tired and the sweating was still very bad, dripping on the floor . Still sitting on the edge of the bed and feeling very tired and sleepy, I remember asking my sister in law a year earlier about the symptoms she had when she had a heart attack and it seems all the symptoms are there. I still could not believe that I am having a heart attack.

About half an hour had passed and I am still about 50-50 whether to wake up and inform my wife. Then I thought…if this is really a heart attack, then I could die tonight. I thought of my lovely wife and my kids and finally decided to wake my wife up and inform her what is going on.. She was surprised to see my shirt was all wet and my face very pale and sweat dripping. I told her that the symptom I am having is very much like the one her sister had told me and that we should go to hospital.

It only took us about 15 minutes to make it to the hospital. When we arrived at the emergency ward, I could barely walk. I was so tired and was having difficulty breathing. I was immediately asked to lie down and an ECG was performed. An oxygen tube was placed in my nostril and I can see nurses and hospital assistants running towards me. At this point the pain had spread to the jaw and teeth.

The nurses started to poke my wrist and the back of my hands with needles. A drip was connected to my right arm while at the same time a machine that controls a small bottle of medicine was injected on my left hand. I was asked to place a small tablet of medicine under my tongue.
Half an hour later the sweating stops and it feels a little better. In the meantime, my wife who was still waiting outside was still not informed of what had happened to me. It was 2 hours later that she started to inquire what is happening and she was told that I had suffered a major heart attack.

After completing two bottles of drips, I was then pushed into the ICU. ECG/EKG was performed every half an hour for the rest of the night as well as throughout the next day. When the doctor came in the morning, I was informed that I had suffered a major heart attack.

On the scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means alive and 10 means dead, the doctor asked me where I think I stood. I thought for awhile and said 6.5. He said no and said that it was actually about a 9.5. I was so shocked. The doctor then started to give me a cardio 101 lesson and explained that they had injected me with the strongest clot busting drug in the world when I arrived. Clot buster thins the blood and helped to ensure blood continue to flow but does not really solve the blockage problem.

I suppose the clot buster is almost similar to the chemical we use in our kitchen sink when it gets clogged.

After 4 days in ICU I was confirmed stable and plans were being made to move me for further observation in the general ward. An appointment was made with the heart specialist in Penang GH but I had to queue for about a month before I could even see the doctor and performing an angiogram/angioplasty would then take another couple of months.

I decided I do not want to wait and asked the doctor whether I could be transferred to a private hospital. The doctor was very helpful and recommended a specialist for me at the KPJ hospital in Bandar Perda. He called up the doctor (Dr Safari) and make arrangements to send me there.

When I arrived at about 7pm, Doctor Safari greeted me. He said I was very lucky and that the fast action of going to the hospital saved me. He then scheduled for an angiogram and also an angioplasty immediately the next morning. An angiogram is to see how bad the clot was and where it is. It is also to determine the condition of the other coronary arteries (there are 3 main ones). A balloon angioplasty is to clear the blockage in the artery thus allowing blood to flow again.

The procedure took several hours with only little pain and discomfort. Although the procedure is safer than an open heart surgery, it is still dangerous and could be life threatening. A flexible catheter is injected into the groin artery and then guided all the way up to the heart.. Then a dye was injected and on the x-ray screen you could determine where the blockage was. I still have an 80% blockage (the clot buster I guess managed to clear about 20% which helped to allow blood to flow back into my heart. It did not resolve the problem in whole). Was told that when a blood flow to the heart is blocked, any portion of the heart that did not get enough blood and oxygen would then die off, permanently. This then causes the heart to be weak and disrupt its efficiency. Mine was considered a major because the clog happens in the main artery which could damage a huge portion of the heart below it.

Once the blockage is determined, a small balloon is inflated to push the clogs against the artery walls and a drug coated stent (a sort of wire mesh tube) is placed to ensure the arteries do not collapse again. When the balloon is deflated and removed, the stent stays and overtime would become part of the coronary artery. The stent is treated with some types of drugs to prevent a recurrence of abnormal narrowing due to further clotting of the blood since it is made of metal and it attracts blood platelet to stick to it. I was not able to walk or even move my right leg the first 6 hours after the procedure. I spent another day in the hospital and was released the next day with a month long MC.


So what were the symptoms again?
1. Pain around neck and shoulder region and spreading to the arms(in my case it was the left arm).
2. Feeling of indigestion and/or heartburn. Feel warm in the stomach that slowly moves up to the chest.
3. Pressure, fullness or pain in the center of the chest
4. Sudden weakness, dizziness, fainting, sweating, nausea or shortness of breath


Some people (men) have the classic symptoms of severe pain in the chest (feels like someone is squeezing your heart) but I only felt a little pain when I was already in hospital. The above 4 symptoms however, should be generally true to heart attacks in both men and women.
If you suspect you are getting a heart attack. Go quickly to the hospital. Every second counts.

Could Tom Brady Have Had a Secret Hair Transplant

Photo by PR Photos

Yes.


New minimally-invasive hair transplant techniques like NeoGraft FUE and careful hairline artistry actually makes this possible.  Many of our patients at Bauman Medical Group keep their hair transplant procedures a secret for a variety of reasons.


The NeoGraft FUE hair transplant procedure allows athletes like Tom Brady to avoid having stitches in their donor area. Therefore, he could return to training and workouts in as little as three days and NeoGraft FUE leaves no tell-tale linear scar, so very short haircuts are possible later on.

And, while a total shave certainly allows us to move thousands of FUE grafts during a single hair transplant procedure, smaller stealth-shaves in the donor area can be easily hidden with about an inch of hair length if a very short haircut is simply not feasible for the patient.


At my clinic, we carefully perform "stealth shaves" at the back of the scalp the day prior to the procedure. Little by little the hair is shaved always making sure the surrounding hair easily covers the area to be harvested.  During stealth-shave procedures, approximately 1000-1500 FUE grafts can be transplanted.


A small 1/4-inch shave is hidden easily with about an inch of hair.  Sometimes more than one small area can be shaved and still remain hidden immediately following the procedure.  Heres an example of FUE/NeoGraft harvested areas hidden immediately by the surrounding hair after the procedure.   

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Afterwards, the healing process in the donor area is completely covered by the hair surrounding the harvested area. Since we are only harvesting a small percentage of hair from the shaved area, those hairs left behind will return to their normal length in just a few weeks and normal hairstyling can resume.


In the recipient area (where the transplanted hairs are implanted), scabs remain for about a week.  Depending on the length of the surrounding hair and the location of the transplanted area, creative hairstyling or a baseball hat might be needed for a few days.  Once the scabs flake off, there is no sign of the transplant having been performed!  


Because transplanted hair grows in slowly beginning in about three months, as long as careful planning, artistry and precision was used at the hairline, the transplanted result should be 100% natural.  Initially, thin wispy hair grows thicker and healthier over time.  Day by day, the improvements take a full year to grow in.

Tom Bradys visit to a New England hair transplant clinic has not been confirmed, but it is possible he could have had a secret transplant - even with all the photogs watching!


Dr. Baumans tips for keeping your hair transplant a secret:

1) minimally-invasive NeoGraft FUE - so theres no tell-tale linear scar
2) grow your hair to 1" in the donor area to hide a stealth-shave
3) wear a hairstyle or hat for one week to cover the transplanted areas until the scabs flake off.
4) choose a surgeon and staff who can create an aesthetically-natural and undetectable hairline.
5) use healing treatments (like hyperbaric oxygen, low level laser therapy, protein sprays, Acell/Matristem, copper-peptide solutions, etc.) to accelerate the bodys recovery.