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Crucial Considerations When Responding to Emergencies
When a disaster hits, people need to know what to do. Waiting for instructions slows down the situation and puts more people at risk. As you get more serious about disaster preparedness, list out the following steps on paper for reference when responding to emergencies.
While there’s no way to predict when an emergency will occur, there are ways to prepare for it. Whether you’re a building owner or manager or an employee working on-site, knowing what to do in the face of sudden disaster goes a long way toward minimizing damage or harm and protecting your assets.

Iron and Vitamin C: Why You Should Pair the Two Nutrients
Iron is an essential mineral nutrient and a key player in both the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. It is mainly acquired through diet because the human body cannot synthesize it.
Vitamin C is also an essential element that plays a crucial role in multiple physiological functions.
Some nutrients work perfectly together, while others inhibit each other’s functionality. So, are iron and vitamin C, a dynamic duo or parallel nutrients?

Health Trends Post COVID: A Spotlight on Telemedicine
Access to products and services including healthcare services reduced when coronavirus hit the globe. The count and frequency of patients visiting healthcare facilities went down due to the far-reaching effects of the virus, particularly in public health facilities.
It’s normally hectic, time-consuming, and expensive to visit primary specialists and healthcare facilities in the US. These obstacles can cause inconveniences to ill patients trying to access or get assistance from healthcare providers.

Tips to Avoid Hotel Blood borne Pathogens
Hotel workers meet various risks within the workplace. Beyond security and ethics are health issues. All of these factors affect workers and how they run their everyday operations.
Hotel blood borne pathogens are a primary concern when it comes to occupational wellness. It is estimated that blood borne pathogens are the second leading health risk in the hospitality sector after airborne pathogens.

HIV and Heart Disease: What is the Link?
HIV is a big deal for your heart health. Without proper care, you are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke if you have HIV. That risk goes up even more if you don’t take your antiretroviral therapy (ART) every day.
HIV and heart disease aren’t such a long shot as you imagine. Even if you don’t have medical problems (like high blood pressure or diabetes) and keep your viral load low with ART, the odds of a heart attack are still 1.5 times higher than someone who doesn’t have HIV and is the same age as you.

Tips & Strategies to Boost Your Immune System
Immunity is the natural capacity of the body to fight off disease-causing microbes like viruses, bacteria and any foreign substance present in the body.
The immune system is essential for human survival because it keeps the body healthy by fighting off pathogens.
It comprises many cells, body organs and tissues that spread all over the body and are on the lookout for any invaders. A compromised immunity usually means trouble. So how can you boost your immune system?

Splash Safety in The Hospital: Avoiding Infectious Blood and Body Fluids
Healthcare workers are exposed to a wide range of infectious blood and body fluids. Splash safety, while a simple concept, is often misinterpreted and misapplied by hospital employees.
In today’s healthcare environment, there is no room for error – especially when it comes to preventing exposure to potentially-deadly pathogens.
Hospital employees must be aware of the principles and practices of splash safety – and never sacrifice personal protection to serve and/or please patients or other staff. Understanding the dangers, knowing how splashes can occur, and understanding proper procedures will prevent injuries and save lives.

What Is Diabetic Heart Disease?
Diabetes and heart disease are very common in older adults. In fact, there are approximately 4 million older adults in the United States that have both diabetes and heart disease.

This article discusses how these two common conditions affect each other and how you can avoid the complications associated with diabetic heart disease.

A Complete Guide to Cardiac Massage Techniques
Cardiac massage techniques combine a series of tactics designed to help the heart as well as the nervous and circulatory systems.

This type of massage, also referred to as Kinesiotaping, is an innovative and unique method for treating the heart muscle. It is mostly used in athletic training but can also be beneficial for people who are suffering from different heart conditions.

Today the world is going through a health flood and more and more people are reporting weak hearts and damaged arteries.

Causes of Heart Palpitations
The heart is part of the human circulatory system. It has four chambers and is located on the left side of the chest. The heart’s job is to transport deoxygenated blood from the body through the lungs and then oxygenate it before returning it to the rest of the body.

But sometimes, palpitations happen, leading to irregular heartbeats. So what are some common causes of heart palpitations?