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You can create a healthy Thanksgiving meal this year for your family and guests using some healthy food recipes, healthy cooking ideas and most important healthy food choices that will make this Thanksgiving dinner a special event.

The trick is to make healthy choices and options to serve as part of your meal.  It is pretty difficult to prevent  the family form eating too much during Thanksgiving dinner, but there are foods that you can focus on to make it a healthier table.

There are many healthy Thanksgiving recipes and ideas that you can use to prepare your Thanksgiving dinner or any meal of the week.  Healthy cooking and healthy food choices are easy and can be creative.  To learn more about using healthy foods at Thanksgiving and get a free Thanksgiving recipe Ebook from QualityHealth just CLICK HERE.  It is full of great ideas that will make this Thanksgiving special.

Here are five healthy Thanksgiving foods you can enjoy guilt-free this year:

Turkey. If you are looking for a lean cut of meat, turkey is hard to beat. A 3-ounce serving of skinless white meat contains 25 grams of protein, barely 3 grams of fat, and less than 1 gram of saturated fat. Dark meat has more saturated fat than white meat, and eating the skin adds a hefty wallop of these bad fats.

Cranberries. Make your own cranberry sauce this year from whole berries, you’ll get a tastier and less sugary sauce than you can get out of a can. The fruit that provides the base of this traditional side dish deserves to move from holidays to everyday. Cranberries are packed with dozens of different antioxidants.

Sweet potatoes. These un-potatoes — they’re related to the morning glory, not the white potato — are an excellent source of vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. This can be a sweet Thanksgiving treat you can serve yearround.

Pumpkin. We know that everyone loves pumpkin pie, but instead of all that sugar  try a recipe Zesty Pumpkin Custard this year.  Before this orange squash is made into pie, it’s just plain good for you. Pumpkin is low in fat, low in calories, and loaded with potassium, vitamin A, beta carotene, and vitamin C.  Check out the recipes and be creative.

Pecans. Most nuts are great sources of heart-healthy fats. Pecans are no exception. Twenty pecan halves contain about 20 grams of unsaturated fat. Studies from around the globe show that people who routinely eat nuts are less likely to die of heart disease than those who don’t.

So now that we have identified these five Thanksgiving foods that are really very good for you (in moderation), start to consider the other foods that you plan to serve this year and use these FREE recipe ideas CLICK HERE on how to make this Thanksgiving memorable and healthy for you, your family and friends.

Monitoring Equipment Information
Making a Safe Procedure Even Safer
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Sedation dentistry is an extremely safe thing to have done. Each year millions have some form of sedative that helps them relax at the dentists’ office. With the help of modern medical equipment, sedation dentistry is even safer by allowing the doctor to watch your vital signs in real time.

While you are resting peacefully under sedation your dentist will monitor your heart rate, blood oxygen level, blood pressure and ECG. They might also have a dedicated assistant present to make sure your airway stays open and listens to you breathe to prevent choking or gagging. The dentist is aided in their task of keeping you safe by advanced vital sign monitoring equipment. This machine can monitor all of your essential vital signs at once, display them on an easy to read screen, and even play an alarm to alert the dentist that something is wrong. These machines make the dentist’s job easier by allowing him or her to adjust the concentration of dosages of sedatives before you show signs of discomfort. These machines allow your dentist to more precisely administer the medicine to provide a safer and more pleasant experience.

What is Being Monitored?

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The equipment monitors you ECG and heart rate through multiple leads placed on your chest by your dentist or the dental assistant. The vital sign monitor can track all of the leads at once and displays your ECG and heart rate on the screen.

To monitor your blood oxygen level, a clip will be attached to your finger with a red light shining on it. This red light can detect the amount of oxygen in your blood stream by the amount of light that is reflected back. It will display your blood oxygen level on the screen.

To monitor your blood pressure, a standard blood cuff will be fitted to your arm and hooked up to the machine before the procedure. The machine will periodically take your blood pressure during the procedure and display it on the screen.

All of this data is usually recorded and/or printed out at the end of your procedure so your dentist can add it to your medical record.

Vital sign monitors may be used for all levels of sedation but are always used for I.V. sedation.

The monitor requires no needles and is a completely pain free and effective way to keep you safe during your trip to the dentist.

The increasing regulatory pressures in the hospital system are set to increase the cost of health care delivery to patients. Traditional care models relied on manual techniques to observe patients with chronic disease. This process is not only expensive, but also inefficient with errors.

In outpatient scenarios, the huge escalation in the incidence of long-term chronic conditions is placing an ever-greater burden on over-stretched resources. Patient care models today are ill-equipped to cope with the realities of future health demands.

In times of recession, many are filling for bankruptcy. Medical related bankruptcies are now dominating them. In a study published by the American Journal of Medicine in June 2009, it showed that health related issues left patients with highest medical expense due to chronic conditions like stroke. Around 92% of medically bankrupt patients, high medical bills were the major contributions to their bankruptcy.

Older Health tips in health care

This involves to wait for the disease to develop and then run to the health care provider for solutions. These solutions can be expensive with the use of wide array of diagnosing investigation. If the disease is already progressed, then the cost of treatment of these can be exorbitant.

Some of the scary statistics which come from various studies published in scientific journals show that that Health related expenses for stroke can be as high as $23. 380 per individual. The total cost of stroke to the United States is estimated at $43 billion per year. The direct costs of medical care and therapy are estimated at $28 billion per year. Indirect costs from lost productivity and other factors are estimated at $15 million per year. These facts about stroke are not meant to scare you or shock you. But they are real and you must be aware of them if you want to keep you and your family safe from deadly killer.

Best Solutions to take care of your health.

There is a old adage that Apple a day keeps the doctor away. This is much more relevant in the current era. With recession looming all over the world, and business spending for employers cut, In the corporate world, 0. 25% of the companies cancel coverage, if an employee has disabling illness.

Prevention is the key for better health care.

To better manage these scenarios, it is quite vital that healthcare management begins at home. Adopting healthy lifestyle, by quitting smoking habits and excessive caffeine consumption. Maintaining a healthy diet with regular consumption of green leafy vegetable rich food and cutting down junk food.

Following Regular exercise programs like walking, running and jogging. Visiting health care professionals annually if above the age of 40 years for regular health check. In addition to the above, by using simple techniques like

1. Digital body weight scales to check your weight regularly and measure Body Mass Index.

2. Portable ECG/EKG devices which work on AAA batteries can be used any where,any time to monitor heart rate and check ecg waves and diagnose any changes in abnormal heart rhythms like Atrial Fibrillation.

3. Portable Hand Held Heart Rate Monitors to check your heart rate while jogging, walking or any sports related activities.

4. Body fat analyzer to check your body fat and analyze it your height and weight.

By following these simple techniques it is possible to avoid the long term high medical expenses for disease management, and also medical related bankruptcies in future.

It has been estimated that atrial rhythm abnormalities changes occurs in about 4% of the general adult population and affects approximately 2.2 million people in the United States. About 160,000 new cases of atrial fibrillation are diagnosed each year. Atrial fibrillation occurs about 1.5 times more frequently in males than in females. It is estimated that atrial fibrillation is responsible for over 60,000 strokes each year in the United States.

Some of the reasons for abnormal heart rhythms are:
1. Cardiovascular disturbances like congestive heart failure
2. Hypertension
3. Ischaemic Diseases of the heart
4. Damages to the heart valves.
5. Congential heart defects
6. Thyroid diseases.
7. Lung infections.
8. Alcohol abuse
9. Excessive consumption of caffeine
10. Drug Abuse.

How does stroke affect people with abnormal heart rhythm

Previously thought to be an insignificant arrhythmia, the potential complications of atrial fibrillation (AF) have just been recognized in the past few years. The irregular beating of the atrial chambers that is characteristic of atrial fibrillation results in stagnation and pooling of blood in the heart that can lead to blood clot formation, particularly in the left atrium. These blood clots can travel via the circulatory system and lodge in the brain, thereby, cutting-off the blood supply to a region of the brain (stroke). In fact, stroke represents the most common devastating consequence of atrial fibrillation.

How does doctor diagnose symptoms of abnormal ECGs wave

1.Take diagnostic investigation like Electrocardiogram regularly if you are at a higher risk for developing Atrial fibrillation.

2.it is always difficult to provide high quality medical care in home based environments. Limited facilities and the absence of appropriate diagnostic tools and health care professionals present a challenge to the most experienced health care provider. The challenge is magnified when the provider is not a physician. Computer guided technology, with its ability to store large amounts of medical information, can assist in the advancement of medical care.

3 .Portable Hand Held ECG system was designed for use in home based conditions where such common tools as x-rays and electrocardiograms (ECG) are not readily available. it became clear that ECG data would improve the accuracy of diagnosis of a impending myocardial rhythm abnormality event and improve the healthcare ability to treat such patients. Existing ECG recorders were too large to be used at home and also require the services of a trained technician.But,portable EKG Monitors can help in reading ecg.

Today, you can obtain your ecg wave evaluation at the comfort of your home using portable ECG/EKG device. These device use “Artificial Intelligence Technologies” and work with only AAA batteries.They measure the heart ecg waves. The results can be transferred to a computer which analyzes the ecg sampler rates.

These  help in rapid diagnoses of any abnormal heart rhythm. Taking care of your heart is your responsibility and Smart ONE ECG can be your key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle by accurate diagnosis of any abnormal heart rhythms like atrial fibrillation and also preventing the complications of stroke due to abnormal heart rate.