By Carole Vansickle
A portable ultrasound serves the same function as an immobile one: It presents doctors and other interested parties with a view of the inside of the body. Ultrasounds can help doctors determine how old a fetus is and look for internal problems like tumors and other abnormal growths. Portable ultrasounds are about the size of a large laptop computer. They have a screen and a medical keyboard for...
By Lynn Keller
Residential Platform Lifts Most residential chair lifts operate on standard U.S. wall power, 120 volts and 20 amps of AC (Alternating current) electricity. The chair lift should come wired with the appropriate plug to get plugged directly into your household outlet. Another lift used in the home is a stair lift. This also operates on standard U.S. residential wall power. Some systems use DC...
By Angela Coleman
Keep track of your weight gain after your pregnancy has been confirmed. Weigh yourself and subtract the number of pounds you weighed prior to pregnancy from your current weight. Each week of your pregnancy, write down how much you have gained since the previous week and chart how much you have gained since the beginning of your pregnancy. A typical weight gain is between 25 to 35 pounds over the...
By Sava Tang alcantara
Tubal ligation is commonly known as "getting one's tubes tied" so that eggs cannot travel down the two fallopian tubes into the uterus. Women can have this procedure done to ensure 99.9 percent success in preventing pregnancy. Men can get vasectomies to prevent sperm from being released into their ejaculate. This also has a 99.9 percent success rate in not resulting in pregnancy....
By Nicole Madison
In stomach stapling, a doctor creates a small pouch in a person's stomach. The pouch is created at the top of the stomach, where it is sealed off from the rest of the stomach using special staples. Typically, the pouch is created to hold only a small amount of food at one time. To bypass the rest of the stomach, the surgeon attaches part of the small intestine directly to the pouch. There are ...
By Margaret Dilloway
In 1983, American Jenny Craig (formerly Genevieve Guidroz) and her husband, Sidney Craig, founded a health center in Sydney, Australia. Their program was different because not only did it offer exercise for weight loss, it included nutrition. Two years later, the couple brought their successful program to the United States. Today, Jenny Craig franchises have branched out into Canada, Puerto Rico, ...
Hello. I'm Dr. Loretta Ciraldo. Board certified dermatologist, and author of "Six Weeks to Sensational Skin." This clip is about how to lighten your entire body's complexion. Basically, this is a good point to remember. So many of us do think about skin lightening measures, or preventative measures from staining our skin of our face. But often times, we forget about the skin of...
Hi this is Brenda and today we are having fun with baby shower games. For this game, we are going to be guessing our guests when they were babies. So perhaps when you send them a baby invitation to the shower, right a little note in there to bring a picture of them when they were a baby. Then maybe a day before the shower call them again to remind them because if they don’t bring a...