Family News Home Archive for July, 2008

When I was studying film and TV in grad school, my dream was to become an executive producer in Hollywood. I was determined to make a big difference for Christ in the trenches of Tinseltown, intent on affecting media from the inside out. It’s been four years since graduation, and my ZIP code is nowhere [...]

Paragon GPS announces the launch of child abduction awareness campaign that plans to educate people about the gravity of child abduction in today’s changing culture. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a child is abducted or missing every 40 seconds. Statistics from law enforcement also show that 44 percent of children [...]

Gina Petruccelli has taken on the role of primary caretaker and lives with her 84-year-old mother, Millie, who has suffered two major strokes. Petruccelli, a 49-year-old flight attendant, has two brothers who do not provide daily help. Petruccelli is among the growing number of an estimated 20 million Americans - mostly women - who juggle [...]

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic [...]

Chronic bronchitis, one of the two major diseases of the lung grouped under COPD, is diagnosed when a patient has excessive airway mucus secretion leading to a persistent, productive cough. An individual is considered to have chronic bronchitis if cough and sputum are present on most days for a minimum of 3 months for at [...]

Glaucoma is a serious disease of the eye which may lead to loss of peripheral vision and, if untreated, total blindness. The precise cause of glaucoma is not known, but is related to the production and removal of the fluid in the eye known as the aqueous humor. It is a transparent fluid that provides [...]

The summertime is a great time not only to shed some layers of clothing but also to shed some pounds. Many people undergo summertime diets in order to feel lighter and to look better in a bikini. A great way to start a healthy diet is to enjoy the fruits and vegetables of the season. [...]

The American Heart Association recommends aspirin use for patients who’ve had a myocardial infarction (heart attack), unstable angina, ischemic stroke (caused by blood clot) or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs or “little strokes”), if not contraindicated. This recommendation is based on sound evidence from clinical trials showing that aspirin helps prevent the recurrence of such events [...]

Hyderabad: Now men can also look forward to admissions into the home science courses offered by Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) as it has proposed to start two new colleges at Vijayawada and Kadapa. Home science courses, particularly interior design, fashion technology and dietician courses offer good prospects for women. In the recent years, [...]

Heatstroke is a serious condition that occurs when the body is unable to control its temperature due to excessive heat. Body temperature rises sharply, causing hyperthermia (body temperature greatly above normal) and dehydration (loss of water from the body).
In normal circumstances, the body controls temperature by disposing of heat through the skin, mainly by sweating. [...]