“Brighten the holidays by making your health and safety a priority. Take steps to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy—and ready to enjoy the holidays. Wash hands often to help prevent the spread of germs. It’s flu season. Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for at least 20 seconds.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
“Sodium and chloride — major electrolytes of the fluid compartment outside of cells (i.e., extracellular) — work together to control extracellular volume and blood pressure. Disturbances in sodium concentrations in the extracellular fluid are associated with disorders of water balance.”
Oregan State University (https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/)
“Any surgical procedure carries risks. Inserting a stent may require accessing arteries of the heart or brain. This leads to an increased risk of adverse effects. Risks can be from allergic reaction to cardiac abnormal heart rhythms to heart attack and more.”.
Healthline.com
“A stent is a tiny tube that can play a big role in treating your heart disease. It helps keep your arteries — the blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body, including the heart muscle itself — open.
Most stents are made out of wire mesh and are permanent. Some are made out of fabric. These are called stent grafts and are often used for larger arteries.”
Web M.D.
“People with schizophrenia require lifelong treatment. Diagnosis of schizophrenia involves ruling out other mental health disorders and determining that symptoms are not due to substance abuse, medication or a medical condition.”
MAYO CLINIC
“The two types of hemodialysis are home hemodialysis and in-center hemodialysis. Both types have pros and cons. You should talk with your healthcare team, family, caregivers, or others you trust to help you decide what’s best for you. If you choose one type of hemodialysis first, you can usually change to the other.”
Kidney.org
“Today’s flu vaccines cannot prevent a devastating 1918-style pandemic. New advances are fueling a push for a long-lasting, broadly protective vaccine. Influenza kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Influenza is tough to stop because both major types of influenza virus — type A and type B — encompass a vast number of distinct strains, and immunity to one strain often does not confer protection from another. Researchers make educated guesses as to which strains are likely to spread in a given year, then develop a vaccine meant to stop them.”
nature.com
“Good hand washing is the first line of defense against the spread of many illnesses — from the common cold to more serious infections, such as meningitis, bronchiolitis, the flu, hepatitis A, and many types of diarrhea.”.
Kids Health (kidshealth.org)