Vital signs matter. And they matter most when they're collected correctly and they provide accurate data. Dismiss them, or do them incorrectly, and the erroneous information will likely result in harmful medical decisions made on your behalf.
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There's an ever-growing body of evidence that reinforces the health benefits of being with animals. A new study published in BMC Psychiatry explores the role pets had with those suffering from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other significant, long-term mental illnesses.
Most regular exercisers have, at one point or another, tried to exercise at a certain percentage of their maximal heart rates say between 50 and 70 percent. But the figure they use (220 beats per minute minus one s age) to calculate this percentage is wrong,
A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine shows that for patients with the most common arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), atrial fibrillation (A-fib), trying to convert the heartbeat to