the last days of John the baptist

And he came by the Spirit into the temple:
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother,

Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

Luke 2:27-35 KJV

save a life

Health - Recognizing a stroke!


The below message is a beautiful piece of medical fact. The points given here are 100% true. It might take u guys 2 mins to read the entire passage but it is really worth it. So plzzzzz go through .

It might help u sometime. Health - Recognizing a stroke! Maybe you are in perfect Health to bother about this. But then, you may have an opportunity to save a family member, friend or stranger.

During a outdoor dinner at a seaside resort near Chennai,a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Lakshmi went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Her husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm, Lakshmi passed away). She had suffered a stroke at the dinner- had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke Perhaps Lakshmi would be alive today.

It only takes a minute to read this: A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient within 3 hours which is tough.

There is nothing more life saving than getting the patient to the hospital in the FIRST ONE HOUR!
The Golden Hour it is now known as to Doctors and emergency attendants alike!

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.

2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today).

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call Emergency immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions.

Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

- Umesh Mehta

A major hypothesis that clinical events such as endotoxemia and ischemia which could lead to shock stimulate platelet and white blood cell (WBC) secretions which modify cardiopulmonary function has undergone further scrutiny. Particular attention has been paid to the role of arachidonic acid derivatives. Several common events have been found which simulate the production of Tx such as exposure of blood to foreign surfaces, positive end-expiratory pressure ventilation and pulmonary embolism. The release of TxA sub 2 is associated with the formation of a circulating substance which causes a decrease in contractility and abnormalities in myocardial ATPase. Prostacyclin (PGI sub 2) has been found to be produced in large quantity following surgical trauma. Under these circumstances, endogenous PGI sub 2 which is formed, increases cardiac output and dilates the systemic vasculate. An infusion of PGI sub 2 in an experimental setting of severe cardiac depression induced by endotoxemia leads to rapid improvement of cardiac function. PGI sub 2 also has adverse effects and may paradoxically stimulate the production of TxA sub 2 in settings where blood is exposed to an artificial surface. The problem of permeability in shock states is documented and has been studied in several experimental preparations. It has been found that TxA sub 2 is centrally involved in the edema of acid aspiration, complement activation and burns. Leukotrienes are also of importance in the biochemical sequence which leads to capillary damage. The vasoactive agent serotonin (5HT) has been evaluated as a potential culprit in the induction of respiratory failure without pulmonary edema.

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Objective: The evaluation of physiological responses during graded ergometry in children has been proven to be useful to determine the growth and development of cardio-respiratory and musculo-energetic systems and is also essential in sports and games. In India few attempts have been made to determine the peak oxygen consumption (VO2) of children from different regions. This study aims to investigate peak VO2 and its relation to other anthropometric parameters of school boys (8 to 14 years age) from east region (ER) and north east region (NER) of India. Also, this stucdy attempts to find out the effect of regional variation, including their growth and development in comparison with the boys of other countries.

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Two million or more Americans have congestive heart failure (CHF), and the 400,000 new cases that occur yearly require over 900,000 hospitalizations each year.[1,2] In addition, based on years of cardiovascular data compiled in Framingham, Mass, there appears to be a 1% prevalence of CHF in individuals aged 50 to 59 years.[3] The incidence of CHF increases with advancing age to approximately 10% of people aged 80 to 89 years.[3] Because of the increasing age of the American population and newer medications and technologies that have increased survival at the expense of increased cardiovascular morbidity, the population of patients with CHF is markedly increasing.[4] In view of this, many individuals with a wide variety of heart and lung diseases will very likely develop CHF at some time during their lives,[5,6] manifesting itself as pulmonary congestion or edema.[1]The purposes of this article are to describe the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of CHF and to review the important contributions physical therapists can make in treating patients with CHF.

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