Posted: April 27th, 2010 | Filed under: Heart Disease Prevention | Tags: Heart Disease, Heart Health, Heart Staple, HeartStaple, Intelligent Health, Portable ECG Machine, Portable EKG Machine, Risk Factor, Risk Factors for Heart Disease |
Posted: April 6th, 2010 | Filed under: Portable Medical Electronics | Tags: Heart Rate Monitor, HEart Rate Monitors, Heart Staple, Portable ECG Machine, Portable EKG Machine |
SmartOne ECG is a self-service consumer portable heart monitor for checking abnormal heart rhythms.
The device can safely measure electrical activities of the heart using one’s finger tips without the need for any trained technician.Upon placing thumbs on the sensor panel of the portable ecg machine,a digital output of the heart rhythm is displayed.If the reading displays any abnormal heart rhythm,it indicates the user the type of abnormal heart rhythm.Atrial fibrillation is an important risk factor for stroke.
According to the WHO,15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled, placing a burden on family and community.
Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Filed under: Heart Disease Prevention | Tags: Excercise, Heart Disease, Heart Diseases, Heart Staple, HeartStaple, Obesity, overweight, Risk Factors |
Obesity is a well-known as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Carrying excess body fat predisposes individuals to developing elevated blood cholesterol and diabetes. You will begin to appreciate that many of the modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases are interlinked. This means that influencing one, such as reducing the amount of stored lipids in the body, may have a positive effect in reducing the risk associated with high blood cholesterol levels and hypertension.
Obesity is an issue that increasingly needs to be addressed in developing countries, as well as in the developed or ‘Westernised’ world. Type 2 diabetes used to be described as a mainly adult disease, but that is changing as the incidence of obesity is increasing in young people, including children . This trend extends across the globe – even in countries such as Thailand and China, home to traditionally slender people. While awareness of the problem is growing, there is very limited guidance on what can be done to reverse or stem the problem.
Increase in obesity in children in England between 1995 and 2005
The amount of lipid stored within the body – an individual’s adiposity – can be indirectly measured. Body shape (e.g. ‘apple’ or ‘pear’ shapes), waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) are all used to classify obesity and being overweight, although BMI is the most common. Everyone should aim to have a body weight within the normal range for their height. Slightly different ranges apply between populations due to different body shapes. It is worth noting that there is increasing scientific evidence that excess abdominal adiposity may be more associated with cardiovascular disease risk than the general degree of adiposity throughout the body (Iacobellis and Sharma, 2007). Thus where the lipid is stored within the body may have more bearing on cardiovascular disease risk than how much lipid is stored. Some scientists and clinicians are now suggesting that the waist-to-hip ratio or the waist circumference should be used in conjunction with BMI when considering cardiovascular disease risk factors.
In general, people who are overweight need to reduce their calorie intake in a balanced way and to increase the amount of exercise that they take in order to burn up calories. Moderate physical activity is generally considered to be 30 minutes of activity per day, e.g. taking a brisk walk. Exercise in itself improves blood glucose control, even when no weight changes are occurring, so it is equally important for people who are not overweight to take regular moderate exercise to maintain cardiovascular health.
Source:The open University
