HOW MUCH WATER YOU NEED

2011-07-13T11:53:00.001-07:00

Yesterday it was so hot, I stopped looking at the weather app on my phone, because I just didn't want to know. I am not a hot weather person. In fact, I am a person who responds so poorly to hot weather that people frequently stop me on the street during July and August, just to ask me if I'm OK.

Calculator: How Much Water Do You Need?

I usually am OK, but boy, am I thirsty. It's hard to know exactly how much water to drink when it gets that hot out.

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How Much Water Should You Drink During Exercise?

Throw in some exercise -- you go ahead, I'll wait here and sip this drink -- and it gets even trickier to stay hydrated.

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Can You Drink Too Much Water?

During my third liter-sized mug of water yesterday, it did occur to me to wonder if it's possible to drink too much water.

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How Much Water Should Kids Drink?

Kids are generally braver about the heat than adults are. They just sort of wipe the sweat off their brows and continue being pirates or whatever. Which is another good reason to make sure they get enough water. (Nothing worse than a dehydrated pirate.)

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2011-07-07T10:32:00.000-07:00

What is the Lemonade Diet?

Many celebrities are in love with this popular lemonade diet. Find out what exactly is the Lemonade Diet and how it can bring you a healthy lifestyle while losing weight.

Setting Personal Goals When Dieting

Before you can achieve it, you have to dream it. Keep reading to see why goal setting is so very important, and to get some advice on setting – and keeping – your goals.

Figuring out the Best Weight Loss Program

When you are trying to decide on a weight loss program from the many that are available, there are several things you are going to want to think about.

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2011-06-23T15:31:00.000-07:00

Top Ten Tips List

Is your home safe for your family? Follow these 10 tips from the Home Safety Council to protect the people you love!

Prevent Falls

Install grab bars in the tub and shower. Use non-slip mats.

Have bright lights over stairs and steps and on landings. Keep stairs clear of clutter.

Prevent Poisonings

Keep cleaners, medications and beauty products in a place where children can’t reach them. Use child safety locks.

For Poison Help call 1-800-222-1222. Call if you need help or want information about poisons. Call 9-1-1 if someone needs to go to the hospital right away.

Prevent Fires & Burns

Have working smoke alarms and hold fire drills. If you build a new home, install fire sprinklers.

Stay by the stove when cooking, especially when you are frying food.

Keep your hot water at 120˚F degrees to prevent burns. Use back burners and turn pot handles toward the back of your stove. Use a travel mug when you drink something hot.

Prevent Choking & Suffocation

Things that can fit through a toilet paper tube can cause a young child to choke. Keep coins, latex balloons and hard round foods, such as peanuts and hard candy where children cannot see or touch them.

Place babies to sleep on their backs, alone in their crib. Don’t put pillows, blankets, comforters or toys in cribs. These things can sometimes keep a baby from breathing.

When your children are in or near water, watch them very carefully. Stay close enough to reach out and touch them. This includes bathtubs, toilets, pools and spas – even buckets of water.

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SAFETY BEGINS AT HOME

2011-06-23T15:06:00.000-07:00

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU FACE CHALLENGES BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION

In the time it will take you to read this article, 435 people in our country will suffer injuries in their homes or as a result of other accident suffered while safe at home.And the figus are mounting to the booby traps that have always existed in our homes-{torn carpet,dark stair case,the toy left scattered on the floor}.
        As we install more and more appliances,overloading wiring system touches off increasing thousands of fires.Do-it your selfism,insurance men report result of 600,000 injuries in a year.In one recent year,, hospital emergency room had to treat more than 70,000 persons injured by their power mowers.
   The main causes of this are :
1) Most of the home accident need never happen at all.they are the result either of plain carelessness or of failure to eliminate hazards that could easily have been foreseen.
2) most victims suffers needless pain and disability and some infant die because no one was there at the scene .
            Many injuries that requires emergency rooms treatment involves structural component of houses,glass doors stairs etc.

FAMILY SAFETY AND FIRST AID