by PHC Team | Feb 2, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for sodium intake Friday Jan. 31, 2013. The new guidelines suggest that adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium, or 5 grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium per day. A person with...
by PHC Team | Feb 1, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
A study conducted in Australia found that children who drink a high amount of sugar sweetened beverages had a very high rate of dental disease. In addition those children who lived in areas where the water was fluorinated had less dental disease than those in areas...
by PHC Team | Jan 31, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
You may be healthy and feeling good about your risk for heart disease. However there are causes of heart attacks in men that many people are not aware of: Air Pollution- inhaling ozone can kill cardio cells, throw off your heartbeat, and increase your risk for a heart...
by PHC Team | Jan 31, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
There has been an argument for years about the use of marijuana for medical purposes and recently several states have made it legal for people to smoke marijuana including Colorado. But it is important to understand the facts behind this drug just like any other. Here...
by PHC Team | Jan 30, 2013 | Perspectivas de Salud
Many people have questioned vaccines, and some have even stated that the need for vaccines is all hype created by drug companies to make money. However, CDC reports that,” some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children, have been eliminated...
