Month: July 2020

Not All Masks Offer Equal Protection

Posted on by Catherine Jonah

For the purposes of the corona virus outbreak, there are three main types of masks: respirators, surgical masks, and fabric, or homemade, masks. N95 respirators are considered the gold standard for those on the frontlines. When worn properly securely fitted to a wearer face, they offer protection from about 95% of small particles (0.3 microns in size) and large droplets. Individual corona virus particles are smaller than this. But when they are coughed or sneezed up, they likely travel in small clumps of spit and mucus.

The WHO and the CDC only recommend N95s for health care workers at the greatest risk of virus exposure, such as those who test patients for COVID-19 by swabbing their noses or mouths or those who connect patients to respirators. In an ideal setting, N95s are only worn once and then tossed out. But due to supply shortages, health care workers are having to repeatedly wear the respirators, raising questions about whether the masks are getting contaminated from repeated exposures and removals. No one is recommending the public wear N95 respirators.

But still, they are far from perfect.

Those materials do not keep the tiny viral particles from entering your breathing zone from behind … Read the rest

Natural herbs for weight loss and high blood pressure

Posted on by Catherine Jonah

Losing weight can be tough at times, especially when dealing with high blood pressure issues, but being very honest, it isn’t that difficult too. We can start now and see a difference in a month or two. America’s more than half of the adult population is reported to be obese due to the number of unhealthy items being sold on a much larger scale daily. The other community is stuck with overdosing of alcohol or Marijuana cases.

It is reported that in New York, obesity is increased at the rate of 32 percent since the nineties. Still, New York has a high status of abusing marijuana and alcohol. The price of obesity has fallen. Marijuana in New York and in other states of America is illegal for recreational purpose but there are only a few circumstances where medical marijuana NY is allowed keeping in view the healthcare concerns.

We will highlight some of the best ones from nature’s bucket, which help you close down your weight and lower down blood pressure levels in your body, supporting your overall health.

 Some of the most supporting herbs are basil it includes lowering down your blood pressure and helping you lose weight as … Read the rest

5 super herbal tea remedies mental stress

Posted on by Catherine Jonah

 

There will be very less of the people who will say they are completely free from every type of mental stress. This has become a universal thing. Everybody is suffering from mental stress in one way or the other. Some have hectic routines while some get through the day with all the frustration in their head and soul. This stresses the person even more. If in this chaos, there wouldn’t be anything to bring them back to life, things will become quite difficult for them. People suffering from mental health opt for various treatments, medicines, natural and antibiotics. Out of all these, medical marijuana is one popular medicine being used in different regions whether it be medical marijuana NY  or any other. Despite that, different types of herbal tea are contemporary solution that will make you fall in love with it when you will see yourself relieved and stress-free.

Anxiety and stress are not something easy to deal with. Every other day we get exhausted in different manners. Sometimes the harm is physical but most of the times it is mental which is even more devastating. Sometimes it feels like all the sufferings won’t ever stop. In such pressure, … Read the rest