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Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack in Men

Disease

Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack in Men

Men are more likely than women to have a heart attack, as well as more likely than women to have a heart attack earlier in life. Symptoms can vary from person to person. Do not ignore early symptoms. Even when you’re not sure, seek emergency care right away.

Heart Attack in Women – Signs & Symptoms

Disease

Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack in Women

The most common symptom for heart attack in women is chest pain (angina) or discomfort. Women are more likely than men to experience other common symptoms, in particular shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, back pain or jaw pain. If you experience any symptom of heart attack, even when you’re not sure, seek emergency care immediately.

Disease

Types of Heart Disease

Heart disease includes dangerous ischaemic conditions, such as <i>atherosclerosis</i>, as well as relatively easy to manage diseases, such as <i>arrhythmias</i>. Aside from congenital conditions, heart diseases can result from lifestyle choices or from drugs used in treating disease or used unadvisedly.

An X-ray will confirm or rule out a broken bone. The doctor can then provide appropriate treatment for recovery.

Injury

Broken bones happen to everyone, say the averages

Broken bones will happen to everybody over the course of a lifetime, say the averages. Prime time for breaking bones is childhood — especially between the ages of 11 and 15 years. As many as 50% of boys, and up to 40% of girls, break or fracture broken bones.

Signage alerting people to biological hazards in the workplace

General Health-Related

Managing common workplace hazards

It is the employers’ obligation to satisfy the legal requirements of workplace health and safety. In this article, we’ll look at effective approaches to managing some of the more common workplace hazards.

Can you see the risks in this simple activity

First Aid Training

Taking care of those in your care depends on your good health

Working in a care or education setting might sound like it’s all about taking care of others, but watching out for yourself should not be forgotten. After all, taking the best care of those in your care depends on your good health.

Asthma is a chronic condition of the airways, constricting the tubes that allow the passage of air in and out of our lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

Allergy and Asthma

Asthma - What Is It?

Asthma affects 235 million people worldwide. It's a chronic condition of the airways – the small tubes that carry air in and out of our lungs. Asthma causes these small tubes to become blocked, tightened or swollen, making it difficult to breathe.

Treatment for burns and scalds is an important part of First Aid training. It can mean the difference between life and death in the case of life threatening burns.

Injury

Treating burns & scalds is important in first aid training

Superficial burns or scalds affect the outer layer of your skin, causing redness and pain, sometimes blistering. Deeper burns often exhibit mottled shades of red and white, also with blisters on the skin, and the pain is also pronounced. Extreme burns — known as full thickness burns — cause damage all the way to the layer of fat beneath the skin