HB Mag Health Research Team
If you have seen the letters “TCS” on a food label or in a nutrition article and wondered what they mean, you are not alone. The term is not a standard category used by the FDA, the USDA, or any major health authority. In practice, “TCS” is most often used as shorthand for Total Carbohydrate … Read more
When your husband is sick and difficult, the guilt comes from a false choice: care for him or care for yourself. You do not have to pick. Setting limits, naming your own needs, and getting help are caregiving skills, not failures of love. The hard part is that irritability and demands are often symptoms of … Read more
A no sugar diet can be healthy or extreme, depending on what “no sugar” actually means in practice. Cutting added sugars is strongly supported by nutrition science and major health guidelines. Cutting all sugars — including those naturally present in fruit, vegetables, and dairy — is much harder to defend and can create real nutritional … Read more
Alzheimer’s disease is not usually what appears on the death certificate as the immediate cause of death. People die from Alzheimer’s because the disease slowly destroys the brain’s ability to regulate basic body functions, and most often they die from an infection or another complication the damaged brain can no longer manage. The most common … Read more
A NANDA nursing diagnosis is a standardized clinical label nurses use to describe a patient’s actual or potential health problem. It comes from the NANDA International taxonomy, a system that gives nurses a shared vocabulary for the human responses to illness and treatment they assess and manage. Unlike a medical diagnosis, which names a disease, … Read more
No, it is not safe to elevate a baby while sleeping. Raising the head of a crib mattress, propping a baby on a pillow, or letting an infant sleep in a car seat, swing, or bouncer for routine sleep all increase the risk of breathing problems and accidental suffocation. The safest sleep surface for an … Read more
Thrombocytopenia means a low number of platelets in the blood. On the skin, it most often shows up as small, flat, reddish-purple spots called petechiae, or as larger flat bruises called purpura. These marks do not fade when you press on them, which is the single most useful clue that separates them from a rash. … Read more
Most viral stomach bugs clear up on their own within one to three days, though some people feel off for up to a week or longer. The worst of the vomiting and diarrhea usually passes within 24 to 48 hours. Full recovery — getting your appetite and energy back — often takes a few days … Read more
A low white blood cell count is not a diagnosis on its own. It is a lab finding, and whether it should concern you depends almost entirely on how low the number is, which type of white cell is affected, and what else is happening in your body. Some people walk around with a mildly … Read more
You cannot see, smell, or taste carbon monoxide, so your detector is the only warning you get. The best way to tell if it is working is to press the test button once a month and confirm the alarm sounds, and to replace the unit by the date printed on its label. A detector that … Read more