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Parasite Information (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-20
(обновлено 2011-09-20)

Parasitic diseases in humans are mainly caused by single-celled organisms and worms. The cysts and eggs of these organisms are generally found in feces which aids in the detection of the parasite in the human host while also providing a means for the parasitic species to exit the current host and enter other hosts. Common symptoms of a parasite infection include constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating, joint aches, chronic fatigue, excessive hunger, and immune dysfunction. Some parasites block up the large intestinal tract causing constipation while others create sodium and chlorate deficiencies which cause diarrhea. Several other parasites suppress the immune system in order to continue existing in the host, causing immune dysfunction.

Obesity (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-20
(обновлено 2011-09-20)

Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is healthy. If you are obese, you also have a much higher amount of body fat than is healthy or desirable. This app has links to information and news that may be helpful in the struggle to lose weight. Lets all help each other make healthier food choices, exercise, more compassion and a positive attitude leading to a happier healthy life.

PineApp (v. 2.1)

BaptistHealth South Florida опубликовал приложение 2011-09-15
(обновлено 2013-07-09)

Tap to Baptist Health’s Free PineApp.

Find the closest locations and the shortest wait times. You get map and directions and other useful information.
You can quickly search hospital ER and urgent care listings based on the distance from your current location.

PineApp is also available in Spanish.

Download now and get fast access to:
- Closest Baptist Health emergency rooms and urgent care centers in your neighborhood.
- Live and genuine wait times.
- GPS-enabled automated directions.
- Find a Doctor
- Over a dozen locations throughout South Florida.
- Useful links to Baptist Health’s website.

糖尿病报时器 (v. 1.0)

omesoft опубликовал приложение 2011-09-12
(обновлено 2011-09-12)

时间管理对糖尿病人来说也十分重要。血糖的波动有明显的时间性，何时侧血糖最能说
明问题？何时吃药或注射胰岛素最有效？何时运动最好？何时应该加餐？这些都应该在时
间点上进行明确的计划，不是随随便便，想起来再做。时间恰到好处可以进一步强化或保障
其它治疗措施的效果。所以，对于时间管理，患者也必须给以足够的重视，要通过量化管理
建立起规律、守时、严谨的生活作风。
[糖尿病报时器]是糖尿病管理的一项有用工具,通过简单设置可以使手机发挥准确可靠的报时功能,无论是每天几次的测血糖、服药、饮食起居，还是定期的体检随访，一次都不会错过。一切活动都在掌握之中。

使用说明:
1. [糖尿病报时器]已经根据糖尿病管理的通用要求进行了默认设置,用户可以对其进行关闭/开启,修改或删除操作,使时间提醒服务符合自己的个性化需求。
2. 需要添加任务时，选择主界面下面的[添加]按钮进入设置页面。[糖尿病报时器]提供了多种提醒选项以满足各种需求。
3. 点击[任务说明]可以输入任务的名称，也可以在右边的[选择]里直接点选任务列表中合适的内容。
4. [开始时间]是指提醒服务开始的时点，点击输入框即可弹出数字时钟供用户直接选择。
5. [时循环]是一项很有用的选项，可以按照预先设置的时间间隔（分钟）循环提醒直到用户开始执行任务并人为退出循环提醒为止。
6. 时间选择可以有多种方式。[指定时间]是指仅在指定的某一天进行提醒；[按周]是指在每周的哪一天进行提醒，可以单选某一天（如每周一），也可以多选（如每周1-5）；[按月]则是指在每年的某月某日进行提醒，月份和日期可以单选也可多选。通过多选也可实现循环提醒功能，这时的循环间隔是天而不是分钟。
7. 铃声可以选择手机系统自带的铃声，也可选择SD卡里储存的音频文件（可以是自己录制的提醒语音）。不方便响铃时可改为震动提醒。
8. 当提醒界面出现时，可以点击[停止提醒]并关闭界面，但时循环仍在进行，间隔时间一到提醒界面会再次出现。如希望退出循环提醒，点击[停止并退出循环提醒]即可。

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Medicare News & Info (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-09
(обновлено 2011-09-09)

Medicare news and information.
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. Medicare operates similar to a single-payer health care system.
The program also funds residency training programs for the vast majority of physicians in the United States.
The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to existing Social Security legislation. At the bill-signing ceremony, Johnson enrolled former President Harry S. Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary and presented him with the first Medicare card, and Truman's wife Bess, the second.
Eligibility

In general, all persons 65 years of age or older who have been legal residents of the United States for at least 5 years are eligible for Medicare. People with disabilities under 65 may also be eligible if they receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. Specific medical conditions may also help people become eligible to enroll in Medicare.
People qualify for Medicare coverage, and Medicare Part A premiums are entirely waived, if the following circumstances apply:
They are 65 years or older and U.S. citizens or have been permanent legal residents for 5 continuous years, and they or their spouse has paid Medicare taxes for at least 10 years.
or
They are under 65, disabled, and have been receiving either Social Security SSDI benefits or Railroad Retirement Board disability benefits; they must receive one of these benefits for at least 24 months from date of entitlement (first disability payment) before becoming eligible to enroll in Medicare.
or
They get continuing dialysis for end stage renal disease or need a kidney transplant.
or
They are eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance and have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease).
Those that are 65 and older, but neither they nor their spouse payed Medicare taxes for 10 years (40 quarters) must pay a monthly premium to remain enrolled in Medicare.[8]
People with disabilities who receive SSDI are only eligible for Medicare while they continue to receive SSDI payments; they lose eligibility for Medicare based on disability if they stop receiving SSDI. The 24 month exclusion means that people who become disabled must wait 2 years before receiving government medical insurance, unless they have one of the listed diseases or they are eligible for Medicaid.
Many beneficiaries are dual-eligible. This means they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. In some states for those making below a certain income, Medicaid will pay the beneficiaries' Part B premium for them (most beneficiaries have worked long enough and have no Part A premium), and also pay for any drugs that are not covered by Part D.
In 2008, Medicare provided health care coverage for 45 million Americans. Enrollment is expected to reach 78 million by 2030, when the baby-boom generation is fully enrolled.
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アトピー最前線 (v. 1.1.0)

webmarkcom опубликовал приложение 2011-09-06
(обновлено 2011-09-06)

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Drug Addiction (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-05
(обновлено 2011-09-05)

Drug addiction information and news.
Drug addiction is a state of periodic or chronic intoxication produced by the repeated consumption of a drug (natural or synthetic). Its characteristics include: an overpowering desire or need (compulsion) to continue taking the drug and to obtain it by any means;  a tendency to increase the dose; a psychic (psychological) and generally a physical dependence on the effects of the drug; and detrimental effects on the individual and on society.

Drug habituation (habit) is a condition resulting from the repeated consumption of a drug. Its characteristics include (i) a desire (but not a compulsion) to continue taking the drug for the sense of improved well-being which it engenders; (ii) little or no tendency to increase the dose; (iii) some degree of psychic dependence on the effect of the drug, but absence of physical dependence and hence of an abstinence syndrome [withdrawal], and detrimental effects, if any, primarily on the individual.

Anorexia (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-05
(обновлено 2011-09-05)

Anorexia news and information.
Medical app with links to current news stories, medical journals and the latest developments on this serious and potentially life threatening eating disorder.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight, often coupled with a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about her or his body, food and eating. Persons with anorexia nervosa continue to feel hunger, but deny themselves all but very small quantities of food. The average caloric intake of a person with anorexia nervosa is 600-800 calories per day, but there are extreme cases of complete self-starvation. It is a serious mental illness with a high incidence of comorbidity and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.
It can affect men and women of all ages, races, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Anorexia nervosa occurs in females 10 times more than in males.

The term anorexia nervosa was established in 1873 by Sir William Gull, one of Queen Victoria's personal physicians. The term is of Greek origin: an- (ἀν-, prefix denoting negation) and orexis (ὄρεξις, "appetite"), thus meaning a lack of desire to eat.

Alcoholism (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-05
(обновлено 2011-09-05)

Alcoholism information and news.
Alcoholism is a disabling addictive disorder. It is characterized by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol despite its negative effects on the drinker's health, relationships, and social standing. Like other drug addictions, alcoholism is medically defined as a treatable disease.[1] The term alcoholism is widely used, and was first coined in 1849 by Magnus Huss, but in medicine the term was replaced by the concepts of "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" in the 1980s DSM III. (The term alcohol dependence is sometimes used as a synonym for alcoholism, sometimes in a narrower sense.) Similarly in 1979 an expert World Health Organisation committee disfavoured the use of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic entity, preferring the category of "alcohol dependence syndrome".[5] In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, alcohol dependence was called dipsomania before the term "alcoholism" replaced it.

The biological mechanisms underpinning alcoholism are uncertain, however, risk factors include social environment, stress,[7] mental health, genetic predisposition, age, ethnic group, and sex. Long-term alcohol abuse produces physiological changes in the brain such as tolerance and physical dependence. Such brain chemistry changes maintain the alcoholic's compulsive inability to stop drinking and result in alcohol withdrawal syndrome upon discontinuation of alcohol consumption. Alcohol damages almost every organ in the body, including the brain; because of the cumulative toxic effects of chronic alcohol abuse, the alcoholic risks suffering a range of medical and psychiatric disorders. Alcoholism has profound social consequences for alcoholics and the people of their lives.

Alcoholism is the cyclic presence of tolerance, withdrawal, and excessive alcohol use; the drinker's inability to control such compulsive drinking, despite awareness of its harm to his or her health, indicates that the person might be an alcoholic.[14] Questionnaire-based screening is a method of detecting harmful drinking patterns, including alcoholism.[15] Alcohol detoxification is conducted to withdraw the alcoholic person from drinking alcohol, usually with cross-tolerance drugs, e.g. benzodiazepines to manage withdrawal symptoms. Post-medical care, such as group therapy, or self-help groups, usually is required to maintain alcoholic abstention. Often, alcoholics also are addicted to other drugs, most often benzodiazepines, which might require additional medical treatment.[19] The alcoholic woman is more sensitive to alcohol's deleterious physical, cerebral, and mental effects, and increased social stigma, in relation to a man, for being an alcoholic. The World Health Organisation estimates that there are 140 million alcoholics worldwide. Moderate use is defined by The Dietary Guidelines for Americans as no more than two alcoholic beverages per day for men and no more than one alcoholic beverage per day for women.

Bedbug info (v. 1.0)

BAWidgets.com опубликовал приложение 2011-09-05
(обновлено 2011-09-05)

Bedbugs information and news (BA3/11newsoftware)
Bedbugs are small parasitic insects. The most common type is Cimex lectularius. The term usually refers to species that prefer to feed on human blood. All insects in this family live by feeding exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals.
A number of health effects may occur due to bed bugs including skin rashes, psychological effects and allergic symptoms. Diagnosis involves both finding bed bugs and the occurrence of compatible symptoms. Treatment is otherwise symptomatic.

In the developed world, bed bugs were largely eradicated as pests in the early 1940s, however have increased in prevalence since about 1995. Because infestation of human habitats has been on the increase, bed bug bites and related conditions have been on the rise as well. The exact causes of this resurgence remain unclear; it is variously ascribed to greater foreign travel, more frequent exchange of second-hand furnishings among homes, a greater focus on control of other pests resulting in neglect of bed bug countermeasures, and increasing resistance to pesticides. Bedbugs have been known human parasites for thousands of years.

The name "bed bug" is derived from the insect's preferred habitat of houses and especially beds or other areas where people sleep. Bed bugs, though not strictly nocturnal, are mainly active at night and are capable of feeding unnoticed on their hosts. They have however been known by a variety of names including wall louse, mahogany flat, crimson rambler, heavy dragoon, chinche and redcoat.