Problem: Article: When you adopt a vegan diet, you'll probably start eating a lot more beans and legumes, which are a good source of protein. These are made of sugars, carbs, and fiber. Sensitivity to these foods or their constituent ingredients may cause bloating. If you continue to feel bloated for weeks on end, you might consider leaving veganism. You might initially feel bloated when eating these foods, but gradually adjust to them as you progress in your vegan diet. Don't give up quickly if you experience bloating. Another alternative to quitting veganism is to just reduce the amount of legumes and beans in your diet. There are many other avenues to getting an adequate amount of protein without lots of legumes and beans. Iron in the blood provides a substantial amount of energy to the body. Vegan diets may lack adequate iron content and often don't get enough protein. You can easily correct iron deficiencies by taking a multivitamin or iron supplement. You can boost your iron absorption by eating iron-rich foods in combination with foods in which vitamin C is present. Did you transition to a vegan diet because you wanted an easy way to restrict your calorie intake and lose weight? While this in itself is not unhealthy, if taken too far, it might indicate you might suffer from anorexia. Anorexia is an illness in which you avoid eating to attain a thin body. Signs you might be obsessed with your food intake include: Feeling guilty for everything you eat Over-thinking every time you eat Trying to always eat the "perfect" nutritional profile or calorie count. While vegans have far lower rates of obesity than omnivores, a vegan diet does not guarantee you'll arrive at a healthy weight. Perhaps you've replaced your standard diet with one organized around candy, chips, and soda. If so, you might gain weight and consider moving away from veganism. Alternately, you might try introducing more vegetables, fruits, and beans into your diet. Vegan versions of foods you may have eaten as an omnivore (burgers, deli meat, cheese) are easy to find in most local grocery stores as well. A balanced diet is important no matter whether you're vegan or not.
Summary: Notice if you experience bloating. Recognize feeling constantly sluggish. Identify if you're developing an unhealthy relationship to food. Identify if you're gaining weight.

Problem: Article: When you adopted or purchased your Labrador, the breeder or rescue may have given you registration papers for your Labrador. These papers should include the names of its parents and its ancestors. Registration papers are one of the best ways to verify that your dog is a purebred and makes for good breeding stock. If you don't have registration papers but believe your Labrador is a purebred, you can run a DNA test on your dog to confirm it. Dog DNA tests usually cost between $50 and $100. Ask your vet if they can recommend a company to test your dog's DNA. Labradors are usually friendly and outgoing. In addition, they're somewhat high energy. They are also easy to train. If your dog doesn't have these attributes, it is not a good candidate for breeding. Labradors should not be aggressive to either humans or other animals. Only dogs that represent the standard of the breed should reproduce. If a dog doesn't represent this standard, you shouldn't breed it. Labradors come in black, chocolate, or yellow. They sometimes have white markings. Labradors often have mixed litters with black puppies, chocolate puppies, and yellow puppies. The coat of Labradors should be short, dense, and seem to feel hard to the touch. Female adult Labradors should be between 21.5 inches (55 cm) and 23.5 inches (60 cm) high at the withers (the area between your dog's shoulder blades). Male Labradors should be between 22.5 inches (57 cm) and 24.5 inches (62 cm) high at the withers. Labradors shouldn't appear to have short legs or have legs that appear "leggy." Female adult Labradors should be between 55 pounds (25 kg) and 70 pounds (32 kg). Male adult Labradors should be between 65 pounds (29.5 kg) and 80 pounds (36 kg).
Summary: Obtain your dog's pedigree or kennel club papers. Pick dogs that have a temperament that represents the breed. Verify your dogs meet the physical standards of the breed.

Problem: Article: MRSA is usually spread to patients in hospital settings by other human hands - usually those of a healthcare professional who has touched someone with the infection. Since hospital patients frequently have weakened immune systems, they are particularly susceptible to getting an infection. While this is by far the most common way that MRSA gets spread, it's also possible to contract it in other ways. For instance: MRSA can be spread when someone touches a contaminated object, like hospital equipment. MRSA can be spread between people who use each other's personal items, like towels and razors. MRSA can be spread between people who use the same equipment, like sports equipment and showers in athletes' locker rooms. MRSA is actually carried by 30% of healthy people without them even knowing it. It lives inside the human nose, and often doesn't cause a problem, or leads to only minor infections. However, when it does take hold over a weakened immune system, MRSA does not respond to most antibiotics. This makes it very difficult to contain once the infection has begun to have negative effects. MRSA can cause pneumonia, boils, abscesses, and infections of the skin. It can also get into the bloodstream and lead to serious health problems. People in hospitals - especially those who have had a surgical procedure of some kind, which leaves their bodies prone to getting an infection - have been at risk of getting MRSA for decades. Hospitals and other medical facilities now have protocols in place to decrease the risk of patients getting MRSA, but it is still a problem. A new strain of MRSA now affects healthy people outside of hospitals - especially in school locker rooms, where children tend to share equipment.
Summary: Know how it spreads. Understand why it's dangerous. Know who's at risk.

Problem: Article: There are different types of insects that can be problematic in the garden, including ones like caterpillars and beetles that chew holes in leaves. These types of bugs can cause a great deal of damage to plants, so you should take steps to get rid of them. Along with using insecticide to treat caterpillars and beetles in the garden, you can also remove them by hand. Pick the bugs off the plant with your fingers and drop them into a bucket filled with soapy water. White, yellow, or brown discoloration on leaves could indicate that your garden is infested with bugs like mites or thrips. Both of these insects suck juices from plants and can cause leaves to discolor and die. When treating for thrips and mites, spray foliage, buds, and the soil around the plant. Thrips are a tiny winged insect with a slender body. Distortion such as curling and gnarling leaves indicate the presence of leafhoppers, stinkbugs, and aphids in the garden. These insects suck sap from plants, and this causes the leaves to distort and drop off. These bugs can be treated by spraying the plants with water, but use insecticide for more severe infestations. Fungi and other similar organisms can infest plants as well. In particular, blackspot mold, powdery mildew, and downy mildew can cause fuzzy or powdery spots on leaves. These problems are not caused by insects, so they can't be controlled with insecticide. The best way to control these issues is to prevent them by watering plants from below so the leaves don't get wet. Remove any leaves that show signs of infection.
Summary:
Look for holes in the leaves. Check for discolored leaves. Inspect leaves for distortion. Look for fuzzy black, white, and yellow spots.