Problem: Article: Splitting your attention among multiple tasks makes the quality of thought that you're giving to each task less. A recent social and psychological study revealed that chronic multi-tasking in a variety of interactive media makes us poorer students, workers, and less efficient learners. Start prioritizing the most important things you have to do each day and just focus your attention there. Write out a list to start the day, and work through it. Finish one thing before starting another. Even if you find something challenging, stick with it until you're done. Switching between tasks is often more difficult than finishing something you've started. Recent studies show that as short a break as five minutes every hour results in more efficiency than a single long break in the middle of a workday. Let your brain rest and refresh, to give yourself the best chance of staying mentally strong throughout a difficult task. For lots of people, the chatter of the radio in the background, or the noise of the television is part of almost every minute. If you have a lot of white noise and static in your life, try replacing it with soft relaxing music. Let yourself focus on doing one thing only, instead of trying to entertain yourself while you work. Focusing more on what you're doing will have the added benefit of letting you finish your work more quickly. If you're trying to watch a show at the same time, it'll take longer. Want to really eliminate distraction? Get off the Internet. When you're trying to study and Facebook is only a click away, it's awfully tempting to mess around. Use a web-blocker or a site-blocker if you can't unplug yourself. Leave your phone in another room or on silent so you avoid frequently checking it. It may sound overly simple, but one excellent way of focusing your attention back to a task when you find your mind wandering is to remind yourself, "Be here now." Don't think about what you're eating for lunch, or what you're doing later tonight, or what's going to happen this weekend. Just be here now and do what you're doing. Try using a keyword mantra, if you don't like "Be here now." Pick a password or a keyword from what you're doing. If you're doing math homework, make it "math" or another related vocab word. When you notice your attention waning, repeat the keyword until you can re-focus.
Summary: Do one thing at a time. Take frequent short breaks. Get rid of distractions. Be here now.

Problem: Article: While you are likely okay, these symptoms could be a sign of an underlying condition, like a viral or bacterial infection. It's best to get checked by a doctor so you get the right treatment. Call your doctor immediately if you notice the following symptoms: Fever higher than 102F (39C) Frequent vomiting Blood or pus in your stools Black or tar-like stools Severe pain in your abdomen or rectum 6 or more loose stools within 24 hours Symptoms of dehydration, like dizziness, weakness, dark urine, and dry mouth Diarrhea commonly causes dehydration in children because it makes them lose a lot of fluids. Get your child immediate medical care if you notice these signs of dehydration: Decrease in urination or dry diapers Lack of tears Dry mouth Listlessness or lethargy Sunken eyes Fussiness Your diarrhea will likely go away within 48 hours, but you may need medical care to help fight a more serious infection or underlying condition. Visit your doctor so they can give you a proper diagnosis and treatment options that will work for you. If a bacteria or parasite is causing your diarrhea, your doctor may give you an antibiotic. If a medication is causing your diarrhea, your doctor could change or adjust the dosage. If you're dehydrated, your doctor will help you replace lost fluids. If you have a condition like Crohn's or inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), your doctor will help you manage your condition and may refer you to a gastroenterologist for further care.
Summary: Get immediate care if you have a fever, blood or pus, or severe pain. Take your child to the doctor if they have signs of dehydration. See your doctor if your diarrhea lasts longer than 2 days.

Problem: Article: Diuretics can decrease edema (swelling of hands and feet) due to excess water in the body. Your doctor should prescribe drugs like hydrochlorothiazide or furosemide in doses specific to the severity of kidney failure. Furosemide is administered in tablet form or IV and is taken every day once a day until the desired effect is obtained. ACE inhibitors, Veno-dilators, beta-blockers, and calcium channel blockers can help keep your blood pressure at a healthy level. These drugs either dilate the veins or arteries, reducing either the amount of work required of the heart or reducing the amount of blood pumped to the heart. Taken before meals, phosphate binders like calcium carbonate or Calcitriol bind phosphate in the stomach and prevent it from being absorbed. A concentration of phosphate in the blood leads to: weakening of bones and ultimately irreversible damage skin irritations and itching muscle cramps due to electrolytes disturbance There are additional strategies involving dietary changes for lowering phosphate. Supplements can help activate the vitamin taken from food or sunlight. The activated form of vitamin D helps regulate both calcium and phosphorus levels in your blood through balancing their absorbance. It also controls parathyroid hormone "PTH" release, which forces your body to increase calcium levels by taking it from bone tissue, which is ultimately not good for you. Anemia develops because of a decrease in erythropoietin (EPO) production. EPO help form red blood cells by stimulating bone marrow to produce them. When not enough red blood cells are synthesized, less oxygen is delivered to your vital organs, causing short rapid breath, fatigue, chest pain, confusion or dementia. NSAIDs like Ibuprofen and Declofenac salts can harm your kidneys. Ask your doctor to prescribe you other safe analgesics.
Summary: Take diuretics. Maintain your blood pressure with medication. Ingest phosphate binders. Get Vitamin D supplements. Take iron supplements to treat anemia. Avoid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Problem: Article: When you eat a carbohydrate and the bloodstream transports the molecules to your cells, 1 of 3 things may happen: Carbs may be burned immediately for energy. Carbs may be stored for the short-term as a compound called glycogen. Carbs may be stored for the long-term as fat. Insulin controls the release of stored fat from fat cells. High levels of insulin from high carbohydrate meals mean that your body burns carbohydrates instead of burning stored fat. By lowering the amount of carbs that you consume, you turn on your body's fat-burning engines. As a result, you will lose weight.
Summary:
Understand what happens when you eat carbohydrates. Understand the role of insulin. Limit the amount of carbohydrates that you eat.