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10 ways to prevent heart diseases!
The incidence of heart diseases is on a rise. They are becoming increasingly common all over the world. Middle age men are most commonly affected but it can affect other age groups also. It is not very difficult to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. Few changes in your lifestyle can make a huge difference. [...]
Continue reading...Good bed time habits- best cure for insomnia!
27. September 2008
Are you suffering from insomnia and take sleeping pills regularly? Think again! A study has shown that good bed time habits can really do wonders for people who are having sleep problems. Good bed time habits and being free of daily tensions and worries can make a significant difference to your sleep. Medications provide relief but [...]
Continue reading...Bulimia Nervosa- An eating disorder!
19. September 2008
Bulimia nervosa is another common eating disorder. Unlike Anorexia nervosa, here the patients are usually at or near normal weight. However they have a grave fear of gaining weight. The interesting part though is that in spite of this fear, they recurrently have these ‘eating binges’. And to compensate for this over eating they do [...]
Continue reading...Anorexia nervosa: Are you suffering from it?
12. September 2008
Anorexia nervosa is a well known eating disorder. It is more common in females. In fact ninety percent of such patients are females. So what it actually is? This condition is characterized by an irrational fear of becoming fat. The patient tries to avoid food as much as possible. This leads to marked weight [...]
Continue reading...4 cardinal signs that indicate a urinary tract infection!
5. September 2008
Urinary tract infections or UTIs as it is usually known is quite common, especially in women. The bug which is mainly responsible for causing UTI is a bacterium, named E.coli. UTI is basically an infection of the urinary system which includes the kidneys, the bladder, the ureters and the urethra. There are some cardinal signs [...]
Continue reading...Are you having thyroid disorder?
31. August 2008
Thyroid disorders are common, affecting some 5% of the population. It commonly affects females. One can either have the excess of thyroid hormones in their body, known as ‘Thyrotoxicosis’ or the deficiency of it which is known as ‘Hypothyroidism’. The thyroid hormones T4 and T3 are very important for various body functions. They play a [...]
Continue reading...Pillows that remove wrinkles from your face!
29. August 2008
Tired of using anti-wrinkle creams or Botox injections? Here is the latest; researchers have developed a pillow which can wipe out those ugly wrinkles from your face. Clinical trials have proved that using a copper oxide pillow can actually decrease those wrinkle lines from your face. And it doesn’t end there, it also benefits in [...]
Continue reading...An ancient therapy might cure your back pain- Alexander technique!
24. August 2008
I recently came across a very interesting piece of information about an ancient therapy for back pain. This method known as the Alexander technique was developed by an Australian actor named Alexander some hundreds of years ago. However it never really gained popularity because its effectiveness was never tested. During one of his performances Alexander [...]
Continue reading...What is Multiple Myeloma?
22. August 2008
Our body has many different types of cells like the red blood cells, the white blood cells and many more. One particular type of cells is the plasma cells and Multiple Myeloma is a very important disease associated with these cells. It is the most common primary malignant arising in bone of adults. Multiple myeloma [...]
Continue reading...Don’t stand in the sun for too long!
15. August 2008
The heat in our body is generated by the basal metabolic activity and lost by evaporation (through sweating), conduction, convection (through dilatation of blood vessels) and radiation. The center for controlling our body temperatures is in an area called hypothalamus in the brain. Our core temperature is maintained at 37 degree centigrade with a [...]
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7. October 2008
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