Stop Bad-Mouthing Yourself

May 14th, 2008

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Stop Bad-Mouthing Yourself
Neglect daily care of your mouth and you put yourself at risk for real oral health issues.

Your regular brushing, flossing, and rinsing routine is a good foundation for a healthy mouth, but some areas need more love than others. Target these top [...]

Sitting Straight ‘Bad for Bcks’

May 11th, 2008

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Sitting up straight is not the best position for office workers, a study has suggested.

Slouching over a desk is certainly not recommended
Scottish and Canadian researchers used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show it places an unnecessary strain on [...]

Tips for a Disease-Free Summer

April 25th, 2008

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Even as the Capital sweltered under severe heat conditions, city doctors cautioned about the downside of quick weather changes. Sudden change in temperature and humidity, doctors say, can be dangerous as the weather is conducive for mosquito breeding and other vector-borne diseases [...]

Tooth Regeneration

April 25th, 2008

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You May Never Have to Use or Hear a Dentist Drill Again!
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The next time you get a cavity, you might get tooth regeneration instead of fillings.
Materials scientists are beginning to develop solutions of chemicals that can actually rebuild decayed teeth. Enamel and dentin, [...]

Daily Nail Care

April 24th, 2008

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Like skin, nails need to be kept clean and moisturized in order to stay healthy. You should also be able to recognize certain changes in your nails, which may be an indicator of a more serious medical problem.
First understand your natural nails

Nail [...]

Some Health Questions And Answers

April 14th, 2008

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Q: My husband is unable to exercise regularly because of work pressures. So he walks 50km on Saturdays and Sundays. I think this is harmful. Please advise.
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A: Your husband is part of a new 21st century phenomenon — the “weekend warrior” who [...]

Live Life Fighting Fit

April 7th, 2008

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Today, remaining physically active has become an uphill task. We have to work against a conspiracy hatched by cars, computers, televisions, remote controls and mobile phones. It is easy to get through the day with very little physical effort. In [...]

‘Press Chest to Save Cardiac Victim’

April 2nd, 2008

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If you see a person near you having a cardiac arrest, you can skip performing mouth-to-mouth breathing, better known as the ”kiss of life”, on the person. Just press the centre of the patient’s chest, hard and fast. This is the [...]

The Top Ten Health Fears

March 25th, 2008

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An Essex GP gives a dose of perspective on our worse disease fears, and tells us when it is worth panicking:-

1.BRAIN TUMOUR
Fear factor High.
Your GP sees a case Every six years on average. Scary symptoms Headache.
More likely to be? Sinusitis, [...]

Ways to Bury Back-Pain

March 24th, 2008

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Hornack,a physical therapist at MetroHealth Medical Center for 37 years. And she teaches the hospital’s Physical Therapy Back School. She doesn’t recommend exercises in the 90-minute outpatient class. Those, she says, need to be tailored to each patient. But she’s got a [...]

Soothing Sensitive Teeth

March 23rd, 2008

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It is such a burden to suffer from a sensitive tooth. It bothers during meals, while drinking something hot or cold, even sometimes while breathing air through the mouth.
There are many factors that can cause and some of them are:
*Brushing the teeth in a [...]

Tips for a Safe Holi

March 21st, 2008

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Every year there are several cases of eye-injury owing to uncontrolled Holi celebrations. Consultant Eye Surgeon Dr Anand Shroff provides some tips on how to protect your eyes and the measures to take should an injury occur
From time immemorial, man has [...]

Screen Kidney, Be Safe

March 15th, 2008

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On World Kidney Day on Thursday, nephrologists want to raise awareness about Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), incidents of which are increasing at an alarming rate.
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If you have diabetes or high blood pressure, then you are at a risk of developing CKD. Unfortunately, by [...]

Herbal Way To Cleanse The Kidney

March 14th, 2008

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It takes a lot of liquid to “wash” the inside of your body. Taking it in the form of herbal teas gives you extra benefits. And extra enjoyment if you learn to make them with variations - especially if you need [...]

Can’t-Miss Ways to Declutter Your Mind

March 12th, 2008

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You may have read articles about how to declutter your home or your desk, but if anything needs decluttering, it’s your mind.
While your brain is a complex and confusing organ — and your mind is certainly not like an inbox that [...]

How to Achieve Deep, Uninterrupted Sleep

February 22nd, 2008

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Americans now get about 25 percent less sleep than they did a century ago. This isn’t just a matter of fatigue, it causes serious damage to your body.
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Sleep deprivation can alter your levels of thyroid and stress hormones, [...]

A Single Meal Can Lead to Good (or Bad) Health

February 10th, 2008

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It takes just one “bad” meal — a cheeseburger, fries and a soda, fried chicken and biscuits, a slab of chocolate cake and ice cream — to do damage to your body, according to new research.

The good [...]

Is Exercise Best With a Little Alcohol?

February 5th, 2008

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An active lifestyle that includes a little alcohol may be the ticket to preventing heart disease, according to a new study by Danish researchers.
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The nearly 20-year study involved close to 12,000 men and women. Those who did not drink or [...]

18 Secrets to Help You Achieve Your Health Goals

January 29th, 2008

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It’s easy to focus on bad habits that you’d like to overcome, but how about this for a change: focusing on habits you’d like to have.
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The tips that follow will help you to put your good habits — [...]

A Little Alcohol ‘can be healthy’

January 12th, 2008

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A little alcohol combined with a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life.
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……….Experts warned that over-indulgence could pose severe health risks
A European Heart Journal study suggests the combination can cut the risk of heart [...]