March 23rd, 2008
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 hard or strong way can wear out the enamel and cause [...]
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March 21st, 2008
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 been attracted to colours. Dry Holi colours known as ‘gulal’ and wet colours [...]
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March 15th, 2008
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 the time a person is diagnosed with CKD, nearly 50% of his [...]
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March 14th, 2008
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 to produce a gallon of urine a day! Any edema or “water holding”, whether [...]
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March 12th, 2008
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 can be sorted through — decluttering your mind is actually not difficult.
You can sort [...]
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February 22nd, 2008
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, which play a part in everything from your memory and immune system to [...]
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February 10th, 2008
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 news, however, is that eating just one good meal will start to repair the damage.
This occurs because, when [...]
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February 5th, 2008
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 do any exercise had the highest risk of heart disease, at 49 percent higher than [...]
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January 29th, 2008
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 — like eating healthy, exercising, and taking time to relax — on autopilot, so you can maintain them [...]
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January 12th, 2008
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 disease.
A Danish team found people who led an active lifestyle were less prone to [...]
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December 11th, 2007
A new laboratory study, published in Phytomedicine, suggests that extracts from black cohosh, an herb most commonly used to reduce menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, may stop breast cancer cells in their tracks. This adds more evidence to a small but growing body of research suggesting that black cohosh could have a use in [...]
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November 24th, 2007
During fall and winter it is common to use air heating to warm up living spaces. Such heating dries out the air, which in turn dries out the human body. The body becomes more susceptible to the bacteria that may live in houses or offices. That is why many people experience flues and colds during [...]
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