By Pratiek David
Stop Smoking - The days when smoking was considered an attractive habit are long gone. And the era when doctors assured us, via cigarette advertisements, that the future “cancer sticks” were in fact healthy, has become a distant memory.
Yet even today, according to the World Health Organization, almost 15 billion cigarettes are sold [...]
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Diet Soda is seen as an innocuous, harmless beverage that can’t possibly cause any harm to their waistline since it doesn’t have any calories. Think again.
Research published this summer in the medical journal Circulation shows that people who drink more than one soda a day — whether it’s regular or diet — have an almost [...]
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Many things can affect whether in the body to help the person deal with or not we get a sound sleep. Obviously, pain and stress can make us lose sleep but most people would never gues s that head and neck alignment can disrupt our sleep. The key brain chemical that must be present in [...]
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Good ventilation is probably the single most important step you can take toward making your home healthier, experts say. Even if you don’t notice any ill effects right now, it’s a good idea to try to clean up the air in your home, says Robert Phalen, founder of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory [...]
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Quit Smoking - By stopping smoking, women benefit from a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and a lesser incidence of death from various smoking-related cancers. According to new results of the large-scale Nurses’ Health Study, female smoking cessation brings major health risks down by more than 20 percent!
The study was based on the analysis of [...]
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Muscle Weakness, Fatigue and Heart Problems — Drinking too much cola can increase the risk of a muscle problem called hypokalemia, experts warn.
In people with hypokalemia, a drop in blood potassium levels results in problems with vital muscle functions. Symptoms can range from mild weakness to serious paralysis, say Greek researchers who conducted a [...]
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We’re constantly told that everything in our life needs balance – play vs. work, exercising vs. relaxing, veggies vs. chocolate and so on. But how important is that balance? As much as we’d all love to indulge in one thing more than another – usually something that’s more pleasurable and doesn’t require much effort [...]
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by Jeannine Stein
Hey, swimmers, don’t limit yourself to lanes, the aquatic version of a hamster wheel. And landlubbers, give up the notion that strength training and cardio are best done on terra firma.
Aqua aerobics, or aquatic fitness, is no longer the domain of people recovering from injuries, trying to exercise despite limited abilities or [...]
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By now, it is a familiar litany. Study after study suggests that alcohol in moderation may promote heart health and even ward off diabetes and dementia. The evidence is so plentiful that some experts consider moderate drinking — about one drink a day for women, about two for men — a central component of [...]
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By Dr Rubaiul Murshed
A recent study estimates that eating eggs is not that dangerous for heart disease. In contrast, physical inactivity and daily lifestyle (like overweight, unhealthy diet and smoking) are most important factors.
Our communities know that ‘eggs’ are high in cholesterol, and a diet high in cholesterol can contribute to elevated blood cholesterol [...]
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6. October 2009
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