Diabetes :: Obesity is killer for diabetic patients
Obesity can reduce the life expectancy of diabetes patients by up to eight years, British researchers said on Wednesday.
Children
Asthma :: Children in Shelters suffers from Asthma
A health study of homeless children shows that about half of those entering the New York City shelter system have asthma, a finding that underscores the increased health risk to the most vulnerable population and the challenges faced by those who serve them. This may be true for children in slum dwellers in all major cities worldwide.
Healthy food habits for diabetic kids
Once you have diabetes, you’re on a diet for life. And over time the disease can lead to blindness, limb amputation and kidney damage so severe patients need dialysis. Today’s overweight kids need to be concerned about the same things their parents worry about: things such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. And since children can be cruel to anyone who’s different, they have to worry about that, too. Unfortunately, it hasn’t become politically incorrect to tease fat kids.
Depression :: Depression drugs and kids
Modern anti-depressant drugs will be banned from use in children in Britain on Wednesday because of evidence, suppressed for years, that they can cause young patients to become suicidal.
Deficiency of time in life
Some thought provoking reading… When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hrs in a day are not enough… remember the mayonnaise jar… and the beer…
Infertility :: Smoking may cause infertility & impotence – BMA report
Smokers hoping to start a family were warned by doctors that their habit could make them infertile and cause miscarriages and birth defects.
Schizophrenia :: Schizophrenia – a major mental problem
The word schizophrenia originated from Greek word Schiz(o) – means division, divided. phrenia – means mental disorder.
Warts :: Homoeopathy and Warts
The warts are non-cancerous skin growths caused by a viral infection in the superior layer of the skin. These viruses are called human papillomavirus (HPV). Warts are usually skin-colored and are rough to the touch, but they can be dark, flat and smooth. The appearance of a wart depends on the site where it is growing.
Dental :: Breakfast, eating fruits good for healthy teeth
Children who skip breakfast could be more prone to tooth decay than those who follow good nutritional practices.
Aging, Old age – aspects, diseases and the remedies
Social aspect – Till few decades ago joint family system was in vogue in our country. Most of the younger generation used to adopt and continue the family profession. In the joint family system it was the tradition that the eldest person in the family used to be the head of the family and used to have the governance of the whole family in his control.