Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome known since 1500 B.C. Sushruta had also described this condition in 400-500 B.C. It is characterized by hyperglycemia due to relative or absolute deficiency of insulin Lack of Insulin whether absolute or relative affects the metabolism of carbohydrate protein fat water and electrolytes.
Men prone to angry tantrums or sulky hostility are more likely to develop an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, U.S. researchers have reported.
Hemolytic anemia is a disorder in which the red blood cells are destroyed faster than the bone marrow can produce them. The destruction of red blood cells is called hemolysis.
A blood protein that is a marker for inflammation and high blood pressure may be a stronger predictor of heart attack than cholesterol, say US researchers. “This is the first major demonstration that C-reactive protein levels may help us predict the risk of developing hypertension,” said Howard Sesso, lead author of the study published in Journal of the American Medical Association.
Chocolates – perhaps the world’s favourite confectionery – may keep the heart running longer and stronger.
Most medical experts recommend a diet that’s low in saturated fat and calories, while being moderate to high in complex carbohydrates. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlines several guidelines for better health:
By nature all the creatures fall prey easily to the temptations. The man is not an exemption. So, human beings have an enormous capacity to damage themselves in pursuit of pleasure, whether through alcohol, drugs, fast driving, smoking heavily, etc. But this pursuit of pleasure does them immense harm. Generally when one realizes the harm after becoming addict to some intoxicant, it becomes very difficult to abstain. This applies in case of addiction to alcohol too. After falling prey to the drinking habit, if one desires to stop it, it become extremely difficult to stop the habit because the insidious effect of alcohol diminishes the will power, which is essential to stop the habit of drinking.
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.
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The word is out! Due to an “unpublished dilemma”
last Christmas Eve Santa has gone Low Carb!
In my views the need of the hours is to have full fledged homoeopathic hospitals with all modern gadgets/infrastructure so that all sort of treatment can be given to the sick. Will it be possible? And when?