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Macular Degeneration :: Smoking may cause blindness

Smokers are up to four times more likely to go blind or suffer visual impairment later in life than non-smokers, researchers say today. They are more likely to develop Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of adult blindness. The condition results in severe and permanent loss of central vision.

Colorectal Cancer :: Vegetarian Diet reduces Cancer Risk

Eating a meat-free, vegetarian diet may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, new research suggests. After following more than 10,000 people for 17 years, investigators found that vegetarians were 15 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancer than meat-eaters.

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.

Alcoholism :: Alcoholism in the eye of homoeopathy

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.

Colorectal Cancer :: Vitamin D helps prevent Colorectal Cancer

Vitamin D in the diet helps prevent colorectal cancer, while smoking and drinking alcohol increases the risk of getting the disease – A study, published this week in Journal of the American Medical Association.

Personality :: Behavior, Stress and Trauma

What is trauma? The Trauma is: 1. A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence. It may be self-inflicted. The principal types of trauma involved include motor vehicle accidents, falls, burns, gunshot wounds, and drowning. 2. An emotional or psychological shock that may produce disordered feelings or behavior.

High Blood Pressure – Hypertension & Homoeopathy

In today’s life very often we hear that the so and so person is suffering from High Blood Pressure or Hypertension. In social parties or gatherings it is a usual scene that some body or the other is refusing to take certain food items or dishes and found saying No! I can’t take this because of Salt or Fat restriction on my diet by the Doctor as I have Blood Pressure.

Impotency :: Male Impotency – Caladium Seguinum

Impotency, as it stands in Oxford, “unable to have full sex or reach an orgasm”. The very long general belief among the c’mon mass is not the proper term, as there is a candid difference between impotent and infertile. However, the perpetual impotency or a long duration leads to infertility, which is a known fact. The case under review here is a pure case of impotency, which is cured by the use of LM Potency.

Alcoholism :: Homeopathy and Alcoholism

Alcoholism can fall into two separate categories: problem drinking and actual physical dependence on alcohol. Problem drinking is commonly emotional in its roots, whereby the alcoholic uses drink to avoid feeling. Alcohol dependence is where the person needs alcohol in order to function.