Parents ignore the obesity of kids

A survey was conducted about obese kids and their parents. It was found that most parents whose kids are obese don't see them in that way.That is worrisome because obese children run the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems and other ailments more commonly found in adults. And overweight children are likely to grow up to be overweight adults.

Many parents think that their children will out of obesity as they grow or something will change in older age.Among parents with an obese, or extremely overweight, child ages 6 to 11, 43 percent said their child was "about the right weight," 37 percent responded "slightly overweight," and 13 percent said "very overweight." Others said "slightly underweight The Michigan researchers said that, too, suggests parents underestimate their children's weight. For that cause they take lightly the living style and eating habit of children. This assumption aggravate the problem.

Experts said doctors need to help parents better understand the health risks of childhood obesity.

Last 4 of the 7 tips to supercharge your health

4-Start yoga and pranayam{breathing exercise}
Yoga has been around in some form or other for thousands of years. This spiritual practice has many benefits and it has quickly become a popular choice to thousands of people strictly for health reasons. Not only does Yoga give your muscles and ligaments a good stretch, it also tones the body, and best of all it helps to relax. You could start by taking yoga classes at a local gym. Once you want to get really serious find a licensed yoga practitioner in your area and enroll in the more advanced classes. Oxygen through breathing does the miracle...

5-Graze don't binge
Eat smaller meals during the day (4 to 6). This will keep your blood-sugar levels stable throughout the day. Think quality not quantity. Eat more fruits, vegetables, lean meats. Great options include hard-boiled eggs, small broiled/baked chicken breast, and fresh vegetables such as carrots, celery sticks. If you have a craving for something sweet, many delicious options are available such as Yoplait yogurt or Weight Watchers. You don't have deprive yourself, simply consume these in moderation ...
6-Daily drink 8 glasses of water
It should be no mystery that adequate water consumption is indispensable for good health. Water helps flush out toxins and other wastes in our system. It replenishes keeps you hydrated, reduces hunger, which assists with weight loss, and keeps our skin healthy. Start by drinking 2 glasses of water first thing in the morning. After that, drink a glass at regular intervals including one with each meal. If you are not used to drinking water, it might be a little difficult at first, but very soon, you will get into the habit. Once you get used to general feeling of well-being you will never go back. So, remember - 8 glasses a day every day...
7-Take supplements
What do we need supplements do? Multiple vitamin-mineral supplements contain a variable number of essential and non-essential nutrients. Their primary purpose is to provide a convenient way to take a variety of supplemental nutrients from a single product. Otherwise, to fulfill our daily requirements for vitamins and minerals we will have to eat massively large quantities of food. Most of these multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplements contain at least 100% of the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (USRDA) of all vitamins. So, talk to your doctor and figure out what's the best route for you.

We will not be adhere to the above rules always but should follow as maximum as possible
Written by Mike Singh

3 0f the 7 Guaranteed ways to Supercharge your Health

1-Stop smoking
If you are a smoker, you have heard this enough number of times. Just in the United States alone 400,000 people die from smoking every year. So, people probably don't hear this enough. There is no other way to say it - smoking is not only bad for your health, it adversely affects everybody around you. Get help - join a support group, use nicotine substitutes, cut back slowly, begin by just taking one step ...
2-Add green tea to your daily diet
Results of several research studies clearly show that the addition of green tea to your daily diet provides a variety of health benefits. These range from regulating fat metabolism, reducing blood pressure (3) Fights cancer (4) Reduces blood pressure and many more. This is truly nature's wonder drug. Give it a try.

3-Exercise 180 minutes a week
That's 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week. Take a walk, go for a run, lift weights or a combination of these. Exercise helps burn fat and builds muscle. Simply walking 30 minutes a day will help burn an extra 175-225 calories! Choose whatever fits your style and schedule. The best time to exercise is in the morning because your body will be burning fat for energy due to the limited availability of carbs in your system. Get up in the morning and get moving ..

Other four tips will be in the next post.

Viewing TV boost bloodpressure risk for obese children

Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who don't spend as much time in front of the tube, the results of a new study shows.

According to the researchers the psychological stress and eating junk food infront of television may be responsible for rise in blood pressure.

Obese children who watched 2 to 4 hours of TV each day were 2.5 times more likely than their peers who watched less TV to have high blood pressure,researchers found, while kids who watched more than 4 hours daily had more than triple the risk of having high blood pressure.

To investigate this relationship, researchers evaluated 546 children between 4 and 17 years old who were seeking treatment for obesity. Forty-three percent had high blood pressure.

The blood pressure of children is not generally measured but when the child is obese the parents should be careful and should check up the blood pressure to monitor the health regularly.

Weight gain affects breast cancer survival

New research suggests that for every 11 pounds a woman gains after being diagnosed with breast cancer, the chances of it proving fatal go up 14 percent. Controlling the weight is a good idea but its importance increases when woman is diagonosed with breast cancer. Diet control and exercise play an important role after a breast cancer diagonsis.

The chance of survival is more when a patient look for diet control and exercise to avoid the gaining of weight. From 1998 to 2001, all survivors were mailed surveys asking for updated information on these factors and lifestyle habits like exercise and diet.

After an average of six years of followup since their diagnoses, 121 breast cancer deaths and 428 non-breast cancer deaths had occurred. For every 11 pounds of weight gain after diagnosis, the risk of death from breast cancer or other causes increased by 14 percent.
Previous research found that women who exercised after being diagnosed with breast cancer cut their chance of dying by as much as one-half, depending on how much exercise they did.

Readers should advise any woman diagonosed with breast cancer to remain concious about their weight.

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Nanotechnology used to detect cancer

Nanotechnolgy has taken the place of big machines. A nano-scale tool that distinguishes soft cancerous cells from stiffer normal ones could save lives by making it easier to diagnose cancer.

Using atomic force microscopes, a team of US scientists showed for the first time that the surface of living cancer cells were more than 70 percent softer than their healthy counterparts.
This method was found successful in finding malignant cells in case of lung, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Currently, pathologists examine surgically-removed tissue by placing stained, thinly-sliced sections on a glass slide and looking at them under a microscope for signs of the disease.

Researchers should be able to diagnose cancerous cells perfectly using this method because sometimes normal cells seems to be malignant.

Fighting the fat,How and when to eat

The most concerning phenomenon making the health professionals think is obesity. It is not only harmful but also responsible in bringing other dangerous diseases like diabetes and blood pressure with it. Changing the habit some-how contribute to lessen the fat. The most important among those habits is "eating". Below are some tips as recommended by the doctors.

start early:Eating breakfast is key according to the researchers.It makes you better able to manage food during the rest of the day.It also matters what you eat.

Eat more often:According to the experts you should never feel starved. One should take small amount of healthy foods in less intervals.

Find your favourites:We should choose some healthy food that we enjoy and should stick with them.We should have high fibre cereal for breakfast. Some light food for lunch. Mind it that you eat because you are hungry-- not because you want to taste new tastes.

Watch the weekends:Researchers say that adults aged 19 to 50 eat an extra 115 calories per
weekend days like Friday,Saturday and Sunday. We should be careful about that.

Natural protein heals the heart cell damage

Scientists have found out that natural protein can heal the tissues that are damaged in a heart attack. It was previously believed that Nerve growth factor{NGF} was previously was acting on nerve cells but later it was found out that it acts on muscle cell of heart.

A Bristol Heart Institute team tested NGF in rats and this had promising results, Cell Death and Differentiation journal reports.
They are hopeful that this result will be successful in case of human. Heart attacks happen when one of the coronary arteries carrying oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle is blocked. If the blood supply is cut off, a part of the heart muscle dies. And this can lead to complications such as heart failure.
The new study in rats has put light on new way of tackling effect after heart attack.

Dr Costanza Emanueli and her colleagues found that injecting the gene for NGF into the hearts of rats having a heart attack stopped heart cells dying off.

Dr Emanueli said NGF may be a novel way of protecting the heart from further damage following a heart attack.
This is a good news for patients with heart disease.

Breast feeding leads to better IQ:Study

Scientists have identified a gene which leads children to have higher IQs if they are breastfed, according to a study. In this study scientists confirmed that intellectual development is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors.
Researchers examined more than 3,000 breast-fed infants in Britain and New Zealand and found that the child's IQ was an average of 6.8 points higher if the child had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.
Ninety percent of the children had at least one copy of version of the gene which yielded higher IQ if they were breast-fed. The IQ scores of the other 10 percent were not influenced by breastfeeding, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The gene was studied because it produces an enzyme found in breast milk which has been associated with higher IQ. The enzyme helps convert dietary fatty acids into the polyunsaturated fatty acids that have been shown to accumulate in the human brain during the first months after birth.
Now-a -days mothers are not breast feeding their babies in fear of loss of figure,but it should not be. We cant change the nature.

Disability may be an outcome of obesity

Obesity is the most common problem in USA. Researchers found that obesity is bringing problems of disability as well as chronic kidney problem.

"Obesity is more hazardous to the health of the elderly than we previously suspected," said Dawn Alley of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "For an older person, suffering from obesity means they are much less likely to be able to walk to the front door or pick up a bag of groceries," she said.

Another study found that chronic kidney diseases are on rise among the aged population due to obesity. Chronic kidney disease patients who are also obese are much more likely than normal-weight patients to have a condition called hyperparathyroidism, which raises their risk of heart problems and death,according to US researchers.

Obesity is now a challenge to the society. We should be careful from the childhood.

Onion is good for heart

It is well known fact that fruits,redwine etc reduces the risk of heart disease but now researchers have found that onions also contribute to lessen the heart disease risk.

Research shows that compounds called flavonoid reduces the preliminary risk of heart disease. We should eat foods that are rich in flavonoid compound. Onion is one among them.

An Institute of Food Research team focused on one of the compounds, quercetin, which is found in tea, onions, apples and red wine. Those foods were shown to help prevent the chronic inflammation which can lead to thickening of the arteries.
The research found that, in the case of one inflammatory process, a lower dose of the compounds - achievable by eating 100g to 200g of onions - actually had a bigger impact.

Considered to be mentally healthy

written by M.hussain

Both physical and mental health are required for human to face the world. Mental health is most important because it gives power to face the world. Below are the qualities by which a man is considered mentally healthy.

1) The mind should be under the control of will.2) Emotional maturity: The ability to control and rule emotions. It means that a person should be able to regulate emotions in the positive, constructive and productive manner.3) The mind (mental processes) should be moderate, balanced and trained.4) Proper functioning of mind.5) Good memory power.6) Positive, constructive and productive mental attitude.7) The ability to handle situations.8) The ability to face emergencies, facts and realities of life with courage and patience.9) The ability to understand, resist and deal effectively with negative and destructive thoughts, emotions, circumstances, environment, words and mental attitude of our own and others. 10) The ability to plan correctly.11) The ability to solve problems without getting frustrated.12) The ability to resist frustration, failures, disappointments without being disturbed.13) The ability to stay always mentally relaxed.14) Patience, perseverance, confidence, courage, empathy, etc.15) The ability to concentrate on the wished object.16) Sense of responsibilities.17) Common sense.18) A mentally healthy person very well knows himself - his will-power, attitude, weaknesses and qualities.19) A mentally healthy person evaluates himself, accept his weaknesses and try to overcome them.20) A mentally healthy person believes in his abilities. He has confidence that he can accomplish the tasks that he undertakes.If a person lacks any of the above mentioned qualities, he needs to be treated by physician

Website that is helpful to many

When a child is born it brings joy to the family. Parents expect a lot from the child. They take care as required, to bring up the child and dream of his/her
bright future.The child become older and older with love from family.He/she goes to school and start journey to be a responsible citizen of the country. Country expects a lot from him as well as the family especially the parents. BUT..... these good things does not happen in all the cases.When the child reach the teenage, a new window is opened to have a glimpse to real world.He/she mix with contemporary friends and guided by teacher. Parents can't control him/her as previously. When the company is bad he/she starts to smoke and drink with friends against the wish of parents or teachers.He/She goes astray bringing lots of complicated illness
and addictions like drugs and depression.There is a change in his daily behavior which is noticed by the people around him/her. Parents and teachers are worried, they try their best
to change the boy/girl . They consult psychoilogist,physician and take the help of medicine.These problems are not confined to a single country. It is a global problem.

To curb this problem government and voluntary organizations are establishing centres. Many teens are being cured and are coming to the mainstream. One of my friend AMBER gave me
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It is a very good site which has 24/7 help line. They deals with all type of teen oriented problem

Towards a healthier Heart

There are many people with heart problem. Those are mainly due to their careless living style. Below are some tips to keep our heart healthy and avoid heart disease.
1-walk 30 minutes a day-30 minutes walk a day reduces heart attack possibility to 30 percent
2-Know your blood pressure and do anything to put it in limit of 115/75-In order to keep our blood pressure in limit the best way is to practice a little exercise and reduce our belly fat
3-Eat 30grams of nut everyday-Nuts have healthy omega-3 fatty acids,proteins and some fibre.Those are good for heart. The nuts should be fresh,raw and unsalted.
4-Eat 10 table spoon of tomato sause a week-It contains blood pressure slashing potassium,it should be simple to have best benefit.
5-Clean your teeth everyday.-We should avoid periodental diseases which obstruct the blood flow in arteries.Oral health affect arterial health such as blood flow to heart and sexual organs
6-Eat no more than30 grams of saturated fat a day-Intake of palm oils,ghees should be moderated.
7-Avoid sugar as much as possible-Sugar causes inflammation and morphed in to omentum fat causing heart problems.
8-Occasional drink-One should drink in moderation to avoid inflammation and it is good for artery.
9-Go for fresh fruits and vegetables-Fresh fruits and vegetables contribute towards a healthier heart.

One if obeys 7 tips atleast he/she can have a healthier heart

Teen alcoholism and drug use linked to Smoking

A research paper showed that teenagers who smoke are five times more likely to drink and 13 times more likely to use marijuana than those who do not smoke.

The report by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse presented further evidence linking youth smoking to other substance abuse and spotlighted research on how nicotine affects the adolescent brain.Teenage smoking is not only linked to alcohol or dugs but also may be a cause of mental illness like depression and anxiety.

Smokers ages 12 to 17 are more likely drink alcohol than nonsmokers -- 59 percent compared to 11 percent, the report found. Those who become regular smokers by age 12 are more than three times more likely to report binge drinking than those who never smoked -- 31 percent compared to 9 percent.

Marijuana is the most used drugs among the teenagers,most of whom are smokers.

The report cited scientific studies showing the nicotine in tobacco products can produce structural and chemical changes in the developing brain that make young people vulnerable to alcohol and other drug addiction and mental illness.

Parents and teachers should spread the evil effect of smoking among the teenagers and should keep a constant vigil on their bad company.

House work can cause Asthma

An weekly cleaning of house by using spray may cause asthma,a research study suggests. A study found using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners as little as once a week raised the risk of asthma. Previously it was found out that continuous use of sprayers or house freshners can cause occupational asthma. But now it is found out that even their occasional use also poses a threat of asthma.

The Spanish study of more than 3,500 is published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Air freshners,furniture cleaner and glass cleaner have higher risk. For anybody concerned about developing asthma as a result of using cleaning products we recommend they speak to their doctor.

This is a concerning news because we cant avoid cleaning our house. We should take genuine precaution and if possible should contact our physician.

The ancient wellness medicines in new form

Now a days people are gradually understanding that though clinical medicines are reliable to certain extent its secondary side effect is dangerous.They are trying to prevent the disease rather than cure it. For that cause man is depending on the nature rather than chemicals. Our ancient sages were studying the various effects of fruits on human body and reached a conclusion that yes certain fruits can provide human with wellness.
They wrote those conclusions on palm leaves. When modern man found those he took those findings to laboratory and examined,researched and declared that ancient findings were true and modern day human should adopt this. Gogi berry is one among those fruits found in the HIMALAYS.

Goji is a juice whose roots extend into the archives of antiquity. Healers have been using the Goji berry for centuries now to increase the quality of life in natives. Goji has a very high antioxidant level and is riddled with trace minerals and nutrients.

Goji berries contain up to 21 trace minerals (the main ones being zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and phosphorus). Goji berries contain 18 kinds of amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen) and contain all 8 essential amino acids (such as isoleucine and tryptophan). Goji also contains vitamin C,B1,B2,B6 AND E.

Cancer risk is reduced by house work

Researchers found out that physical house work or exercise reduces the risk of cancer up to 30 percent.Another study shows that the chance of breast cancer is very low among the women doing physical works or exercise.
All the findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting in Orlando. According to the researchers more you work or exercise more you are protected.

The researchers at Vanderbilt University in the US and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China looked at 832 women with endometrial cancer and a control population who did not have the disease.According to the researchers chance of disease can be reduced by adopting an active lifestyle.But it does not mean that we should work or exercise in excess.
It is a good news for stay-at-home-moms or housewives because they work hard in their home.

Drugs can reduce the risk of heart attack

A study has found that drugs like Statin can give protection for heart attack long after patients stop taking them. The drugs can reduce the risk of heart attacks by a quarter in men according to the researchers.

The University of Glasgow study found long-term benefits in taking statins.

People who were taking statin for five years have a benifit of 10 years even they stop taking them for a reduced heart risk. Professor Stuart Cobbe, the leading cardiologist on the study, said: "We were very surprised to find patients who had been treated for five years with a statin continued to have significantly fewer heart attacks and other coronary events compared to those treated with a placebo treatment.

Study involved 6,595 men from the region, with an average age of 55, who had high cholesterol between the period 1989-1991 and were on constant health vigil still 1995. It was found that the people who were taking statin have a lower heart risk and disease effect.

This suggests that statin treatment has a long-term beneficial effect in slowing the development of coronary artery disease.

Jaundice- A common disease

Jaundice is a common disease seen not only in adults but also in new born babies.It is a yellowing of the skin, whites of the eyes, and body fluids. It is caused by an increase in the amount of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment that is produced from the breakdown of heme, mostly from hemoglobin and red blood cells (RBCs).It may be due to acute hepatitis,liver inflammation due to a variety of causes including hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viral infections, alcohol abuse, and some medications and toxins. It is a matter of concern considering the new born babies. The newborn baby, however, often becomes jaundiced during the first few days because the liver enzyme which metabolizes bilirubin is relatively immature.Furthermore, newborn babies have more red blood cells than adults, and thus more are breaking down at any one time.The new born may be jundiced when it is infant of a diabetic mother.Some fears that jaundice is due to breast feeding but it should not stop.

Problems associated with high bilirubin are very rare. However, they are potentially very serious. Be sure to report any jaundice to your pediatrician for care.

High risk of depression due to work stress

A study reveals that people who feel chronic stress in their work place are at a high risk of getting depression. Researchers found that among more than 24,000 working Canadian adults, nearly 5 percent had suffered from major depression in the past year. Those under heavy stress at work appeared to be at particular risk, according to findings in the American Journal of Public Health. Other diseases like blood-pressure and heart also associated with chronic stress in work place. The result is quite different in case of women because depression is related with decision taking ability. One measure of job stress -- lack of support from co-workers and supervisors -- was related to depression in both men and women.

Proper medical attention should be given to the employees by the employer to skip this dreaded disease.

Study:First puff can turn a kid to a smoker

A new study suggests that a single puff of cigarrette may change a kid to be an addicted smoker.
Researchers say almost a third of kids interviewed who tried smoking said their first cigarette brought them a feeling of relaxation -- and two-thirds of those kids went on to become smokers.
Dr. Joseph DiFranza,a professor in Massachusetts stated the dependance
depends on the first cigarrette.
Between 2002 and 2006, the study authors tracked the smoking habits of 217 sixth-graders, averaging 12 years of age, who they recruited from six schools in Massachusetts. Nearly three-quarters of the children were non-Hispanic whites, and all reported having inhaled a cigarette at least once.

Teen smoking is often an early warning sign of future problems. Teens who smoke are three times as likely as nonsmokers to use alcohol, eight times as likely to use marijuana, and 22 times as likely to use cocaine. Smoking is also associated with numerous other high risk behaviors, including fighting and having unprotected sex.
Parents or guardians should be vigilant enough and should track the activities of their children,particularly with the companions.

Obesity and pregnancy

St. Louis researchers have found that obese women who gained little or no weight during pregnancy could escape complications. They were at lower risk for developing high blood pressure and delivering by cesarean section and more likely to have a normal-weight baby. The study found that women of different weights should gain or even lose different amounts of weight. It is a matter of note because previously it was concluded that women should gain certain amount of weight(at least 15 lb) during pregnancy. Relying on birth certificate data, the study analyzed the pregnancies of more than 120,000 obese women from Missouri to see how weight gain affected pregnancy-related high blood pressure, cesarean delivery and the baby's birth weight. Three categories of women were examined ,not heavy to heaviest and conclusions are found as follows.

The least-heavy obese women had best outcomes when they gained 10 to 25 pounds.

The next heavier group of obese women had the best outcomes if they gained zero to 10 pounds.

The heaviest obese women had the best outcomes if they lost weight.
The Missouri study found that the least-heavy obese women who restricted their weight gain were at somewhat higher risk to have a low birth-weight baby.But too obese women who gained
weight have a risk of having low-birth-weight baby.
Obesity increases the risk of miscarriage and can at least double the woman's chances of gestational diabetes or a condition called pre-eclampsia, which can be life-threatening to mother and fetus.If someone is extremely obese should try to lessen the weight during pregnancy.

Common cold and kids

The common cold is a type of upper respiratory tract infection that is probably the most frequent type of infection in children. It is caused by rhinovirus when we inhale in air or come in contact. It is the most common infectious disease in the United States and the number-one reason children visit the doctor and stay home from school. More than hundred rhinoviruses attack the nose and throat causing the cold and throat infection.

The symptoms of the common cold include a runny nose with clear, yellow or green discharge, a cough, fever, sore throat and irritability. Symptoms usually last ten to fourteen days and will resolve on their own. Because the common cold is caused by viruses, antibiotics are not effective against it and they will not help us get better any faster. Since there is no medicine to cold we can supress it or get some relief.Vicks Vapor rub can be used to get relaxed. This vapor rub work 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even verystrong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremelysoothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. Some inhalers are also used by children. Vicks has no side effect.

Childhood obesity and diabetes

According to an estimate 65 percent of adults and 15 percent of children between the age group of 6 to 19 are obese in USA. The percentage of young people who are overweight has more than tripled since 1980, the agency reports. The International Obesity Taskforce warns that 10 percent of school-age children worldwide are overweight or obese, with rates continuing to soar. Health experts are concerned because obesity is the leading controllable risk factor for type 2 diabete. It is estimated that one in three children born in 2000 are prone to

diabetes and this figure will increase in case of racial minorities. Obesity may also accelerate the development of a phenomenon called double diabetes, in which children with type 1 diabetes develop insulin resistance. Obesity has grown more prevalent in people with type 1 diabetes along with the general population. Excess fat makes it harder to use insulin. Excess weight may also cause the pancreas to deteriorate.

The diabetes in children has greater risk factors. The more the man suffer more the complications. There is a possibility of damage of eyes,nerves and blood vessales. According to an agency hospital cost has nearly tripled due to childhood obesity.

All parents should be careful and should restrict the use of junk food for better health and future.

Acupuncture may help to low backpain

Acupuncture is one of the most time-tested treatments known to mankind. If the value of a treatment were based solely on how long it has been around, and how long people have thought that it was helpful, then acupuncture would probably be the most effective treatment known to humankind. Nonetheless, we still do not know why acupuncture works, how it works best, and for whom it is best used.

A study finds that acupuncture can be effectively used for treatment of back pain.German researchers have found that nearly fifty percent of people felt relief for months those who were treated by acupuncture.Acupuncture works more suitably than the usual care. Researchers find that pain messages to the brain can be blocked by competing stimuli.

In the largest experiment on acupuncture for back pain to date, more than 1,100 patients were randomly assigned to receive either acupuncture, sham acupuncture or conventional therapy. It was found that In the real acupuncture group, 47 percent of patients improved. In the sham acupuncture group, 44 percent did. In the usual care group, 27 percent got relief.

Acupuncture is better for some of the diseases but real points in the body should be pointed out

for significant result

Obese kids have chance to get heartdisease in teens

New study has been found that the children overweight shows risks of heart disease when they are teens. These risks included high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels and elevations in blood sugar and insulin, a blood-sugar-regulating hormone.

All these symptoms shows a longterm risk of type-2 diabetes in the future.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, add to evidence of the serious health consequences of childhood obesity. BMI(Body,mass index),relation between weight and height is connected to future risk of heartattack.

172 children were surveyed at age of 7 and again at the age of 15. Ten percent had three or more risk factors.

The consequences of childhood obesity are devastating.

Exercise is equal to drugs aiding depression

Regular exercise may work as anti -depressant drugs according to researchers. In a study of 202 depressed adults, investigators found that those who went through group-based exercise therapy did as well as those treated with an antidepressant drug. A third group that performed home-based exercise also improved, though to a lesser degree. Importantly, the researchers found, all three groups did better than a fourth group given a placebo -- an inactive pill identical to the antidepressant. The new finding proves that there is a real relation between exercise and depression though doctors have not yet prescribed it as a real remedy for depression. Exercise may act as an alternative to medication for patients whose body is receptive to exercise.Supervised exercise may also be safer for some people, such as those with heart disease

Babies born to diabetic mother are generally obese

According to the researchers the babies born to mothers who have diabetes during their pregnancy period are generally obese. The researchers surveyed 10000 pregnant mothers during 1995-2000 and reached this conclusion. The mothers who were treated for diabetese during their pregnancy had normal baby. Specifically, a child was 28 percent more likely to be overweight or obese when the glucose level of the mother during pregnancy was in the top range rather than the lowest.

All babies have their baby fat until they get to 3 or 4 or 5 years old.The researchers concluded that an obese kid of 5-7 yers were born to diabetic mother.There is a significant relation between their weight and blood sugar level of their mother during pregnancy. However the mothers with pre-existing diabetes were not counted in this survey.

Signs,symptom and remedy of common cold

Common cold is a peculiar disease and it occurs when someone is exposed to cold virus. Signs and symptoms of common cold arises after 2 to3 days exposure to cold virus. The common symptoms include

1- Runny or stuffy nose

2-Itchy or sore throat

3- conjestion

4-cough

5- body ache or slight headache

6-watery eye

7-lowfever

8-fatigue

There is no cure for the common cold. Antibiotics are of no use in this case. However we use the following methods.

Pain reliever- We take pain reliever capsules but we should be careful about its doses to children.

Nasal spray- There should be a minimum use of nasal spray

Cough syrups- There should be a minimal use of caugh syrups particularly in winter

We should be careful because all the above drugs have side effects.

Smokers with knee arthritis!!may be a lungs cancer patient

Scientists and researchers have found out that isolated knee arthritis may be early symptom of lung cancer.
Smokers with knee arthritis problem should alert their doctors. This was not revealed previously. During the study period, 6654 patients were seen for various rheumatic disorders, including 296 with isolated knee arthritis. In five of these patients (1.7 percent), the arthritis appeared to be the first sign of lung cancer.

Those five patients had a long smoking history. The lung cancer were cured surgical operation. It is a matter of note that when lung cancer was cured,the isolated knee arthritis also vanished. This shows that two are linked.

The researchers advised doctors to have a chest-X-RAY whenever they find a patient with smoking habit has a knee problem

Gum disease an obstacle to personality

Now it is in news that a survey in speed dating revealed, the men seek for beauty and personality in their would be spouse. Teeth play a major role in enhancing beauty and personality. Gum disease is a common disease found in many. For this disease one is avoided by friends and collegues. More than 75 percent of Americans over 35 have some form of gum disease. Gum disease is a leading cause of adult tooth loss in the U.S. today. It can progress destructively, often unnoticed, just like undiagnosed hypertension or diabetes.

It is the dentist not the physician to first diagonose diabetis. Because diabetics are prone to gum disease. Swollen gums, bleeding gums, gum recession, loose teeth, and a sore tongue may not just be signs of poor dental health. They may be danger signals for diabetes, too. The people who fear to be diabetic

should take dental care as early as possible.Secondly if not treated early this prodental disease will aggravate and will lead to tooth loss.

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Oral pills soon to replace insulin injections for diabetis

Researchers say that insulin can be taken orally by means of pills. Since it is found that insulin can be protected by

coating. Now the diabetics are taking insulin through injection or pump. Many diabetics have needle phobia,which can be eleminated by this new invention. People with type 1 diabetes rely on insulin injections.

About 700,000 Americans suffer from insulin-dependent diabetes, also known as type one diabetes. People who have insulin-dependent diabetes must take insulin, either by injecting themselves with a needle at least twice a day or by using a battery-operated "insulin pump." The pump is worn outside the body on a belt or in a pocket and delivers a steady supply of insulin through a tube that connects to a needle placed under the skin.

Let us hope that this invention should take shape early so that diabetics will get rid of injections.

Outdoor game and Children

A group of experts warns that the average health of children is detoriating because they are not getting chance to play outside. Due to change in time and huge use of computer games and hometask is compeling children to remain in home and enjoy. But this has an adverse effect on mental condition of children.

The experts say that play - especially when it takes place outdoors - is crucial to a child's health.
"Just as the epidemic of childhood obesity recently took the developed world by surprise, too much 'junk play' could (like too much junk food) have alarming implications for the next generation." The experts have called for a global debate on this issue. As all of you know obesity is an epidemic today giving birth to lots of allied diseases and matter of concern for many. It is not only affecting our health it is also affecting the living style as a whole. Outdoor games must be a solution to this. Outdoor game also boost team spirit.

It is the time to think for every parents of modern world for their children and future world atlarge.

Obese children in U.S have iron deficiency;Study

According to a new study the obese U.S children suffer iron deficiency. This leads to nature and behaviour problems. This is an alarming news. This is the first time a connection between iron and obesity has been established. Researchers blame junk-food for this evolving problem. Reasearchers added Dietary practices may play an important role since diets high in calories but poor in micronutrients may lead to both iron deficiency and overweight" children. Researchers said iron deficiency affect learning process and behavioural aspects inh child.

The findings were based on a study of 1,641 youngsters aged 1 to 3. Iron deficiency was found in 20 percent of those who were overweight but just 7 percent of those who were not. The researchers advised to avoid snacks and juice for children.

Psychological Health(women are choosier than men)

According to a research it is found out that women are choosier compared to their male counter parts.Most of the women want finanacial guarrenty or freedom from their partners but the men want beauty. An Indiana University team looked at the behaviour of 46 people taking part in a speed-dating session.They found that the most men are after beauty where more women go for financial security.They also found that men want to date more women but not the otherside.Speed-dating is becoming an increasingly popular way for singles to meet, involving scores of mini-dates whereby couples get a few minutes to get to know each other. Men on average wanted to see every second woman again, the women wanted to meet only a third of men.According to researchers though the time has changed,the psychological behaviour of man has not changed. According to my opinion that is responsible for divorce in the society or ugly life style.

Knee pain or joint pain,a common disease

Knee pain or joint pains are common diseases seen in many people. It is managable in the youth but as days pass it become chronic and too difficult to cure. It should be diagonosed properly basing upon the symptoms to get a relief. You have to alert your doctor when following symptoms are seen.

I nability to walk properly in the affected site.
Injury that causes deformity around the joint
Knee pain that occurs at night or while resting
Knee pain that persists beyond a few days
Locking (inability to bend) the knee
Swelling of the joint or the calf area
Signs of an infection, including fever, redness, warmth
Any other unusual symptoms

But all the knee pains are not cause of arthritis. Symptoms are to be evaluted before going to any treatment.

Treatments are 1-Ice and Heat Application 2-Stretching 3-Physical Therapy 4-Anti-Inflammatory Medication5-Cortisone injections

The above are alleopathic solution to knee pains but for people who quest for natural cure may switch over to accupuncture or yogic exercise. Medical treatment with yogic breathing exercise will give a goood result

Red wine prevents prostrate cancer

A new study has confirmed that red wine prevents prostrate cancer,a gland in reproductory system. The compound found in red wine is called 'resveratrol' and scientists say it has anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties. The study was applied to mice and it showed that there was a reduction of 87% chance in devlopment of tumour in prostrate according to science news magazine EurekAlert.

The mice that were given the compound mixed with their food over seven months showed the highest cancer-protection effect. Red wine made of grapes are also useful for heart problems.

But excess cosumption of wine may have adverse effect.

Doctors generally recommend moderate consumption of alcohol - an average of two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women.

Study: Quick walks may help smokers quit

As little as 5 minutes of exercise may help smokers quit smoking

A study showed that moderate exercise like walking reduced the habit and intensity of smoking.

"If we found the same effects in a drug, it would immediately be sold as an aid to help people quit smoking," said Dr. Adrian Taylor, the study's lead author and professor of exercise and health psychology at the University of Exeter.

Taylor and colleagues reviewed 12 papers regarding connection between exercise and nicotine deprivation. According to their research even five minutes of exercise like walking could avoid the requirement of nicotine for the smokers. Even desire for smoking reduced after the exercise.

"What's surprising is the strength of the effect," said Dr. Robert West, professor of health psychology at University College London. He said it was unknown how long the effect of exercise would last and other anti smoking techniques should be combined with the exercise to quit smoking.

According to my opinion anti - smoking techniques should combine with exercise to quit smoking.

Hemorrhoids(piles) and its cure

Hemorrhoids (also known as piles) are one of the most common ailments of our society. The picture shown is of internal hemorrhoid. Hemorrhoids (piles) are veins around the anus that have become swollen. This usually happens as a result of constipation due to the defective functioning of the liver. When the liver is not working up to speed, it acts as a kind of bottle neck for the channels running into it, hence a build-up of pressure in the veins leading to it, eventually causing these veins around the anus to become swollen with the pressure. The cause of piles are 1- Lack of physical exercise 2- Sexual over indulgence. Straining on the toilet also often aggravates the condition. Symptoms are as follows.

A soft balloon-like swelling of the veins around the anus is the primary symptom of hemorrhoids. When they remain swollen it is called 'developed piles'. When developed piles appear outside the anus they are called 'external', and when they appear inside they are called 'internal'. If blood starts oozing out of developed piles, they are called 'bleeding piles'. But not all piles bleed. If, instead, they are painful, aching, burning or itching, they are called 'dry piles'. The follwing precautions can be taken
Avoid constipation by not postponing the urge to defecate;
Eat a balanced, high-fiber diet;
Drink plenty of water, fluids;
Exercise; and
Avoid excessive pressure and straining during defecation.

Many natural or yogic cure is available by depositing money with money back guarrenty but the writer has not tested anyone

Playing Music Makes You Smart

Scientists have found concrete evidence that playing music can increse the brain power and sharpen the hearing sounds including speech.

Experience with music appears to help with many other things in life, potentially transferring to activities like reading or picking up nuances in tones of voices or hearing sounds in a noisy classroom better," researcher Nina Kraus, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University.

These new findings highlights the importance of music classes. Kraus said "It is a mistake to cut music classes when the budget is tight for school."

Experiments started with 20 adult volunteers, who watched and listened to a movie of their choice. "'Men in Black,' 'The Incredibles,' 'Best in Show' were favorites," Kraus said.

During the experiment neural responses from the volunteers were recorded. Half of the volunteers have six years of experience with musical instrument and other half had three years of experience or less.

As they watched movies, the volunteers also listened to Mandarin words that sounded like "mi" continuously at conversation level in the background. Mandarin is a tone language, where a single word can differ in meaning depending on its tone "Even with their attention focused on the movie and though the sounds had no linguistic or musical meaning for them, we found our musically trained subjects were far better at tracking the three different tones than the non-musicians," said neuroscientist Patrick Wong at Northwestern University.

It was concluded that their brain power and hearing capability were increased. Kraus said " It is yet to be found out how much music will be helpful to people and how music will be helpful to eradicate literacy problems.

Smoking Boosts Risk for Head, Neck Cancers

Current and past smokers are at significantly increased risk for head and neck cancers such as cancers of the larynx (voice box), nasal passages/nose, oral cavity, and throat, says a U.S. National Cancer Institute study that looked at data collected on more than 476,000 men and women between 1995 and 2000.

However it was found out that risk is more in women compared to men. Smoking was attributed to 75 percent of such cancers in women, compared to 45 percent of such cancers in men, the study said.

In the United States, up to 200,000 people die each year from smoking-related illnesses. Cancer of the head and neck is curable if caught early. Fortunately, most head and neck cancers produce early symptoms. We should know the possible warning signs so that we can alert our doctor when one of the below mentioned symptoms comes up.

1-A lump in the neck. 2-Change in the voice 3-A growth in the mouth 4- Blood in saliva

5-Swallowing problem. 6-Changes in the skin. 7-Constant pain around the ear while shallowing

Laughing makes a man selfless

Laughter has many good effects on the person who laughs a lot. One effect has been medically proved that it increases the longevity by reliving the tension in person. For that reason there are laughter clubs all over the world. in almost every city.

Recently after conducting research it has been found out the laughter also make a person selfless. He or she only thinks good of the people. So charity organisations could increase levels of increased donation making people laugh.

‘This study may have important implications for the way charities or organizations could increase the level of received donations,” said Mark van Vugt of the University of Kent, lead author of the unpublished study.

The study also suggested that laughter increases endorphin levels, which are known to be part of the body's mood-lifting chemistry.

Laughing has many positive effect on health and behaviour. Many spiritual organisation are observing laughing day.

Blinds can see

A bionic eye implant may help millions of blind people to see the world.

US researchers have been given green signal by the government to go ahead with the practical project They will use prototype device in 50 to 75 patients.

The Argus II system uses a spectacle-mounted camera to feed visual information to electrodes in the eye.The researchers got success in less improved version of the system. When in that retinal implant the blinds could see light, shape and movements.

What we are trying to do is take real-time images from a camera and convert them into tiny electrical pulses that would jump-start the otherwise blind eye and allow patients to see," said Professor Mark Humayun from the University of California.

There are two type of diseases which cause blindness, they are macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa.Both diseases cause the retinal cells to die gradually. Eye become unable to process the light ,making the human blind.

The new devices work by implanting an array of tiny electrodes into the back of the retina.

A camera is used to capture pictures, and a processing unit, about the size of a small handheld computer and worn on a belt, converts the visual information into electrical signals. These are then sent back to the glasses and wirelessly on to a receiver just under the surface of the front of the eye, which in turn feeds them to the electrodes at the rear. It happens in real time+

It is a very good news for blinds and charitable organizations associated with the blind. When commercialized those implant will cost $30000 each.

The scientists are studying the impact of operation and implant over the brain.

For detail click the below link++--http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6368089.stm

Chocolate improves blood vessel function:Study

A small clinical study conducted by a research group in US has found that eating dark chocolate improves the function of blood vessel.

"In this sample of healthy adults, dark chocolate ingestion over a short period of time was shown to significantly improve (blood vessel) function," said Dr. Valentine Yanchou Njike of Yale Prevention Research Center, a co-investigator of the study.

45 people who participated in the six week trail were given 8 ounces(227 grams) of cocoa without sugar, cocoa with sugar or a placebo each day. After daily consumption of cocoa or placebo a high frequency ultrasound equipment was used to measure flow mediated dilation(FMD), an artery's ability to relax and expand to accommodate increased blood flow present in the upper arm.

Of the 39 subjects who completed the trial, FMD improved significantly in both cocoa groups -- by 2.4 percent among those who had it without sugar and 1.5 percent among those who had it with sugar. It dropped 0.8 percent in the placebo group. This new finding has added to the mounting evidence of benefits of eating dark chocolates.

This clinical study does not advise people to eat more dark chocolate but calls for more extensive study before arriving in to any concrete conclusion.

Lower Your High Blood Pressure

An implanted electronic device that can lower high blood pressure in hyper tension patients who have failed in application of drugs. An implanted electronic device like pace maker can lower blood pressure to 20 points in hyper tension patients in whom most drug treatment has failed. Researchers said by applying electrical pulses to the carotid artery in the neck, the device triggers the body's baroreflex system, which causes the heart to pump slower, arteries to dilate and the kidneys to excrete more fluid. 20 point reduction is associated with 50 percent lower risk in heart attack and stroke. If the efficiency of the device will be tested positive it may be used by 2 million Americans those are unable to keep their blood pressure under control.

Elimination of use of drug to deal hypertension will be a great achievement. The new device was developed by physiologist Robert Kieval, who founded CVRx Inc. of Minneapolis in 2001 to commercialize it. The device, called the Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy System.

The surgical implant takes about three hours under a light anesthetic so that the surgeon can check the response of the body to placement at various sites along the artery, finding the one that provides the best response.

The battery in the device lasts for 18 to 24 months and not rechargeable.

Application of the device showed positive result in patients in America and UK who were taking drugs for blood pressure treatment Without any side effect. If the tests on patients become successful then it will be a good news for blood pressure patients who are testing several drugs for hypertension treatment.

Smokers Are Dead Weight at the Office

Two studies one in US ,other in Sweden has revealed that smokers are not as good workers as their counter parts. They take more leaves and sick leaves.

Recently two studies were conducted one in USA and other in Sweden to study the behaviour of employees. It has been found out that smokers perform poor than non smokers.They also take more leaves and sick leaves than non-smokers.

Recently current issue of journal Tobacco Control state that frequent tobacco users are more likely to quit before serving their full term and more likely to be discharged early from service due to bad behaviour or personality disorder.

“Cigarette smoking might simply be a ‘marker’ for other underlying factors, such as non-conformity and high risk-taking, that contribute to poorer performance in the military,” the researchers write.

Though smoking brings temporary relaxatation ,it brings veriety of disorders and diseases like cancer. It also affects the non-smokers in the name of passive smoking. Several Governments are taking steps to stop smoking in public places.

The results from the studies suggest that the companies should have policies to reduce smoking which helps in reducing number of sick leaves and increase in productivity.

New vaccacine to be invented to prevent obesity

A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said.The virus adenovirus-36 or Ad-36, caused animals to pack on the pounds in lab experiments. "These animals accumulated a lot of fat. If this virus is responsible for obesity,a new vacacine needs to be invented as experts said. Obese people were three times more likely to have been infected with Ad-36 than thin people in a large study of humans.

In laboratory it is proved that exposure to Ad-36 virus has transformed the stem-cells of human to fat-cells.

Some people will laugh that viruses are the cause of obesity. They think that overeating is the root cause of obesity . There are multiple causes of obesity. They range from simple overeating to genes to metabolism and perhaps viruses and infections. So some people should not think they have fault to be fat.

Globally, around 400 million people are obese, including 20 million children under age 5, according to WHO ( world health organization)

High Risk To Be Obese

Recent Research says people with kidney problems if obese has a greater possibility to get hyperparathyroidism means a greater possibility to have heart attack and death.

The obesity increases the parathyroid hormone(PTH) level bringing abnormality in bone structure. The study is published in the September issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Excluding our outer problems obesity may cause following diseases.

Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA)
Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI)
Heart failure (congestive heart failure)
Cancer (certain forms such as cancer of the prostate and cancer of the colon and rectum)
Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis)
Gout and gouty arthritis
Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the knees, hips, and the lower back
Sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep, lowering blood oxygen)
Pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness).

Obesity is often multifactorial, based on both genetic and behavioral factors. Accordingly, treatment of obesity usually requires more than just dietary changes. Exercise, counseling and support, and sometimes medication can supplement diet to help patients conquer weight problems. Extreme diets, on the other hand, can actually contribute to increased obesity.

We should be careful enough to curb obesity by changing our nature of living.

Exercise must be tough for better result

People should do at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise five days a week, or 20 minutes of vigorous exercise, like jogging, three days a week according to sports medicine experts.There is confusion about what is the ideal amount and intensity of exercise to improve health. All agree that 30
minutes gentle exercise a day is enough to keep a minimum level of fitness.


Recently, researchers at Queen's University, Belfast, found walking for half an hour on just three days a week gave similar fitness and blood pressure benefits to walking for 30 minutes five times a week.

But this report is misleading according to some experts as it may encourage people to do less exercise.

Some people continue to believe that only vigorous intensity activity will improve health while others believe that the light activities of their daily lives are sufficient to promote health.Experts stress that adults need to top up their routine activities, such as casual walking and housework, with structured exercise.

A high level committe will fix a guide line for physical exercise next year in United States.