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.