Archive for the ‘Health News’

  • Elevated Risk Of Sleep Apnea Among Users Of Recreational Drug Ecstasy
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    Elevated Risk Of Sleep Apnea Among Users Of Recreational Drug Ecstasy
    A new-fangled study indicates that users of the recreational drug ecstasy could be placing themselves at a risk of developing sleep apnea. The lead author of the study, Una McCann, MD, from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore states that ecstasy has additionally been associated with cognitive problems. An approximate fifteen million people from the U.S. are afflicted with sleep apnea – a prevalent condition that leads to hiatus in breathing while asleep. McCann and associates’ study printed in the 2nd December online edition of ‘Neurology’ – the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Users of Ecstasy at 8 times the Risk of developing Sleep Apnea The study involved 71 individuals in good health that were recreational  [...]
    by admin at December 8th, 2009 at 03:12 am
  • Top 5 Tips and techniques for memory skills.
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    Top 5 Tips and techniques for memory skills.
    This time I am bringing you some tips and Healthy habits which can help you in improving your memory skills. 1. Do regular exercises a) They will reduce the risk for memory loss disorders which may occur due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. b) Help your brain in getting good oxygen content. c) Will help in protecting your brain cells and will increase the effects of useful brain chemicals. 2. Maintain good sleep habits a) Disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia will leave you tired and this will cause concentration problems during daytime. b) Remember that sleep is very essential for consolidation of memory. 3. Manage your stress and depression a) Stress will create difficulties in concentrating your work. b) A stress hormone  [...]
    by admin at October 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
  • Do you know normal blood glucose levels.
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    Do you know normal blood glucose levels.
    People nowadays are very interested to know things regarding the diabetes and its effects on health and first question arising in their minds is that ” What is normal blood glucose(sugar) levels ?”. I hope this post will clear all those basic doubts regarding normal glucose levels and its regulation. Normal glucose levels fall between 70 mg and 150 mg. Important points to be remembered here are: 1. Levels are lower in morning and rise after meals. 2. Sugar levels consistently above 150 are indicative of hyperglycemia or high blood sugar, similarly levels falling consistently below 70 are suggestive of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar. Hypoglycemia is a fatal condition where the symptoms include: loss of consciousness, irritability,  [...]
    by admin at September 29th, 2009 at 01:09 am
  • MARSHALS CAN BE NOBLE AS WELL
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    MARSHALS CAN BE NOBLE AS WELL
    Through this post I am going to tell you about the noble and social work behind the medical students of Rangaraya medical college , India. Medical students from our college are actively participating in social service program, we being students from medical field decided to collect some funds for blind schools,orphanage students, and also to some schools where there are no health facilities. As you know very well that in country like India there are so many schools dwelling in this situation and we want to set an example and create a healthy atmosphere and also inculcate these social service thinking among the people especially students like us here…… Our noble work was initiated by some anonymous person among our medical students batch  [...]
    by admin at July 8th, 2009 at 09:07 am
  • Tips and methods to gain weight
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    Tips and methods to gain weight
    In the present world of greasy and junk foods most of the people are suffering from the obesity and fat problems but there are also people who are facing the problem of under weight and feeling worried of being skinny.After seeing this i have decided to give my tips, methods and collection of ideas to gain weight in the form of this post to those who are really interested in gaining weight.I find some people who are in confusion to decide whether they are under weight or normal so for this i suggest you to check your BMI, and if you are 18.5 then you are under weight. Now lets see what are the points to be stressed upon to gain weight: Simple principle in order to gain weight is to consume more calories than spending. Here are some nice tips  [...]
    by admin at June 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm