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Ebola Strikes Again: What are the Causes, Symptoms and Prevention

February 14, 2017 SrijitaAgain, and, Are, causes, Ebola, prevention, Strikes, symptoms:, The, What

Ebola virus or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe illness in humans caused by a virus which is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. Fruit Bats of the Pteropodidae family are known to be natural Ebola virus hosts. Ebola virus disease outbreaks were first discovered to be occurring in remote villages in Central Africa around the rain forests while a later outbreak in West Africa. It involved major urban as well as rural areas. An Ebola patient suffers severe fever, muscle…

Food Fortification: Why Added Nutrients are Necessary in Staple Foods

February 13, 2017 SrijitaAdded, Are, Food., Foods, Fortification:, In, necessary, Nutrients, Staple, Why

It is rightly said that you are what you eat. Nutrition plays such an important role for our well-being that it shouldn’t be neglected or taken for granted. We often fail to realise that how we live today will show effects when we grow older. However, while some of us have the luxury of altering our diet according to our likes and dislikes, there are several others who need to make the most of the handful of food ingredients that are available at hand. Thus came the concept of fortified…

Are You Sleep Deprived? You May Find It Hard to Remember Things

February 13, 2017 SrijitaAre, Deprived, Find, Hard, It, May, Remember, Sleep, Things, to, You

Every person spends one third of his or her life sleeping. Sleep, which is a daily function, is not simply a resting period for all systems of the body going into a passive state. This is the time when the body enters into an active renewal process. Now let’s see how the human body renews itself in sleep. Sleep is among the critical necessities of human life. Our body needs sleep as much as it needs water, oxygen and food. A refreshing sleep is of vital importance in order to…

Defective Brain Cells Are Spreading Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

February 13, 2017 SrijitaAlzheimer's, and, Are, Brain, cells, Defective, Parkinson's, Spreading

Brain is the most important organ of the human body yet most of its functioning is still unknown to doctors and scientists. We humans use merely five per cent of the brain’s total functioning throughout our life. The full potential of a human brain’s working has yet not been completely figured out. Neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system which includes the brain and the spinal cord. Neurons normally don’t reproduce or replace themselves, so when they become damaged or die they cannot be replaced by the body…

Cancer Rates On the Rise: Women Are More at Risk Than Men

February 3, 2017 SrijitaAre, at, Cancer, Men, More, On, Rates, Rise, Risk, Than, The, Women

How healthy are you? This is a question you should take very seriously. You may convince yourself that all those binging of colas, fried snacks, greasy burgers, doughnuts and cupcakes wouldn’t hurt you after all, but remember that the effects show only much later, as you grow older. We all live very hectic lives with tight schedules, falling short of time for any physical activity or mindful eating. But shouldn’t your health be a priority? Unhealthy lifestyle habits can have various consequences on your health, paving way for deadly diseases…

Why Heart Attacks Are Increasing Among Young Adults

February 3, 2017 Srijitaadults:, Among, Are, Attacks, Heart, Increasing, Why, Young

Myocardial infarction or “Heart attack” as it is commonly known is increasing and now reaching epidemic proportions. Knowledge that heart attack can cause early and unexpected death is now widespread. Many young adults, especially men, come routinely to do a health check-up even if they have no symptoms. Many times this is because someone near or dear has suddenly succumbed to the disease. Despite this, vast majority of youngsters and young adults fail to identify the warning signs, which occasionally leads to tragic outcomes. Heart attacks in the young Indians have heart attack almost a decade earlier than the west. In a recent study done in a large tertiary…