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Jain Opens Health Mela, Urges People to Have Healthy Lifestyle

October 28, 2016 SrijitaHave, Health, Healthy, Jain, lifestyle, Mela, Opens:, People, to, Urges

A five-day health festival, which includes check-up camps and lifestyle-related exhibitions, was inaugurated here today by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain who said a host of diseases can be prevented by making basic changes in lifestyle. “The importance of keeping one’s surroundings clean and living a balanced lifestyle is often underestimated, and as a result, individuals end up becoming prey to several modern-day health epidemics. “By making basic lifestyle changes, a host of diseases can be prevented,” he said. He was speaking at the opening of 23rd edition of ‘Perfect…

Massive US Health Tab For Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

October 22, 2016 SrijitaChemicals, for, Health, Hormone-Disrupting, massive, Tab, US

Exposure to tiny doses of hormone-disrupting chemicals is responsible for at least $340 billion (310 billion euros) in health-related costs each year in the United States, according to a report published Tuesday. So-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in thousands of everyday products, ranging from plastic and metal food containers, to detergents, flame retardants, toys and cosmetics. Neurological damage and behavioural problems, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and loss of IQ, accounted for at least four-fifths of these impacts, researchers said in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a medical journal.…

Eating dark chocolates may improve your heart health

October 16, 2016 Srijitachocolates, Dark, Eating, Health, Heart, Improve, May, Your

Eating dark chocolates may improve your heart health Now you need not be guilty of indulging in dark chocolates, as compounds found in cocoa may be good for your heart, a study has found. The findings showed that consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa products was associated with improvements in specific circulating biomarkers of cardiometabolic health. “We found that cocoa flavanol intake may reduce dyslipidemia (elevated triglycerides), insulin resistance and systemic inflammation, which are all major subclinical risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases,” said Simin Liu, Professor at Brown University in Rhode Islands,…

World Mental Health Day 2016: Do You Have Any of These 8 Symptoms of Depression?

October 13, 2016 Srijita2016:, 8, Any, Day, Depression, Do, Have, Health, mental, of, symptoms:, these, World, You

We’ve all been tense, stressed or anxious at some point in our lives. There may have been times when some of us have felt incapable of moving ahead in life or felt a bit empty from within. Feeling sad is a normal reaction to personal loss or our day-to-day struggles. But if the low mood lingers day after day, it could signal something larger. According to the American Psychiatry Association, “Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you…

Friendly Colleagues at Job Your Gateway To Better Health

October 5, 2016 Srijitaat, Better, Colleagues, Friendly, Gateway, Health, Job, to, Your

Your colleagues at work – and not your spouse or kids — decide how healthy you will be as you age, as you are likely to spend an average of one third of your day on the job. According to the researchers, health at work is determined to a large extent by our social relationships in workplace — and, more particularly, the social groups we form there. In a new meta-analysis covering 58 studies and more than 19,000 people across the globe, psychologists found out that how strongly we identify…

Why Believing in Miracles Could be Hazardous to Your Health

October 5, 2016 Srijitabe, Believing, Could, Hazardous, Health, In, Miracles, to, Why, Your

There are many moments – the loss of a job, finding out you have cancer, a child’s walk home from school in a dangerous neighborhood – when faith in a loving God watching over you can provide comfort and hope, several studies have found. But are there times when too much control can be ceded to God? When it comes to health, the answer in many cases may be yes. Placing too much control in divine hands may lessen efforts to seek treatment or take preventive measures such as quitting…