You can help detect skin cancer early on by checking your body regularly for suspicious looking moles, including ones that change color, shape or size.
General Health Tips
Month: June 2016
Happy International Yoga Day
Yoga is a 5,000 year old physical, mental and spiritual practice having its origin in India, which aims to change your physical and mental capacity quickly, while preparing the mind and body for long-term health. On December 11 in 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of Yoga. Yoga does more than burn calories Read More …
Beetroot: Health Benefit Tips
Drink a glass of beet juice daily to regulate your blood pressure. You can even include beets in your salad or soup.
The nitrates in beetroot are converted into nitrites and then into a gas called nitric oxide, which helps widen the arteries and lower blood pressure. It can even reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
Green Vegetables: Health Benefit Tips
Dark green vegetables like spinach are rich in A, B and C vitamins. Spinach also contains a good amount of minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus that help reduce stress hormones in the body and stabilize mood.
Healthy Breakfast Tips
Do not skip breakfast, it may make you more hungry and you are more likely to eat larger meals which leads to surge in sugar levels in your blood.
Joint Pain Relief Tips
Drink Enough water. Water allows nutrients and oxygen to travel to organs and cells. Water also regulates our body temperature, removes waste and protects joints and organs.
High Blood Pressure Treatment
The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is a lifelong approach to help treat and cure high blood pressure. Yoga can reduce stress induced hypertension for example Adho Mukha Shvanasana.
Medicines for High Blood Pressure
Hypertension treatment begins with lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, exercising, quit smoking, making dietary changes, and reducing stress. However, if these measures aren’t enough to control hypertension, doctors prescribe antihypertensives. What are antihypertensives? Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). The goal is clear, control hypertension and you can lower your Read More …
Influenza Vaccine
What is Influenza(flu) Vaccine? This vaccine comes under IAP recommended vaccines for High-risk children (Vaccines under special circumstances). Influenza vaccines, also known as flu shots, are vaccines that protect against influenza. A new version of the vaccine is developed twice a year as the influenza virus rapidly changes. Flu is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus.The most common Read More …
Cholera Vaccine
What is Cholera Vaccine? This vaccine comes under IAP recommended vaccines for High-risk children (Vaccines under special circumstances). Cholera vaccines are vaccines that are effective at preventing cholera. Cholera is caused by a bacterium, vibrio cholerae, which produces a toxin that affects the intestines. The common symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and Read More …