Archive for the 'Health' Category

Fish was always recommended by the Church during Lent. Studies have shown that this may have been a very good idea – in fact, that it is a good idea to eat certain types of oily fish at any time of the year. The fats found in some varieties of oily fish, omega-3 fatty acids, [...]

Garlic has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Sanskrit records show it’s use about 5000 years ago and it has been used in Chinese medicine for at least the last 3000 years. Over these years it has been considered an herbal “wonder drug” with a reputation in folklore for preventing everything from the common [...]

Goal Setting

November 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Motivation is the key to goal setting and goal setting is the door to success. Imagine small children making castles in sand. What is the motive behind their dogging effort to make the best castle? Well, it is nothing but the sheer joy of seeing something that you have made or created with your own [...]

Prostate cancer can often be discovered at an early stage by testing the amount of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood. Prostate cancer can also be detected early by your doctor performing a digital rectal examination (DRE). Since the prostate gland is situated close to the rectum, a doctor can physically detect if there [...]

Availability of various Vitamins in our food leads us to a healthy life. Lack of Vitamin C is bound to affect the health in a very bad manner. Deficiency of Vitamin C results in scurvy and more prevalent in the sea fare-rs who live on dry fruits. Vitamin C is the best antioxidant and provides [...]

Today I have come across an article on the use of eye drops containing the steroids. While few doctors prescribe the drops containing the steroids to give instant relief to the patient, some advice against it. It is explained in they said article that the infection is suppressed temporarily until you use the drop with [...]

With the increase in the global warming, our dependence on the air conditioning at home and office has increased simultaneously. It is a matter of great concern that every one of us needs the comfort against the scorching heat under the air conditioning without minding the ill effects of the same. As a I read [...]

Attack HIV Early

September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment

As we are aware of the menace of HIV is going unabated though all out effort is made to attack it by various nations. The concern is more when the child born with HIV could not be diagnosed before 18 months when the blood test is done to know the presence of this killer disease. [...]