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Lack of Sleep might be Harming us beyond Imagination... A wrong practice that must be changed before facing any irreparable loss...  What lack of sleep does to our bodies? Do we really sleep well? These are questions we need to ask ourselves for a healthy life. It is recommended to ha 7-9 hrs sound sleep for most adults ages 16 to 65. Noticeable signs of sleep deprivation include: excessive sleepiness daytime fatigue lethargy irritability yawning We often notice that the night we work late we wake up not so fresh, we feel numb, grumpy, and foggy. We face difficulties to remember recent events, face swollen-up, and puffy eyes. Even the power nap doesn't cover up the good night sleep deprivation. But this does not stop here the fatigue, numbness, tiredness all these things along with others just build up in our bodies and become great trouble for us. The most common types of sleep disorders we tend to get are as under: Also, To diagnose these conditions, your doctor ma...

Are you addicted to fizzy drinks? Here's what you need to know what it does to our body. We grew up hearing that fizzy drinks destroy our health. But the teens today are living on these drinks. According to the UK Cancer Research: "British teens drinks about a bathtub of sugary drinks per year." Drinks generally have two main ingredients that have an addictive impact. Let us get a  closer look to examine the contents that make us addicted to it. High Sugar Content High sugar content is the key ingredient to get you addicted to it. One simple container of a bubbly beverage like cola containing 12 oz contains 33 grams of added sugar. Rats given high dosages of sugar in their diets revealed changes in the brain similar to those produced by cocaine, morphine, and nicotine, according to Bart Hoebel, a neuroscientist from Princeton University in the U.S The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends the maximum amount of added sugars we should consume i...

Ancient people used cupping (hijamah) to get healed, other than this therapy they also used fire and leech treatments. However, the other two are now obsolete, Yet cupping has again emerged as a natural healing cure in recent years. Cupping is an alternative medicine for many people and comparatively painless than surgeries. We often face deadly diseases and pains due to toxic blood blockage that is unable to reach the right part of our body. Here cupping comes to rescue us by excreting poisonous blood out of the body smoothly in a very painless way. In Arabic, cupping is famous as Hijama which means sucking. It is the method of applying cups to various focuses on the body by eliminating the air inside the containers to build a vacuum inside. A handy vacuum is attached to the cups at a predefined point. Slight incisions are made to eliminate the least volume of poisonous blood out of the body.  The suction given by cupping can help reduce high blood pressure ...

Reading Time: 3 mins  As much as we love winter so do, we hate the cold it brings. The onset of winter generally involves the growth of bacterial and viral infections that may further cause allergies and congestion. So, in order to combat with the ailments that winters bring to us, we grab a handful of medication in advance, which results in undermining our immunity. Winter is setting in, we would need foods that warm us up and boost our immunity. In order to cherish winters to its whole and to boost our immune system, we must turn towards healthy and organic products before our defense mechanism weakens. Here are a few ways by which we can avail the goodness of a healthy body and enjoy the winters at its best. 1.    Staying hydrated Since everyone understands the importance of staying hydrated in summers, but we don’t realize that drinking an adequate amount of fluids in winters is also very important, even if we don’t feel the urg...

Alzheimer's  & dementia are often confused with each other due to their similar sharing symptoms. But, both of them are named differently for their different nature. Discover the difference between the two to avoid this mistake and pass it on to your family and friends or any patient or caregiver around you. WHAT IS ALZHEIMER? Alzheimer's is an irreversible disease that destroys the brain. It is standouts among the most widely recognized reasons for dementia. Around 50-80 percent of all dementia cases are caused by Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is a progressive disease which means its symptoms gradually worsen with passing time. It is not a normal part of aging. Yet the greatest known risk factor is increasing age, and the majority of people with Alzheimer's are 65 and older. Alzheimer’s is the seventh leading cause of death in the world. WHAT IS DEMENTIA? Dementia is the set of symptoms that occur together, it cannot be called a disease. It damages ...

A wake-up call to create lung cancer awareness.!!! Lung cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Early detection is the key to survival. It is the second most common type of cancer. Sadly 50% of the people die within just 1 year of being diagnosed Lung cancer can be developed by the unbounded growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs. These cells multiply rapidly to form tumors. This abnormal development of cells always occurs in the diseased lung(s). In rare cases, healthy lungs are also found affected. As tumors grow larger and multiply more, they weaken the lungs' ability to pump oxygen to the circulation system. According to WHO, each year 7.6 million deaths are caused by cancer worldwide, in which lung cancer makes it the number one cancer killer by causing 1,370,000 deaths alone each year. Cancer is usually the result of the unwanted growth of cells that don’t die naturally unlike healthy cells. However, the no...