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Art therapy is basically a form of expressive therapy. As the name suggests, it makes use of art forms to alleviate personal tensions and improves emotive well-being. It has been explored, that if art is channelized and ones free-will or free form of expression is put to use, in a proper way than, it will [...]..
Food poisoning and gastroenteritis are on the rise during the transitional period between the summer and monsoon when the high atmospheric humidity promotes the growth of disease causing bacteria. But why forgo the special joy of the season which includes standing out in the rain, enjoying sizzling hot foods like pakoras, masala chais and samosas [...]..
The Olympic fever is not yet over! Believe it or not! The fact of, feelings of failure, stress, worry about work and general lethargy has become quite common among the athletes and the sportspersons and even among the sports enthusiasts. Well the new word that has been coined for it is the “Olympic Syndrome”...
Its time to put a check, for all those people who are consuming herbal or ayurvedic medicines, especially the ones that are sold through the vast internet market. In a ground breaking research it has been found out that these medicines contain arsenic, mercury and lead contents, at high levels that are beyond “acceptable standards”...
The old notion of consuming fruits among diabetic patients, will enhance the sugar level is now going to be turned off. A group of scientists from the UK have found that consumption of fruits and vegetables in large quantities will lessen the risk of Diabetes Mellitus type II. The study highlighted that higher, the plasma [...]..
Most of the people think that heart attack triggers off suddenly but this is not so. There can be signs for days and weeks that specify the problem. In today’s fast paced lifestyle any person even in their 20’s and 30’s are prone to cardiac problems, courtesy the current working pressure and altered eating and [...]..
The latest research opines that smokers especially who are in their middle age have relatively bad memory than the nonsmokers. Apart from problems related with memory they also have poor sense of reasoning, the vocabulary and verbal fluency is also affected. The study was conducted by a group of French researchers among the age group [...]..
Good news for the patients who require an organ transplant. The breaking news is that soon it would be feasible to grow organs like heart, kidney and liver by using patient’s cells. These organs are in great demand and getting a suitable match for a patient, in need, sometimes becomes unattainable. Regenerative medicine, which is [...]..
The latest fad in health and fitness conscience people is vegetarianism. More and more, People all over the world are giving away meat, sea foods and animal fats for a vegetarian diet. The reasons could be numerous, moral, ethical, cultural or even health related reasons. The stigma that hounded a vegetarian and a vegetarian diet [...]..
Good news for high blood pressure patients. The latest study opines that blood pressure patients can keep a check on their blood pressure levels by listening to slow music. Just by relaxing and gentle breathing one can reduce the blood pressure significantly...