Health For Kids

Diets high in sodium may be a risk factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) by influencing immune cells that cause the disease, a new study in mice suggests. Researchers said that although the study does implicate salt intake as a risk factor, it is important to note that dietary salt is likely just one of the many environmental …

Stress can be handled very well once we reach a level of calm and balance. Life can become very enjoyable then… My client walks into my office extremely agitated and wringing his hands in the air. ‘There are thoughts in my head that are constantly running, they get louder and louder and I get very impatient.’ He seems to have …

Long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to loss of white matter in the brain, a research has found. White matter in the brain is made of axon cells, which enable the nerves to communicate. In a new study, older women who lived in places with higher air pollution had significantly reduced white matter in the brain. “Investigating the impact …

In today’s world, one realises that stress is the major issue in everyone’s life. Whether we accept it or not, on a conscious level yet somewhere inside us small changes are occurring due to our personal response. People who are conscious of stress will often notice the emotional effects, but side – by – side we have to realise that …

Young adults who use social media to quit smoking are twice as successful in kicking the butt as those who use a more traditional method, a new study has found. The study compared the success of a social media-based campaign called Break It Off with Smokers’ Helpline, a telephone hotline for young adults looking to quit smoking. After three months …

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दिल्ली तथा देश के अन्य महानगरों के साथ-साथ अब तो छोटे शहरों में भी विभिन्न कारणों से प्रदूषण में अत्यधिक वृद्धि होती जा रही है। इससे न सिर्फ पर्यावरण को भारी क्षति पहुंच रही है बल्कि बच्चों और बड़ों दोनों के ही स्वास्थ्य पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ रहा है। आज दिल्ली विश्व के सर्वाधिक प्रदूषित शहरों में से एक बन …

Excessive email use may lead to increased stress levels as well as health conditions such as hypertension and heart failure, a UK scientist has warned. Professor Tom Jackson from Loughborough University has done extensive research on the impact of work email on health and mental wellbeing. He has found a direct link between email use and increased levels of stress …

क्या आप को करेला खाने का सही तरीका आता है ? हमारे शरीर में छ: रस चाहिए – मीठा, खट्टा, खारा, तीखा, कषाय और कड़वा| पांच रस, खट्टा / खारा / तीखा, तो बहुत खाते हैं लेकिन कड़वा नहीं खाते हैं। कड़वा कुदरत ने करेला बनाया है लेकिन करेले को निचोड़ के उस की कड़वाहट निकाल देते हैं। करेले का …

Deepika Padukone’s decision to come out in open about her battle with depression offers hope to millions of Indians suffering from it We are one of the most depressed countries in the world. We have one of the highest suicide rates too. Yet, like the three monkeys of Mahatma’s talisman, we don’t see, hear or speak about it. More than …