Monthly Archives: September 2014

8 Ways to Stay Fit

8 Ways to Stay Fit

Being physically fit is an absolute necessity in today’s fast paced life. A physically fit person is able to live his life to the fullest. Those who are physically and mentally fit are less prone to cardiac and other health problems. They are able to maintain an optimum weight. Mental fitness is achieved when the body functions well. You need to relax your mind and eliminate stress by regularly exercising and eating a healthy diet. One should never take food for granted because diet and fitness goes side by side. A healthy body can only be maintained when you follow a combination of regular exercise and follow nutritious food habits.

Multiple-Myeloma

Multiple Myeloma: An Overview of Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Multiple Myeloma is a type of cancer that affects certain white blood cells called plasma cells. This condition contributes to an estimated 1% of all cancers in the United States, and about 22,000 Americans are diagnosed with this horrible disease every year. Multiple myeloma is also known as bone marrow cancer, which has already resulted in about 74,000 deaths globally in the year 2010.

Eyelashes

Healthy Beauty Tricks for Longer Eyelashes

Fashion trends and human nature have a strange fascination with long and thick eyelashes. In order to get long and dark eyelashes, proper everyday care is required. Washing your eyes regularly, brushing your eyelashes with eyelash combs, taking off your eye makeup every time before you go to bed are some steps you can follow. Another remedy that helps is massaging your eyes to ensure blood circulation. To get the fullest eyelashes, you can try following ways:

Massage over-worked eyes

Home Remedies To Improve Eyesight.

Eyes are a very delicate and important part of the body. If you are even little careless regarding eyecare, you may lose your quality of vision. Poor vision is caused due to a number of factors – stress and strain on the eyes being the major factors. In this article, we will see how to reduce the strain and stress of eyes and maintain good eyesight.

type2 diabetes

Diabetes: Causes and Ways to Deal with it.

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person’s blood glucose (blood sugar) level is high. The rise in blood glucose level could be due to two conditions: when insulin production is inadequate or cells of body are not able to respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone which is produced by pancreas, allowing glucose to enter cells of body. Glucose is either produced by liver or comes from digesting carbohydrates. Patients who are diabetic either suffer from frequent urination or they become more thirsty and hungry. Diabetes can catch any one and it is a lifelong health complication. Worldwide, 382 million people are affected by diabetes. Diabetes has been taking more lives than dangerous diseases like AIDS and breast cancer. It is the most leading cause of blindness, kidney failure and heart diseases. The research says that more than $174 billion is spend by American public on diabetes annually.

Diabetes

5 Natural Remedies for Preventing Diabetes

Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a lifelong disease affecting 20.8 million United States adults in the year 2011. In diabetes, the body is unable to convert glucose into energy. Sugar or glucose is the main and important source of fuel for body. After digestion, the food gets changed into fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Foods affecting blood sugars are basically called carbohydrates and when carbs are digested like bread, rice and pasta they change into glucose. Glucose then gets transferred to the blood, where it is used by the cells for energy. The insulin hormone is required for glucose transferral into the cells. Beta cells produce insulin in the pancreas. In the patients suffering from diabetes, the process is impaired and the disease occurs when pancreas do not produce sufficient amount of insulin.

Measuring Hypertension

Hypertension: Are you at risk?

When the heart beats, blood is pumped around the body to provide oxygen and energy requirement. Blood pressure is basically a measure of the force used by the heart for pumping blood around the body. When the blood moves, it start pushing against sides of blood vessels. The measurements recorded during heart beat could suggest: