Articles in the Environmental health Category

Stress: Advantageous Effects Of Forest Therapy
Posted in Environmental health, health care on 31 August 2010

Forest stress therapy Stress: Advantageous Effects Of Forest Therapy

Its known forest-therapy can be deemed in all respects a fine cure for stress. When we feel prey to feel tired and can not go on to follow all our chores of everyday life, the perfect would be to retrieve the correct serenity absolutely immersed in nature. The latter are acts against stress.

It is broadly thinked, researchers from the Finnish Forest Research Institute, who were capable to describe the advantageous effects that the encounter with nature is capable to decide not merely whole thing approximately our minds, but also in relationships to our body. Scholars have highlighted the crucial role that green plays in facilitating some organic processes that affect our body. I even managed to discover that in the woods is a fine practice to strengthen the immune system activity. Read the full story »

Unwinding tips for a busy women
Posted in Believe or not to, Environmental health, General Health, health news, Health Spa, Healthy Lifestyle, Natural Medicine, Spa, Women's Health on 11 October 2007

 eating women Unwinding tips for a busy women

No matter if you are the manager of a large office or a home business, the stress of the day takes a toll on you. Thus there are some tips for staying calm throughout a busy day.
*Â Before jumping out from the bed when the alarm sounds, lie flat on your back and take a few deep breaths. Then do some easy arm and leg stretches and after that gently wake up from the bed.
* Motivate yourself with positive thoughts. Think… “Today, I’m strong and calm and ready for life.” You might even want to say this aloud or make up your own little song.
*Â Listen to relaxing music during the day.
*Â Take time to show your iove and appreciation to friends and cherish your family. Hug a child, extend a friendly greeting to a neighbour or share a pleasant memory with an old friend. Play with your pet for a few minutes.
*Â Remember to take an absolute break. Stop working you are doing and enjoy a cup of tea or juice, or piece of fruit.
*Â Leave your desk or work area even if only for a few minutes.
Hopefully you will find ways to liberate your mind and renew your spirit, slow down your stress to relax.

Skin care at time of Rains
Posted in Environmental health, General Health, Health, health news, Healthy Lifestyle, Women's Health on 6 October 2007

rain12 Skin care at time of Rains

At every season, change you should also needs to change your skin care cosmetics and body products. There are some tips of the skin care at the time of Rainy Season.
*Save your moisturizer for the rains. It’s a allegory that your skin does not need to hydrate in humid weather. If you go out in the rain often, you will definitely dry your skin. For this use a calm soap to bathe and apple an oil-free hydrating moisturizer.
*To keep your hair whiny clean, wash often and only use a gentle shampoo’s to care your beautiful hair.
*If you suffer from problems of hair like dandruff in the rains, then apply lemon juice to your scalp. Leave it for 15 minutes and then wash it off with a good quality shampoo. Then you will see that you have a shinning tress and will keep dandruff away for days.
*At this season short your hair, which will help you to keep off hair stress caused due to humid weather.
*At this monsoon don’t load on foundation, because if you load on foundation then your make-up will run if you get wet in the rain.
So it is best to be prepared for an eventuality that will most likely happen.

Over Scrubbing damages skin health
Posted in Environmental health, General Health, Health, health news, Health Spa, Skin health, Spa, Women's Health on 3 October 2007

i wash face Over Scrubbing damages skin health

We all wants to make our skin to be shrill clean and want to wipe off every speck of dirt and pollution and radicals from our faces. In that passion, we end up using too many cleansing products and sometimes practically we scrub our skin off. Many of us feel clean only when our skin feels taut and dry after washing.
To Cure : –
Harsh scrubbing can actually harm the upper layer of our skin. Besides excessive dryness also doubles our skin’s effort to secrete oil that can lead to an imbalance in our skin. The aim of cleansing or scrubbing should be that our skin feels soft and agile after the wash and not tight. So re-think your skin scrubbing routine and go for a gentle products. Avoid using soap on your face, instead use creamy cleanser and a soap-free face wash to wipe away extra grimes.

Drug replaces breast chemotherapy
Posted in Believe or not to, Drugs and Medication, Environmental health, General Health, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyle, Women's Health on 19 May 2007

Now, women with breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy by taking an extra drug. The London researchers, from the Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, the Wolfson Institute for Preventive Medicine, and Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, combined the results of 16 other research projects into LHRH agonists and breast cancer.
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LHRH agonists like the drug Zoladex switch off the ovary and stop the production of a female hormone which can encourage some tumours to grow. Many types of breast cancer are sensitive to hormones produced naturally by a woman, including the sex hormone oestrogen, and can grow faster if a woman is producing them
The overall findings offer a more reliable indicator as to how well the treatment works which is as follows:
¢   Pre-menopausal women given LHRH agonists did as well as those given standard chemotherapy.
¢   This is an additional, effective class of drugs in the fight against breast cancer.
¢   the women did better with cancer 13% less likely to come back.
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SHIRO DHARA – A THERAPY
Posted in Drugs and Medication, Environmental health, General Health, Health Spa, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyle, hearty health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Natural Medicine, Spa, Travel Health, Women's Health on 19 May 2007

To relax and revitalize the central nervous system shiro dhara gives the best results when taken after an Abhyangam. With this typical method of treatment known as dhara a continuous stream of medicated warm oil/herbal decoctions/medicated milk/buttermilk is poured onto the forehead for minimum 30 minutes and the period is gradually increased up to one hour . This procedure often induces a mental state similar to a trance, which creates profound relaxation of the mind and body.
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A glance at the benefits:
¢   Strengthens the central nervous system (CNS)
¢   Strengthens the sensory organs
¢   Reduces stress and anxiety
¢   Decreases Hypertension
¢   Offers a sound sleep
¢   Prevents hair lose, premature graying and cracking of hair
¢   Relieves headache and burning sensation of the head.
¢   Nourishes and rejuvenates the body.
¢   It is also prescribed in clinical conditions like epilepsy, Paralysis, diabetic neuropathy etc.

AYURVEDIC THEREPIES
Posted in Children's Health, Environmental health, General Health, Health Spa, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyle, hearty health, Men's Health, Mental Health, Natural Medicine, Travel Health on 18 May 2007

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Ayurveda, popularly known as the alternative medicine of ancient India tradition is the best choice for immunization, rejuvenation, cure and prevention of diseases. This is achieved by means of medicated oil based therapies and yoga.it is said “If the mind is pure, the energy of pure consciousness flows through us permeating our reality and brings the experience of well-being, eternal peace, and wisdom.”
Yoga plays a vital role in Ayurvedic medicine Patanjali
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There are eight Stages of Yoga
“Â Â Â Yama – Right Conduct Towards Others
“Â Â Â Niyama – Right Conduct Towards Oneself
“Â Â Â Asana – Physical Postures
“Â Â Â Pranayama – Control of the Breath
“Â Â Â Pratyahara – Control of the Mind and Sense Organs
“Â Â Â Dharana – Concentration and Control of the Attention
“Â Â Â Dhyana – Meditation
“Â Â Â Samadhi – Perfect Balance and Unification

In Kerala Ayurveda Panchakarma Clinic many diseases are cured with various therapies and yoga.

The H5N1 bird flu virus re-appeared in Thailand
Posted in Environmental health, General Health on 2 February 2007

bird flu The H5N1 bird flu virus re appeared in Thailand
Bird Flu has again flied in Thai region. The country’s third outburst this year after a six-month quiet period, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
“All fowl in the immediate area around the outbreak in Ang Thong province, 105 km (65 miles) north of Bangkok were being slaughtered after 16 fighting cocks were confirmed to have died of bird flu,” they said.
“The lab tast has confirmed that the virus found in the province was the deadly H5N1,” senior ministry official Pirom Srichan said on the Department of Livestock Web site .
The H5N1 bird flu virus has re-appeared in Thailand last month; The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus has infected 267 people in 10 countries and killed 164 since 2003. People are feared about if the virus were to transmute into a form that passed simply.
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Vietnam checks people comes from Africa
Posted in Environmental health, General Health on 2 February 2007

rift valley fever Vietnam checks people comes from Africa

Africa is suffering from Rift valley fever (RVF) and Vietnam has concerned about it and is attentive to those who come from Africa. According to Youth Newspaper, “Relevant agencies nationwide are keeping close surveillance on visitors coming from Africa, especially countries currently stricken by the disease like Kenya and Somalia, by air and sea, including measuring their body temperature when they check-in, and paying attention to symptoms they may have during their stay in Vietnam”.

Vietnam has not found any case yet, Rift Valley Fever (RVF), is a zoonosis (a disease which primarily affects animals, but occasionally causes disease in humans).

RVF is a type of virus which is first and foremost spread amongst animals by the bite of infected mosquitoes. Disease may be cruel amongst those People who become infected with RVF either by being bitten by infected mosquitoes, or through contact with infected animals.

At the Tan Son Nhat international airport in southern Ho Chi Minh City, passengers from the areas are to undergo body temperature measuring, the municipal Department of Health said, noting that those having RVF symptoms will be sent to the city- based Tropical Disease Hospital, newspaper reported.

Symptoms of RVF: People with Rift Valley virus infections typically have a flu-like illness with fever, weakness, back pain, dizziness, and weight loss.

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Villages of China now turning into “Cancer Villages”
Posted in Environmental health, General Health on 17 January 2007

lashihai tnc photo Villages of China now turning into “Cancer Villages”

It feels good to hear about a hamlet if it is a messy compilation of abodes sitting in the abundant green paddy fields, a small village, Shangba, has all these quality in China, but all these terms are true…..?

Several peoples are dying here after drinking water and now, Shangba has counted in the number of “cancer villages”. Scientist Chen Nengchang has been studying the cause of this cancer and found a river which is rippling alongside with this village, and villagers are totally depending on this river whether drinking water or irrigation of the crops.

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He said that there are high levels poisonous heavy metals are present in the water; he also believes there is a direct link between prevalence of cancer and mining in the area.
“The mines are producing heavy metals which have polluted this area” he said. “Cleaning it up will take years and really we have a huge job on our hands. We have managed to get the authorities to supply clean drinking water, but there’s still a long way to go,” he said.

Not only Shangba but also several villages are facing same problem, approximately 320 million people drink dirty water every day.

The government has assured to do something and it promised to spend billions of dollars to transport clean water to 160 million farmers by 2010. I hope for fine……

Overall, several thousands villages are up and down the China, which are paying the worth.

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