Category: Health
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Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D deficiencies
While fruits supply us with essential vitamins, neither vitamin B12 nor vitamin D is found in any fruit (see chart). The body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells. To provide vitamin B12 to the blood cells, people need to eat enough foods containing vitamin B12, such as meat, fish, and dairy products. However,…
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Harmful Effects of Drinking Tea
Tea reduces water content in the body, adds unnecessary sugar, reduces iron, calcium, and certain minerals in the body, and slows digestion. It has also been suggested that chemicals known as tannins in tea may increase one’s risk of esophageal cancer. Why is drinking tea customary in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc? If someone…
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Pregnancy and Bed Rest
REST. A four letter word everyone wants profusely in their life. Add another three letter word BED to it and out goes all the amusement. While everyone needs a few hours of rest nobody wants to be on bed for every minute of the 24 hr day. When my gynecologist recommended (read ordered) me to…
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Pre-Nuptial Weight Loss
Everyone wants to look their best on their wedding day. This is one of the most important moments in a woman’s life. Thus, it is no wonder that women of all ages would want to slim down to look the best in their wedding day pictures. People who look great will feel great and this…
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Swine Flu Is Back: Ten Dead
The deadly Swine Flu virus is back and has killed 10 people in Britain in the past six weeks. As a reminder, Swine Flu, also known as H1N1, killed more than 15,000 across the world after first being spotted in Mexico in March 2009. The Health Protection Agency is warning that influenza activity is increasing…
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NewDelhi-Metallo-1 (NDM-1)- India’s latest gift to the world!
As if the world wasn’t already threatened by global warming, floods and earthquakes, a new enemy has appeared on the horizon. The superbug known as New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1). This virus is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics known, the class of antibiotics known as Carbapenems which are reserved for use when all other…
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Patient No. 27
The resemblance was uncanny. Although it was a private hospital one would find it very hard to se…
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A fatwa to end all fatwas
During and after my recent angioplasty in hospital, I was surrounded by cheerful female nurses an…
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Heart Attack!
Eight days back I had to undergo angioplasty as two heart arteries were eighty percent blocked. O…
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Drink plenty of water for health benefits
A good diet and exercise are commonly associated with good health. However, drinking water is jus…