| BACK ACHE |
| 80% of people world wide will from time to time
suffer back pain. In the United States over 30% of the adult
population suffered from back pain severe enough to receive
medical treatment, the cost of which amounts annually to over
10 billion dollars. |
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| TEENAGE SEXUALITY |
| In September 1996, the Magazine OUTLOOK through
a leading market research organization conducted a comprehensive
and scientific national survey on sex habits in Urban India.
While 48% of the respondents had their first pre-marital sexual
experience below 21 years of age, the average age was 20.79
years for the first sexual experience . |
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| OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
| How often have you pushed yourself out of bed
to go check whether the front door is properly locked or that
the LPG Cylinder has been turned off? Or that the alarm has
been set for you to catch tomorrow's early flight? Such behavior
is not uncommon and we all experience such worries from time
to time. |
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| SLEEP |
| Do you know what a new born spends doing well
over 16 hours a day? Its not feeding, nor playing ! But sleeping.
While a newborn spends 16 hours sleeping, an adult spends atleast
the same time, daily, awake. 6-8 hours of sleep is natures way
of ensuring that the adult body rests and recovers and so dies
the mind. |
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| A.I.D.S RISK MANAGEMENT |
| If heart attacks and cancers are currently the
major Lifestyle killers, then AIDS promises to be the biggest
Lifestyle killer of the next century, with Indian ranking amongst
the world leadrs, with a projected one million cases by the
year 2000 AD, as against a world projection of ten million. |
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| A BALANCED DIET |
| In my earlier article I had indicated that the
first rule of good health was to have an Annual Medical Check
Up since many ailments such as High blood pressure, Diabetes,
Cardiac problems and Cancers etc are silent and only discernable
by a Doctor utilizing medical diagnostics and equipments. |
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| BOARDING YOUNGSTERS |
| Hyderabad has seen a flood of shoe shops in the
last year. While some may be for the rich and famous, others
are for a tight budget. Each store however, stocks shoes in
various colors, designs, shapes and sizes. And there is a good
reason why. |
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| DEPENDENCIES MANAGEMENT |
| A dependency is something, we cannot live without.
Alcohol, tobacco and pann and their usage in varied forms such
as beer, wine, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, beedies, supari, paan
parag etc are all addictive and many of us cannot do without
them. In addition they are all harmful to the body. In this
article, we discuss these dependencies. |
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| DEPRESSION |
| Depression is perhaps the most common Psychiatric
disorder. Also, being more socially acceptable, many people
would prefer to identify their problem as Depression, whatever
be its exact nature. Depression often coexists with other medical
problems further increasing its incidence. However, the symptoms
are often dismissed as understandable reactions to Stress, grieving
a loss, etc. |
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| DOES YOUR CHILD USE PAIN AS
AN ESCAPE ROUTE ? |
| Ever wondered whether that Headache your child
frequently suffers from is more Psychological than Medical ?
Whether the Chest pain or Abdominal discomfort is really painful
or is it motivated to making life easy for the Child ? |
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| DRUG ABUSE – A CLOSER
LOOK |
| Frequent readers of this column will notice a
pattern in these weekly articles on Health and Lifestyle. Basically
this column covers the six aspects essential for good health.
These are Medical checks, Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management
Dependencies Management and Safety. |
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| EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE |
| The first of the four noble truths taught by Buddha
was “Life is suffering”. One of the greatest truths
is – Life is not easy. It is the greatest because it may
take a lifetime to realize this. It is also greatest because
once we realize this truth, life infact becomes much easier. |
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| EXECUTIVE HEALTH AND PERSONALITY |
| 2 generations ago, man was happy working hard,
earning a good salary and then coming home to rest and relax
with the family. The family being large, most social needs was
taken care of at home itself. |
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| FRESHER PHOBIA |
| A few days ago, I met a student who had moved
up to XIth grade in another school. Academically brilliant,
there was no doubt about, going by her marks. Petrified of her
new environment, there was equally no doubt about. |
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| HOW ARE YOU |
| Whenever people meet, any where in the world,
after wishing each other the time of day, they ask the question,
how are you? and the reply almost always is, I am fine, thank
you. |
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| INTELLIGENCE Vs EMOTIONS. ARE
YOU PROUD OF YOUR EMOTIONS? |
| The more educated and sophisticated we get, the
more we think of ourselves as rational beings. But can we truly
say that all our decisions are based on intellect alone? More
often than not we realize, we are emotional beings as well and
our emotions are often stronger motivators than intellect. |
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| IS YOUR FEAR A PHOBIA ? |
| Don’t all of us have some area in life that
we would much rather stay away from. For some it could be closed
rooms and confined spaces, for others – heights, insects,
animals, swimming and so on. |
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| IT PROFESSIONAL LIFESTYLE |
| Countries east of the Berlin Wall gave more emphasis
to the collective and the West perhaps emphasized the individual.
With the collapse of the Wall this divide in thinking can be
seen less and less all over the world. |
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| THE JOYS OF JOGGING |
| Walking as a form of exercise is something we
can all do, jogging, as a form of exercise is what all walkers
must aspire to graduate to? Walking and jogging belong to that
group of exercise that is called aerobic, i.e. exercise that
enhances the body’s ability to oxygenate. |
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| LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT |
| Over the centuries the cause of death has changed.
In early civilization the major cause of death was violence
due to natural calamities and war. |
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| MEDITATION FOR HEALTH |
| In simple terms, meditation can be defined as
relaxation of the body mind complex with awareness. “Body
mind”, may look strange because ordinarily we think that
the body and mind are separate things. In fact, they are not. |
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| NUTRITION PRESCRIPTION |
| From your medical reports, health status, food
intake and habits, we chart out for you a personalized nutrition
plan that caters not only to your metabolic needs; but also
to your therapeutic status. In addition through the annexure
we offer a wide variety of food choices to meet your personal
palate and tastes |
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| PROTECT YOURSELF FROM OFFICE
POLITICS |
| Most of us have an upbringing and education that
has taught us – “do your job and the rewards will
come”. The emphasis has been, naturally, on academic qualifications,
straightforward virtues, diligence and character. |
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| OFFICE ROMANCE |
| Jasmeet Walia joins Gulmohar House and soon falls
in love with her Chairman, Arman Suri. Her undying loyalty sees
her bail out her Boss from many tricky office and personal situations. |
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| INDIANS BEWARE |
| The four major addictions worldwide are alcohol,
smoking, drugs and paan. While the first three are indulged
in Universally, Paan chewing is a habit localized to India &
South East Asia, consequently, India leads world in mouth disease
& oral cancer. |
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| SAFETY, ACCIDENT AND INJURY
PREVENTION |
| The major cause of deaths in the younger age groups
is accidents, especially automobile accident. As a matter of
fact, 40% of deaths in the younger age group below 30years are
automobile accident and 60% of these accidents are due to drinking
alcohol and driving. |
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| SEXUAL HARRASSMENT |
| A newspaper report, a few days ago, revealed that
Workplace Romance is very common in the U.K.Romance of course
clearly indicates that this behavior is welcome to both people
and mutual consent exists. |
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| STRESS MANAGEMENT |
| In these modern times, due to automation and mechanization,
we have too little physical activity. However, we also have
too much of mental activity. Excess mental activity, causes
stress. |
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| SUICIDE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS |
| When India plays Pakistan on the Cricket ground,
emotions and expectations run high. While one team wins, the
other goes away with the hope that the next match might belong
to them. |
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| THE WATER WE DRINK & GOOD
HEALTH |
| Most people believe that we feel thirsty wherever
our body needs more water. While this is true, recent research
studies have indicated that there are several other indicators
of inadequate water in some or all parts of the body. Ignoring
these indicators can lead to several major diseases. |
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| TIPS ON WEIGHT MANAGEMENT |
| 1. Dieting is a life time commitment and not done
on a crash basis. |
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| BEING VEGETARIAN IS BETTER |
| The father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi was vegetarian,
so was the Great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and the great Italian
Leonardo-da-Vinci. Even today many of the Worlds most talented
people are vegetarian. |
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| WALKING – THE SIMPLEST
EXERCISE |
| You may not realize it, but you are already an
accomplished walker. You learned to walk when you were one year
old, and since then, in spite of sitting at your desk all day,
traveling by bus and car to all destinations and watching TV
all evening, you still take an average of 10000 steps each day,
that is 4 million steps each year. In miles, you actually walk
4 miles every day and approximately 1500 miles each year. |
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| WEIGHT MANAGEMENT |
| Accordingly to recently published statistics,
more than 50% of children in developed countries are overweight
and according to my own research; more than 65% of urban Indians
are overweight. |
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| WOMAN |
| Agreed these are modern times and old boundaries
have fallen. Roles are changing but despite all that, don’t
women realize it is next to impossible to have it all? Women
want a good job which would include a good pay, career growth
and job satisfaction. Social service and charities won’t
do. |
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| YOGA FOR HEALTH |
| The world yoga comes from the Sanskrit word meaning
“Yuj”, to bring together, to unite to make whole.
Yoga is pure science. It is not a belief system and it is also
not confined to certain body postures. |
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| THE WONDERS OF GREEN BLOOD |
Nature originally designed the foods on the
earth in such a way that they would not only nourish her earthly
children, but would keep them at a peak of health. Our mistake
seems to be that we alter this grand design by cooking, therefore
destroying the food before we eat it. Don't kill your food
by cooking it. |
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| TIPS TO GET YOU THROUGH THE
NIGHT SHIFTS |
| New work culture, odd hours of work, a fast paced
lifestyle – this is the trend of the present day. |
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| HOME MADE HEALTHY WATERS |
| Sweating it up this summer? Summer is hot, you
are hot and you dehydrate which means you loose fluid. Any thirsty
soul will testify a tall, chilly drink is the best thing to
fix frayed tempers and that sinking feeling. |
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| FOODS TO IGNITE YOUR PASSION
ON VALENTINE’S DAY |
Ah, romance.
Love is in the air ... can't you feel it?
Its Valentine’s Day and is a time to celebrate the ones
you love. The browsing for diamonds or pearls, perhaps, is upon
us and as is the ordering of fresh roses. And while you’re
at it, why not celebrate the foods you love? |
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| FOODS TO LIFT YOUR MOODS |
| Good morning! Time to wake up, roll out of bed,
and sleepwalk into the kitchen for a cup of coffee to brighten
up your day |
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| GOOD NUTRITION IN A SMALL PACKAGE |
| Do you know that a spoonful of flaxseeds can help
fight everything from heart disease and diabetes to even breast
cancer? |
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| CALORIE SHEET |
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