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 Anger is a very normal and natural emotion that all of us experience almost daily. It’s just that depending upon our upbringing and basic temperament, our expressions vary. While one person may fling objects in rage, another may literally beat up the offender. A third person may rattle off expletives as he yells on [...]
 Today is World Heart Day 2010, a day to realize that you can’t afford to take your heart for granted if you wish to live long. This year’s theme is Workplace Wellness. The importance of this theme must not be underplayed, especially these days, when stressful and unhealthy lifestyles at places of work are [...]
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as shock treatment, is not indicated very often these days in the management of mental disorders because a number of good psychiatric drugs have hit the markets today. If you ever speak about this form of treatment, it evokes great fear as most people associate it with electric shocks of [...]
 Although chest pain may be due to various reasons, it should logically be a cause for worry because it is difficult to differentiate one cause from the other. While everyone fears a heart attack, there are definitely conditions that could threaten life in spite of not being related to the heart. One therefore needs [...]
A recent article in a newspaper spoke about a wooden plank crashing down on a man’s head in a railway station, and sending him into a coma. While the public did what they could to help the man, railway officials, practically washed their hands off the whole matter, saying it was not their business. How [...]
After breast cancer, heart attack is one of the major causes of deaths in women. It has been estimated that almost one in three women will ultimately die of stroke or cardiac disease. Women usually experience early symptoms of cardiovascular disease differently than men do. The following symptoms, if experienced by any woman, should be [...]
  What if you are traveling and the person sitting next to you in the bus suddenly collapses with a heart attack? In such a situation you cannot leave the person in pain. Apart from calling the emergency medical services, you would also want to help the sufferer. But to help him/her, you should know [...]
Your heart is a strong organ. You sleep but your heart never sleeps. It always beats in the same rhythm and pace. But there are some health conditions which may alter the working of your heart like high cholesterol levels, diabetes and obesity. It is important that you rightly realise these causes and take appropriate [...]
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