Posts Tagged ‘Irritable bowel syndrome’

The Mind-Body Connection

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

It is indeed amazing to see how the mind and body constantly influence each other, both in health as well as in a state of disease. Often, this knowledge can be used to predict the type of problems that a person may face in the near or far future. In fact, this is precisely why [...]

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For health’s sake – never cling to a painful job!

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Practically all of us try our level best to follow the golden rule, ‘the boss is always right’ even when he is absolutely wrong and is a perfect fool. We tend to tolerate all the ‘bossing’ simply for the sake of our loved ones, who are dependent on us financially as well as emotionally. Most [...]

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The Angry Man Defeats Himself

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

  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 [...]

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Eat to Live. Don’t Live to Eat.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

  Samosas, pav vadas, pizzas, burgers, farsan, mithai… the list to make our mouth water is never ending. There’s absolutely no harm in enjoying your favorite foods but you should never forget the truth that you must ‘eat to live’ and not ‘live to eat.’ People who follow the latter find themselves addicted to food [...]

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Gales in the gut!

Monday, July 12th, 2010
Gales

  If you thought that having a lot of gas in your bowels is very normal, beware! This symptom, which may be embarrassing to some, irritating to others, and amusing to yet another group of individuals, is often the result of some ongoing intestinal disease. The intestinal gases usually comprise odorless gases, namely nitrogen, oxygen, [...]

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Lifestyle diseases on the rise!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
obesity

 Lifestyle changes are giving rise to a very large number of diseases these days, the commonest ones being obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Desk jobs tend to encourage a sedentary lifestyle. Working on computers for very long hours, something that is almost inevitable these days is known to trigger cervical spondylitis, carpel tunnel syndrome, and eyestrain. [...]

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