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It is estimated that by 2025, around 1.56 billion people will be suffering from hypertension. The commonest symptoms of high blood pressure, medically known as hypertension, are occipital headache, giddiness, increased heart rate, bleeding from the nose, and even pain in the chest. Many patients exhibit no symptoms at all. In such cases, hypertension can [...]
While it is quite normal for the libido to decrease as a person’s age advances, there are ways to increase it at least to some extent at any age. First and foremost, you need to feel good about yourself and your partner. It has often been seen that a depressed or anxious mind leads [...]
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 [...]
There was this man who mischievously called himself an all rounder only because he was all rounded, i.e. a man of ample proportions. Every time he chuckled in glee, he looked like a twin of the laughing Buddha. He was short, stubbed, and stubborn. Nearly 40 years old, he looked like an overgrown kid [...]
Speak of chocolates and there you go drooling over it. Very rarely will you find a person who doesn’t like chocolates. In fact, most people would consider such a person as abnormal. The obese and diabetics look for ways and means to fight their temptation to indulge in their chocolaty binges; although, often, they do [...]
Body Mass Index is a measure of the body weight related to height that is associated with body fat and health risk. It was developed in the mid 1800’s by a Belgian mathematician named Adolphe Quetelet. It is equal to the weight, divided by the square of the height. The equation is: BMI = [...]
“Are You Diabese?” “Do You suffer from Diabesity?” “Do You know what Diabesity means?” “Diabetes + Obesity = DIABESITY” Do you fit in this equation? If yes, then it is a matter of concern. Diabesity is a new term coined in America, usually used to describe and create awareness of the growing epidemic of obesity and type-2 [...]
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