Archive for February, 2009

Easy Six Pack Abs

February 25th, 2009 admin

There are some easy abdominal exercises that you can do even at home.  Here are some exercises that can easily be done:

• Crunches

Almost all people know how to do this.  This exercise targets the upper abdomen.  It’s among the basic but effective exercises. To perform crunches, you need to lie on a flat surface with your hands in your chest or behind you head.  Contract your abs, then hold for 2 seconds, then return to your lying position.  Proper crunches are in a continuous and controlled fashion.  Focus on your abdominal muscles to pull your upper body up.  Avoid using the neck or shoulders to push yourself up.

• Side Crunches

They’re basically the same as regular  crunches, except that the main focus is on the oblique muscles which are also called love handles.  It also uses the same technique, only that you’re crunching to either side of our abs.  This would burn the sides of your abs.

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Diagnosing Hair Loss

February 14th, 2009 admin

If you’re losing more than what is expected, now is the time to worry that you might be suffering from hair loss. If you suffer from symptoms such as the hair falling out suddenly or in clump, patchy hair loss, red scalp or areas that have flakes, and total loss of hair in almost all parts of the body, now is the time to visit the specialist.

Visiting the doctor

If you’re visiting the doctor for the first time to seek medical advice on your hair loss, expect that he or she will ask about your medical and family. The doctor will ask questions on your recent medical status to know if you underwent treatments that might cause this condition. He or she will also ask about your family’s history to know if the hair loss is caused by the genes or hereditary because this might indicate that you’re suffering from pattern baldness.
from flickr529031775_af480c35b5 Diagnosing Hair Loss

Before going to the clinic or the hospital, it’s advisable to list down the foods that you eat and the medications you take if there are any. This will help the doctor find out faster what causes your condition. (more…)

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Pee on Paper to Treat Tb – Here’s How?

February 3rd, 2009 admin

Effective treatment of tuberculosis entails adhering to lengthy TB pharma drugs regimen. To ensure that people implement the duration of treatment scientists have found a clever technique in which simply peeing on paper can lead you to comply with treatment.

Tuberculosis or TB is an airborne infectious disease that’s curable. However it needs strict compliance with TB drugs for months. And many people, particularly in poor countries drop out in the middle because the drugs can trigger nausea and other side effects. This in turn leads to a relapse with drug resistant strains of bacteria, making treatment hard. The consequences are evident from TB statistics. According to the WHO, TB afflicts millions worldwide – of the 9.2 million cases newly diagnosed in 2006, 1.7 million people succumbed to the disease.

The Pee based approach to TB treatment Staff from the Innovations in International Health (IIH) project at MIT, recently devised a program which uses paper-based diagnostics called “XoutTB” with text-messaging technology and service to improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment compliance in poor countries.

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