Five simple steps for feather soft hands

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Get a compliment on your next handshake!

Step 1- If you have sensitive skin use a gentle scrub, else you can opt for a normal one. Dab it on your skin with a few drops of water, rub it and massage it well in circular motion. Then wash your hands in lukewarm water.

Step 2- Apply deep moisturising cream and massage well.

Step 3- Use cotton gloves or simply wrap your hands with a cotton handkerchief and keep it on till morning.

Step 4- In the morning, wash your hands with a gentle handwash/facewash and pat dry.

Step 5- Apply a light moisturising lotion and feel the difference!

Source: Zee news

Mobile phones could make men infertile

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Men, who keep a mobile phone in their trouser pocket, could be affected with male fertility, according to a new study led by the University of Exeter.

A team led by Dr Fiona Mathews, of Biosciences at the University of Exeter, conducted a systematic review of the findings from ten studies, including 1,492 samples, with the aim of clarifying the potential role of this environmental exposure. The researchers found that this proportion fell by an average of 8 percentage points when there was exposure to mobile phones and similar effects were seen for sperm viability. The effects on sperm concentration were less clear. Dr. Mathews said that given the massive scale of mobile phone use around the world, the potential role of this environmental exposure needs to be clarified. Dr. Mathews asserted that this study strongly suggested that being exposed to radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation from carrying mobiles in trouser pockets negatively affects sperm quality.

The study is published in the journal Environment International.

Source: Times of India

Study Master of Medical Science (MMSc) in Texila American University

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A unique program which helps to attain the Masters in a span of ONE year. Students with basic Medical Education is inducted into this program.

Eligibility:

  • Bachelors Degree in Medicine.
  • Registered with the respective Medical Council of India or the State Medical Council.

Salient Features

  • Students will be able to procure a world class Master’s degree in a span of one year.
  • Work in hospitals or attend hospitals/clinics to acquire necessary clinical skills.
  • Students have the opportunity to attend CME programs to gain more credits.
  • Students are exposed to Article Reviews and Publications to understand the contemporary innovation and research in the concerned specialty.
  • Support to students by giving access to e-books of the concerned specialty.
  • Weekly MCQ’s assessment are given, which would facilitate continuous learning.
  • Q and A Session to facilitate student faculty interaction
  • The MMSc programs are also offered in the form of diplomas for the students to get benefitted in various aspects.

For more details register here: http://www.tauedu.org/fb/signup.html

Watch our MMSc Program Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly5pQPLTnO8

Education Quality Key to Bangladesh’s Goal to Become Middle Income Country

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Bangladesh needs to focus on high-quality learning, and strong foundational cognitive and behavioral skills from early childhood, says a new World Bank report “Seeding Fertile Ground: Education That Works for Bangladesh”.

The findings and recommendations of the report were discussed today at a national dialogue organized by the Campaign for Popular Organization (CAMPE). Today’s event was preceded by six divisional workshops. The report, which focuses on access and equity, quality and skills, was prepared under the guidance of two advisory groups drawn from the members of civil society, the government, academia, think-tanks and development partners in Bangladesh.

The report praises Bangladesh’s success in improving access to education and completion at all levels, despite daunting challenges. Bangladesh achieved gender equity in primary and secondary education well ahead of the 2015 Millennium Development Goal. About 76% of youth aged 15-19 completed primary education in 2010. Progress in education has paved the way for an increasing number of women to enter the labor market, bolstering the country’s manufacturing production.

“With more youth entering the working age population, Bangladesh is poised to benefit from a demographic dividend in the next 10 years,” said Johannes Zutt, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh. “To reap the benefits of demographic changes, Bangladesh will need policies that create higher-skilled jobs with higher wages. By improving education quality and skills development, the country can link its youth to productive employment in local or overseas job markets.”

Although the country has succeeded in expanding access to education, learning is currently low and unequal. Only a limited number of students remain competent in their respective grades. An assessment of literacy and numeracy at grade 5 indicates that only 25 percent of grade 5 students master Bangla competencies, and only 33 percent master Mathematics. Students with low levels of learning at lower grades are most at risk for dropping out and are most likely to join the informal labor market.

An important determinant of learning within the school is the quality of the teachers. Studies show that many teachers lack adequate training and career progression opportunities. Lack of knowledge about subjects and overemphasis on rote-learning than encouraging creative thinking and problem-solving skills further affects students’ learning.

Bangladesh’s current momentum in improving education can be harnessed for greater advances, states the report. Understanding the complexity and interrelated nature of education quality, skills development, and the labor market will aid in policy planning. The country needs to shift and strengthen the focus on education relevant to the labor market and on the quality of education.

In both the formal and informal labor markets, possessing strong cognitive skills, along with positive behavioral skills, can lead to better jobs and career advancement. Improving skills and productivity are crucial for Bangladesh to achieve middle income status. Currently, most of the labor force is in informal sector and possess low levels of education – 96 percent of workers have up to a secondary education, and less than 5 percent of the workforce has a tertiary education.

The report emphasizes that skill development is incremental, cumulative and transformational. A good skills-development policy recognizes that skills are not built at a certain time in an individual’s life – skills development is an incremental and lifelong process, acquired through formal and non-formal education, from pre-primary through higher education, networks, jobs, and other means.

Source: The world bank

Avoid menopause induced bone loss and disease

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Unfortunately, conventional medicine has done a poor job helping women to avoid the health risks associated with menopause. Just to be clear – an excessive loss of hormones will cause a loss of energy, muscle mass, bone strength, cognitive function and memory. With an estimated 6,000 women per day, in the United States alone, reaching menopause – this health issue should not be ignored.

Conventionally speaking, menopause ‘officially’ begins 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period and is connected to a huge drop in estrogen levels. This dramatic drop in estrogen can produce a wide variety of symptoms like, hot flashes, sexual dysfunction, urinary tract infections, joint pains, plus sleep disorders and mood swings. These menopausal symptoms are early warning signs of disease and should not be ignored. So, let’s focus on some natural solutions.

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According to a study conducted by researchers at Brown University, and published in The Obstetrician and Gynecologist (TOG), ‘physicians should recommend herbal medicines and complementary therapies to women seeking relief from the symptoms of menopause.’ Dong quai or “female ginseng”, red clover and black cohosh are three widely-used herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms. These herbs contain plant compounds which mimic estrogen.

Phytoestrogens – found in sesame and flax seeds, red clover tea and fermented soy products like, tempeh, miso and natto contain high amounts of plant-based estrogens called isoflavones – which can provide natural relief for women with menopause symptoms. In a study performed at The University of Naples, Italy – in 2005 – it was discovered that isoflavones were effective in reducing hot flashes and relieving vaginal dryness during menopause. Their recommendation is 45 grams per day.

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Can homeopathy help women with menopause? In some cases, the answer is yes. For example, cimicifuga has been shown to help with night sweats, vaginal dryness, bleeding and mood swings. Lachesis tends to help women who feel warm to hot – all the time and may crave alcoholic beverages. Sepia is especially useful for women having difficulty with sexual intercourse, and felling chilly.

On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Dr. Daved Rosensweet will talk about how to avoid musculoskeletal deterioration, life-threatening hip fractures, depression plus much more.

Do bioidentical hormones increase the risk of a stroke?

According to a large study from France, published in an American Heart Association journal, bioidentical hormones do not raise the risk of stroke in menopausal women. In fact, following nearly 100,000 women, researchers reveal that women using estrogen patches and progesterone – in pill form – had a slightly lower risk of stroke compared to women not using any type of hormone replacement.   Doing yoga during menopause may help insomnia

Having said that, remember, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is not necessarily safer than any other drug therapy. To bring hormones back into balance – one must consider the nervous system (neurotransmitters) and all of the hormone levels from the pituitary and thyroid gland to the pancreas, adrenals and ovaries (last). Simply put, don’t take the ‘magic bullet’ approach toward health.

Obviously, if you’re suffering from hormonal imbalances and serious health issues, work with a qualified medical professional to improve all aspects of your life – physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Source: natural news

 

Tomato pill’ hope for stopping heart disease

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Taking a tomato pill a day could help keep heart disease at bay, say UK scientists who have carried out a small but robust study.

The trial, which tested the tomato pill versus a dummy drug in 72 adults, found it improved the functioning of blood vessels. But experts say more studies are needed to prove it really works. The pill contains lycopene, a natural antioxidant that also gives tomatoes their colour.

A daily ‘tomato pill’ is not a substitute for other treatments, but may provide added benefits when taken alongside other medication” Experts have suspected for some time that lycopene might be good for avoiding illnesses, including certain cancers and cardiovascular disease.

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There is some evidence that eating a Mediterranean-style diet, which is rich in tomatoes (as well as other fruit and vegetables and olive oil), is beneficial for health. Following a healthy diet is still advisable but scientists have been researching whether there is a way to put at least some of this good stuff into an easy-to-take pill.

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A spin-off company from the University of Cambridge – Cambridge Theranostics (CTL) – has come up with its own “tomato pill”.

Working independently of CTL, and instead funded by the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute of Health Research, a team at Cambridge University set out to see if the pill would have the desired effect. They recruited 36 volunteers known to have heart disease and 36 “healthy” controls, who were all given a daily tablet to take, which was either the tomato pill or a placebo. To ensure a fairer trial, neither the volunteers nor the researchers were told what the tablets actually contained until after the two-month study had ended and the results were in.

Related News:  Enjoy the goodness of tomatoes

For comparison, the researchers measured something called forearm blood flow, which is predictive of future cardiovascular risk because narrowed blood vessels can lead to heart attack and stroke. In the heart disease patients, the tomato pill improved forearm blood flow significantly, while the placebo did not.

The supplement had no effect on blood pressure, arterial stiffness or levels of fats in the blood, however. A natural antioxidant – substances thought to protect the body’s cells from damage

Found in tomatoes, but also in apricots, watermelon and papaya as well as pink grapefruit Lycopene content varies according to the variety of tomato and how it is prepared eg. puree, ketchup, cooked or raw

It is unclear whether supplements would ever be able to replace the benefits of a varied diet

Source: bbc

4-year-old saves diabetic mother’s life

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A 4-12 months-previous Mason County child is being credited with saving a lifetime of his mother.

Shannon Jones, 28, was once clarification her Rectorville home usually newly when she suffered a low blood sugarine spell caused by kind 1 diabetes, a ongoing illness by that there are impassioned ranges of sugarine (glucose) within a blood on comment of a body’s inability to yield insulin.

Jones was once diagnosed as a diabetic when she was usually 4 years prior and has to keep an in abyss eye on her blood sugarine ranges. Related News: NY 5 year old girl, saves mom’s life

“I used to be unconditional a floor,” she settled of a occurrence progressing this week. “I had a raise of soil on it. that’s a final thing we unnecessary to say. we did not even comprehend my sugarine had forsaken so low. a regard will need to have contributed to it.”

Low blood sugarine can strengthen discerning in people with diabetes who’re holding insulin and, in impassioned cases, can lead to seizures and unconsciousness.
Jones mentioned since she used to be comatose her son, Bradley, found her and attempted to arise her.

“He mentioned he could not arise me up,” she said. “He attempted to feed me candy, though settled i would not open my mouth. When he could not get me to eat a candy, he went to his great-grandmother’s house, who lives successive door, after that to his uncle’s storage.”

whereas Bradley does now not though commend what numbers to dial on a cellphone, he does know what happens when his mother’s blood sugarine ranges bottom out, Jones stated.

Related News: 3-year-old cracks cellphone password, saves pregnant mom

“he is noticed it forward of,” she mentioned. “I’ve had close calls forward of, however this was once a primary time my son indispensable to be in charge. We’re nonetheless intent on a cellphone, however now we have taught him what contingency be executed if it occurs and we’re alone.”
Jones pronounced Bradley introduced a family behind to a home, where they famous as an ambulance to take her to a hospital.

“He was once revelation everybody — a domestic, a paramedics, a nurses, anyone who would compensate courtesy — that i wouldn’t arise adult and what they indispensable to do to support me,” she mentioned.
When a ambulance arrived, Bradley even went to get adult his 18-month prior sister, who was once holding a nap, to make certain she wasn’t left during a behind of.
“He wanted to make certain she wasn’t lost in all a commotion,” Bradley’s grandmother, Mindy Evans said.

Bradley concluded with his grandmother, display a bashful grin and pronouncing, “I saved my mommy’s life.”

“We’re indeed happy with him for it. he is a glorious child and he loves his mom,” Evans said.

Source: today news time

World’s oldest man dies at age 111

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A 111-year-old New Yorker who had been certified as the oldest man in the world has died.

Alexander Imich died Sunday morning at a senior residence in Manhattan, his niece, Karen Bogen

Imich was certified as the oldest man in the world this April by the Gerontology Research Group of Torrance, California. “He was remarkable,” Bogen said.

“He was so independent until very recently, and he just had an incredible curiosity about life.” Imich was born in Poland on February 4, 1903, according to a longtime friend in New York, Michael Mannion.

He and his wife, Wela, fled Poland when the Nazis took over, survived a labor camp in Russia and in 1951 moved to the United States, Mannion said. His wife, who was a prolific artist and therapist in New York, died in 1986, according to Bogen.

“His apartment was filled with her artwork,” she said. They had no children.

Mannion told that when Imich learned he was the oldest man in the world, he “enjoyed the attention.”

“It was his work that he was most proud of, and he was happiest when the attention included his scientific work,” Mannion said.

Despite a doctorate in zoology, Imich’s passion was investigating paranormal activity, Mannion said. He detailed his encounters with the supernatural in “Incredible Tales of the Paranormal,” a journal that was published when he was 92.

While Imich’s lengthy life can be attributed to diet, exercise and nutrition, Mannion says his great passion and curiosity for life were the real keys to his longevity.

“He had such an ability to turn adversity into something positive. That intense curiosity was there until the last days,” said Mannion, who had visited Imich the night before he died.

A 116-year-old Japanese woman, Misao Okawa, is the world’s oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group. The title of world’s oldest man now goes to Sakari Momoi, also of Japan, who was born just a day after Imich in 1903, the group said.

Source: cnn

 

 

Camel Milk Could be the Health Drink of the Future

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While camel milk may have just broken onto the skin care industry scene, farmers in the Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states believe that the high protein, low cholesterol beverage could very well be the next big health drink craze.

According to Outside Magazine, “Although lower in vitamins A and B2 and higher in fatty acids than cow milk, camel milk offers 10 times as much iron, three times as much vitamin C, and wins by a mile in the mineral department. What makes it a strong makeup component-hardy antibody proteins-is also attractive to food producers.”

Farms in states such as Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania are in the incipient stages of raising 5,000 single-humped dromedaries and double-humped Bactrians, two of the world’s most successful camel species.

The farmers taking part in raising these camels wellness and organically inclined, and they are all looking for the most natural way to boost our bodies’ immunities and energy levels

“Epigenetics suggest that we can actually change our genes by how we live. Right now in modern society, we are like polar bears released into a Death Valley environment,” said Frank King, a North Carolina-based doctor. “When people connect with nature, they feel better, and wild is better.”

Camel milking is also calmer and less mechanized than milking cows. King’s 23 camels wander his premises until it is time for them to be milked by hand. The bad news for U.S. farmers is that they can’t sell the milk in an entirely natural state. King “flash pasteurizes” his milk because federal law requires this of milk sold across state lines. The Food and Drug Administration approved camel milk for commercial sale in 2009, but testing is still being conducted.

Camel milk is just the first step in the quest for more nutritious animal milks. King is looking into the milks of the African Watusi, white buffalo, bison and Himalayan yak.

Some estimates put camel milk at being a $10 billion industry in the future. Camels do not produce a lot of it, however, so farmers expect they could charge up to $60 for a liter of camel milk.

Source: design & Trend

Medical Council of India suspends licence of city doctor for medical negligence

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The Medical Council (MCI) of India has debarred a city doctor from practicing for three years after its ethics committee found him guilty of medical negligence and printing incorrect information about his qualification on the prescription paper. The order came on petition filed by banker Sudhir Srivastava who held that his wife Nidhi died due to wrong diagnosis and treatment by Dr Vipul Shah.

A copy of the order, that was received by the applicant on Wednesday, debarred Dr Shah from practice for two and three years under separate charges. Both the suspension will run simultaneously. The MCI has directed state medical faculty to erase the name of Dr Vipul Shah from its record. On being contacted, Dr Vipul Shah said that he was not aware of any such order.

Source: Times of India