Eating Disorders There are many different categories of eating disorders in our world today and many people suffer from them. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by a person with a body weight less than 85% of what is considered normal weight. Anorexics have a fear of being fat. Anorexics limit their food intake. People who are anorexic continue to diet even when they are bone thin; they...

Diet and Nutrition  Nutrition is a science that deals with nutrients and other food substances, and with how the body assimilates them. The extremely complex processes that nutrients undergo in the body—how they affect one another, how they are broken down and released as energy, and how they are transported and used to rebuild countless specialized tissues and sustain the overall health of the individual—are understood only approximately. The word nutrient...

Ayurveda – The Ancient Indian Medicine System Ayurveda originated in India long back in pre-vedic period. Rig Veda and Atharva-veda( 5000 BC), the earliest documented ancient Indian knowledge have references on health and diseases. Ayurveda texts like Charak Samhita and Sushruta Samhitaweree documented about 1000 BC The term Ayurveda means ‘Science  of life’. It deals elaborately with measures for healthful living during the entire span of life and its various phases....

Are Mobile Phones a Health Hazard? Mobile phones have brought revolution in human life. Before  the,  invention of mobile phones very few people very few people would have imagined that in future they would have instrument like a mobile phone. But this great invention has brought with itself many health  hazards. The problem is that mobile phones are still too new to know the long-term effects on human. Mobile phones are...

Breast Cancer  There exists more than 200 different types of cancers and breast cancer is one of them. It is a wrong notion that it is a woman’s disease but actually this disease has affected both men and women. Statistics says that more than 2,00,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, 13 per cent of all women will get the disease and 3% of them will die. The disease...

Science of Homeopathy  Homeopathy can be defined as a science, which treats the composition of the bodies of animals and vegetables and of the, processes by which the numerous fluids and tissues are formed, and of the nature and causes of the abnormal condition called disease and of the restoration of health by supplying to the body the deficient cell-salts. Every normal cell has the mechanism of absorbing or rejecting certain...

Importance of Herbs Suppose you are studying for your Bachelor’s final exams when all of a sudden you feel severe headache. It’s definitely your worst one yet, and to make matters worse, you’ve only an hour ago picked he book. It’s probably from going over all those problems in the small print of your textbook. The test is tomorrow and cannot be postponed and same seems to be true for the pain...

Asthma  Asthma’ medically is defined as a respiratory disease in which  spasm and constriction of the bronchial passages and swelling of their mucous lining cause obstruction in breathing. The occurrence of this disease is often attributed to allergens, such as dust, smoke, cold air, exercise, animal fur or feathers, moulds, and pollen. Allergic asthma is also known as a topic or extrinsic asthma. Many people with allergic asthma also suffer from...