What is more dreadful? Cancer or heart disease? Vulnerability may differ according to sexes.

Men-vs-Women-StatisticsIn developed countries, women are well aware that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Nevertheless, the condition they fear most is breast cancer despite the fact that death rates from breast cancer have been falling since the 1990s.

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An American Heart Association Expert Guide-5 tips to loose weight

AHA Loose weightTo lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you eat. But it’s not always clear how to do that. For most people, a successful weight-loss plan has two parts: healthy food choices and physical activity. Understanding the balance between the two can help you lose weight more easily and keep it off!

From this year 2016 choose to live without these regrets

dying-oldPeople grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

Managing Heart Alongside Diabetes

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Cardiovascular disease risk factor control as primary prevention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus has changed substantially in the past few years. (released august 25th, 2015), check A JOINT Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

Its a true-avoid fats, not carbs, if you want to lose weight

fatsTelegraph has recently reported outcome of this revolutionary study that links weight loss to FATS and not actually CARBS. Read (as is) to a healthier weight loss regime.

Does your glucometer show readings with high variation of 40%? What to expect when you go for blood glucose monitoring? Fact that it may be erraticly high by 40% , now study confirms glucose levels, its variations given your day for you!

diabetes mealsClinicians worldwide urge and recommend that Diabetes is a metabolic disorder , one could keep in check and still, lead a healthier life. Conversely, much sooner an individual discovers his/her diabetic status, continues to have each sinful sweet effort, delivering guilt and life pacing the heartbeat after each fasting blood glucose monitor. scary as it gets each time, lets discover the facts about this testing that could be erratic, stressful and scary, for its inaccuracy. To find out read..

There is only one way to live- it is to live daringly, dangerously and courageously.

daringLately some Ted talk discussions, led me to quickly download a book, “ Daring Greatly” by B Brown. No doubt this is a great book that actually helps understand not alone, how we behave, but also how we think and analyse situations around us. But there is More…..

This Questionnaire Supposedly Predicts Risk for Death Within 5 Years

deathAnswers to a brief questionnaire can predict risk of dying within 5 years for people aged 40 to 70 years in the United Kingdom, according to a new large-scale study published online June 4 in the Lancet. Try if you can…

Non-event – this word of the day in dictionary has a great importance. And a common usage in medicine. It may mean an occurrence only of superficial interest,mroutine, unexceptional, unremarkable, unnoteworthy- used unsparingly. Read on..

Many a times the word uneventful may be seen in summaries that your clinician or treating physician may record in his report or history during a therapy course or at tome of discharge from a hospital stay. Actually means nothing to worry about currently.

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