Salt is essential not only to life, but to good health. Most of our salt comes from food, some from water. Sodium is an element that is found in many foods as well as water. The body requires a small amount of sodium in the diet to control blood pressure and blood volume. However, most people [...]
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Low-Salt Diet & Observational Studies of Sodium and Blood Pressure ..
Posted by Sahar on July 5th, 2010
Midnight Snacking Damages the Teeth, Study Reveals
Posted by Osama Hanif on June 3rd, 2010
I often stay awake till late night as my office timings are bit odd. And obviously that unconventional schedule has disturbed my eating habits also. I would go to the kitchen in the middle of the night and would look for something to eat; anything from snacks to Pizza to a Brownie or doughnut. But [...]
Systemic Lupus Erthematosus, Causes, Symptoms & Treatments.
Posted by hadia on May 25th, 2010
In common language Systemic Lupus Erthematosus (SLE) is known as chronic, inflammatory auto immune disorder which affects the skin, joints, kidneys and other organs. Causes /Incidence: SLE is an auto immune disease which causes problem with the body’s normal immune response; the immune system help protects the body from harmful substances. The patient with an [...]
Working Overtime Increases Heart Disease Risk By Up to 60%
Posted by Osama Hanif on May 13th, 2010
I used to work for 16 hours during my final year at university as I worked at a TV channel in the evening shift while attending classes in the morning. I would leave home at 7:30 am and be back home by 1:00 am at night. Though I felt fatigue and stress on my shoulders, [...]
Posted in Diseases, Health 
Tags: Heart Disease, Overtime, work stress, Workplace stress 
2 Comments »The Lazy Man’s Way to Lower Cholesterol Through Diet
Posted by Shehzad Mehmood on May 7th, 2010
a. Cholesterol Myths – both Good and Bad A lot of folks always think cholesterol is not good, but you can actually classify it into two types. LDL and HDL are the two types – the bad one and the good one. If you have plaque build-up in your artery, that means you have too [...]
Want to know about fluctuations in blood pressure during exercise?
Posted by Shehzad Mehmood on May 4th, 2010
Blood pressure is never steady, it constantly rises and falls in accordance with the pumping action of the heart and signals from the brain. The heart contracts and pushes the blood into the arteries resulting in rise in blood pressure. When the pressure is at its height, it is called systolic blood pressure. The heart [...]
