After the radioactive events in Japan, the general suggestions from physicians to rub off the harmful radioactive material from the bodies of their patients, though present in the slightest amounts, would be water and vigorous scrubbing. But, either they would be insufficient or too harsh to the skin. Intermediate solutions follow some of the radiation detox baths which include water as well as scrubbing but in moderate amounts. Two of the top picks of these baths are explained below. Epsom bath This one aids the detoxification of the body from the grip of common exposures towards moderate to high ionizing radiation. Begin the detox with dissolution of one pound of rock or sea salt and another pound of soda bicarb. Dissolve them in the heated water, as it might be tolerable for one. Soak yourself  [...] 

Health is a computation of the overall well being of a body. One way of measuring health is through the health triangle. A triangle, split into three parts – physical health, mental health and social health – resembles one’s well being. Optimum health is defined when there is a balance between all the 3 parts of the triangle. Health triangle can also be used to identify any imbalances or areas for enhancement. Your doctor would give you a clear and illustrative idea about the health. This post will acquaint you with the components of the triangle. Physical Health As we all know, physical health is the ability of the body to function actively and healthily. The maintenance and enhancement of this health includes a proper balance between diet, exercise, sleep and weight in one’s lifestyle.  [...] 

Only when it comes to thinking of dieting, people get scared off. This mental attitude is what prevents them from losing the excess weight and fall prey to many diseases. It is very necessary to prepare your brain for helping the body in its dieting. There are a few measures which can be followed to prepare the brain to lose weight by dieting. Keeping a diet diary Overeating can ruin your all plans of weight loss with dieting. Hence, one helpful measure is to maintain a food or diet diary in which you must maintain records of what you eat, why, when and how you feel before and after eating. This helps tracing the main cause of overeating and intake of wrong foods, which can be analyzed and posed a limit upon. Try this for one week and consult your dietician, who’ll be able to guide you better.  [...] 

You let the pores of your skin open up to health, detoxifying the body with the letting out of toxins inside a steam room. There are numerous health benefits of steam bathing, right from removal of toxins from the body to respiratory health enhancement, from stress relieving to relaxation of muscles of the body. let us check out the various benefits of steam bathing. Steam room benefit ONE : Detox via skin One of the ways in which the body eliminates toxins is through perspiration. Inside a steam room, 30 % of detoxification of the body via skin sweat takes place. 95 % of skin cancers occur due to resting of the toxins in the insides of the body. Steam room detox via skin is a great prevention to the occurrence of cancers. Steam Room Benefit TWO: Skin Hydration and Rejuvenation Due to the high  [...] 

They say a body is the house of a soul. So, like we wish to live in a clean and tidy house, the soul also needs to reside in a healthy, disease free body. And, just think, the entrance to every house is the most cleanest and adorned place of all. Similarly, for a body, the literal entrance is the oral cavity, which needs to be equally healthy and attractive. Here, we will get introduced to a few techniques to maintain oral health. Periodontal brushing Use brushes which could take care of the teeth as well as the gums. Commencing with the rear teeth, incline the brushes at 45 degrees with the line of the gums and cleans for around 20 times in every single region of the mouth. Waxless flossing Regular flossing of teeth is a great measure towards good oral health. One must floss the teeth after  [...] 

We often do that, don’t we? – Leaving the hospital without the doctor’s consent, just because we think we’re all right and wish to save the bugs to the hospital for a couple of days more. Recent statistics have traced a similar behavior among most patients, who are seen to check out of the hospitals without the approval of their doctors. A quality report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows 40 % hike in the count of patients seen leaving the hospital without the prescribed medical advice. The report covers statistics since past 12 years. Since a few years only, the figure of patients, who have left hospitals prematurely, i.e. before getting cured completely and with no doctor’s suggestion, has reached over 370, 000. A similar statistics of 10 – 12 years back  [...] 

There are plentiful benefits yoga can provide tone; but who shall be that one will decide his own dedication to yoga. Practicing yoga regularly and in a correct manner can only assure you the availing of benefits for it. Definitely, after spending a whole long and tired day at work, no one can be expected to be playful and sprightly like a kid. There are many factors catching up your abilities by the end of the day – tiresome, stress, age, etc. But, for those who think of having this fixed up, yoga is knocking at your doors to give you the feel- good factor. Yoga is food for the relaxation of body and mind. Postured yoga can give you a stretch in your external organs, while the internal ones can seek a massage through breathing and meditation. And not just the physical abilities of the organs,  [...] 

Poison is a potential healer, and medicines can be potential poisons – it all depends on proper and careful administration. One of the most significant causes of mortality and morbidity is adverse reactions through medicines. There are debates ongoing about the benefits and disadvantages of drugs. But the therapeutic ratio (TR) is what decides this. A low TR will bring you diseases and adverse reactions from medicines; while a high TR causes the medicines to work quickly towards the benefits. WHO’s definition for Adverse Drug Reaction says: “Any response to a drug that is noxious and unintended and occurs at doses used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of disease, or for modification of physiological function”. How much danger a drug can pose will always depend on the  [...] 

When it comes to searching for effective brain fitness program online, you will find not one but hundreds f results. You won’t even view all of them. How do you decide what kind of a program will be fine for you? Well, that is a big question, since it is the case of the most delicate organ of the body and you won’t at all like to play with it. For example, you wish to choose a brain fitness program for improved auditory skills. What all you need to check to ensure that kind of a program is beneficial for you, is described in the article further. The brain fitness program must speed up and sharpen the processing of auditory system of the brain, i.e. via which the brain listens. This includes improving the quantity and quality of the material the brain receives through sound signals and interprets  [...] 

American teens seem to be greatly suffering from the growing problems of Bulimia and Anorexia, warn health experts. They say that since other ill health conditions have more prevalence in the eyes and minds of people, as compared to eating disorders, the severity of the latter ones is masked. The Archives of General Psychiatry have a recently online published study, which reports that over 3 % of teenagers are known to experience one or the other eating disorder in their life, at least for one time. Anorexia Nervosa is speculated in about 0.3 % of them, and around 1 % teens are affected with Bulimia Nervosa. But, by far, the most common eating disorder, with over 1.5 % of teenagers and adolescents engulfed (between ages 13 and 18), is none other than binge- eating. The thing which is bothering  [...]