Fitness in Twilight Years

First the blues of growing old and than plethora of health problems following the senility line…. Well there’s no denying the fact that as the age advances health problems are major backlash. But hold on! Researches exhibits that you can defeat and stay fight by keeping a check on certain disease that are ought to take on over you.

Arthritis- Arthritis is fast expanding disease curbing almost everyone after the age of 40. Lifestyle patterns and eating habits are considered as major causes of Arthritis. High heels, Sitting postures, regular high stairs etc may afflict you with Arthritis. Your knee joint comprise of coming in contact of three bones namely Femur, Tibia and Patella along with cartilage and synovial fluid which act as a lubricant as the movement happens between the three. Arthritis which means inflammation of joints is caused due to declining of this lubricant in your joints owing to which these three bones slides with each other as you bent or move causing unbearable pain and difficulty in bending and walking.

Treatment options vary depending on the type of arthritis and include physical and occupational therapy, lifestyle changes (including exercise and weight control), medications and dietary supplements (symptomatic or targeted at the disease process causing the arthritis). Joint Replacement Surgery (Arthroplasty) may be required in eroding forms of arthritis.

Lung Health- Majority of Lung problems takes a toll from incessant Smoking habits among men and women across the world. No matter how loud can a doctor vocalises the perils of smoking a youth doesn’t give a damn to it. Seemingly harmless in the youth years, a cigarette can affect you later as age advances. Researches reveal that out of every 100 lifelong smokers 14 are probable to die of lung cancer. Further it is also proven that smokers life get reduced by 3-5 years due to lung problems than an average person

Brain Health- Alzheimer disease is most likely to happen after the age of 65. Every one in eight person suffers from Alzheimer in US. Alzheimer is a degenerative and rather incurable disease which leads to shrinking of brain and can be identified with memory loss implying debility to remember most recently learned things and facts. Starting with slight memory loss it can lead to frustration, mood swings, aggression, apathy, language breakdown and ultimately long term memory loss. Though cause and progression of the disease is not yet well known but it is widely associated with plaques and tangles in the brain. Balanced Diet including fruit and vegetables, bread, wheat and other cereals, olive oil, fish, and red wine) and mind stimulating exercise like reading, playing board games, completing crossword puzzles, playing musical instruments, or regular social interaction may help in preventing the onset of Alzheimer disease. Cardiovascular problems like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes can also affect the risk factor of the disease.

Heart Health

Cholesterol- Excess cholesterol in your blood level can pile up on your arteries leading to blockade in arteries which may result into heart attack or coronary heart disease problems. Cholesterol is a waxy substance required to build and maintain cell membranes. It is an essential component of all body cells. Not all cholesterol is bad but a high level of it is bad for you. There are two types of cholesterol bad cholesterol (LDL) counting 100 mg/dl and good cholesterol (HDL) counting 40 mg/dl. As a matter of fact if your bad cholesterol goes high and good cholesterol goes low than you have increased chances of getting heart problems. Maintaining a balanced diet with low fat levels and regular physical exercise can help you curb cholesterol symptoms

High BP- Increasing Blood Pressure or Hypertension is a remarkable identity of your ageing factor. With age high blood pressure is an inevitable factor in present times. High Blood pressure is measured by two numbers- top number (systolic reading) and the bottom number (diastolic reading). Normal readings are 120/80 and anything above it will be calculated as High Blood Pressure Syndrome while a reading lower than normal is counted as low blood pressure which generally happens due to fatigues and weakness. For every increase in blood pressure reading chances of death from cardiovascular diseases gets doubles. To avoid High BP you should work on your weight (if you are obese) and stress. A healthy body with stress free life gets you rid of High BP factor. Reduction of fat and salt in the diet, vegetarian food, fruits and juice helps you to avoid occurrence of High BP.

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Patients Right to Participate in Clinical Trials..??

Yesterday, I happened to see a very interesting article on a website. Though I could just read excerpt as it was a paid article but the concept itself was very new in its approach. The article talked about the patients veto power in the participation of clinical trials. At the first glance I was baffled about the approach and gone weary but later as I put a second thought over it, I realized that it was even more than worth to be discussed and think off.

The article described the very raging concept arising these days about patient denial towards their participation in Clinical Research. A food for thought.!! The more you think more you get perplexed. It seems like entangling in web with no way out. Any Clinical Research on present patients is conducted for the welfare of forthcoming and future generation. So, in no case it gets futile and waste. The person participating in Clinical trials are almost equivalent to army soldiers who fight for their country without caring for their lives. And, to fight for safety of one’s country is obligatory. But then contradiction is-sparing few (like Great Britain) almost all the countries leave it up to the consent of people only whether or not to join the army. Henceforth, it doesn’t stands as a mandatory duty of any citizen of a country.

Connecting with this burgeoning argument the idea is- patients can’t veto their participation in the Clinical Trials. In no circumstances they can pull off from study unless and until authorities decides to do so. Or simply some of the others want it to attach it in fundamental duties of citizen for their active participation whenever need be.

A clinical Research as we all know encompass around four stages where an existing or entirely new drug is tested in different stages upon animals, volunteers, patients , healthy human being etc depending upon the stage of the clinical trial.

With human life at stake, the arguments of ‘to veto’ or ‘not to veto’ becomes too critical an issue to be wind up mere with the passing comments. Here all are invited to think of it and read it seriously and post what they think about these kinds of ongoing trends of diminishing the individual freedom or is it making them more important by involving them directly for country’s growth. Is it a test of how patriotic is you or….?

(This article has previously been published on http://fermish.com/blogs/)

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Hands on Home Remedies…

A Nature Care!

“Massage your hair with a mix of lemon and oil to remove dandruff from your hair”, “ a besan mask for fresh and fairer skin”, “Coriander leaves for sound sleep”, “A spoonful of Honey to treat your digestion related problems” and the list goes on. A perfect cure for any ailment, without any possible side effects and that too at your doorstep. Isn’t the idea in itself a great? Welcome to the world of Home Remedies.

Home Remedies are solutions prepared from your kitchen stuff. A holistic approach to treat yourself, they can be a perfect cure for diseases such as Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Headaches, Acne, Insomnia, Cholesterol etc. Sometimes considered as granny tricks for homely treatment were regarded as much clichéd and often ineffective by modern scientist and doctor.

The question that arises is of a perfect combination of homely constituents in order to get effective cure. And most of the time people are hapless to make accurate mixture and thus may cease the chance of getting cured. Help from natural and homely remedies is always good but then why take a chance? So one must use these home remedies, as an alternative treatment to regular, as the parallel treatment from both doesn’t intersect and adversely affect each other’s lines.

Some of the widely accepted disease that can be treated using Home Remedies

• Acne and Pimples
• Body Aches
• Indigestion
• Hair and skin
• Cold and Coughs
• Insomnia and exceeded exertions

Though Home Remedies are not much trusted on grounds of appropriate combination but can highly be adopted for some of the universal conditions and ailments. Leaving aside some serious ailments but answer to yourself- do we really need to rush at crowded doctor’s clinic, when we can have a remedy at home itself? Possibly, No! These magical home remedies can be a perfect cure as they are obviously one or other constituent from which a formal drug are derived. Then why to seek a synthetic cure when we can have access to a purer thing and that too with relatively more ease of use.

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