Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Autoimmune Diseases: Things You Should Know
Body fights itself: Immune system is meant
to fight germs and foreign invaders. A healthy body recognizes its own cells
and understands what are foreign cells and need fighting off. However, in some
people the immune system is faulty in a way and it attacks normal cells, which
is called as autoimmune disease.
Trial and error is common to diagnose the disease: Many
autoimmune diseases affect various parts of the body and symptoms may come and
go. It is difficult for experts to diagnose in such condition in one go.
Over 80 type of autoimmune diseases: There are over 80 types
of autoimmune diseases. Some of such diseases are Celiac disease, Crohn's
disease, endometriosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, narcolepsy, psoriasis, and
rheumatoid arthritis.
It is common: Many people suffer from autoimmune
disorder.
It may be genetic: Autoimmune diseases can be genetic, but genes don't
paint the whole picture. Environmental factors and infection play major role in
triggering such diseases.
It is not allergy: Symptoms of autoimmune diseases are
sometimes confused for allergic reactions; but it is not allergy.
Shocking Facts about Lipstick
Monday, 2 March 2015
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Take Care as Weather is Changing
Weather is changing and changing weather can be very harmful
for health as we become easygoing in term of clothing and food. Indeed, winter is ready to say good-bye and
spring season is greeting but fevers like typhoid, malaria, flu, and viral can
make our lives difficult.
Wear proper clothes: Let the winter finally says good-bye
loudly before you take off your woolens and stroll in light cottons.
Food: In this climatic condition, you should drink lots
of water, and eat fresh and homemade foods. Don’t hook on cold drinks and
ice-cream madly.
Hygiene: Hygiene should be maintained in all season without
any compromise. However, you have to extra careful when you witness weather
change.
See a doctor: If you feel symptoms like weakness, fever,
sore throat, fatigue, don't hesitate to consult a doctor. These symptoms are
alarming.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Shocking Facts about Lipstick
Lipstick contains many more harmful ingredients than we
think. Sleeping with lipstick stay put
on lips is definitely not a healthy practice as it increases the chance of its harmful
effect. You must remove all pigments from your lips before you hit the bed.
Let us know few shocking facts about lipstick:
Lead: Lead is commonly found content in almost all
lipsticks. Lead affects the nervous system and harms the hormonal system. Apart
from that, it may block pores, and male them dry and chapped.
Heavy metal: Heavy metal present in minute quantities in lipsticks
are poisoning. Certain harmful ingredients are known to cause cancer.
Pigments: Some pigments contain harsh chemicals that
irritate the skin. They can lead to blackening of lips. Lipstick can also cause
leucoderma due to melanocyte destruction.
Mineral oil: mineral oil substances are also known to
block pores.
So, be careful while buying lipstick. You should check
the ingredients of lipstick before making selection. If a lipstick contains heavy
metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, chromium, and antimony, then you should avoid
buying it.
A research has found that average lipstick or lip gloss
use resulted in women exceeding daily intake guidelines for aluminium, cadmium,
chromium and manganese among women. These harmful substances accumulate in their
body over time and cause toxicity.
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L’Oreal, Maybelline, Revlon, Cover Girl, MAC,
Chanel, Lancome and NARS were found to have the highest amount of lead in a
study conducted in 2012.
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Avon Ultra Color Rich Cherry Jubilee, Clinique
Long Last Lipstick Merlot, The Body Shop Lip Color , Dior Replenishing Lipcolor
Red Premiere, MAC Matte Lipstick Viva Glam 1, Revlon Superlustrous Love That
Red, Revlon Superlustrous Bed of Roses, Revlon Colorstay Lipcolor Red Velvet, Tarte
Inside Out Vitamin Lipstick, Wet N Wild Mega Colors Cherry Blossom are safe to
be used as they are lead-free.
Cornea Blindness can be Treated with Stem Cells from Wisdom Teeth
Cornea Blindness can be Treated with Stem Cells from Wisdom Teeth
A new research has revealed that stem cells from wisdom
teeth may help treat cornea blindness. Most of the blindness across the world occurs
due to disease in cornea.
The researchers said "Stem cells from the dental
pulp of wisdom teeth can be coaxed to turn into cells of the eye's cornea and
could one day be used to treat corneal blindness."
The study shows the stem cells of the dental pulp
obtained from the routine human wisdom tooth are capable of being turned into Keratocytes,
the corneal stromal cells.
The team injected engineered Keratocytes in the corneas
of healthy mice and the keratocytes integrated without any signs of rejections.
Also, they used cells for developing constructs of corneal stroma similar to
natural tissues.
James Funderburgh, senior investigator and professor of
ophthalmology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said. "Corneal
blindness, which affects millions of people worldwide, is typically treated with
transplants of donor corneas."
He added "Shortages of donor's cornea and rejection
of donor's tissue do occur, which might result in permanent blindness. Our work
is promising because using the patient's own cells for treatment could help us
avoid these problems."
The study was reported in journal Stem Cells
Translational Medicine.
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Shouting Loudly Makes Your Own Brain 'deaf'
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Shouting Loudly Makes Your Own Brain 'deaf'
You may be speaking
loudly but your brain remains quiet. A study has revealed that the part of the
brain which is identified as command centre for human speech does not function
when we speak loudly.
The Broca's area of brain has been recognized for more than 150 years as the command centre for human speech. But the scientists at the University of California Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland are challenging this long-held assumption. Their study has come with new evidence that Broca's area actually switches off when we talk out loud.
"Broca's area shuts down during the actual delivery of speech, but it may remain active during conversation as part of planning future words and full sentences," said study lead author Adeen Flinker.
According to Flinker, "This
finding helps us move towards a view that Broca's area is not a centre for
speech production but rather a critical area for integrating and coordinating
information across other brain regions.”
The discovery can be of great help in diagnoses and treatments of stroke, epilepsy, and brain injuries that result in language impairments in suffering patients.
The study was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The discovery can be of great help in diagnoses and treatments of stroke, epilepsy, and brain injuries that result in language impairments in suffering patients.
The study was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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