Psychological treatment : getting maximum from minimum resources
December 22, 2011
Graham Edward Powell
Mental Health problems are common in Bangladesh and have a serious impact. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), about 14 million people are suffering from mental illness in Bangladesh and the common problems are depression and anxiety disorders.
WHO says that the impact of depression on functioning is 50 percent greater than that of angina/chest Read more
It’s just 3 steps to healthier bone
October 25, 2011
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bone density decreases and becomes porous leading to frequent fractures. It is a silent epidemic and largely preventable through just three steps C, D, E — Calcium, Vitamin D and Exercise.
Unfortunately, many people do not know that they have it until their bones start breaking. Experts urged to create mass awareness campaign on osteoporosis prevention countrywide Read more
Shaving salt, saving lives
October 25, 2011
Governments around the world could save huge health costs and avert millions of early deaths if they introduced laws to cut salt levels in food, US researchers claimed.
Shaving 3 grams off the daily salt intake could prevent up to 66,000 strokes, 99,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths in the United States, while saving $24 billion in health costs per Read more
Sound investment needed for sound mind
October 17, 2011
One in four people will require mental healthcare at some point in their lives, but in many countries — only two per cent of all health sector resources are invested in mental health services. About 80 percent of people with serious mental disorders living in low and middle income countries like Bangladesh do not receive mental health services they need.
Experts urge to increase Read more
Marriage, divorce up weight
August 27, 2011
Both marriage and divorce can trigger weight gain, according to research being presented at the American Sociological Association.
There is an increased risk of piling on the pounds in the two years after a marriage starts or ends, according to their study of 10,071 people.
Newly-married women were at greatest risk of “large” weight gains.
Some gains may “pose Read more
Daily exercise ‘cuts death risk’
August 19, 2011
Just 15 minutes of exercise a day can boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14 per cent, research from Taiwan suggests.
Experts in The Lancet say this is the least amount of activity an adult can do to gain any health benefit.
This is about half the quantity currently recommended in the UK.
Meanwhile, work in the Read more
Morning smoking has cancer risk
August 8, 2011
People who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day, say US researchers.
A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits.
Smoking in the first 30 minutes after waking nearly doubled the, already high, risk of lung cancer Read more
Fragmented sleep ‘harms memory’
July 27, 2011
Broken sleep affects the ability to build memories, a study of mice suggests.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science findings could help explain memory problems linked to conditions including Alzheimer’s and sleep apnoea.
The Stanford University found disrupting sleep made it harder for the animals to recognise familiar objects.
A UK sleep expert said Read more
Breastfed children are better behaved
July 24, 2011
Breast-fed babies grow into better behaved and more emotionally stable children than those that are bottle fed, a study has shown.
Five-year-olds who had been breast fed were almost a third less likely to suffer behavioural problems severe enough to disrupt family life.
Those reared on bottled milk formula tended to display more troublesome traits such as neediness, Read more
The health benefits of blood donation
July 14, 2011
From Bangkok Post
There is no substitute for human blood. Only blood from one person can save another. And did you know that donating blood not only benefits the recipient but may also improve the health of the donor? So if you donate blood on a regular basis, you’ll get more than just that great feeling of saving a life – you are also saving your own.
IRON REMOVAL
About 70% of your body’s iron is Read more
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