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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Benefits of tobacco cessation are many. You reduce your risk for hypertension, cancer, cardio-vascular diseases and other serious chronic diseases substantially, at whatever age you quit your nicotine habit. The earlier you quit, the more you benefit. If you quit before the age of 50, you bring down your risk of dying from smoking-related diseases by 50%. But if you ve crossed 60, suffer from heart disease and/or hyper tension, you can manage these diseases better through tobacco cessation.
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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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How Smoking Impacts Your Organs?
As you inhale cigarette smoke, about 7000 carcinogens stir the crevices of your body. In India, about 3,00,000 people die every year due to smoking-related issues.
Here's a list of 5 such organs, which are the most affected by cigarette smoke.
1. Your lungs - Your lungs are probably the first organs to bear the wrath of cigarette smoke. Majority of the lung cancer cases are due to smoking. Other diseases include bronchitis and emphysema...more
As you inhale cigarette smoke, about 7000 carcinogens stir the crevices of your body. In India, about 3,00,000 people die every year due to smoking-related issues.
Here's a list of 5 such organs, which are the most affected by cigarette smoke.
1. Your lungs - Your lungs are probably the first organs to bear the wrath of cigarette smoke. Majority of the lung cancer cases are due to smoking. Other diseases include bronchitis and emphysema...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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When you smoke, you not only harm yourself, but also the people around you. Your lungs aren t the only organs affected by tobacco; smoking has lasting effects on the mouth, nasal cavity, stomach, pancreas, kidney, liver, rectum etc. Smoking affects you physical and mental health, and can easily become an addiction.
Smoking increases a person s risk of suffering from many types of cancer including oral cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer etc, as well as the chance of having a stroke or ...more
Smoking increases a person s risk of suffering from many types of cancer including oral cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer etc, as well as the chance of having a stroke or ...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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A lot of smokers now are well aware of the dangers of smoking, but yet they find it hard to quit this habit. In fact, even repeated attempts to quit smoking fail after a few days as they tend to give in to a variety of withdrawal symptoms. In case you are searching for a permanent solution to de-focus and avoid tobacco intake, yoga is the way to venture out of the smoke and free yourself of the addiction.
Compelling well-being programs that plan to improve people and bring back their fo...more
Compelling well-being programs that plan to improve people and bring back their fo...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
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Every packet of cigarette comes with the warning 'Smoking is injurious to health'. With every national budget plan, the prices of nicotine based additives are hiked. Yet, you cannot quit smoking because you find it extremely difficult to resist the nicotine urge. Ayurveda says that the root cause of addiction is mental stress due to one of the 3 Doshas that are Vata, Pitta, Kapha. People try to terminate them through temporary, addictive methods rather than a bit more natural, holistic methods. ...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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Chronic respiratory diseases like bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, copd, sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease are vulnerable to repeated infections and multiple hospital visits or admission.
The main reasons for the increased susceptibility is altered lung defence, use of steroids in various respiratory conditions and multiple comorbidities like diabetes and coronary disease.
Patients should ideally be vaccinated for pneumococcal and influenza disease routinely.
The main reasons for the increased susceptibility is altered lung defence, use of steroids in various respiratory conditions and multiple comorbidities like diabetes and coronary disease.
Patients should ideally be vaccinated for pneumococcal and influenza disease routinely.
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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What are essential amino acids?
An essential amino acid can be best defined as an amino acid that the body cannot produce on its own, unlike nonessential amino acids. It must instead be obtained through food sources, diet, or supplementation.
Furthermore, it must be noted that out of the 20 amino acids your body needs for growth and function, as many as nine are considered essential. And as mentioned above, a human body is not capable of producing them on it...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Noida
हमारे शरीर के बाकी अंगों की तरह फेफड़े भी बहुत महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं। पर कई बार हम इनकी सेहत को नज़रअंदाज़ कर देते हैं। जब कभी हमें सांस लेने में तकलीफ होती है या खासी जैसी समस्या होती है तब हमारा ध्यान इनकी तरफ जाता है।दरअसल हमारे फेफड़ों को अपना सर्वोत्तम कार्य करने के लिए देखभाल की आवश्यकता होती है।सांस लेने पर आपके पूरे शरीर की कोशिकाओं को ऑक्सीजन मिलती है।अगर पर्याप्त ऑक्सीजन ना मिले तो स्वास्थ्य समस्याओं में बढ़ोत्तरी हो सकती है।ऐसी स्थिति में आपको सांस की बीमारि...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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आज के प्रदूषण, खानपान की कमी, लगातार बढ़ते स्क्रीन टाइम की वजह से बच्चों से लेकर बड़ों तक कमजोर दृष्टि की शिकायत आम बात हो गयी है। दृष्टि कमजोर होने पर चश्मा, सर्जरी या फिर लेसिक लेजर की सहायता ली जाती है। पर कुछ ऐसे प्राकृतिक तरीके हैं जो आंखों की रौशनी को बेहतर कर सकते हैं। इस लेख में हमे ऐसे ही खाद्य पदार्थ और तरीकों पर चर्चा करेंगे-
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यह तो हम सबको पता है कि विटामिन ए, सी, और ई सभी आंखों के स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छे हैं। इन विटामिनों में एंटीऑक्सीडेंट और सूजन रोधी गुण होते ह...more
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यह तो हम सबको पता है कि विटामिन ए, सी, और ई सभी आंखों के स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छे हैं। इन विटामिनों में एंटीऑक्सीडेंट और सूजन रोधी गुण होते ह...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Hyderabad
Dr. K. K. Reddy
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/hyderabad/doctor/dr-k-k-reddy-pulmonologist
Mbbs diploma in tuberculosis and chest diseases dtcd
27 years experience - 350 at clinic
He has significant medical knowledge in pulmonology and is well recognised as a leading medical expert. A name like his would be hard to forget. Professionalism was refined during his 1995 graduation from the mbbs at osmania medical college in hyderabad, from which he received high honours.
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Https://www. Lybrate. Com/hyderabad/doctor/dr-k-k-reddy-pulmonologist
Mbbs diploma in tuberculosis and chest diseases dtcd
27 years experience - 350 at clinic
He has significant medical knowledge in pulmonology and is well recognised as a leading medical expert. A name like his would be hard to forget. Professionalism was refined during his 1995 graduation from the mbbs at osmania medical college in hyderabad, from which he received high honours.
A la...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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हमें ये बात महसूस हो या ना हो पर हमारे शरीर में कई ऐसे विफाक्त पदार्थ मौजूद होते हैं जो हमारे स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकारक होते हैं। इन टॉक्सिन्स को बाहर निकालने के लिए आपका शरीर हर समय स्वाभाविक रूप से डिटॉक्स कर रहा होता है। आपके शरीर में कई डिटॉक्सिफिकेशन सिस्टम होते हैं जिनमें आपकी त्वचा, लिम्फ नोड्स, मस्तिष्क, गुर्दे और यकृत शामिल हैं। हालांकि डिटॉक्सिंग स्वाभाविक रूप से होती है,पर कई बार इस प्रक्रिया को थोड़ा तेज़ करने की ज़रूरत होती है। जैसे जब व्यक्ति अधिक शराब का सेवन क...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Copper can be called one of the healthiest and most useful elements on our entire planet. It has an anti-bacterial nature and can be found in almost all living humans and other creatures. It is important for hair, skin, and nails, the growth of body organs, and the repair of tissues in the body. Copper can also make your drinking water more health-giving and improve its taste. Read this article very carefully to the last word if you want to know how a copper vessel can make your drinking water w...more
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Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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We occasionally take our lungs for granted. They keep us healthy and well, and we don't have to ponder about them much. This is why it is critical and advised to prioritize your lung health.
Our body has a built-in defensive mechanism intended to keep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. However, there are several critical steps you may take to reduce your chance of lung illness. Scroll down and look at some useful tips to take care of your lungs in a better and healthier way...more
Our body has a built-in defensive mechanism intended to keep dirt and bacteria out of your lungs. However, there are several critical steps you may take to reduce your chance of lung illness. Scroll down and look at some useful tips to take care of your lungs in a better and healthier way...more
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Last Updated: 3 years ago• Featured Tip
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India is slowing making its way towards the top listed countries with the maximum number of cancer ;patients. It actually ranks third in the world after china and the usa. The statistics are alarming. While genes play a part in determining who will contract cancer and who won t, you can still reduce your chances of getting it, if you spot the signs early on and seek treatment right away. Read on to learn about the most common types of cancer in the country and some of their symptoms.
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Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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