Aug
10
Everyday I Hear The Same Complaints From The Same People About How Tired They Are, How Stressed They Are Etc. With No Solution In Sight! The Key Is To Correct The Situation Versus Standing Idle And Accepting It. Forget About The Energy Drinks Or Pills. Learn To Increase Your Energy Naturally, And Have A Healthy Steady Supply To Get You Through Each Day. By Adjusting Your Personal Eating, Sleeping And Exercise Habits, You Can Boost Your Energy The Natural Way And Settle Into A Self-sustaining Rhythm. * Essential Water – Keep Your Body Hydrated Throughout The Day. The First Sign Of Dehydration Is Fatigue. Your Body Can’t Function At Capacity Without That Good Old H2o. A Steady Supply Of Water Will Naturally Keep Things Flowing–including Your Energy. * Improve Sleeping Habits – Often A Small Adjustment Of Your Sleeping Habits Can Already Do Wonders For Your Energy Levels. . Lying In Bed Is Not Sleeping: Don’t Go To Bed If Your Not Sleepy And End Up Lying In Bed Pondering And Stressing. If You Are Drifting Off At The Computer, While Reading, Or Watching Tv, It’s Time To Get To Bed. Your Bedtime Should And Will Vary From Night To Night. Let Your Body Tell You When To Sleep As Opposed To The Following The 8-hour Rule. . Rise And Shine: Put An Alarm And Get Up At The Same Time Everyday. Sleepy At Noon?: Try A Powernap Of 20 Minutes In A Quiet Place. Experiment And Find Out What Your Optimal Sleep Levels Are. * Yoga, Exercising & Stretching – It Sounds Counter-intuitive, Perhaps, But By Expending Energy On A Regular Basis, You Will Actually Give Yourself More Of It In The End. The Key Is To Set Up A Fairly Regular Schedule–about Three Times A Week–and Push To The Point That You Feel Refreshed, Not Exhausted. Don’t Overdo It. It May Take A Couple Of Weeks To Get Into The Natural Rhythm, So Have Patience And Higher Energy Levels Will Follow. * Deep Breathing Exercise – Another Great Way To Re-energize Your Body Is With A Quick Deep Breathing Exercise. Sit On A Chair With A Straight Back And Breathe Deeply While You Focus On Your Breath Going In – Going Out. At The Same Time Use A Powerful Affirmation To Invigorate Your Mind And Body. * Eliminate Energy-sappers From Your Diet – Have More Alkaline-forming Foods Like Fruits And Vegetables. Avoid Excess Sugar And Coffee As They Lead To Lower Blood Sugar Levels–and Less Energy–after They Give You An Initial Kick. Also One Could Pack Some Almonds And Nuts For A Quick And Convenient Protein Snack.
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Oct
01
Practicing Medicine In The Private Sector Is A Very Tough Proposition. It’s Not Enough To Be A Very Good Doctor. You Should Be Known To Be A Very Good Doctor. It’s Not Enough To Provide All The Latest Treatment Options And Services. Everyone Should Know (or Be Able To Find Out Easily) All The Services Provided At Your Clinic/ Hospital.traditional Healthcare Communication Meant Word-of-mouth Publicitytraditionally, Physicians And Medical Practices Have Relied On Word-of-mouth Publicity To Establish Themselves. A Patient Who Has Undergone An Event-free Angiography At The Local Cardiac Care Center Would Then Tell Five Others About His/her Wonderful Experience. So Now Five More People Know About The Latest Angiography Services At That Cardiac Center. Hopefully, This Positive Review Continues In A Geometric Progression As More And More People Visit The Medical Center. But Is That Enough? What About The High Tech Cardiac Catheterization And Latest Stenting Services Also Available At That Center? There Would Be Hundreds Of Bits Of Positive Details About Your Hospital Most Patients Don’t Even Get To Know Of. Hoping That All Visitors To A Medical Center Realize All Its Plus Points And Then Remember To Pass These Plus Points To Others Is So Optimistic, It’s Foolish. Thus Word-of-mouth Publicity Serves A Very Limited Role In Evangelizing Any Healthcare Services.challenges In Healthcare Communicationmedical Practices Can No Longer Rely Only On Word-of-mouth To Inform The World About Their Existence. But They Also Face A Big Handicap. They Need To Make Themselves And Their Quality Services Known Without Resorting To Overt Advertising. Clinics And Smaller Hospitals Face A Specially Forbidding Challenge In Breaking Through This Glass Ceiling Of ‘perceived Quality’. Sheer Size Has Allowed Larger Hospitals To Carry An Aura Of Quality, Irrespective Of The Services They Provide. In Contrast, Many Clinics Which Provide Top-of-the-line Services Are Just Not Accorded Due Respect Or Simply Remain Unknown.medical Websites In Healthcare Communicationdespite Providing The Best Services, Many Small Practices Are Labeled ‘poor Quality’ Simply Because Of Low Visibility. Technology Has Broken Down This Artificial Divide Between Small And Larger Medical Practices. A High Quality Website Has Become The Single Most Important Way To Establish Your Credibility, Authority And Niche Online. Websites And Social Media Channels Provide An Easy To Access Free Platform For Showcasing Your Expertise To Any Targeted/ Segmented Population.a Website Becomes The Way People Remember And Recall Your Clinic. A Website Creates A Visual Brand For Your Medical Practice, Allowing Strong Recall Value Even Among People Who May Never Have Visited Your Clinic. With The Help Of A High Quality Medical Website, A Niche Specialty Clinic Can Achieve The Same Recognition As Many Large Super-specialty Hospitals.beyond Branding, The Practical Utilities Medical Practices Can Provide The Patients Via Their Websites Are Plenty. Appointment Scheduling And Lab Reports Can Easily Be Accessed Via Medical Websites. Interactive Patient Communication Widgets And Electronic Health Records Can Add An Entirely New Dimension To The Concept Of Medical Websites. To Know How A Website Can Transform Your Medical Practice, Kindly Write You Can Also Visit Www.websitesfordoctors.in
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Sep
01
Unhealthy Habits Put Today’s Children At Extreme Riskof Osteoprosis . Here’s How To Protect Them , And Yourself . Every Time A Child Takes A Soft Drink, He,s Laying The Groundwork For A Dangerous Bone Disease. No, Fizzy And Sugary Drinks Don’t Cause Osteoporosis. But Because They’re Often A Substitute For A Glass Of Milk , Kids And Not Getting The Calcium And Vitamin D They Need To Build A Strong Skeleton.many Of Them Also Lead A Sedentary Lifestyle, So They Aren’t Getting The Bone – Building Benefits Of Vigorous Exercise Either. These Children Aren’t Just In Jeopardy For Brittle Bones And Fracture Decades Down The Road: They Could Be Risk Of Osteoporosis At A Younger Age Than Ever Before . ‘’parants Should View This Seriously” A Body Of Osteoporosis Experts Trying To Spread Awareness About This Bone Crippling Disease . “osteoprosis Strats In Childhood But Has Consequences Later In Life.” The Condition Causes Bones To Become Riddled With Holes, Like The Frame Of House That’s Been Attacked By Termites. That Can Lead To Broken Bones, Which In Turn Can Cause Deformity ,chronic Pain Or Disability Osteoprosis Can Even Be Fatal : Up To 25 Percent Of Older People Who Suffer A Broken Hip Die Within A Year. Osteoporosis Isn’t Just Your Grandmother’s Health Threat. Although It Strikes Over 50million Women In India,it Also Menaces Over 12million Men And Unaccounted Million More Have Low Bone Mass. “ It’s A Silent Disease And Doesn’t Get Detected In Most Causes Until After The Patiant’s First Fracture” Osteoporsis Cause Loss Of Height , Pain In Joints And Back , Fractures And Fear Of Fracture , And Can Be Very Depressin. So It Is Important That We Adopt Preventive Measures To Save Millions Of People .” These ‘s A New Medical Understanding Of The Best Ways To Protect Ourselves – And Our Children . “ Simple Lifestyle Change And Proper Nutrition Will Help Save Your Bones” “ The Sooner You Get Moving The Better.” Do All Children Need Supplements? Ideally ,kids And Adults Should Get Their Daily Calcium Guota Through A Healthy Diet. Taking Milk ?dairy Products Of All Types Will Do The Trick. Other Good Sources Include Sardines, Indian Carp, Leafy-green Vegitables Like Ragi (finger Millet), Soya , Calcium-fortified Juices And Breakfast Cereal. Encourage Your Children To Have Two To Three Servings Of These Bone –bulider Daily. And If They Shun Milk Because They Think Its Fattening , Let Them Know The Latest Research Shows The Opposite Is True :kids With The Highest Milk Consumption Are Also The Slimmest , While Those Who Drink The Most Sweetened Beverages , Unsurprisingly , Are The Heaviest . “ If Your Child Is Getting Insufficient Calcium From His Diet , Go For Supplements” Or Consult With Urs Paediatric Rheumatollogist. “ There Are Many Supplements Now Avilable In Market, Inclide Flavoured , Chewable 250 And 500mg Tablets. There Are Also Liquid Preparations To Choose From .but Be Warned ! Calcium Is Best Absorbed In Small Amounts So Don’t Give More Than 500mg At A Time .” Adult Lacking In This Bone – Bulding Mineral Can Take 1000mg Daily Preferably500 In The Morning And 500 At Night . What ‘ D’ Can Do ? Vitamin D Is Essential For Our Body So It Can Absorb The Calcium It Gets From Food Supplements , And Helps In Forming New Bones. Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D? The Aiims Study In Northern India Also Found That Over 80 % Of The Children Also Had Moderate To Severe Vitamin D Deficiency . “this Is Extremely Worrying” There’s Growing Scientific Consensus Among Experts That The Current Guidelines Of 200 Iu (international Units) For Adults Under 50 , And 400 To 600 Iu For Older People , Are To Low . Even A Little More Can Only Do Good There Is Growing Evidence To Suggest That Lack Of Vitamin D Can Lead To A Host Of Illness Es Like Diabites, Prostate , Colon And Other Cancer, In Addition To Osteoporosis” Unfortunately Vitamin D Is Found In Just A Handful Of Foods Like Egg Yolk And Cod Liveroil. People Can Get This Vitamin Naturally Through Exposure To The Sun . It Is Ironic That Although We Have Ample Sunshine In Our Country Studies Show Indians Tend To Be Deficient In Vitamin D . And This More So In The Case Of Urban Indians Because They Spend More Daytime Indoors Than Rural Folk. So Make It A Habit To Be Outdoors In The Sun For 20 To 30 Minutes Just After Sunrise Or Before Sunset. Studies Also Show That Skin Production Of The Vitamin Dwindles In Older People Even If They’re Frequently Exposed To Sun . Suggesting That A Supplement Might Be The Best Way To Safeguard Their Bone Health . A Test That Can Save Your Life Because Osteoprosis Often Causes No Symptoms At All Until A Fall Snaps A Bone , The Only Way To Tell If You Have It Is Via A Bone Mineral Density Test . This Prosedure Is Advised For All Women Over 50 Use It Or Lose It As You Age , You Lose Bone Faster Than You Produce It .over The Five To Seven Years After Menopause , Women Can Lose Up To 20 %of Their Bone Mass Due To Oestrogen Deficiency . Paying Extra Attention To Bone Health Can Lessen The Damage , However . Men Are Also Affected By Age – Related Skeletal Loss, But Not As Dramatically , Since Their Larger Frames Provide A Higher Peak Bone Mass And Their Hormones Don’t Plunge After Age 50. Our Skeleton Needs Regular Exercise At Every Age To Stay Strong, But We’re Getting More And More Sedentary . “physical Activity Is Very Critical For Retaining Bone Mass”. Children And Adult Should Exercise To Keep Their Bones Healthy : 60 Minutes Of Physical Activity A Day For Kids And 30 Minutes For Adults. A Combination Of Weight – Bearing Routines (such As Walking , Jogging, Stairs-clinbing, Or Dancing Pluse Resistance Exercise Like Weight – Lifting)is The Ideal Recipe For Bone Health . For Children , Jumping Is A Fun Way To Bone Up. The Researcher Contrasted Elementry School Girls Who Took Gym Classes To Those Who Also Did Ten Minites Of High – Impact Jumping Exercise , Three Times A Week. At The End Of The Two – Year Study , The Jumping Exercise Group Had A Nearly Five Percent Increase In Bone Mass .other Weight –bearing Exercise With Kid Appeal Include Skipping , Tennis , And Team Sports , Such As Football “ Its Never Too Late To Adopt Bone – Frendly Habits – Exersise , Get Enough Sunlight , Have Adequate Calcium . This Way , We Can Keep Our Bones Healthy And Prevent Osteoporosis” For More Information Consult With Physician Or Physiotherapist
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