Diabetes and Hypertension are the 2 most common chronic ailments affecting general population of developed or developing countries. Though they are life-time diseases, you can live a healthy life along with them if you take care properly.

Following are some of the useful tips for Diabetec Patients :

1. Take your medicines regularly.
2. Don’t forget to take your meals after taking medicine to avoid hypoglycemia.
3. Avoid foods with direct carbohydrates like sugar, cake, white bread etc.
4. Take food at same time daily and at frequent intervals
5. Exercise regularly
6. Get your blood sugar checked at regular intervals as per doctor’s advise.
7. Maintain a diabetes diary mentioning your medicines, sugar levels, emergency contact numbers, your doctor etc.
8. Wear a Diabetic Wristband or bracelet for rapid identification during emergency
9. Check your feet daily and see that there is no injury. If there is any, take instant treatment.
10. Keep Glucose tablets or candies ready in case of hypoglycemic episodes.

Take diabetes as a challenge, fight against it and don’t get depressed.

There are various non-profit organizations and government programs running to help and support the needy people - those that suffer from deadly diseases like AIDS, Cancer, etc. For the eduction of public, they organize various shows, talks, short movies, advertisement etc. so that as much awareness is created about the particular disease and steps to prevent them.
One of the popular way of creating awareness is through tags and wristbands. These bands are beautiful, cheap and trendy. You will find wristbands with many colors and slogans, each signifying some disease or cause.

Some of the famous wristbands are :

• LiveStrong bands for cancer - yellow color
• LiveFree bands for smoking - Orange color
• Courage bands for AIDS - Red color
• Breast Cancer bands - Pink color

And many more. These bands are created to increase public awareness & support and gather donations too. So wear one if you are not doing still.

We have talked many times previously about different types of weight loss diet. But it is not only weight loss for which a person should be concerned about his diet. There are lot many conditions which require an attention towards what you eat or drink.

Diet means what we eat or drink. For a health living, a person should take balanced diet that includes carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water etc. in adequate quantities and as per physiological condition. A lactating or pregnant women require more of proteins and calories.

Diabetic Diet - For those who suffer from diabetes. Their diet should contain less carbohydrate & fats and more of fibers, vegetables, beans and pulses. A diebetic should eat in less quantity and more frequently. Take care not to go in hypoglycemic episodes.

Low Sodium Diet - For those suffering from Hypertension (High Blood Pressure). Sodium leads to water retention in the body and so increased blood pressure. So low sodium diet is beneficial for blood pressure control. Infact your doctor will advise you to go for low sodium diet before starting anti-hypertensive medicines. Common salt is the main source of sodium in our diet and so foodstuffs containing less salt is included in low sodium diet.

This is continuation of our previous post on traveller’s immunization.

Immunizations are among the most important and effective ways to prevent travel-related infections. Immunizations for travellers include the “routine” childbirth and adult immunizations that you would receive in Canada. Vaccines like shots against meningococcal meningitis, will also be recommended at childhood, others like typhoid shots or  flu shots are strongly encouraged when there is risk of infection.

For Canadians who travel abroad, there is a very small risk of requiring emergency medical treatment in a foreign country. Very few travelers die of serious preventable illnesses. Infectious diseases account for 1% of travel-related deaths whereas almost 50% die from motor vehicle accidents or drowning.

The most common illness to strike Canadian tourists in developing countries is travel diarrhea (TD), which can, in case of some drinks, even lead to bladder cancer. This is also known as Montezuma’s revenge, turista, or Delhi belly. That’s why it’s very important to check with a health care professional or travel clinic about preventable diseases before travelling in order to obtain a prescription for self-treatment.

If you are planning to travel outside of Canada, you might require several travel vaccinations, depending on your travel destination, the length of your stay and whether or not your routine immunizations are up-to-date. Since it can take several weeks for an immunization to kick in and develop a reliable shield against preventable diseases, you should consult a travel health clinic or your family physician 6 to 8 weeks before your trip in order to allow enough time for the vaccines or immunizing agent to take effect.

The chance of being exposed to infections abroad depends entirely on the style, location, and duration of travel. Exotic meals and beverages may cause one of the most common illness - Delhi Belly more commonly known as travellers’ diarrhea, which, in its own way, may lead to serious intestinal disorders or in the worst event to a cancerous bladder!

Flu viruses and flu vaccines vary in different parts of the world, and change every year, but the Canadian vaccine is usually a fairly typical one, and will offer a lot of protection against catching both flu and travel diarrhea on most airline routes. Travellers should visit their doctor or a travel clinic at least two months before departure. This will give time for the slower-acting vaccines, like hepatitis vaccines or influenza shots, to take effect. However, long time before your first flight, some horrible illnesses, like meningitis, have to be vaccinated against at birth.

So before you plan your travel, plan immunization schedule with your family physician.

You must be knowing that the body secretes many exocrine and endocrine hormones. Infact the body runs with the co-ordination of two important systems - Central Nervous System and Endocrine System. If anyone of them fail to function inappropriately, then there will be imbalance in the life.

Some of the Endocrine hormones are Insulin, Glucagon, ACTH, Oestrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, HGH, Thyroxine etc. HGH stands for Human Growth Hormone. As the name suggests, this hormone is important for the growth of the body.
Human Growth Hormone is synthesized and secreted by the cells of the Anterior Pituitary Gland. The Pituitary gland is situated inside our skull bone between the two cerebral hemispheres.

HGH is important throughout the life of an individual. During the growing stage, it helps in proper growth and development of the body, while in the adulthood, it is responsible for energy, vitality, muscular growth and sexual functions. Deficiency of HGH may lead to short stature and many other diseases.

Like many other hormones, this hormone also decreases as one advances in life and by 60 years, HGH in the body becomes half. And so to maintain the proper functioning of the body, your doctor may prescribe you HGH in various forms like tables ( Genf20) , spray, injections, patches etc.

The body and mind of a person are interrelated. If one’s body is afflicted with some defect, it is likely that the mind is affected by it in some way.

The interrelationship of mind and body are notable from the early years of a child. When a child is shy and withdrawn, physically he or she could also be timid and even weak, lacking the drive in any kind of physical activity. Even in games with playmates, the shyness and timidity of a child invariably shows and is quite evident compared to the aggressiveness of the others.

Many parents resort to signing their shy children up in dancing lessons to help them overcome their shyness and inhibitions. The well-trained dance instructors know their art well and make the children go through the dance training in a happy environment, thus leading to a more confident and sociable, growing teenager. Many mothers proudly talk about the amazing changes the children experience after weeks of attending their dancing lessons.

In the case of adults affected with physiological and psychological maladies, dance/movement therapy has become a major tool in their treatment. This means that dancing as an activity helps in the psychotherapeutic treatment and improvement of the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social condition of the individual. Mental health, rehabilitation centers, medical institutions and nursing homes now use dance/movement therapy for the “happy” healing of their wards.

The dance/movement therapist focuses on the movement behavior and the physical exercise of a patient. With the dancing, the physically active patient is most likely happy too, thus automatically undergoing some of the psychological healing that is needed.

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