Why cancer screening should scare you more than the cancer itself
Cancer screening is detecting cancer through various tests, before the disease manifests itself through tell-tale symptoms. As early detection typically implies a better prognosis, cancer screening is part of nearly all periodic health exams.
Standard cancer screening methods fall in 4 broad categories:
Physical exam
Laboratory tests
Imaging procedures
Genetic tests
These methods, although well established and mainstream means of...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
Aug 27th, 2009
Bhastrika is the first among seven recommended pranayamas. Bhastrika translates to “bellows breath” as this pranayama involves deep and forceful inhalataion and exhalation that mimics the forceful air intake and exhaust of bellows.
Benefits of Bhastrika:
Bhastrika invigorates the mind instantly. 2 minutes on Bhastrika would take away all your gloom and revitalize you.
Regular...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
Aug 27th, 2009
Autopilot system is not just for aircraft. We, humans come equipped with an advanced AutoPilot system as well; far better than any modern aircraft might have. This system takes control of us before our birth and remains in-charge till the end of life.
Known as Autonomic nervous system(ANS), this AutoPilot controls our heart rate, digestion, respiration rate, salivation, perspiration etc. Whereas most...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
Aug 16th, 2009
Let’s assume you had a small car accident. It was not your fault but nevertheless, your car has a minor dent that needs to be repaired. You go to the repair shop and ask for an estimate. After carefully checking the situation and doing certain tests to gauge the severity of the damage, the mechanic comes up with a proposal.
The proposal goes something like this – “I’ve no idea...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
Jun 3rd, 2009
At age 9, Demi-Lee Brennan, of Kiama, Australia got seriously sick. So sick, that her liver got severely damaged and she needed a liver transplant to survive. Doctors treating her are not yet certain what caused her liver to fail during this illness but believe it to be the handiwork of an unidentified virus.
Luckily, a donor was found and Demi underwent a liver transplant soon after.
Changed blood...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
Jun 1st, 2009
Does thinking, just thinking about a funny event make us feel better?
It does! A study at Loma Linda university confirmed.
Dr. Lee Berk, the team’s lead researcher divided 16 healthy volunteers in two groups. Experiment group was told that they would be watching a funny movie. The other group was not.
“Blood drawn from experimental subjects just before they watched the video had 27 percent...
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Vishwas Madhuvarshi on
May 19th, 2009
A young woodcutter asked for a job with the foreman of a logging crew and got it. The salary and work conditions were very good. So, woodcutter was determined to do his best.
Boss gave him an axe and asked to start Monday. On Monday, the woodcutter fell 18 trees. Boss was very happy and appreciated woodcutter’s effots.
Motivated by boss’ appreciation, the woodcutter tried harder Tuesday,...