Life HAND BOOK 2010

Health:
1.       Drink plenty of water.
2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is  manufactured in plants.
4.       Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5.       Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6.       Play more games.
7.       Read more books than you did in 2009.
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9.       Sleep for 7 hours.
10.     Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day.. And while you walk, smile.
 
Personality:
11.    Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12.    Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.More...

When it comes to health insurance plans, most of us have learnt it the hard way! That's where reading the policy fineprint comes handy, especially the diseases excluded from the plan (exclusions). 
 
An exclusion is a statement in an insurance policy which describes a condition or type of loss not covered under the policy. It is an exception to the general statement of policy coverage. For instance, hospital cash plans do not cover dental treatment or surgery, pregnancy-related treatment, childbirth, etc. More...

Men who drink a litre of cola every day could be harming their sperm count, according to a new Danish study.

On an average, these men's sperm counts were almost 30 percent lower than those who didn't drink cola, reports dailymail.co.uk.

While the sperm count would still be considered normal by the World Health Organisation, men with fewer sperm generally have a higher risk of being infertile.

The link is unlikely to be due to caffeine, the researchers say, because coffee did not have the same effect. Instead, other ingredients in the beverage or an unhealthy lifestyle could be involved.More...

Methamphetamines are drugs that act as a stimulant on the central nervous system (CNS). This category of drugs are sometimes used as scheduled medication for the treatment of conditions like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or narcolepsy. However the narcotic methamphetamine or ‘meth’ is usually concentrated and produced in illegal make-shift laboratories known as meth labs.More...

Causes of Chronic, Constant Severe HeadacheSomatisation disorder: psychological problems may result in true or imaginary severe headache and other complaints
Temporal arteritis is an inflammation of the temporal artery. Symptoms include:
Chronic one-sided headache and extreme tenderness
Low-grade fever
Carotidynia is an inflammation of the carotid artery with (1):
One-sided throbbing pain and tenderness in the neck and head
Brain tumor or cyst symptoms may develop slowly over several months and may include:
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Numbness and tingling in the hands, fingers and extremities is a symptom of diabetes caused by nerve damage known as diabetic neuropathies. This nerve damage is in turn caused by heightened levels of glucose in the blood which is the main symptom of both types of diabetes. The exact mechanism through which prolonged exposure to glucose causes nerve damage is unknown but currently being researched. It may be a result of the direct effect that glucose has on the nerves, or it may be that the result of other effects such as poor circulation. It is likely that it is a combination of factors that varies from case to case. More...

There is very likely a machine in your gym that you've never tried. It's usually sitting unoccupied, or perhaps being filled by a middle-aged soccer mom. It has two settings, and can be used quite painfully to add leg definition and mass. Using it feels and often looks awkward, and you will struggle with only a little bit of weight. It's called the leg abductor/adductor machine. And you should be using it. More...

It takes time to lose weight and if you are patient enough you will be able to achieve your goal. As a kid growing up I used to be overweight and this really affected my childhood, because by the time I was thirteen years I was suffering from self esteem issues. You can not even try to imagine how gory my childhood experience was; you had to be there to see it. I can not wish someone to undergo the experience I underwent through when I was a childhood. By the time I was twenty two I had finally decided that it was time I lost my weight.

Below are some of the things you need to do in order to lose weight;
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US researchers considered whether depression and stress were pushing up blood pressure but found they were only partly responsible.

"Loneliness behaved as though it is a unique health-risk factor in its own right," said Louise Hawkley, of the research team from Chicago University.

She said living alone did not necessarily mean people were lonely, as some people appeared to have busy lives and a good social network but still felt lonely, which puts them at risk.

Previous research has suggested that individuals who feel alone are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as those who experienced little loneliness.

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Munching on tangy fruits can help you stay slim, reveals a new study. The study conducted on mice showed that the juice of the blood orange stopped them from piling on weight when fed a high-fat diet.

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