9/16/2017 0 Comments Fluctuating Weight May Affect Your Blood Pressure; Try These Foods to Keep HealthyObesity is a cause of quite some health problems that you shouldn't ignore; one of them being blood pressure. According to the research presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Hypertension, AHA Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, American Society of Hypertension Joint Scientific Sessions 2017 in San Francisco, your fluctuating weight can influence blood pressure. The study looked at the impact of five health behaviours on blood pressure levels over a 25 year period.
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9/7/2017 0 Comments Surfacing too quickly from the ocean causes diver to swell up to double his sizeDiving into the depths of the ocean may sound fun but one also needs to be extremely careful before taking the plunge. The bends or decompression sickness affecting people while diving can cause joint pain and breathing problems, but in extreme conditions it can leave a person terribly deformed.
A fisherman in Peru suffered a shocking case of the bends after surfacing too quickly from a dive as his arms and hest ballooned. The man who dived to collect creatures from the sea floor has gained around 30 kg as doctors try to treat the deformity. Tobacco not only causes cancer, its prolonged consumption may also lead to blindness, and often such cases are irreversible, doctors at AIIMS said on Friday. They also said studies have shown that those who smoke tobacco, significantly increase their risk of developing cataract compared to nonsmokers. Smoking or chewing tobacco over five to 10 years affects the optic nerve which may lead to visual loss, the doctors said. "Often such cases of blindness are irreversible. People know that smoking and chewing of tobacco causes heart disease and cancer, but vision loss and other eye problems due to tobacco are not widely known," said Dr Atul Kumar, chief of Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences in AIIMS. |
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