Salman, Author at Healthoma

Drinking Alcohol in Excess Is the Road to Ruin

The demon drink is a curse that so many people succumb to. It can be classed as a severe illness that is caused by the regular consumption of alcohol.

Once started on the rocky road of alcoholism there is no turning back and the only way to beat it is to stop drinking entirely. Alcohol causes drunkenness when consumed in quantities and people have different limits as to the amount they can drink before the effects of the alcohol hits them.

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The Lean Label to be Used for More Food Products

How many of us really read and understand food labels? Food labeling has always been tricky. Often the terminology can be misleading.

For example, a zero calorie food might have up to five calories. That might not be enough calories to make any noticeable difference however it is a surprise to unsuspecting buyers. Shouldn’t zero mean none?

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Binge Eating Disorder Affects 3 Percent of Americans

A new study shows that 3 percent of Americans are classified as having a binge eating disorder problem, or disorder.

It is typical for those with BED to gorge on food, at least twice a week, despite feeling disgusted with themselves, until they are beyond full and can’t eat anymore.

Most typical binge eaters report feeling a loss of control, as though they can’t stop eating.

And they do it over and over again, even though they wish they could stop. It’s common for them to binge eat for emotional reasons, such as being angry or upset, but one scoop of ice cream becomes a craving for more and more until the refrigerator is empty.

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What Is Hyperhidrosis?

Most of us have faced situations where our palms and armpits have become damp with sweat due to nervousness or worry.

Imagine, however, if this were a chronic condition and you sweated excessively in some particular parts of your body beyond what is normal for the human body.

Normally, people sweat to keep the temperature of the body steady at a normal level during exercise or when they have fever or in hot weather.

People suffering from hyperhidrosis, however, sweat more than normal even when they are not exercising or are healthy or the weather is not hot. This kind of excessive sweating can be either focal or generalized sweating. Continue reading “What Is Hyperhidrosis?”

Earache Remedies

Earache should not be taken casually. It can’t be because the shooting pain is so difficult to bear that people do run to the doctor as soon as they experience it. Continue reading “Earache Remedies”

Recognizing Penile Cancer Symptoms and Treating It

Penile cancer is rare in the United States, affecting about one in 100,000 men, and this rarity is attributed to the practice of circumcision at birth.

Men in South American countries and in India are more likely to develop this cancer. Penile cancer develops slowly and, if discovered early, can be cured.

The cancer grows along the shaft of the penile or the head or foreskin. Men generally do not seek medical help even if they experience symptoms until the cancer has developed to a later stage. Continue reading “Recognizing Penile Cancer Symptoms and Treating It”

Antioxidants Found in Tea Are A Must For Healthy Skin

Skin is the envelope of our body. It performs many important functions like external protection, regulation of temperature, sensory detection, and toxin removal to make a few.

Quality of skin’s texture and look depend on its exposure to polluted and harmful environmental, diet and topical care.

To have a healthy looking skin, care and nourishment play an important role.

We should keep an important thing in mind while nourishing and pampering our skin and that by giving appropriate and adequate care to skin cells during their earliest stages of development, so that the older cells look and function at their optimum best.

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Medicine Combinations to Avoid

Most of us have medicines box at home and self-help remedies to treat common ailments such as upset stomach, headache, fever and some common aches and pains that are heard of in the day-to-day life.

People who take these medicines by following dosage instructions, the side effects are minimal and mild and they do feel relieved from the discomfort.

The problems start when people start to select a combination of more than one medicine because they notice multiple symptoms.

But this choosing of combination medicines complicates the matter further and chances are there that such a combination proves to be a harmful medicine combination. Continue reading “Medicine Combinations to Avoid”

Things You Should Not Do After Meals Must Read for All

Things you should not do after meals and we read enough about what to eat, calorie and sugar free diet etc.

Hygiene, organic, fat-less and what not there is another side to eating. What not to do after eating. It’s important to know things we should do and things that we shouldn’t. I will list them point wise with a little explanation.

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Post Nasal Drip Treatment

Our body produces a certain amount of mucus that is thin, light, and colorless everyday that keeps our nasal passage moist and protects Continue reading “Post Nasal Drip Treatment”