Salman, Author at Healthoma

Blood Pressure and the Dangers of Salt

Salt is something we all need in our diet but the intake of too much salt is dangerous to our health.

Salt can raise your blood pressure and people with high blood pressure are three times more likely to develop heart disease or suffer from a stroke than a person with a low intake of salt.

The problem with blood pressure is that most people don’t even realize they have it. Because of this it can be called the silent killer, even if you feel fit and healthy it is always worth going for a blood pressure check at least once or twice a year, it is a simple procedure that takes no more than three or four minutes. Continue reading “Blood Pressure and the Dangers of Salt”

How a Good Night’s Sleep Affects Our Memory?

Losing sleep for any reason cannot be justified and getting a good night’s sleep affects our memory and can result in stress, lack of concentration, mood swings, lower motivation and fatigue.

To steer clear of different sleep disorders it’s important that we get proper sleep. More than seventy five percent of people suffering from depression result from some kind of sleep problem.

In today’s times one of the most common problems is sleep deprivation. Better Sleep Council surveyed a thousand adults and discovered that more than 25 percent of them agreed to not getting proper sleep at night. Continue reading “How a Good Night’s Sleep Affects Our Memory?”

The Intricacies of Pain Management

Pain management is one of psychological self curing management which we can control if we want to.

Pain is of different kinds such as acute pain that you feel intensely; somatic pain or pain from skin and muscles that is a result of a fall or being hit by an object.

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The Ins and Outs of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Research shows that around 80% of all lung cancers are the non-small cell kind. Non-small cell lung cancer or NSCLC can be of three types itself, namely squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, and adinocarcinoma. In NSCLC cancer cells develop in lung tissue.

Smoking is the number one cause of all kinds of lung cancer and inhaling secondhand smoke also increases the risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer can also be caused by environmental toxins, high air pollution levels, and contact with asbestos, soot, tar, and arsenic. A combination of these risk factors increases the chance of someone developing NSCLC. Continue reading “The Ins and Outs of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”

Timely Diagnosis of Lung Cancer – The Silent Killer

About Lung Cancer: The Australian Lung Foundation chairman, thoracic physician Dr Bob Edwards says that lung cancer is a silent killer. Lung cancer may be virtually without symptoms until it’s reached advanced stage. Diagnosis of lung cancer to the victim feels like a death sentence and it drains the patient of all the courage and determination to deal with the disease.

Risk Factors of Lung Cancer: Approximately 90 percent of all Americans who are diagnosed with this type of cancer are have been smokers at some point o time in their lives or they still do.

People who have never smoked are very less likely to get affected with lung cancer. At the same time it is worth remembering that living with a smoker, working in a an environment full of smoke and being exposed to certain chemicals like, radon, asbestos, arsenic, or radioactive dust etc. increase this cancer risk. Continue reading “Timely Diagnosis of Lung Cancer – The Silent Killer”

Kidney Cancer Delved Into

The size of a fist, shaped like a bean and situated on either side of your spine in your lower abdomen–these ,are your kidneys. They form part of the urinary tract and are responsible for removing waste from your body. Like any other organ in the body, kidneys too can develop cancer and the most common kind is renal cell carcinoma.

Renal cell carcinoma occurs in adults and starts in the cells lining the tubes in the kidney.

Transitional cell carcinoma affecting the renal pelvis is another type of kidney cancer. The kidney cancer that affects children is known as Wilms tumor and requires a different kind of treatment. Continue reading “Kidney Cancer Delved Into”

Are Blood Sugar And Cancer Linked?

An early study by Swedish research group found that women who had blood sugar were at an increased risk of getting cancer than those who did not have blood sugar.

It found that whether or not women had diabetes, with blood sugar the risk of getting cancer was more as compared to people who did not suffer blood sugar.

But later with more researches it was found that men and women both were at an increased risk of getting some typical types of cancer if they had sugar. Cancers like, pancreatic cancer, urinary tract cancer, and the most dangerous form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma. People with high blood sugar are more likely to be affected by it than those with no or low blood sugar levels. Continue reading “Are Blood Sugar And Cancer Linked?”

Is It Sugar or Honey?

The vast value of honey has been known since ancient times, as evidenced in the Bible and other documents. Unfortunately, sugar has become the primary sweetener in today’s society, leaving honey in its historical dust.

Does it matter? Is sugar one of those great technical advancements of our time? Is honey just another type of sweetener?

All right, we always hear things about sugar being bad for us, and our craving for sweets is often associated with unhealthy lifestyles. So, what’s the deal, why do crave something that’s bad for us? Is it our fault? Continue reading “Is It Sugar or Honey?”

Oral Hygiene Before, During and After Chemotherapy

While discussing the after effects or side effects of chemotherapy during cancer, hair loss and nausea are what comes to our minds most often. But there is more to it and therefore it is worth knowing that other than the above two there are many other side effects to chemotherapy. Continue reading “Oral Hygiene Before, During and After Chemotherapy”

Skin Care Against Cancer

Skin cancer has become one of the most common cancers and usually occurs with light colored skin.

The parts of the skin that are highly affected are the ones that are directly exposed to the sun.

Prevention for this type of cancer is relatively easy compared to the other forms of cancer. Your sun exposure should be minimized during midday between 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and sunscreen must be used.

Sunscreens or sunblocks are lotion that contain one or more chemicals which absorb and scatter UV rays.

A higher SPF (Sun Protection Factors) number of the sunscreen indicates a better protection of the skin.

Products containing zinc oxide or titanium oxide are the ones that can only totally block UV rays. If you are a person that has a very fair complexion, always burn and never tans, you should use SPF 15 or greater.

If you have fair complexion, always burn and tan minimally, you should use SPF 8-15. If you have light to medium complexion and you burn moderately and tan gradually, you should use SPF 6-8. Continue reading “Skin Care Against Cancer”