By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Air, water, food — and some would argue sex — are key ingredients to human survival. In reality, there should be another “s” word in that list: sleep. We’re supposed to get between seven and 10 hours of sleep each night, depending on our age, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that a third of Americans sleep fewer than seven hours a night. It’s a global problem too. “Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to…
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World No tobacco day: UP to target heart health & Superfoods to deal with withdrawal symptoms
By: Shailvee Sharda To discourage the use of tobacco among youths, state health department has decided to focus impact of tobacco consumption on health of heart in its IEC campaigns. This is significant considering that one in three adults in the state consume tobacco as per data from health ministry. Citing data from world health organisation on the eve of world no tobacco day, health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said over two million persons die of cardiovascular disease caused by tobacco consumption. “Since, tobacco is a dual killer, we have decided to launch a targeted…
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Cancer And Some Of The Major Causes It – Urbanatural Cancer is one of the diseases which still scares people and to some extent is still a mystery to all. Although medical science has made significant improvement over the years, still Cancer is a disease which frightens and worries people even till date. When the cells experience uncontrolled and abnormal growth in any body part, it can lead to Cancer. But not to worry, as many Cancer treating medicines have come up in the market and these can ordered easily…
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