Stress Relief: Why Am I Stressed & What are Stress Related Symptoms

Why you should know something about stress While moderate amount of stress is essential for normal growth and maturation, excessive stress combined with poor coping and managing invariably leads to loss of tranquility of mind; emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression; and physical disorders such as obesity, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and many other disorders. Stressed-out people often resort to drinking alcohol, taking street drugs smoking cigarette and overeating, gambling and promiscuous sex in a futile attempt to cope with their stress, not to…

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World Autism Awareness Day: Speech therapy for autistic kids

As tomorrow is World Autism Awareness Day (2nd April), we tell you why speech therapy is crucial for an autistic child and how this therapy works Autism is a developmental disorder which impairs your child’s ability to interact with others apart from affecting his other cognitive capabilities. The symptoms can be witnessed in kids by the age of 2. According to a 2018 study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, in India, one out of every eight children under the age of 10 suffers from at least one neurodevelopment disorder. Autistic children face difficulty…

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MYTHS ABOUT DEPRESSION THAT ARE NOT TRUE

Depression is a mood disorder that drains you off hope, motivation and energy and keeps you in a consistent feeling of sadness. Clinically, there may be a wide range of causes for depression ranging from disturbed sleep, hormones, inheritance, brain chemistry or biological differences. ? Depression is much more common than we think and most of us will have some form of depressive illness  at least once in our lifetime. Here Are Some Myths About Depression That Are Totally Baseless: Ⓜ MYTH : DEPRESSION IS NOT AN ILLNESS, BUT A STATE…

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Swine Flu Cases Soar Again: Spot the Symptoms Early and Bolster Up Your Diet

Swine flu is on rise again. As per the official figures, close to 600 people have succumbed to the debilitating disease this year with the major chunk of mortality recorded in Maharashtra – almost 50% of the total national swine flu death count. As per a PTI report, a total of 12,460 registered swine-flu cases have been reported this year versus 1,786 cases reported last year. The death toll has seen a two-fold rise this year as compared to the previous year. Close to 320 H1N1 cases have been reported…

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