Tag: Mental health

Benefits of Yoga: 4 reasons why practicing Yoga should be your New Year’s resolution

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Yoga is quite an indigenous practice and can prove to be really helpful in weight loss, or just keeping the body healthy. Breathing exercises and stretching involved in Yoga can really help in staying healthy. New Year’s Eve calls for celebration and a New Year’s resolution. If you are looking for ideas for a New Year’s resolution, you can consider a lot of things – especially a healthy New Year’s resolution because your health may have taken a back seat in 2018, and it may be time to bring it…

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Here’s why excessive screen time is harmful for your kid

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Smartphones and watching television is associated with heightened levels and diagnoses of anxiety or depression in children as young as age two. Parents, take note! A recent study has highly recommended reduced screen time for the well being of kids. According to the findings of the San Diego State University, too much time spent on gaming, smartphones and watching television is associated with heightened levels and diagnoses of anxiety or depression in children as young as age two. The study has been published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports. Even…

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Depression: How to deal with it naturally

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Depression is first characterized by denial followed by anger. People do not accept that they suffer from depression; they brush it off as just a low point in their life. New Delhi: Depression is world`s leading illness and is one of the major reasons for suicides globally, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The story in India is no different.Everyone gets depressed at some point or other in life. On this note, there is a difference between feeling low for a short period and clinical depression. The good news is,…

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Excess use of smartphones may make you susceptible to mental health issues

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Excess smartphone usage can lead to mental problems in adolescents. New Delhi: They say excess of everything is bad and a new research done by researchers just proves it right. Excess smartphone usage can lead to mental problems in adolescents. “Also, on days at-risk adolescents use technology more, they experience more conduct problems and higher ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) symptoms compared to days they use technology less,” said lead author of the study Madeleine George from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, US. The research, published in the journal Child Development,…

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