Health Jockey

The nomenclature and classification of diseases has kept on changing as per our understanding and diseases evolution. The word cancer has been introduced in modern science only a decade ago. Naturally one can not expect to find the exact synonym of word cancer in ayurvedic texts, but a very near word called ‘ARBUDA’, meaning tumor appears in the vedic literature.

There is one more word called ‘SUDHTA VARNA’ meaning malignant ulcer is also described in the vedic scripture. In addition, special names are given to various cancers, depending on the site of origin e.g., valaya, balasa, shataghni and mansatana are the names of some cancers of throat. Yonikanda is the name of vaginal or cervical tumor or cancer. Sannipatika pandu includes leukemia.

The word ARBUDA literally means mountain, which is a tumor like elevation on the surface of earth. It is divided into:

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“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease”- goes a famous Buddhist quote. In case you have trouble self authorizing your health, we are here to do it for you. So if you happened to have missed out something important on the health front in this past week, fret not. Starting today, we promise to bring you top five health news of the week in the coming days that should keep you updated and alert regarding your health.

A weekly dose of good health with that dash of extra care will certainly keep away your worries. So get ready for a ride down memory lane for some significant happenings we witnessed this week.

The week started off in a high note with the revelation of a single jab to cure testicular cancer. Experts at the Southampton University suggest that the optimum method to fight one of the deadliest Read the rest of this story >>

Don’t we feel the summer getting hotter each year and the winter getting colder? Certainly moving towards rapidly changing climatic conditions, these changes among other hazards are also causing some harm to our health. They apparently bring with them a range of deadly diseases.

A new report released this week by health experts from the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reveals that higher temperatures and rainfall due to global warming may cause the spread of 12 deadly diseases into new regions around the world, raising the danger to humans and animals.

Making it clear, WCS President and CEO Dr Steven E Sanderson remarked, “The health of wild animals is tightly linked to the ecosystems in which they live and influenced by the environment surrounding them, and even minor disturbances can have far-reaching consequences on what diseases they might encounter and transmit as climate changes. Monitoring wildlife Read the rest of this story >>

If you have already suffered from a miscarriage and cant wait to get pregnant again-Beware! An alarming study conducted by researchers at the University of Aberdeen suggests that women on the rack of miscarriage have increased chances of dangerous complications in future pregnancies.

“This is the first study of its kind to assess the impact of an initial miscarriage on the next ongoing pregnancy. Previous work has focused on the consequences of three or more miscarriages, although for most women, a single miscarriage is far more likely. While for most women these risks are small, increased obstetric surveillance should not be restricted only to women with multiple miscarriages,” mentioned Dr Sohinee Bhattacharya, lead researcher from the Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women’s Health at the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.

The new study involving nearly 32,000 expectant mothers reveals that a single miscarriage Read the rest of this story >>

If you are pet person, we mean animals of course; you are going to enjoy this. Your pet it appears could be doing more than just giving you company in lonely days. Known to provide non-trivial health benefits like relieving stress and reducing heart attacks, pets could also be protecting you against serious diseases like cancer.

According to researchers from University of California, San Francisco, and Stanford University, also in California, a novel study reveals that people who own pets like cats and dogs have reduced chances of developing cancer by nearly a third. The study suggests that individuals who love animals have a really low susceptibility to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

A cancer of the immune system namely the lymphs, symptoms include swelling of lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin, fever, especially at night, weight loss and tiredness. Common in people whose immune system is weak, the cancer is exposure to allergens is believed Read the rest of this story >>

Is there anything safe these days? We mean is there something that doesn’t leave us with some kind of risk? The next in series to cause us potential damage are light saving bulbs. That’s right! Well they may be keeping the environment safe and could be saving energy, but they are supposedly bad for our health.

Up close exposure to green light bulbs actually puts us at greater risk of skin damage. That’s what the Health Protection Agency (HPA), a British government agency claim. They warn that close exposure to energy saving light bulbs may cause reddening of the skin and hence skin damage due to ultra violet light emissions.

Chief executive Justin McCracken, remarked, “At the exposure levels we are talking about, the worst effect that we believe there is as result of our investigation is that people could have some short-time reddening of their skin. We do not believe that these lights pose any significant Read the rest of this story >>

In case you get burnt the next time, don’t panic-just try some honey from your kitchen to treat your wounds. We know who doesn’t enjoy a sweet treatment? A new review claims that treating burns with kitchen honey may help your wounds heal much faster than a surgical dressing.

Honey, a sweet fluid produced by honey bees and derived from the nectar of flowers has been used since ancient days to treat a variety of ailments through topical application. The study, a systematic review by Cochrane researchers reveals that patients who have suffered a mild or moderate burn can use honey as an alternative to traditional dressings.

Lead researcher Dr Andrew Jull, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, reveals, “We’re treating these results with caution, but it looks like honey can help speed up healing in some burns. Health services should invest in treatments that have been shown to work. But, we will keep monitoring new research to Read the rest of this story >>

If you thought a man’s testicle are simply capable of producing sperms, think again! Human’s we must say have achieved mastery over technology with scientists now having discovered a novel way to create human stem cells from a man’s testicles. We are left in a lurch if it can actually conquer the embryonic stem cell complications.

According to researchers from Germany, sperm cells can be converted into stem cells to grow into muscles, nerve cells and other kinds of tissue. Diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson’s have been found to be treated by stem cells by replacing damaged or malfunctioning cells with custom-grown replacements.

Dr Thomas Skutella, who led the study at the Centre for Regenerative Biology and Medicine in Tuebingen, Germany, mentioned, “The advantage these cells have in comparison to embryonic stem cells is that there is no ethical problem with these cells and that they are natural.”

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Does your guy reach the end even before you’ve had the chance to really get going? Don’t blame the poor fellow if he does as this could just be in his genes. That’s right! A novel Dutch study claims that the faster a man ejaculates can be genetically determined.

A work of researchers at the Utrecht University, the study reveals that premature ejaculation (PE) is actually genetic. Led by Neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel Waldinger and Pharmacological Researcher Paddy Janssen, nearly 89 Dutch men with primary PE and 92 men with no history of the condition were involved in the study. The female partners of these subjects were asked to measure the time until ejaculation each time the couples had intercourse using a stopwatch.

Primary PE is a condition where the man has always suffered from primary ejaculation from his first sexual contact onwards.

Waldinger asserted, “This study Read the rest of this story >>

Quite often we tend to spit out food that tastes bitter, sometimes even feeling sick and throwing up. If you have experienced a similar feeling, here’s why. Its actually our gut tasting that can beat out poisons. That’s what a new study claims- our small intestine can sense bitter toxins in the food.

According to researchers at the University of California, Irvine a new study suggests that the small intestine is capable of sensing and reacting to bitter toxins in the food. It further reveals that the human intestine can detect potential poisons that may enter it and hence react to lower the harm they cause.

Earlier studies have shown that taste receptors similar to those on the tongue that help us differentiate between sweet and bitter tastes are also found in the small intestine. Tongue-based receptors send a message to the brain and those in the gut are believed to trigger other chemical signals that are involved in digestion.

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