Women who are successful in the workplace maybe damaging their chances of having children, a study has found.
Career women tended to have androgynous body shapes that indicated higher levels of androgens rather than oestrogen, which is vital for getting pregnant.
Women are more shapely figures have more oestrogen.
Working women’s androgens included male hormone testosterone that is linked with strength and competitiveness.
It has been found that a woman’s waist-to-hip ratio was related to the balance of hormones that affected their fertility.
Hormonal profile associated with a high waist-to-hip ration may favor success in some stressful and difficult circumstances where women must work hard there are well-known costs.
Women may suffer lower fertility and possibly lower attractiveness to men who may have an innate preference for curviness.

Gym junkies are fighting a losing battle against obesity, say scientists.
Aussie researchers have blamed the world’s obesity epidemic on people eating more and not on people exercising less.
Obesity epidemic could have been avoided if people simply ate less.
Changes in physical activity played a minimal role.
Scientists found evidence to suggest people were actually exercising more now.
Food intake still explains the weight gain, but there may have been increases in physical activity over 30 years that have blunted what would otherwise have been a higher weight gain.

Swine flu virus has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and infected people in the US and Europe, as the world moved closer to its first flu pandemic in 40 years.

The last outbreak, a “Hong Kong” flu pandemic in 1968, killed about million people.

What is Swine Flu?

Based on Wikipedia description, Swine influenza (also swine flu) refers to influenza caused by any strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (swine). Strains endemic in swine are called swine influenza virus (SIV).

Swine flu is common in swine and rare in humans. People who work with swine, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine influenza if the swine carry a strain able to infect humans. However, these strains rarely are able to pass from human to human. Rarely, SIV mutates into a form able to pass easily from human to human. The strain responsible for the 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans (a strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1) is believed to have undergone such a mutation.

In humans, the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. The strain responsible for the 2009 swine flu outbreak in most cases causes only mild symptoms and the infected person makes a full recovery without requiring medical attention and without the use of antiviral medicines.

Of the three genera of human flu, two are endemic also in swine: Influenzavirus A (common) and Influenzavirus C (rare). Influenzavirus B has not been reported in swine. Within Influenzavirus A and Influenzavirus C, the strains endemic to swine and humans are largely distinct.

Prevention of spread in humans

Recommendations to prevent spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public. Vaccines against the H1N1 strain in the 2009 human outbreak are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.

Experts agree that hand-washing can help prevent viral infections, a surprisingly effective way to prevent all sorts of diseases, including ordinary influenza and the new swine flu virus. Influenza can spread in coughs or sneezes, but an increasing body of evidence shows little particles of virus can linger on tabletops, telephones and other surfaces and be transferred via the fingers to the mouth, nose or eyes. Alcohol-based gel or foam hand sanitizers work well to destroy viruses and bacteria. Anyone with flu-like symptoms such as a sudden fever, cough or muscle aches should stay away from work or public transportation and should see a doctor to be tested.

Social distancing is another tactic. It means staying away from other people who might be infected and can include avoiding large gatherings, spreading out a little at work, or perhaps staying home and lying low if an infection is spreading in a community.

Continuation from my previous post.

Physiologically tissue salts are completely safe. Toxicity is not possible at such microscopic concentration, i,e. one part per million.

There are NO side effects like those experienced when taking some pharmaceutical drugs. However, on rare occasions an individual may experience oversensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to a tissue salt in the same way as is possible with food or any harmless substance that is ingested.

In acute illnesses there can be sometimes be a brief and short-lived increase in intensity of symptoms after administering tissue salts. This is a sign that the disease process is moving rapidly to completion, and discomfort of the condition will soon be resolved. For example, in fever and inflammatory condition s it occasionally happens that after taking appropriate tissue salts,symptoms may briefly intensify, say for half an hour in the case of a child’s fever,* and then rapidly improve as the disease quickly approaches resolution. Disease processes are allowed to run a natural course, the harmonious balance and better general health is ensured. Because of tissue salt form. Anyone can safely prescribe for minor ailments, gaining experience and knowledge towards more and more effective therapy. Of course, for serious illness, or if there are doubts as to the nature or direction of any illnesses, please do not hesitate to contact your qualified practitioners regarding symptoms.

How long it is necessary to keep taking them?
The length of time one needs to take tissue salts is directly related to the length of time a health problem has existed. A very conservative estimate has been allowing one month’s treatment with tissue salts for every year of the problem has been in existence. This estimate may seem even more conservative given the fact that more than one tissue salt is used in most treatments, combined with other supportive measures and health modalities. Nevertheless it is a reminder that true cure come through a process, not a miracle!

How many can be taken at a time?
In general between and 5 tissue salts are prescribe in an individual treatment for long-standing problems. For acute problems of recent origin fewer are prescribed as the symptoms usually much more well-defined. One or two remedies will often be clearly indicated.
The bottom line is this: tissue salts are prescribed to bring certain minerals back into proper balance in the body. It is not a matter of covering all possible options by prescribing all twelves salts. A prescriber’s skill lies in recognizing which minerals are out of balance in the body based on presenting symptoms, the only reliable guide. Best results are achieved by following this rationale.

How do I prescribe for acute illness?
In acute conditions where disease has developed suddenly–sudden fevers,* sudden gut or muscle pain,* physical trauma,* or for short-term conditions–head or cold and ‘flu etc. lasting a few hours or a few days, tissue salts are administered frequently. Remedies are taken at least 4 times daily, and very often every 2 hours. They can be safety taken at 10 minute intervals in acute conditions. There are usually no need to continue once N cute episode is over.

How do I prescribe for chronic (long term) illness?
In chronic or long term health problems such as recurring infections, periodic headaches or migraines, rheumatic and arthritic problems, or long term respiratory, circulatory and skin conditions, tissue salts are usually taken 4 times daily for a number of months, the period of treatment depending on the length of time the problem has existed, and on the depth of the problem.

In long term tissue salt treatment there may be occasional ‘acute’ episodes of illness. In this case it is sometimes best to stop for a time and either administer appropriate tissue salts for the current acute episode until symptoms subside, or if discomfort is not too severe, simply wait and allow it to run its brief course. Then resume long term treatment. Remember that tissue salts are always working with and supporting the body to achieve a better state of health. When acute episodes occur, it is the body’s healing wisdom allowing an exacerbation of symptoms as a necessary stage on the path to a better quality of health. For example, someone who has suffered chronic sinus congestion may, in the initial stages of treatment of tissue salts, experience a few days of fluent nasal discharge. This can be understood as drainage of a chronically congested area of the body, and in most cases the person actually feels better despite temporary inconvenience.

It should be noted that the same tissue salt can be indicated in both acute and long term conditions.Symptoms will be the guide.

Have you heard this word Tissue Salt? It’s my first time too. My friend told me about this interesting thing which can help a lot when it comes our health. She even lend me the book of Mark Wells, B.Sc., N.D. entitled 12 Dynamic Elements of Good Health. Who am I to refuse to read such good book of health information? So while reading the book, I’m writing here at the same time so that I can share it to all of you.

Tissue salts are inorganic mineral substances, exactly the same as those which compose our earth and its soils. Dr W. H. Schuessler, an eminent 19t century German homoeopathic physician, regarded them as the material basis of the organs and tissues of the body. He came to this conclusion when he found that after combustion, these salts form the ashes of human tissue. He believed that their presence in correct balance in living tissue is a prerequisite for good homoeopaths since early in the 19th century, but it was Dr. Schuessler who in the 1870s elevated them to the status of a complete system of healing.

How are they prepared?
Dr. Schuessler’s original method of preparation is still used today. This process is called trituration, and was devised by homoeopaths as a means of rendering insoluble substances soluble. It invloves hand-grinding mineral salts in lactose over six successive ‘attenuations’ of 1 part in 10. Attennuation aims at dispersing a small amount of solid throughout a powdered medium the way dilution disperses substances throughout a liquid medium. The end result is a microscopic amount of potentised tissue salt.

How do tissue salts differ from other minerals?
In their crude state, for example as they occur in some foods, minerals are found as tightly-packed concentrates, not easily assimilated ‘as is’ by cell tissues: they must be broken down in the gut. However, digestive systems of individuals differ in their capacity to do this, and so absorption of mineral salts is variable. The process of hand grinding or trituration frees and disperses minerals–a sort of molecular redistribution–within a neutral medium. Trituration and attenuation appear to make mineral more acceptable to individual cells by approaching more closely the minute concentrations in which they already exist within the cell.
In other words, in tissue salt form, minerals require no more breaking down and are in effect ‘predigested’. In cases of deficiency or improper metabolism of particular minerals, administration of tissue salts will significantly increase uptake by cells and improve efficiency of utilization.

What can they do?
According to Dr. Schuessler, any disturbance in uptake metabolism of the twelve essential mineral salts can lead to deficiency or relative imbalance within cells. This leads to disease conditions such as coughs, colds, asthma, gastrointestinal disturbances, circulatory disorders, slow healing and tendency to infection, skin disorders, hair and nail deterioration, hormonal imbalance, headache, insomnia, nerve-related problems, fatigue etc. All these disease conditions have been successfully treated by administration of appropriate tissue salts, rectifying deficiency and reestablishing proper mineral balance in body tissues.

How are they administered? How often and when?
Tissue salts are administered as a homoeopathically prepared micro dose, most commonly in the form of a lactose-calcium based pill, or in liquid form on an alcohol and distilled water base.

Tissue salts are most commonly taken 4 times daily, before meals and at bedtime. However, frequency of dose may vary according to individual circumstances.

It is best not to take the tissue immediately before or after food. If there is food or any strong flavor in the mouth at the same time as taking remedies orally it can do some degree inhibit efficient uptake. For best results chew the tissue salts tablet and let in remain in the mouth for around 30-60 seconds before swallowing. But for me I prepare the under tongue spray.

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The Aussie tradition of a steak on the barbecue is in the gun, after a major dietary study found people who eat red meat are more likely to die from cancer or heart attack.

Barbecuing red meat was also the cooking method that caused the most cancer causing “carcinogens”, experts have warned.

The US study looked at the diets of more than 500,000 people and a follow-up 10 years later found those who ate the most red, or processed, meat had a higher incidence of death.

Eating white meat – poultry or fish – did not have the same effect and was associated with a slightly decreased risk.

Cancer Council Australia chief executive Professor Ian Olver says that while the study could not be said to show that red meat caused cancer, the apparent link warranted further research.

“Such population studies demonstrate these relationships between red meat and cancer deaths but are not able to prove that one causes the other,” he says.

“With red meat, for example, the method of cooking is important.

“For example, more carcinogens would be expected to be produced from barbecue than by slow cooking (while) the other factor predisposing to cancer is the fat content of the meat.”

The research, produced as part of the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, is published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

The study raised the question of what role meat should play in the diet, says Mark Wahlqvist, Director of the Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre at Victoria’s Monash University.

He says that red meat in small amounts – even about an ounce or 30 grams daily – could make a significant difference to the risk of micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) deficiency.

“(But) the corollary is that a plant-based diet is a preferred orientation for food intake in the human species and many studies support this conclusion,” Professor Wahlqvist says.

Source:http://www.theage.com.au

Loneliness is as bad as for your health as smoking or obesity, it’s being warned.
Isolation could increase blood pressure, stress and the risk of depression, weaken the immune system and make it harder to sleep.
Loneliness can even sped up the progression of dementia, with regular socializing keeping the brain supple.
Loneliest people had blood pressure readings up to 30 points higher than gregarious types and equated the health divide to that between smokers ans non-smokers and gym-users and couch potatoes. It is better to have strong friendships than lots of acquaintances and that it had deep evolutionary roots.
When time takes its toll on the body, loneliness steepens that slope of descent.

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I’m a woman who always wanted to have a healthy shoe fetish. I love pampering my feet once a week even not going on a salon. Soak, scrub and massage are all I can do. But how good it is the feeling when somebody does it for you? Gosh I really love it. All you have to do is sit back and relax. That is why I got a monthly schedule with my beautician to do my foot care. She is really good and her massage is the best. If I told her that my foot has a sore feeling, she will use her Hot N Cold Roller and it relieves tension and restores the comfort once again. She just simply was adding warm water to one end of the roller and cold water to the other end. Placing one end under the foot and roll for one minute before reversing the tube and repeating the rolling action made my heel pain gone right away.
I love walking a lot, my family used to walk a lot. Long period of walking makes our feet tired and sometimes aching. Especially we women love to wear high heeled sandals or shoes just to look sexy. It always happens to me and sometimes I opted to buy sleepers when I can’t take the pain of long walking. So right after arriving home, I’ll immediately remove my shoes and sit down while rising up my feet against the wall. It eases the uncomfortable feeling. But still nothing beats the Hot N Cold therapy treatment for sore feet. I really love the feeling and after such treatment my foot looks more beautiful. If I were you, I’ll do it for some times because it’s healthy. Love and care your foot. Because without it, you can’t go anywhere easily.

If you get cancer today you are now more likely to survive it. New government research shows there has been a 30 per cent increase in five-year cancer survival rates since 1986. According to the Cancer Council here in Australia, 64 per cent of Australian women and 58 per cent of men have survived five years after a cancer diagnosis compared with 53 and 41 per cent respectively, between 1982 and 1986. The findings reflect the effectiveness of early detection and advances in chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. These treatments extend the lives of people who have been diagnosed with a range of cancers.