Bird Flu Virus (h5n1), Health Implications, Global Distribution Recommendations For Prevention Bird flu virus is fast becoming one of the main emerging viruses of the twenty-first century, threatening human health and wellbeing This virus was first discovered in Italy 100 years ago and is now found worldwide The virus shot into spotlight when human cases of the disease were reported in South East Asia and continues to pose a threat to the human population and if the proper corrective actions are not adopted in a timely ...

The Five Points Of Yoga! 5 Points Yoga To clarify the science of Yoga and make it easy for the majority of people, these universal principles are desired for the physical and the mental health of individuals as well as spiritual growth These 5 points are necessary (although you may not choose to follow the vegetarian diet, but should aspire to it) For optimal performance as a follower of yoga, these 5 principles constitute the essence of the teachings of Yoga Spirit Center 1 Proper Exercise (Asanas) Our physical ...

Know How You Can Conceal Your Hair Loss For many people, thinning hair is a reality that they would rather deal without No matter whether their hair loss is due to a medical condition, is hereditary or is stress related, many cope with trying to style limp, thinning tresses on a daily basis For these people the thoughts of their ever thinning hair are constantly on their mind when they go out into public or attend a special function The billion-dollar hair loss industry has shown that ...

The Best Benefits Of Yoga! The BENEFITS OF YOGA are truly unlimited Here are a few! * Increased Flexibility - yoga has positions used by various joints of the body including those joints that we are unaware of or haven't been used for other forms of exercise * Increasing Lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons - likewise, the well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body A body which may have been quite rigid starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts ...

Is Meditation For You? What Is Meditation? There are various types of meditation - such as TM (Transcendental Meditation), mindfulness meditation, and from the Eastern tradition, Zen meditation and Buddhist meditation Meditation uses such diverse methods as: Formal sitting in which the body is held immobile and the attention controlled Expressive practices , in which the body is let free and anything can happen eg, Siddha Yoga The practice of "Intentional Living" meditation is doing all you do mindfully and without stress Being in the moment and enjoying the ...

How To Overcome Smoking "Quit Smoking" is the slogan of the hour We all know that smoking is hazardous to health It has very severe ill effects like respiratory problems, lung cancer, breast cancer, bronchitis, emphysema, reproductory problems, etc It is thus the need of the hour that we should free our selves from the clutches of the deadly disease But it is not an easy task to actually quit smoking completely once a person has started it Smoking makes a person its slave and he becomes ...

Omega-3 Fatty Acids And Menopause Maintaining a proper balance of dietary fats may decrease the levels of bone loss associated with post-menopausal osteoporosis, according to a recent study by scientists at Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine Estrogen deficiency, which is common in post-menopausal women, is a main contributor to bone loss Research has found that diets with a low ratio of omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids can minimize this Omega-6 fatty acids are typically found in foods such as grains and beef, ...

Breast Cancer, Not Just For Women According to the American Cancer Society, eight out of ten women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer And men are not exempt It affects more of us then we can ever imagine Since there had been no history in my maternal family line of breast cancer, I felt I was at a very small to no risk Of course, it would never happen to me On my father's side of the family, there were two sisters with breast cancer, one ...

Arthritis News Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis affecting 16 million Americans usually over the age of 40 This condition begins gradually with the deterioration of joint cartilage, the cushion between bones causing stiffness As deterioration increases the bones rub causing spurs, then the spurs grind together causing pain Osteoarthritis is considered neither preventable or curable but many advances have been made in efforts to slow the advancement of the disease Studies have shown Glucosamine as a major cartilage building supplement that has proven effective and the ...

What Is The Most Powerful Drug You Can Take? How would you like to take a drug with no side effects that would give you an appropriate balance of "good" and "bad" eicosanoids? First of all you might say what the heck is eicosanoids? I am going to try and explain a little to you about eicosanoids in this article and other articles to come But for now I will talk just a little bit about this drug we can take without any fancy prescription from ...