Can oxygen
injections protect you from air pollution?
Drug injections are fine but oxygen injections? As the air
pollution keeps getting worse, this is the future to protect yourself from
airborne diseases.
Scientists are now developing ways to administer oxygen
intravenously through gas-filled microparticles.
The injectable oxygen can save patients with low oxygen
levels in blood or those who need extra oxygen delivered to organs at risk for
failure.
‘Injectable oxygen has actually been in development for a
while now,’ said lead author John Kheir, a staff physician at Boston Children’s
Hospital and pediatrics instructor at Harvard Medical School.
The injection was first tested on rabbits whose breathing
tubes were blocked for 15 minutes.
All the rabbits treated with the oxygen injection, except
one, survived without a single breath and none had organ injuries, media
reports said.
‘We are trying to optimise the injection’s shelf life and
performance,’ Kheir was quoted as saying.
Source: http://health.india.com
19.04.2014
Can yoga beat
infertility?
Too much stress may cause
infertility among women, says a new research. An expert suggests that yoga and
meditation could help in battling with the problem. Former science teacher and
yoga therapist, Aliona Salaru says that stress affects the normal hormone
balance in women’s body and can result in major inconception, reports
femalefirst.co.uk.
‘Trying to become
pregnant can add even more pressure to an already stressed women. In the modern
world, women often switch into chronic stress, resulting in many possible
imbalances, including adrenal depletion, thyroid over or under function and
shifts in sexual hormone balance, resulting in sexual dysfunction,’ said
Salaru.
The expert also suggests
that yoga breathing techniques combined with yoga postures are known not only
to be an effective stress reliever but also a tool to habitually ease the
symptoms of anxiety. So, how exactly yoga helps to destress? Researchers at
University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) published a study revealing that:
‘Using simple daily meditations reduced the stress levels of people who care
for those stricken by Alzheimer’s and dementia.’
‘Practicing a certain type of meditation for
just 12-minute daily for eight weeks led to a reduction in the biological
mechanisms responsible for an increase in the immune system’s inflammation
response. Inflammation, if constantly activated, can contribute to a multitude
of chronic health problems.’ It said: ‘Yoga practice is well-known for
optimising the work of the endocrine system, thereby balancing the hormones.
Practicing yoga will bring more blood to the pelvis, improving the sexual
health, whilst mindful breathing will shut the constant chatter of the mind,
decrease the heart rate and instantly relax.’
Source: http://health.india.com
19.04.2014
Do not be so sweet that people will eat you up, not so bitter that they
will spit you out
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