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To most people, believing you smell when you don’t would probably seem like less of a problem than oozing a foul BO without noticing.
But for those suffering from olfactory reference syndrome — a false belief that you smell bad — the delusion can have serious consequences. So serious, in fact, that psychiatrists are now considering whether it should have its own entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — the bible for assessing mental woes.
“I think it’s a very secret and hidden disorder, because these patients tend to be very ashamed of themselves,” Dr. Katharine Phillips, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, told Reuters Health. “I have been so struck by the intense suffering that the patients experience.”
Phillips, who presented her findings Tuesday in New Orleans at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, said as many of two-thirds of her patients had thought about suicide. Many stay at home — repeatedly sniffing themselves, showering, and washing their clothes — because they are too ashamed to go out, thinking their mouth, armpits or genitals reek.
source www.reuters.com/news/health
Healthy adults who drink one to two glasses of alcohol per day have a smaller chance of developing one form of diabetes than those who abstain from alcohol, according to Dutch research published on Tuesday
The 10-year study of 35,000 adults, carried out by the National Institute for Public Health and Environment and Dutch medical and scientific centers, focused on Type 2 diabetes, The 10-year study of 35,000 adults, carried out by the National Institute for Public Health and Environment and Dutch medical and scientific centers, focused on Type 2 diabetes, Results showed that people who consumed alcohol moderately and met at least three of four conditions of a healthy lifestyle, had 40 percent less chance of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who abstained from alcohol completely.
Following adults between the ages of 20 and 70, the study defined moderate alcohol consumption as a maximum of one glass per day for women and two glasses per day for men.
The four conditions of a healthy lifestyle were defined as obesity prevention, adequate exercise, not smoking and a balanced diet.
“The results of the investigation show that moderate alcohol consumption can play a part in a health lifestyle to help reduce the risk of developing diabetes type 2,” scientific research group TNO, which helped carry out the analysis, said in a statement.
Type 2 diabetes, which is often caused by obesity, is the most common form of the disease that occurs when blood sugar levels are abnormally high, and affects more than 180 million adults worldwide.
source www.reuters.com/news/health
About half of the 65 million people in the United States who have high blood pressure now have it under control, up from 27 percent two decades ago, U.S.
But the overall rate of Americans who have high blood pressure has not changed in recent years, reflecting the need for better prevention efforts, they wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Institute of Medicine earlier this year declared high blood pressure, or hypertension, a “neglected disease” that costs the U.S. health system $73 billion a year.
High blood pressure, or too much force exerted by blood as it moves against vessel walls, is easily preventable through diet, exercise and drugs, yet it is the second-leading cause of death in the United States.
source www.reuters.com/article/
Among multiple adverse effects on human health generated by smoking habits are those of carbon monoxide and nicotine. Carbon monoxide stops the capability of blood to carry oxygen to their heart and the body. Nicotine is another major hazardous result of smoking. Damaging the cilia, the little hairs that line the lungs and resulting in accumulation of pollutants in the body, these can create serious health hazards for all concerned. That is why it is necessary to stop smoking as soon as possible. Damaging the heirs that can bring out the mucus out of lungs, these particles cause their accumulation in body causing serious damage to immunity systems in human anatomy.
Results of cilia malfunction is existence of pollutants in the lungs that can cause influenza and bronchitis, emphysema as well as other diseases. Immediate symptoms of such diseases and result of malfunctioning would be coughing, burning of nose, throat or dizziness. Moreover the people that are already suffering from serious diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes can face even more dangers that could even be fatal.
Some people tend to argue that smoking does not directly cause health hazards like blood pressure or heart attacks. However medical science has proved the truth to be otherwise. Existing health hazards often multiply due to smoking habits and that makes it essential that a smoker quit smoking.
Smoking habits not only creates hazards for the upper limbs but at times for the lower limbs as well. Narrowing the arteries in the blood vessels in the limb and building up plaque that causes the narrowing, smoking habits could be dangers for entire anatomy of a human being.
Buying contact lenses online? Who would have thought of it? Quite a few people it turns out. They’ve all been buying their contact lenses online for a fraction of the price the rest of us pay. A mate of mine gets his from this company called Postoptics. They sell all the usual brands that high street opticians sell direct from the manufacturer, just cheaper. The thought still made me apprehensive because surely you need an actual optician to deal with your eyesight, rather than a website. True, but that doesn’t mean that very same optician needs to provide your contact lenses.
Also, these online retailers are official opticians. Getting their opinion on contact lenses can be extremely beneficial. Especially seeing as how much time you save – booking an appointment with my optician is virtually impossible, let alone getting one. I have waited newly six weeks trying to get a response from my old optician. Postoptics respond to queries immediately and post your contact lenses straight away. Let’s face it – even contact lenses are viable to buy online!
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