A cousin was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure and since she is in her early 40s, I thought it was a pretty young age to be having this condition. But her doctor did not seem to share my opinion on this because he told her that it was expected since she led a very stressful life.
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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. - Buddha

The demands on our life seem to have suddenly shot up and we find ourselves in such a frenzy to get things do... Read More...

In the Hollywood film Rain Man, Raymond Babbitt is shown to be a man imprisoned in his own world but with an uncanny and incredible ability to calculate numbers, sufficiently enough to make a small fortune for his hustler brother in Las Vegas. Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, i... Read More...

Medical science and its tools have made life considerably easy for us yet we tend to not understand this till the last minute. In the meantime, we suffer in silence or aloud and curse the day we contracted the disease. I don’t see how this can alleviate anyone’s pain but that’s ... Read More...

So many of us are fond of gardening and a small kitchen garden in the backyard is a source of simple delight.
But why don’t we plant an herb garden instead of growing vegetables? Herbs make for such good healing and have a varied use. And they are also very easy to grow.
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“I don’t know when I last slept four straight hours!”
This woeful announcement was made by a colleague recently, in the middle of an office party. And the statement triggered a hot discussion on who sleeps how much. I was quite surprised to hear some of my colleagues clai... Read More...

There is nothing more important than a good night’s rest. If you get up feeling tired and sleepy then it means you haven’t slept well. This feeling is carried through the day and you end up doing things half to your potential. The mood becomes irritable and you just look longingly tow... Read More...

Taking good care of your skin would mean also paying attention to pigmentation because pigmentation of the skin is a common issue, especially where sun exposure can exacerbate the problem. This is a result of either too much or too little melanin in the skin. So your skin could either have light ... Read More...

The other evening I bumped into one of my male colleagues at a nearby spa I frequent regularly (by regularly I mean whenever my purse is full, that is!). I was surprised to find him there and more surprised when he said he visits the male salon quite often whenever it is time for his hair cut or ... Read More...

Exercising is good but exercising effectively is better. Fitness is important but to actually get fitter after all the trouble you take, is more important. This is because we sometimes spent countless hours working out and yet, rarely get to see the results. And the reason for this is often due t... Read More...

Health is not always about being slim and trim and living a long life without diseases. Of course this is so very desired by all of us. But there is another important albeit often neglected aspect to good health - and this is personal hygiene. Body odor must be one of the greatest anti-social epi... Read More...

When we look at someone for the first time our gaze falls on the skin of the person without our realizing it. What we tend to instantly notice is how good the skin of the person is… or is not. After all, it is in-your-face kind of thing. But what we also do not realize is that by star... Read More...