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Stress management through Ayurveda by Dr Pranit Ambulkar

In the US, $300 billion are spent annually on an average on stress related problems; nearly half of the health insurance claims are for stress related disorders. In the UK 6.7 million working hours are lost annually due to stress related problems and around 60% of absenteeism at the work place is due to stress. More than 100,000 persons commit suicide in India every year due to stress and the number is growing at alarming rate. Stress has become the intrinsic part of the jobs in certain professions. Stress is a physiological and psychological imbalance. It arises due to the demands on a person and that person’s inability to meet these demands. Stress is the body’s way of reacting to any situation and it can have serious repercussions on individual’s life. Ayurveda can help in many ways to get rid of the stress and its consequences. But most serious problem is that people do ...

Stress management through Ayurveda by Dr Pranit Ambulkar

HTML clipboar In the US, $300 billion are spent annually on an average on stress related problems; nearly half of the health insurance claims are for stress related disorders. In the UK 6.7 million working hours are lost annually due to stress related problems and around 60% of absenteeism at the work place is due to stress. More than 100,000 persons commit suicide in India every year due to stress and the number is growing at alarming rate. Stress has become the intrinsic part of the jobs in certain professions.   Stress is a physiological and psychological imbalance. It arises due to the demands on a person and that person’s inability to meet these demands. Stress is the body’s way of reacting to any situation and it can have serious repercussions on individual’s life. Ayurveda can help in many ways to get rid of the stress and its con...

Interesting facts about milk and milk products - By Vaidya Swati Ambulkar M.D.

Milk forms an essential part of our daily diet. We are accustomed to milk since birth. However, nowadays many people and children are allergic to milk, which is a matter of concern. In the past, the cattle used to be grazed in jungles, and remained healthy and active. The cow has been worshipped as God in India. And cows’ milk obtained by natural methods without hampering the share of the calves, is equal to Nectar. The consumption of milk and milk products is not hazardous until they are consumed in a limit. But certain wrong myths misguide us and we ignore the fact that the body is made up of the food we take, and imbalanced food intake will definitely do harm to the body. There is no magic pill in the world which can heal everything, irrespective of the cause of ...

Gain bone at early age, forget pain at old age

When we talk about geriatric problems, osteoporosis is the prime topic. Osteoporosis is loss of bone tissue, resulting in bones that are brittle and liable to fracture. Infection, injury and synovitis can cause localized osteoporosis of adjacent bone. Generalized osteoporosis is common in the elderly and in women often follows the menopause. It is also a feature of Cushing’s syndrome and prolonged steroid therapy.   Many aged remain unaware of this underlying demon. Most of the times this problem is brought to notice by a bone fracture occurred due to a simple trauma. Females face osteoporosis earlier than males. In females loss of calcium and minerals begin often at the age of 30, where as in males it occurs...