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Food allergies may be life threatening

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Generally, people are unaware of allergies they have. They are careless about food that can have toxic effect on their body. It is highly important to know which food is allergen to their body so that remedial action can be taken to prevent from health diseases. Food allergy symptoms are common in babies and children, but they can appear at any age. People can even develop an allergy to foods they have eaten for years with no problems. A food allergy reaction ensues when immune system of humans exaggerates to a food or a substance in a food, recognizing it as a danger and generating a protective response. Food allergies involve two features of the human immune response. One is the production of immunoglobulin E (IgE), a type of protein called an antibody that circulates through the blood. The other is the mast cell, a specific cell that occurs in all body tissues but is especially common in areas of the body that are typical sites of allergic reactions, including the ...

Genetically modified foods are major threat to human health

Genetically modified foods in food production are a matter of major controversy and catching the attention of much media exposure. Huge international companies are involved in risky global experiment to introduce outsized numbers of genetically engineered foods broadly into market’s food supply.  Genetically modified foods trigger many issues in the area of scientific, technological, environmental, social, ethical, economic, and political among social structure. It is perceived that marketable and political intentions are taking priority with negligible concern to the probable dangers for developing genetically modified foods. Genetically engineered foods contain genes which are resulting from bacteria and viruses. These are created from genetically modified organisms which have their genome changed during genetic production techniques.  These genetic modifications are completely dissimilar from those foods which are obtained from established methods of breeding. Due...

Maintaining lips to glow as natural beauty

Women beauty is gauged with their attractive lips. A lip is an important part of her face that should be cared passably to bring out natural beauty of face. It is a fact that rose and pink lips enhance beauty to the women.  If lips tend to stay scaly and unappealing along with dead skin layer, the whole facial presentation will be disturbed. There are numerous causes of lip deterioration such as excessive exposure to direct sunlight, an allergic reaction, use of low-quality cosmetics, chewing tobacco, excessive smoking, high caffeine intake, and hormonal imbalances. These days, lots of cosmetics and brands are available in market and consumer is confused which one to buy. It is recommended that instead of using harmful cosmetics and lip balms, women can try effective homemade procedures to maintain their lips look beautiful. They can now get juicy and well moisturized lips that will make them feel beautiful and healthy. If lips have lost their natural color, the home re...

Obese children: Serious challenge for parents

Obesity is a major health concern for medical professionals. Many countries are confronted with the problem concerning childhood obesity. Despite many efforts to control the problem, it appears that the number of obese children keeps on increasing. Children should be protected from obesity as it causes various conditions.   Cases of childhood obesity around the globe are increasing at an alarming rate. If this problem is overlooked, it may have severe impact on future generations. Overweight children have become double in the last two to three decades. Mainly, overweight is the outcome of caloric imbalance.  It is necessary to analyze the root causes of obese child in today’s environment. People have traditional thought that parents and media are responsible for childhood obesity but it is not always true. In present situation, the lifestyle is changing very fast and child is exposed to diverse situation where he adopts good and bad habits. Obesity is associated with an incre...

Mahatma Gandhi never employed violent schemes for justice

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Mahatma Gandhi was a great personality on the earth bed. Gandhi ji was known as among the people of India as father of the nation or Bapu. The greatness of this man became visible through his wide thinking and nonviolence approach to protest against crimes. Gandhi ji was greatly impressed by lessons of Jesus and followed it all his life. Gandhi ji was Hindu from origin, always considered people of world as his brothers and endeavored to spread this message among his countrymen. Mohandas Gandhi’s has immense reputation as the Indian spiritual and political leader who harmonized and led a successful national struggle for independence against British imperial rule on the principle of a non-violent movement survives largely intact. Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1915, took control of and profoundly transformed the Indian nationalist movement, and led three great popular movements that eventually wore down the British government and led to Indian independenc...

Necessity of Vitamin B12 for human health

Vitamin B12 also called Cobalamin is a vital nutrient for human to become healthy as it is involved with a lot of important processes in the human body. Food is the main source for this nutrient, with supplements being the secondary source for some people. Vitamin B12 is structurally most complex of all the vitamins known to man. Vitamin B12 is essential to normal energy metabolism in all cells of the body as well as amino acid and fatty acid metabolism. Furthermore, B12 is very important in numerous other vital physiological processes such as brain function and nervous system health, myelin sheath health, blood formation, bone marrow health, and DNA synthesis/regulation. Medical reports indicated that a slight deficiency of vitamin B-12 can result in diseases like anaemia, fatigue, mania, and depression, whereas a long term insufficiency can cause permanent damage to the brain and central nervous system. Vitamin B12 can only be manufactured by bacteria and can only be found na...

Childhood physical abuse is alarmingly prevalent: Global scenario

The problem of child abuse has become increasingly evident all over the world .   It is an appeal to world populace: please save your child from physical abuse and build strong global community because children are new human generation of planet . Child physical abuse is an immense, persistent societal problem. Sexual abuse itself is grossly intrusive in the lives of children and is harmful to their normal psychological, emotional, and sexual development in ways, which no just or humane society can tolerate. CPS agencies also confirmed an estimated 1,215 child abuse and neglect related fatalities in 1995; 85% of these children were under the age of 5 at the time of their death. In simple term, Child Physical Abuse is elaborated as non-accidental trauma or physical injury caused by punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning or otherwise harming a child, physical abuse is the most visible form of child maltreatment. Physical abuse also results from unsuitable or exc...

Melancholy and social life of divorce couple

Marriage is an important event in the life of individual which change their living standard. Society and families make every possible effort to have married life but unfortunately some marital relationships break. Divorce is the worst indicator of person’s success. Divorce is a major loss in the life of couple and a also disaster which has a massive impact their lives. Main causes of divorce are physical or sexual abuse, harmful addictions, or criminal acts. However causes a spouse to cheat including anger, resentment, having varied interests, growing apart, or unequal sexual desires. Sometimes, it is observed that lack of Communication also lead to divorce. It is found in many studies that communication gap or negative communication can swiftly mutilate feelings of love and romance. Once couple do not communicate effectively, marital troubles arise and lead to divorce. In criminal cases, divorce demanded to protect the spouse and children. Some people file divorce cas...

Youth fun-loving tendency: Tracking social media to transfigure lifestyle

Technical innovation facilitated youths to perform complicated activities in easy manner. It is a fact that humans are social beings and communication is vital aspect of their lives. Prominently, communicating over long distances was very difficult few decades ago but due to advanced technology, it is much easier for populace to transmit their message and widen social circle. Social media has played pivotal role in transforming youth life. It is the interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas in computer-generated communities and networks. Several survey reports indicated that sites such as Twitter and Facebook are good enhancements for traditional entertainment. People simply tune into their social media source of choice, and start reading through Tweets and status updates. It is well observed that there is immense impact of social networks on young people. Children are growing up surrounded by mobile devices and interactive soci...

Fatal disease cholera: An International perspective

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Cholera is in an epidemic form of disorder observed by various physicians in the 16th century. A disease is the malfunctioning of the body organs due to several reasons. Cholera is classified as a communicable disease, which is caused due to pathogens, transmitted from one person to another. Cholera is derivative of a Greek word, which means, "flow of bile". Robert Koch exposed V cholerae in 1883 during an eruption in Egypt. This comma-shaped, gram-negative aerobic bacillus organism varies in size from 1-3 mm in length by 0.5-0.8 mm in diameter. A flagellar H antigen and a somatic O antigen is the antigenic structure of this organism. Cholera is caused due to strains of the bacterium. The bacterium appears as rod shaped under microscope. When a person is infected by V. cholerae, it occupies place in the small intestine and begins producing an enterotoxin that causes plentiful, painless, watery diarrhoea. This causes the body to discharge an abnormally bulky amou...