Why Do We Need Vitamin D?

It is already known to all that Vitamins are vital for our existence.  Of which, Vitamin D assumes more importance since it is required to keep up our immune system.  The reason why we are pestered with frequent minor ailments like cold, fever etc. can be due to its deficiency.  Of late, Dutch researchers have come with their findings that Vitamin D supplements are required for pregnant mothers to protect their new borne from  respiratory diseases like Pneumonia and other lower airways inflammations caused by viruses.

Vitamin D is most crucial to maintain our immune system, development of bone,  proper brain function etc. and lack of it may lead to many complications in later part of our life too. The sources of it is mainly through exposure to sunlight.  So the most important and vital element required is freely available in nature.  Get it to lead a healthy life.

Now It Is Advantage Straberry-

 Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found out that a matter called fiestin contained in strawberries can provide multiple health benefits like prevention of cancer, kidney problems and neurological  disorders including Alzheimer's.  Dr. David Schubert PH.D.head of Cellular Neurobiology and his team has concluded in their study that fiestin inclusion in diet can help patients suffering from high blood pressure, Type 1 diabetes and kidney enlargement diseases. It has been an accepted fact that nutritional deficieny leads to disease.  So if harmless natural items can help you get protection against challenging diseases, why not we include them in our diet? There were efforts by the American Cancer Society to condemn such stories as 'fraud and quackery'. But so far no one could confirm what causes cancer like diseases other than nutritional deficiency and modern life style.  The deficiency of Vitamin B-17 has been established in such cases. So if some one says this deficiency is covered by inclusion of certain harmless  items in to our diet, let us do it.

What Type of Life You Prefer, Rural or Urban?

Do you like a calm and peacful life in serene natural environment rather than in crowded city that is vitually a concrete jungle?  It is natural,  everyone opts for the former but have no choice due to circumstances. A team of scientists headed by Dr Pruessner and colleagues from the Univerity of Heidleberg in Germany have shown after a survey that urban life is stressful and parts of brain dealing with emotion and stress are affected by a life over crowded urban area.  They say people born and brought up in urban areas fall victim to stress anxiety and finally depression quite easily.

Are You Diabetic? The News For You.

It is a good news to diabetics that two scientists named Dr.Yogish Kudva and Dr. Ananda Basu both persons of Indian orgin working in US have succeded in making artificial pancreas and its clinical trial is likely to begin in November. The system called Closed Loop System will monitor insulin level and pump insulin if required.

Do you Worship Cows? Your Bonus.

If you are a worshiper of cows like many Indians, certain facts may enlighten you.  A team of Scientists from National University, Daejeon,Korea  working in India has made remarkable findings that baldness can be cured with the help hormones existing in cow's placenta. Earlier Indo -German team of scientists have found out Indians are immune to E.coli bacteria due to their proximity to cows and buffaloes carrying more serious strains of E coli.  The team has found out the practice in vogue in India to use cow dung as natural manure helped people to develop immunity to this strain. On their chase to find whereabouts of super bug they noticed Indians are immune to this and the reason for this immunity is now attributed to the holy cow.  

Are You A Victim Of Knee Injury?

Are you a sports person especially a footballer?  Then your chances to be a victim of knee injury is more. The most important among such injuries is ACL injury that is tear of anterior cruciate ligament.  Once torn the ligaments would never rejoin and only alternative has been replacement surgery or binding the ligament to bone with the help of screws.  This was unsuccessful many times due to slip of screws.  Now a latest development has been made in the field by developing a new device called GraftBolt which squeeses the bone and lilgament together giving hope for injured to resume play and lead normal life.  Read more details.

How To Maintain Youthful Looks?

  US researchers searching reasons for grey hair in youth have identified a protein called wnt responsible for it. Wnt  protein was discovered in the year 1982  and was established for their role in cancer and related ailments.   Now the scientists  have  found it  responsible for both growth and coloring of hair also.  Let us hope the discovery may lead to development of new cosmetics helping grey haired youth and middle aged to have youthful looks  without dependence on hair dyes. Read Full reports