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Every year, World Heart Day is celebrated on 29th September, to raise awareness around Cardiovascular Diseases(CVD) and how they can be prevented. World Heart Day is a reminder for people across the world to stop and assess lifestyle choices for them and their loved ones. Due to the inherent genetic makeup, Indians are more vulnerable to heart diseases. The role of salt intake in the development of heart failure is not known. Maintaining healthy weight behavior for 25 years may reduce the risk of hypertension in young adulthood and middle age. Estimated sodium intake of more than 3.7 g per day appears to be associated with adverse cardiac remodelling, worse systolic strain, and worse diastolic e' velocity. A heart healthy lifestyle can improve brain health in adults and reduce the risk for cognitive impairment, including dementia. Research has shown that the same risk factors that cause atherosclerosis are also major contributors to late - life cognitive impairment and Alzheimer...

 The brain... Everytime you think, feel or perform a multitude of unconscious processes, the 100 billion neurons in your skull conduct electrical signals to communicate and carry messages between them, ultimately creating, well - you, and everything you do. It's the most complex, essential and identifiable organ in the body, acting as the centre of the nervous system in all vertebrates. But what if how you think and feel isn't just controlled by the brain, basically the central nervous system, but in fact, a second brain that you didn't know about? The brain uses the vagus nerve to connect and communicate with many parts of the body, including the vocal cords, heart, lungs and most of the digestive tract. It also uses this nerve to convey 'fight or flight' messages to the body, which explains why you might experience a cracking voice, racing heart, shortness of breath and a knot in your stomach when you're really stressed or nervous.  But while this extensive ne...

  First of all, thanks to everyone for attending the 2 min survey I had posted earlier. Since many were unaware about the different terms mentioned there, I decided that through this platform, I'll share with you what each term actually means. Starting, with the different types of cancer treatments currently available:  1. Chemotherapy - It is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast growing cells in your body. This treatment is most often used to treat cancer, since cancerous cells grow and multiply much more quickly than most cells in the body.  2. Bone marrow transplantation - It is a procedure in which a patient receives healthy stem cells (blood forming cells) to replace their own cells that have been destroyed because of high doses of chemotherapy or radiation. 3. Surgery - It is the process of removing the tumor and the nearby tissue by operation.  4. Radiation therapy - It is the process which uses beams of intense energy to kill cancerous c...