GOODHEALTH BLOGS

Lifting heavy objects is not the sole cause of hernias. Hernias are caused by a combination of pressure and an opening or weakness in muscles lining the abdominal cavity. An organ or fatty tissue then bulges out through the opening. The most common types of hernias...

Heart failure doesn't mean your heart stops working. It means the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Over time, the heart gets bigger to hold more blood, it pumps faster to increase the amount of blood moving out of it, and the blood vessels...

  The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway on the palm side of your wrist made up of bones and ligaments. The median nerve, which controls sensation and movement in the thumb and first three fingers, runs through this passageway along with tendons to the fingers...

Doctors recommend hip replacement surgery when hip pain and loss of function become severe and when medicines and other treatments no longer offer any relief from the pain. Hip Replacement Surgery is recommended when: • you have persistent hip pain that does not...

INGREDIENTS: • 1 cups whole green gram (sabut moong) soaked in 2 cups of water for 4 hours • Salt to taste • 2 green chilies broken • ¼ tsp Asafoetida (hing) • 1 tsp cumin seeds • ¼ tsp turmeric powder • 1 tbsp Gram flour (besan) • A pinch soda bicarbonate • 1 tsp...

Bronchitis is an inflammation in the lungs that some people call a chest cold. A cough, phlegm, and feeling tired are typical symptoms of bronchitis, but these are symptoms of other illnesses; so getting the right diagnosis and treatment is important.

Unlike rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis does not affect the body's organs or cause illness. But it can lead to deformities which thus affects mobility. Severe loss of cartilage in the knee joints can cause the knees to curve out, creating a bow-legged appearance....

The main symptom of bronchitis is cough that persists several days to weeks . Other symptoms that may occur are: • Fatigue • Wheezing sounds when breathing • Tightness or dull pain in the chest • Shortness of breath Fever is unusual and suggests pneumonia or...

Surgery under Local anaesthesia (Day care surgery): Walk out of Operation Theatre after Surgery (Ambulatory surgery). Hernia surgery can be done under local anaesthesia (patient is conscious and awake and only the site of surgery is anaesthetised). As no general...

Make a mixture of aloe vera gel and rose water. Apply it on your face and keep it on for 15-20 minutes. Gently massage before rinsing off the pack. See pigmentation, age spots, and pimple marks disappearing.

• Exercise in front of TV or put on a DVD to pass your minutes. • Put on some music and dance in your living room and start dancing or better join some dance class. • Try something new at your gym like kickboxing, Pilates, weight training, yoga, spinning and more. •...

PREPARATION TIME: 5 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 20 MINUTES • INGREDIENTS • 1 cup pineapple puree • 1 tbsp sugar • 1 tbsp ghee • 1 cup semolina (rava) • 1 cup low fat milk (99.7% fat free) • 3 tbsp sugar substitute • A few strands of saffron (kesar) dissolved with 2 tbsp low...