What is Vata Dosha? Every one ask’s “What is Vata Dosha?” First of the three doshas in the human body, the literal meaning of vata is “wind, to move, flow or command.” Vata Dosha is described as one of the tridoshas in ayurveda which is a combination of air and space. It dominates the lower part of the body below the umbilicus and accounts for the regulation of all body […]
DUBAI: An Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane bound for Tabas in northeast Iran with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed on a road near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, Iranian state media reported. Initial reports said that all passengers and crew on board had been killed, but state media later reported that some passengers had been injured and transferred to hospital. Islamic Republic News […]
New York: While human milk is the best food for infant, a new study has revealed that it can also work as a medicine for critically ill babies. According to Diane L Spatz, director of the lactation programme at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): “The immunological and anti-inflammatory properties of human milk are especially important for the critically ill infants in our intensive care units.” The hospital has used donor […]
Pankaj Parakh commissioned the shirt that weighs more than four kilos Made his fortune establishing a multi-million pound textile business in India. An Indian textile magnate who made a fortune from his clothing empire is making sure the rest of the world knows about his success – by having a shirt made out of pure gold. Although he left school without any qualifications Pankaj Parakh created a multi-million pound […]
People wearing Islamic-style clothing and large beards are banned from riding public buses during the Xinjiang Sports Games in northwestern China, a Communist Party-run newspaper reports. The ban went into effect Monday in the city of Karamay, in the country’s restive northwestern Xinjiang region. It applies to passengers who wear veils, large beards, as well as three types of Islamic dresses — including those with the star and crescent symbol […]
Hard To Stomach If you ever thought there was something extra nasty and suspicious about those instant ramen noodles, you were definitely on to something. A gastrointestinal specialist by the name of Braden Kuo from the Massachusetts General Hospital wanted to find out exactly what happens to ramen noodles in the stomach and digestive tract after consuming the Styrofoam-like snack, and the results were nothing less than disturbing. Thanks to […]
Doctors have taken an important step toward a long-sought goal: harnessing a person’s own immune system to fight cancer. An article published Thursday in the journal Science describes the treatment of a 43-year-old woman with an advanced and deadly type of cancer that had spread from her bile duct to her liver and lungs, despite chemotherapy. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute sequenced the genome of her cancer and identified cells from […]
Did you know? According to the American Heart Association, nearly one in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure or Hypertension. However, nearly 1/3 of those people do not know they have high blood pressure, because it is a silent disease. People can have high blood pressure for years without experiencing symptoms or knowing that they have it. Understanding your High Blood Pressure Reading: The upper or […]
Why is Salmon A Superfood – 6 amazing health benefits of salmon fish Salmon are usually classified either as Pacific (Oncorhynchus family) or Atlantic (Salmo family) salmon, according to the ocean in which they are found. There is just one species of Atlantic salmon, while there are five species of Pacific salmon including chinook (or king), sockeye (or red), coho (or silver), pink and chum. Norwegian salmon, a popular type […]
