Showing posts with label diseases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diseases. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Health: Laughing and its Merits-Laugh more and keep yourself healthy

Who doesn’t want to laugh on this earth? When you are cheerful, you laugh. When you meet something jokey you laugh. But do you know the benefits of laughing? Well if you don’t then let’s face it.



Do you know laughing is very good for our heart? It increases the blood flow to our heart & also smoothens the blood flow. Laughing makes the heart work more and as a result our working ability also increases. It causes the pulse rate of our blood to increase and also burn the calories in our body. 50 calories are burnt at every 10-15 minutes of laughing everyday. Not only it is a good exercise for our muscles, the muscles of our body up to the neck is stretched even. Laughing keeps the muscles of our shoulder, arms & trunk active. The facial muscles are also active at the time of laughing. It is the best remedy to get rid of stress, therefore it causes the level of stress causing hormone adrenaline and cortisol to decrease, and as a result the stress in our body subsides.



Did you know that laughing can cure many diseases? It is found that laughing makes the immune system stronger. The sugar level of our blood can be reduced by laughing. The stomach is also benefited by doing so. The digestive system becomes more efficient and the blood flow to the liver, kidney & spleen increases.



So why we should keep ourselves away from laughing when it’s giving us a lot of things and helping our body in different ways to keep it well? Therefore lets laugh and make others laugh as well.





Sunday, March 2, 2008

Have Canadians discovered gene, which blocks HIV?

Canadian scientists have discovered gene, which may stop expanding of HIV virus and AIDS evolution. Specialists say that it is the ravine in studies on vaccine and cure for this incurable so far disease.
Gene named TRIM22 shows natural defensive function. It’s the only human gene which has the ability to block HIV virus. Scientists from Alberty University hopes, that this discover will help in developing vaccine for this deadly virus. “It’s really exciting – the human organ can defend himself against the HIV virus” –said chief of studying crew Steven Barr.
TRIM22 gene, activated in bacterial culture attacked by HIV virus, blocks its breeding and holds it in cell. Canadian scientist discovered, that in infected person this gene is inactive.
Steven Bar says that further studies may last for even ten years, before the first curing methods can be discovered. Specialists points though, that this discovery is really significant step into discovering the cure for AIDS.