Showing posts with label Healthcare.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthcare.. Show all posts

Friday, November 7, 2008

Unique Tomato.

A new tomato has been engineered which is also anti-oxidant as the barries have,and appears in red and purple colours. The tomato is nutritious as well. The red and purple colour of the tomato,is due to the presence of ‘Anthocyanin’ in the pigment, that comes out from the cell of the fruit. Anthocyanin is an anti-oxidant. Such tomato was engineered by the researchers early,which did not carry the requires anthocyanin.

Cathey Martin and colleagues of John Innes center in Nonwitch,Uk, are successful in making such tomato which can be widely used in the world by the human undergoing through an easy cultivating procedure. It is not only nutritious, but also ‘cancer resistant’,that has been experintaly inferred. Consuming such tomato would be good for health and wou be able to combat with ‘ tumour’and cancer as well. This tomato carries 2.8 mg anthocyanin per gram while rashberries carries 3.7 mg per gram composition.

This nutritious tomato can be produced in general soil everywhere. It can be grown up even on the tub in your garden in attractive colour shade. It is good for health indeed.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

" Darkness From Diabetes"

Diabetes Can damage your eyes. Your eyes are most important organ. So you should be aware of diabetes. Let us have a look on eyes.Your eye has a lens and an aperture (opening) at the front, whichbrings objects into focus on the retina at the back of the eye. Theretina is made up of a delicate tissue that is sensitive to light,like film in the old cameras before the digital age.At the center of the retina is the macula which is a small areaabout the size of a pinhead. This is the most highly specializedpart of the retina and it is vital because it enables us to seefine detail to read small print. The other parts of the retina giveus side vision (peripheral vision). The rest of the eye in front ofthe retina is a clear jelly-like substance called the vitreoushumour. Diabetes can affect the eye in a number of ways. These usuallyinvolve the fine network of blood vessels in the retina - the mostsever condition that can occur is diabetic retinopathy.Affect - Temporary blurringYour vision may become blurred for a few days or weeks while yourdiabetes is first being controlled. This is due to the swelling ofthe lens of the eye.Affect - CataractThis can occur in two forms:Young people with diabetes can develop a special type of cataract.Although their vision gets worse, it can be restored by surgery;older people with diabetes can be especially prone to developingcataracts. Cataracts can be successfully removed by surgery andusually it is possible to insert a lens implant. This procedure isnot for everyone.Affect - Diabetic retinopathyThe most serious diabetic eye condition involves the retina and iscalled diabetic retinopathy. This condition is very common inpeople who have had diabetes for a long time. Your doctor may beable to see abnormalities in your eyes, but there is no threat toyour sight.There are two types of diabetic retinopathy which can damage yoursight. Both involve the fine network of blood vessels in theretina. They are described below.Type 1 - MaculopathyThis happens when the blood vessels in the retina start to leak. Ifthe macula is affected, you will find that your central visiongradually gets worse. You may find it difficult to recognizepeople's faces in the distance or to see details like small print.The amount of central vision that is lost varies from person toperson. However everyday sight for getting around the house andoutside (navigation vision) will be preserved. It is quite rare forsomeone with maculopathy to lose all their sight.Type 2 - Proliferative diabetic retinopathySometimes diabetes can cause the blood vessels in the retina tobecome blocked. If this happens then new blood vessels form in theeye. This is nature's way of trying to repair the damage so thatthe retina has a new blood supply.Unfortunately these new blood vessels are weak. They are also inthe wrong place - growing on the surface of the retina and into thevitreous jelly. As a result these blood vessels can bleed veryeasily and cause scar tissue to form in the eye. The scarring pullsand distorts the retina. When the retina is pulled out of positionthis is called retinal detachment. This condition is more rare thanbackground retinopathy and is more often found in people who havebeen insulin dependent for many years. The new blood vessels willrarely affect your vision, but their consequences, such as bleedingor retinal detachment can cause your vision to get worse suddenly.Your eyesight may become blurred and patchy as the bleedingobscures part of your vision. Without treatment, total loss ofvision can happen in proliferative retinopathy.Although your vision may be good, changes can be taking place toyour retina that needs treatment. Most sight loss in diabetes ispreventable: early diagnosis is vital have an eye examination every year do not wait until your vision has deteriorated to havean eye test.Your family doctor or optometrist can examine for diabeticretinopathy. Remember, however, that if your vision is getting worse, this doesnot necessarily mean you have diabetic retinopathy. It may simplybe a problem that can be corrected by glasses.
( courtsey: Julia Hanf)

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Healthy Working Condition.

There are so many industries in India where,so many workmen have been suffering from severe diseases due to poor and inhygienic working conditions exited in the work places. Particularly heavy industries like steel,coal,thermal power and petroleum which involve a large number of working forces for fulfilling its need over all.The management authority in these large scale industries does not undertake any needful workable condition for the workers by means of which work could be performed suitably and in comfortable manner. No protective measure are taken usually to safeguard the workers’ health or lives as well. Normally indusrial dust,fumes and carbonmonoxide and carbondioxide evolving inherently and is unknowingly absorbed by every workers in the industry. Those harmful extracted materials are bringing so many diseases like breathing problem, lungs cancer, liver problem,urinary disorder and even heart diesease and kidney disorder like fetal diseases are confronted by the workers. In our country,there are specified ruls and regulations as implemented by the minisry of labour and industry respect to the working condition, has come to the wrkers of no benefit at all. No one to administer this vital matter.Thus the continuing bad working situation leads further deterioration to the health condition of the massive workmen of India.

The facilitative working condition is inevitably essential to ensure the productivity as well as the growth of the concer because the working forces would be able to perform the respective jobs suitably with greater competence and accuracy. It is true that, good working conditions in the workplaces can generate unique satisfaction in the mind of the workmen which encourage them to work in very targetive manner ensuring the objectives of the management. Though there are few organization,which emit obnoxious materials inherently, there special care should be taken for safe guarding the health condition of the workforces.Adequate medical facilities and needful protection to be provided to the unsafe workers. Such attemts for safeguarding the health condition of the workforces should treated asa part of moral responsibility of the entrepreneur.