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Morning Health Talk ;
New Delhi, July 14, 2018 :
5 simple ways to get more Restful Sleep :
1. Cut down on caffeine: Caffeine blocks the effects of adenosine, a neurotransmitter thought to promote sleep. Caffeine can also interrupt sleep by increasing the need to urinate during the night. Caffeine withdrawal can cause headaches, irritability, and extreme fatigue, it may be easier to cut back gradually rather than to go cold turkey. Those who can’t or don’t want to give up caffeine should avoid it after 2 p.m., or noon if they are especially caffeine-sensitive.
2. Stop smoking or chewing tobacco: Nicotine is a central nervous system stimulant that can cause insomnia. It speeds your heart rate, raises blood pressure, and stimulates fast brainwave activity that indicates wakefulness. If you continue to use tobacco, avoid smoking or chewing it for at least one to two hours before bedtime.
3. Limit alcohol intake: Alcohol depresses the nervous system, so a nightcap may seem to help some people fall asleep. However, alcohol suppresses REM sleep, and the soporific effects disappear after a few hours. Drinkers have frequent awakenings and sometimes frightening dreams. Alcohol may be responsible for up to 10% of chronic insomnia cases. Also, alcohol can worsen snoring and other sleep breathing problems, sometimes to a dangerous extent. Even one drink can make a sleep-deprived person drowsy. In an automobile, the combination significantly increases a person’s chance of having an accident.
4. Regular physical activity
5. Creating and sticking to a regular sleep schedule and routine. (Harvard NewsLetter)
Indian mental health expert heads BMA
Dr Dinesh Bhugra, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at the London based King’s College began his Presidency of the British Medical Association (BMA) on June 27, 2018.
Do not eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal of any size package
USA: A salmonella outbreak linked to a popular Kellogg’s cereal has infected 100 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
The agency is urging consumers to avoid Honey Smacks, a sugary puffed wheat cereal which has been the subject of a recall by the company since mid-June. At least 30 of the 100 have been hospitalized.
CDC said that it has found salmonella strains in unopened and leftover samples of Honey Smacks. Though the recall covers cereal with a best-by date of June 14, 2018, through June 14, 2019, the agency is recommending people avoid the cereal altogether.
Tapeworm in the spine
A Frenchwoman whose symptoms started out as “electric shocks” in her legs got an even bigger shock when she found out that she had a tapeworm in her spine. A 35-year-old French woman reported tingling in her legs. It turns out she had a parasite called a dog tapeworm or Echinococcus granulosus. The parasite caused enough swelling in the woman’s spine to affect her ability to walk and ride a horse, French doctors reported in Thursday’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
DCGI: Drugs shortage in the country
1. SEPTRAN: Sulfamethoxazole,Trimethoprim
2. Dispirin
3. Penicillin LA Injection Penidure
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
President HCFI
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