How care home keeps elderly healthy

By Jane Hughes
Health correspondent, BBC News

A year ago, 88-year-old Jean Lavender used to find walking any distance a struggle. Now she is keen to get outside for a walk most days. And she puts the transformation down to the most simple of medicines – water.

She is one of a group of residents at a care home in Suffolk who have been encouraged to increase their intake of water. And they have all reported dramatic results. Jean says she feels 20 years younger. ”I feel more alert – more cheerful too. I’m not a miserable person, but it’s added a sort of zest.”

All for the love of her little boy!

A woman who was reported to be desperate to lose weight for the sake of her son died from complications days after having gastric bypass surgery. She weighed more than 120 kg. and felt her obesity was stopping her from doing the things she wanted to with her 5-year-old son.

A mother’s love knows no bounds. May her soul rests in peace and may her son find the kind of love she desperately wanted to give him. May the both of them find true happiness. Good things still happen in the world, there is still hope!

Truth unlocks through your hair

It seems hair tests have been developed to tell just about everything a person has ingested since their last visit to the hair salon. A single strand of hair amounts to an entire biological information bank. And the longer the hair, the more information it contains. Hair grows at about 1.25cm (0.5in) a month, so analysis can span years. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology said its hair test was fair easier to carry out than taking blood and revealed far more.

This would mean doctors would now get additional information on the symptoms of our illnesses to help them diagnose our ills. Faster and earlier detection of illnesses would be forthcoming then?  Should we all start keeping longer hairs? Would bald people be at a disadvantage, then? How wide-spread and advanced is this technique, and are other universities offering this course? The test should not be expensive, should it? Wonderful, the way science is developing!

Come visit again, thank you.

IQ in your childhood may determine the odds of you getting Dementia in old age

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay ReporterWed Jun 25, 7:02 PM ET

WEDNESDAY, June 25 — Your IQ in childhood may predict your odds of getting a common form of dementia in old age, according to Scottish researchers who turned to 76-year-old test scores to come to that conclusion.

Mugabe stripped of his knighthood

Queen E stripped Robert Mugabe of his honorary knighthood over his ‘abject disregard’ for democracy and abuse of human rights. And due to international pressure on Mugabe.  Nelson Mandela also broke his silence on the issue, criticising Zimbabwe’s ‘tragic failure of leadership’.

Serves him right, he has blatant disregard for the opinions of others. He just wants to stay in power and is not shy in using brutal force to fulfill his wishes.  He rigged the recent presidential election and used thugs to intimidate and caused physical hurts and even deaths.

For all those like him, this should serve as a timely warning that they may plan and scheme but things may not work out the way they like.

Come visit again. Thank you.

Have you heard of Particle Smoking?

An Australian research claims that the dangers of passive smoking are now accepted beyond doubt – but what about ‘particle smoking’?  It states that even if adults step outside for a cigarette, children are risk from nicotine particles being carried back into homes on parents’ clothes and hair.  It says small residual traces of nicotine in the air are enough to cause an increased risk of respiratory problems in children.

The report in the journal, Indoor Air, calls parents to quit the habit. Interesting! So, fathers and mothers who smoke, you can still still cause respiratory problems in your children even if you don’t smoke in your own homes. Help create a healthy environment for the children.

For the sake of your children, give up smoking altogether!

Come visit again, thank you.

What is a book supposed to do ?

I have come across an interesting book which I feel I should share with you. The author is a lama but he does not preach or sermonise to the readers. His style is very down to earth and the things he imparts are equally  down-to-earth and practical. Sincerely hope some of you read it and can reap benefits from it.

The art pieces from nature

Most of the time we are too busy to know we have master art-pieces right at our own backyard. They are created for our appreciation and to inspire us. It is none other than Nature itself which brings such beauty to us and it does it on a daily basis too.

It’s our responsibility, really!

Is mother nature taking its revenge on us, or is she just showing us her anger, is she telling us she is suffering or is she giving us a warning?  Within the space of just two and a half months, so many calamities had occurred across this earth of ours. None of the continent is spared. A devastating cyclone hit Myanmar, a shattering earthquake rocked China, a destructive flood swept through Iowa in the US and a raging typhoon pelted the Philippines.

Never Too Late

When I started to write on others’ blogs, HJ Angus has commented I should start my own blog.  I was quite interested but never come around to doing it till today. I am presently visiting one of my daughters in Bristol, England. She is the one who gave me the final push.

So, here is my launch!  I hope I have the affinity to interact with many of my fellow bloggers.

Come visit again, thank you.