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Alzheimers & other Dementias »

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What is dementia and in what ways it affects the elderly?

In the elderly dementia can produce significant deficits in functional abilities and mental health, which can affect their safety and independent living at home. Elderly people face certain difficulty in doing their basic self care needs such as bathing, hygiene, and dressing, facing problems with taking timely medications, cooking and eating adequate meals, prone to injuries and falling down two to work coordination, problems in communicating, weakness and poor safety awareness..

Women's health »

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Facts about Women’s Health

Being a man or a woman has a significant impact on physical and mental health because of both gender related and biological factors. Women’s health has been neglected in many countries due to the social and cultural discrimination of women and therefore picking it up from here has become very vital before the things go out of hands..

Stroke »

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Types, causes and treatment of stroke

Stroke is not only a medical disorder but also a medical emergency. When blood supply to one or several parts of the brain is disrupted, it causes stroke. Due to lack of blood flow to the brain, oxygen and glucose (that are present in blood) do not reach the brain. Within no time brain cells start dying as the blood supply from heart to brain gets disrupted..

Sleep Disorders »

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Some common sleep disorders, their dangers and treatment

There are people who even after trying hard do not get sufficient and good sleep. When your body does not get adequate good quality sleep you may be suffering from a medical disorder known as sleep disorder. This affects your physical as well as your mental health..

Sexually Transmitted Diseases »

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Some Facts about Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Introduction:

The term mental health cites to the international view on different ways of mental health. Taking into account cultural engagements and the particular circumstances of the country, it deals with the medical especially of the mental disorders in different countries, mental health education, and their treatment options, financial and political views…

Multiple Sclerosis »

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Introduction:

A state of happy, healthy and prosperous, in which a person individually understands his or her own powers, can satisfy or fulfill the normal emphasizes of life, can work profitably and productively, and is capable of making a share to his or her group of people is stated as mental health by the World Health Organization (WHO)..

Mens health »

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Erectile dysfunction and Men’s health

The condition erectile dysfunction explains a range of disorders but usually refers to the difficulty in obtaining a good erection for a satisfied sexual activity.

Erectile dysfunction is not only a symptom of physical problem but is often accompanied with emotional stress and trauma which in turn affects the mental health in men. If the erectile dysfunction is persistent, it will interfere with the sexual life of men causing a lot of stress and depression..

Memory Problems »

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Introduction to Memory Problems

A problem of memory occurs in the brain but it is not just confined by the brain. Even most of the things around us influence our ability to recollect from or memory. Emotional, physiological, environmental and social processes are said to affect memory functions in day to day life…

Heart Disease »

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Heart Diseases and Mental Health Are Closely Related
Heart is one of the most important organs of our body. It acts as a pump, which supplies oxygen rich blood to different parts of the body in order to maintain a healthy body. Heart disease or cardiac disease is a general term used to cover all the malfunctions of the heart. Mental health disorders are very closely associated with coronary heart diseases. It can cause adverse cardiovascular outcomes in the patients with the history heart disease..

Alzheimers & other Dementias »

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Brief introduction to Alzheimer’s & other Dementias

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, a serious brain disorder resulting from the damage to the brain’s nerve cells which impacts the everyday living like memory loss and other cognitive changes (The psychological result of perception, learning and reasoning).

Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease which progresses from mild forgetfulness which is severe enough to affect their work, lifelong hobbies and even the social life…