West Nile virus is an emerging infectious disease that made its first appearance in the United States in 1999. The microbe that causes the infection belongs to a group of disease-causing viruses known as flaviviruses, which are usually spread by ticks or mosquitoes.
People who contract West Nile virus usually experience only mild symptom...
Travel Health: Useful medical information for good health before your departure, during your trip and after your return.
The diseases most commonly seen in travellers are diarrhoea, malaria (if you travel in a malaria-infested area), accidents (when travelling by car or swimming), wound infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Diarrhoea is caused by contaminated food and drinking-water. You must therefore be careful if your are travelling in poor hygie...
Have a Mosquito Free Vacation
Your wardrobe is planned, suitcases are ready, and your flight leaves tomorrow for your next vacation.
Have you remembered everything?
Not if you haven't packed mosquito repellant.
No matter where you are going, mosquitoes are there! They are found on every continent, except Antarctica.
In many tropical places, they a...
Increasing Self Esteem
Every person wants to improve his or her self-esteem. The efforts to improve self-esteem could be conscious or unconscious. This simply means that some people actively pursue the goal of elevating their self wroth while other tends to increase their self-esteem without knowing it. It is important though to know what areas in your life you want to i...
Building self-esteem in teens
Adolescence is perhaps the most complicated in one’s life. Although adulthood can be pretty complicated too, nothing can match the adjustments that we have to make during this period of “growing up.”
In addition to the usual stress that physical changes and hormonal changes in the body give, adolescents also have to deal with changes in thei...
Building Confidence and Self Esteem
There are two things that go hand in hand making who the person is today. These are confidence and self esteem. If the person is unaware of one's potential or what he or she can become, the term given to someone is a loser.
Nobody wants to be called a loser but unfortunately, there are a few in society. These are the people who don’t have an...
Home Theater Speaker Basics
One of the most essential components of a good home theater is its speakers. You simply cannot achieve that theater atmosphere if you do not have good speakers from which to enjoy the sound that is such a vital part of a good 'movie going' experience. The problem is that most people are easily confused as to which speakers they really need for thei...
Playing the Name Game
When it comes to speakers for your surround sound system there happen to be all kinds of models, makes, and brands on the market. You will find vast variations in quality and price among the multitudes. With so many from which to choose it is often difficult to know which brands are reputable, which represent good quality, and which are merely trea...
Regular checkup for keeping away arthritis
Arthritis symptoms are the aching and the creaking of the bones. Perhaps it is thought to be an old person’s disease. On the contrary, it is truly a condition that affects all the ages. Right from the toddlers to the teenagers and the old men can get affected with the arthritis. It often helps to have the condition diagnosed, but the label can be d...
Jogging
Exercise has important health benefits for everyone, regardless of age and physical condition. For few people with arthritis, working out regularly and within their limits is critical task. Regular, moderate exercise offers a host of benefits to people with arthritis as per experts. Exercise reduces joint pain and stiffness, builds strong muscle ar...