Why we need to quit smoking ?

Dear Friends,

Happy New year 2010.

What about taking a resolution to quit smoking this year ? 

Most people begin the habit of smoking in their teen age or  of early adulthood. And they start it due any of the factors like peer pressure, emulation of icons and stars who smoke,  risk taking attitude ,excitement of being a rebel, parental smoking etc. Many teenagers develop this habit as they believe it is a step to adulthood and freedom.

We know that many of the people who are habitual smokers, are well aware of the ill effects of this deadly habit and many wants quit it also. But as it has become an addiction they are unable to move away from it easily.

Many quit smoking several times!. Mark Twain said once “ It is very easy to quit smoking. I have done it  thousands of times!!!”.

Why we need to quit smoking ? Why all doctors are preaching to quit smoking whenever we go for a consultation ? Why WHO and Governments are  spending billions of dollars every year on QUIT SMOKING campaigns?

Because Smoking is really a bad habit which is the major cause for various d social, economic and health problems and the tobacco / nicotine is a monster which is  killing us, inch by inch, day by day.

Let us look into some of the factors.

• The tobacco tar coats the walls  of lungs and tracts Like the soot in a chimney!. This tarring effect of smoking causes continuous degradation of our health system.
• It is well known fact that smoking causes various types of Cancers, lung cancer being the most prominent. Smokers are in high risk group for mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreatic cancers. Smokers are more susceptible to peptic ulcers, emphysema (a progressive disease of the lung that primarily causes shortness of breath)and chronic bronchitis.
• Smoking causes narrowing down of blood vessels and this will cause the heart to work harder and harder, and  will cause heart attacks.  Heart problems and strokes are common problems in smokers.
• Increased stress on heart and the blood vessels slows down the blood flow to legs and hands and results in amputation of the limbs! 
• Smoking females have much more impact on their health than males. Smoking during pregnancy risk their own and  health of the baby.    
• By smoking we are not only risking our own health but also of others around us. passive smoking or second hand smoking causes serious health problems to people around. Studies proved that the passive smokers are also a high risk group for heart attacks and lung deceases. Children are the worst victims of  passive smoking, Premature infant deaths, Respiratory problems, Asthma, ear infections, heart ailments and low lung growth are common in passive smoking children.
• It is proved in studies that, there is a higher possibility for children of smoking parents  becoming smokers in future due to various reasons.
• Studies also says that the risk for heart attack and other ailments reduces considerably, once we quit smoking. This is really a good news for all the smokers who are planning to this habit soon.

We need to be aware that smoking causes a number of deadly deceases and is a slow way to a terrible death. It gives us years pain and suffering.

I request you to kindly quit this highly dangerous and evil habit and live a happy and healthy life from now on. Remember smoking not only hurts you but also your loved ones.

So take a resolution today to quit smoking and make 2010 an year to remember in your rest of the life. And be the inspiration and role model to the fellow smokers to quit smoking.

Set example for your children and society in general by leading a happy and healthy life.

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Firefox web browser 3.5.5-New version launched

It is happy news for all Firefox web browser lovers including me that Mozilla has launched a new version today.

Firefox is constantly improving and  becoming a much faster, stable and secure internet browser.

I have been using Firefox for last 2 years and I find it as really cool. And ..Yes…Sometimes it also crashes, but it used to restore the previous sessions so that I can continue my work without much problem.

Now the Firefox web browser developers are claiming that in version 3.5.5  they have addressed the stability  and security issues. 

I felt pages are loading much quicker in 3.5.5. Mozilla claims it is twice as fast as the previous version.

The memory management will be better in Firefox web browser 3.5.5 and so least memory is used for the functioning of the browser and also solved the memory leaks.

You can customize your Firefox with plenty of add-ons  and themes available for download.

I believe it has become even  better now. And it is a free product. You may try and experience.

Happy Browsing!!

Download link for Firefox web browser 3.5.5

Public Health and welfare- A myth in India ?

5 infants are burned alive in the incubator 0f a private hospital in Patiala.

49-year-old man died in Alapuzha medical college  in Kerala after the stretcher carrying him broke into pieces.

As many as 49 babies, many of whom hadn't even celebrated their first birthday, have died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences while being subjected to clinical trials for testing new drugs over the last two and a half years.

4 infants  died minutes after administering the Measles vaccine in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu.

The above are some of the disturbing sample reports which has been in the  news papers recently. Who are  responsible for these tragic incidents? How we can compensate for the irreparable loss of the  parents and relatives of the victims?

It shows the things are seriously wrong here even after 60 years of independence. Thousands of gruesome incidents like this  are happening in this country every year and  a very small percentage is coming to public eye. There are gross negligence and dereliction of duty on everyone concerned on each of the above incidents.

Most of the Government  Hospitals in this country  doesn’t have required basic facilities and on the contrary causes irreparable damage to public health with its unhealthy and unhygienic  conditions. Most of them doesn't have basic amenities like enough number of doctors and support staff, good equipments, electricity , drinking water etc. Private hospitals are not much better for common man as the promoters are seeing the  hospitals as profit centers and runs like any other corporate companies. They are mostly concerned about balance sheets and profitability and so consider patients as customers and concentrates to increase per patient income and for that prescribe unnecessary medicines and expensive tests to the hapless patients.

The current medical system make a new patient a regular customer by  making him completely dependent on medicines for his rest of his life. Allopathic treatment system works more in the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies and the hospital industry and not for the welfare and wellbeing of patients. It make a patient always a patient by making him a slave of different diseases from time to time. It destroys the natural immune powers of people.

Doctors value is evaluated not by the number patients he cured or the commitment and expertise he has to his job but by the monetary value he brings to the hospitals and the pharmaceutical companies. This shift   of a purely service oriented job to a competitive industry has made the Indian medical system the worst in the world.

It is heartening that multinational medicine companies are seeing India as their testing ground and the people here as their guinea pigs. We feel so insecure when we hear about these activities  which are happening in our prestigious institutions. In developed nations there are  strong resistance of activists and NGO’s  against using their citizens for medicine testing without their consent or knowledge. This is prompting the Global pharmaceutical companies to target citizens in underdeveloped countries like India,  where there is no good legislation or rule , where  more people are  illiterate and unaware of the dangers , where the government and administration can  easily be influenced, where corruption is rampant and values are degrading and where the value to a human life is diminishing day by day.

India is  fast becoming  a country where people have sagging self respect and confidence. More people   carry a suicidal attitude towards life. Social Morality and the sense of brotherhood and compassion are becoming a myth. The globalization have first made nuclear families and now the families   have become a formality.  just the  Individuals shrink in to themselves and there is no  social commitment and responsibility for what is happening around us.             

Our country have weakened like never before because of the above factors. The lack of commitment towards the society among the citizens is being utilised by the forces whose target is to destroy and weaken this country. It is become increasingly difficult to unitedly fight against common social evils and forces threatening the foundations of the Indian civil society.

How to Eat Fruits and live longer.

  Don't you like fruits??!!.

Fruits are god send 'Amruthu' which has got exceptional qualities to keep man's health. Modern medical research is again and again underlining the value of different kind of fruits in reviving and rejuvenating the human health, which cannot be done with any man made medicines or Tonics!. Eating fruits daily can reduce depression. Fruits has got a mysterious healing effect on human beings and  is an important medication in Naturopathy.

Fruits are rich in fibres , proteins , vitamins and calories. We do know now that a food with plenty of fibers helps  against high blood pressure, and the  factors that increase the chance for a heart disease. Fruits are great anti-oxidants and so helps us to stop aging and fight diseases.

There are better ways to eat fruits.  

1. Normal practice is eating fruits after the main  meal as a desert,  which is incorrect and unhealthy. We need to eat fruits before the main meal and on empty stomach. As the fruits get digested quiet faster than the meal it can cause problems in digestion and  can cause stomach problems.
2. If consumed together fruits  will rotten the food..So never take fruits and the hard to digest meals or  foods together.
3. Replacing one time meal with only fruits will greatly help to keep better health. Friends.. , I have started doing it now. My evening meal was replaced with uncooked fruits and vegetables.  According to experts a day spent with  uncooked fruits and vegetables only, can add days to our life!! Not a bad idea at all. Right? The  fruits digest quite fast in the the body and so all our internal organs get the much needed rest and so they recuperate  and  will make us healthy.
4. Don't cook fruits. Fruits will lose its magical nutrients when cooked.Eat fruits fresh.
5. We lose much needed fibres and vitamins when we drink filtered fruit juices. Try to consume fruits in its raw form.  Also it is not advisable to add sugar in it. 
6. It is common knowledge that the fruits and vegetable available in the market, are grown and preserved using pesticides and chemicals. Wash fruits thoroughly using hot salt water before use. Always try to buy organic fruits and vegetables or take pains to cultivate them in your backyards and terraces. 
7. Packed fruit juices and drinks are actually junk food , can cause health hazards and so please avoid!  

So friends,  Eat fruits....and eat them right...

Let us work hard and eat right to make a healthy world!.

The Dawn of new year 2009

The eventful year 0f 2008 is coming to an  end and the new year is about to come. 2008 has been a year which was really different. A year which saw lot of changes around.

When we think about the past year,  the first thing which comes to my mind is the economic instability of world's richest and powerful nation, which in turn affected the world as a whole, like an epidemic.

Everywhere we hear about stock crashes , inflation, plummeting real estate prices, job and wage cuts , cost reduction etc. The fear factor is so huge and as  media also is ballooning the actual situation, we keep wondering what is more  in store with this monster!!!

Recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai has changed entire mood of the country and now people started talking about issues of common interest with more passion,  which is really a good sign and it can make a difference in the future.

2008 is not going without its share of good signs. Indian economy is really recovering faster than others and fundamentals continues to be strong. But definitely it will not be cake walk for companies and professionals. The new year will see the  survival of the fittest.

Election of the first black as the new president in the history of USA is truly remarkable and let us hope his actions will be inline with spirit of change and peace as expected in the new year.

In sports India can expect new achievements in the new year.  Last year saw some good developments in this front.

India will also have a new government in the new year. Let us all vote for the right candidates so that we will not suffer in the future.

Let us hope for the best.

Wish you a very happy and prosperous new year ahead.

Love

Sudheesh