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November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

 

What is Lung Cancer?

The Lungs

Your lungs are two sponge-like organs found in your chest cavity. Your right lung is divided into 3 sections, called lobes.  Your left lung has 2 lobes and is smaller because the heart takes up more room on that side of the body.

When you breathe, air goes into your lung through the trachea (windpipe). The trachea divides into tubes called the bronchi, which divide into smaller branches called the bronchioles. At the end of the bronchioles are tiny air sacs known as alveoli. Many tiny blood vessels run through the alveoli, absorbing oxygen from the inhaled air into your bloodstream and releasing carbon dioxide. Taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide are your lungs' main function.

 

Lung cancer is a devastating disease, taking a terrible toll on those diagnosed and their loved ones. As the leading cancer killer in both men and women in the United States, it kills more people than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. Approximately 84% of people diagnosed with lung cancer die within five years of their diagnosis.  Late diagnosis is mostly to blame: only 16% of lung cancer patients are diagnosed before their disease has spread to other parts of their bodies.

Background and Diagnosis
We cannot explain why one person develops lung cancer and another does not. However, we do know that a person with certain risk factors may be more likely than others to develop lung cancer.

Risk Factors

Research has found several causes and risk factors for lung cancer. A risk factor is anything that changes the chance of getting a disease. Lung cancer risk factors include—
• Smoking                                                                                    
• Secondhand smoke from other people's cigarettes
• Radon gas in the home
• Things around home or work, including asbestos, ionizing radiation, and other cancer-causing substances
• Medical exposure to radiation to the chest
• Chronic lung disease such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis
• Increased age
                                                                                                                 

Symptoms
Different people have different symptoms for lung cancer. Some people don't have any symptoms at all when first diagnosed with lung cancer.  Lung cancer symptoms can be due to the direct effect of growth of cancer cells in the lung, or due to the effect of cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body. Lung cancer symptoms due to growth of cancer cells in the lung may include—
• a cough that gets worse or does not go away
• breathing trouble, such as shortness of breath
• constant chest pain
• coughing up blood
• a hoarse voice
• frequent lung infections such as pneumonia
• persistent fatigue
• weight loss with no apparent cause
These symptoms can happen with other illnesses, too. Talk to your doctor if you have symptoms that concern you.
Treatment
Lung cancer is treated in several ways, depending on the type of lung cancer and how far it has spread. Treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. People with lung cancer often get more than one kind of treatment.

Prevention

You can reduce your risk of developing lung cancer in several ways.
• Don’t smoke.  If you do smoke, quit now. 

• Avoid secondhand smoke. There is no risk-free  level of secondhand smoke exposure.

• Have your home tested for radon and take corrective actions if high levels are found.

• Avoid unnecessary medical tests that involve X-ray images of the chest.

• Follow health and safety guidelines in the workplace.

 

4th sign of a stroke - IMPORTANT

STROKE  IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend  stumbled and took a little fall - she assured  everyone that she was fine (they offered to call  paramedics) she said she had just tripped over a  brick because of her new shoes.

 

They got  her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food.  While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went  about enjoying herself the rest of the  evening.

 

Ingrid's husband called later  telling everyone that his wife had been taken to  the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Ingrid passed away.)  She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they  known how to identify the signs of a stroke,  perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some  don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless  condition instead.

 A neurologist says that  if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours  he can totally reverse the effects of a  stroke...totally. He said the trick  was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed,  and then getting the patient medically cared for  within 3 hours, which is  tough.

 

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

 

Thank  God for the sense to remember the '3' steps,  STR. Read and  Learn! 

Sometimes  symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.  Unfortunately, the lack of awareness  spells disaster. The stroke victim may  suffer severe brain damage when people nearby  fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.  

 

STROKE:  Remember the  1st Three Letters....S.T.R.

        Four  letters...S.T.R.O.

 

Now doctors  say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking  three  simple  questions:

 

S*Ask  the individual to SMILE.

T*Ask  the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE   (Coherently)

(I.e. It is sunny out  today.)

R*Ask  him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

 

If he or she has trouble  with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency  number immediately  and  describe the symptoms to the  dispatcher.

 

New  Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick O*UT Your  Tongue

 

NOTE:   Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask  the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the  tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or  the other  that is  also an indication of a stroke.

A   cardiologist says if everyone who gets  this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet  that at least one life will be saved. 

HOW TO AVOID EARLY MORNING STRESS

With a new sun rise in the morning it’s time to make another beginning. Whether you are a night owl or an early riser should never be afraid of the early morning. Much of stress can always decrease your body stamina. So, just figure out the causes of stress and plan your routine for a successful happy starting.

For most of the families it is very important that the onset of day happens with peace and no loud noise of the alarm clock. This will help in keeping the atmosphere soothing. Things like car keys, shoes, dresses, etc. should be kept at their proper places in the night only to avoid any kind of hassle. Just make your family follow an organized routine so that disorganization doesn’t become one of the causes of stress for you. A new way of stress busting can be stress relief games. These games can be pillow fighting, playing cards and chess at night with your family members; even you can try dancing or many online stress relief games.

The early morning is the right time to eliminate all the causes of stress from your life. You can start with the stress reducing techniques and blend them into your routine as follows:

1. Try doing aerobic exercise every morning for half an hour. This will help you becoming active, losing all the bad elements in your body and removing all the causes of stress from your life.
2. As advised by many, meditation is the best to overcome all the causes of stress. With meditation we provide our body a new way of living. We come closer to tour body with this technique.
3. Never skip your breakfast because of shortage of time. Breakfast skipping can really make you annoyed. With breakfast you must have to instill at least 8 hours of sleep in your routine as well. So, that you can help your body in relaxing all the organs and refreshing them again.   

Make your nights happy and start your day fresh to avoid the causes of stress and take help of stress relief games if required. Remember a happy body works longer.

 

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Exercise Daily & Keep Fit

Mantra of fitness is to exercise daily. Its important to do a minimum 20 minutes work out on daily basis as this not only vents out the stress and tension but all rejuvenates the body. Fitness exercise for sure improves the over all efficiency of the mind and the soul of any one. In today’s hi tech era where in maximum work or tasks are done through machine, watching on your weight and eating habits is equally important.

One can start with morning walk. Morning walk would not only warm up the body but also the intake of pure oxygen would impact positively. Yoga for weight loss has been preferred by modern people. This concentrates on mind and soul both as it includes breathing activity, meditation and body postures which takes care of the complete body. This should be practices in the morning hours without any exposure of pollution and noise.

Today folks have a problem of heavy weight as with packed work schedules they are eating all that they get and do not look at the nutritional values of the food items. It’s imperative to incorporate leg slimming exercises in your daily routine as legs would hold the body on ground. There are lot of home exercises which could be done on daily basis to keep you fit and fine. Below mentioned are some of these:

Brisk walking could be done at the terrace or the garden in front of your house. This certainly warms up the body and releases the stress. Ab Cruch at Home can easily be done with the edge of your bed. In fact one can take a support of another family member. To start with one should start a set of 10 times and then get on to minimum 3 sets in a day for the same.

There are numerous videos available for free online to guide you how to do abs workout at home. Similarly one can do tummy tucking and chest work out home without paying extra money. Specific exercises are recommended basis the body type of people. However minimum one can look in to shaping the abs and tummy. This is beneficial for both men and women.

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Few bits of extra pounds in one’s body are always regretted upon as it makes them look out of shape. Being called as a fat person always hurts more than anything as it is something that one does not create by his or her personal intention. At this point of time one really feel frustrated as well as helpless as one cannot do anything about such growth of fat content in one’s body and cannot be reduced even if one cuts down the percentage of food consumption in a day.

Working out seems to the best possible way to burn your extra calories and helps you to get back in a good shape. Working out involves a series of exercises that are connected to each other and helps to reduce the unwanted elements in the body such as fats and calories. There are mainly two types of exercises that help you to burn calories, namely, aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic refers to the exercise that requires oxygen to be delivered to the human body through the implementation process. These activities include workouts through swimming, basketball, football, tennis, etc. These workout procedures involves a session in which man burns his calories through activities like running, jumping, etc. which scientifically speaking enlarges the muscular tissue which increases the rate of metabolic activities.

On the other hand, the best exercise to burn calories is the anaerobic section which includes use of workout that is very exhaustive as compared to aerobics. These exercises are too related to rigorous work outs that cut down the supply of oxygen through intense workout in form of weight lifting and other forms of work outs that involves pressuring the muscle with a view to use adenosine triphosphate and glycogen stored in the muscles as a non oxygen fuel.

Obesity diet also plays a very important role in controlling the problem of growing calories by use of balanced diets. Balanced diets include consumption of food which is good for boy in form of proteins, vitamin and essential nutrients which builds up the composure of the body and makes it strong. Consumption of fruit juice, vegetable shakes boiled b\vegetables constitutes a part of such diet. In addition to it, consumption of fruits and fresh vegetables act as a good source of energy. On the other hand, consumption of fatty stuffs, like oily food, chocolates, wafers, pizzas, etc, shall be not be allowed as they contain high percentage of calorie and increases the fat content in the body, making it fat again.

Body is a concern for all as our looks and posture depends upon it. A nice buildup body is always appreciated as it has the right figure and composure to fit the outfits whereas a body with a round belly is never accepted as it spoils the look of the outfit with an unusual large figure. Workout is all about commitment whether done by aerobic or non aerobic means, because both offer the similar remedy to cut down the calorie content and promote a fitter body.

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The Salty Truth

MYTH: I can’t be eating too much salt because I don’t add it to my food.

FACT: It is easy to eat too much salt without adding it to your food. 75% of the salt we eat is already in the food that we buy, such as some breakfast cereals, soups, sauces, ready meals, canned products and biscuits. In fact, one or two servings of some foods could contain more that the recommended daily maximum for adults which is 6 grams. (6 grams = 1 teaspoon).

It is important to check the food labels for the sodium content when you go shopping for grocery items.

MYTH: Only old people needed to worry about how much salt they eat.

FACT: Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure at any age. It’s true that you have less chances of developing heart disease in your 20s or 30s than when you’re older. But if you have high blood pressure when you are young, you’re still at great risk for developing heart disease than someone the same age with normal blood pressure.

MYTH: Food has no flavour without salt.

FACT: If you are used to foods that are high in salt, or adding lots of salt to your food, you could miss it when you first cut down. This is because our taste buds get used to high levels of salt.

Our taste buds can get used to eating less salt in a few weeks. Then we would be more likely to enjoy foods with less salt or foods without any salt at all. If food contains lots of salt this hide other seasoning flavours. You might prefer some foods that contain less salt when your taste buds have had time to adjust.

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Care For Your Beautiful Eyes!

Be it poetry, literature or movies, the description of a woman’s beauty is incomplete without a mention of her beautiful and sparkling eyes. Unfortunately, today’s woman has to resort to make-up and cosmetic procedures to make her eyes look good. The reason being, hectic schedules allow for limited time and means to take care of oneself. Also, it has been observed that eye care is usually excluded from the regular body or skin care routine. The end result is tired and puffy eyes, dark circles, poor vision and premature appearance of wrinkles around the eyes.

The good news is that devoting a little bit of time and effort each day to eye care will help solve all these problems.

The most common question asked by ladies is how to remove dark circles naturally. The remedy to this problem lies in identifying and curing the underlying cause. Dark circles mainly occur due to stress, fatigue, lack of adequate sleep and faulty diet. So, you must ensure that you sleep for at least 6-8 hours daily. You can apply an eye pack of cucumber or potato slices three to four times a week. Or apply a mix of tomato and lemon juice around the eyes. Massage your eyes using almond or olive oil on a regular basis. If you are required to sit in front of a computer for long hours, take frequent breaks and allow your eyes to rest. Drink at least 10-12 glasses of water in a day.

It is important to have a balanced and proper diet as it adequately provides the required vitamins for eyes. Take a good dose of Vitamin A daily for better vision and you won’t have to worry about wearing spectacles. If you have dark circles or puffy eyes, apply vitamin E oil or powdered vitamin E capsule.

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McDonald’s Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months

This is unbelievable. What is it that these people have been putting in these foods.They must be trying to kill us. How is it possible for a piece of beef to be on a counter for over six moths without decomposing?

In an article sited on Yahoo.com dated October 12, 2010, a well known artist reported "the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time."

"The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail."

People need to stop for a moment and think seriously about what they are eating. I know we think we will all die. But This thing will cause you to suffer great pains before you die.

You be the judge.

 

 

 

   

This is informative!
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We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit.
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What's the correct way to eat fruit?
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IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL! FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
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Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities..
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FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.Let's say you eat two slices of bread, then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it's prevented from doing so.
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In the meantime, the whole meal rots and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
Eat your fruit on an empty stomach, or before your meal! You've heard people complain: Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc. This will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. Fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas. Hence, you bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes - all of these will NOT happen if you eat fruit on an empty stomach.
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There's no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruit becomes alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruit, you have the Secret of Beauty, Longevity, Health, Energy, Happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't drink juice that has been heated. Don't eat cooked fruit; you don't get the nutrients at all. You get only the taste. Cooking destroys all of the vitamins.

Eating a whole fruit is  better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit-fast to cleanse your body. Eat fruit and drink fruit juice for just 3 days, and you will be surprised when your friends say how radiant you look!

KIWI:Tiny but mighty, and a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange!

AN APPLE: a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C, thereby helping to lower the risk of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY:Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.
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EATING 2 - 4 ORANGES oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones, and reduce the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON:Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. Also a key source of lycopene, the cancer-fighting oxidant. Also found in watermelon: Vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA:Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this applies to you. It's nice to have a cold drink after a meal, however, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you've just consumed, which slows digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks.

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they're asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Be careful, and be aware. The more we know, the better our chance to survive.
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A cardiologist said if everyone who gets this  e-mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

It can even be your life!

DRINKING WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven  its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/ reduce main diseases:

1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)

2. Gastric (10 days)

3. Diabetes (30 days)

4. Constipation (10 days)

5. Cancer (180 days)

6. TB (90 days)

7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd  week onwards – daily.

 This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ..not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal.  H owever, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks:

·     Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,

·     Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

·     You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

·     Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

·     60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

·     Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

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