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Obesity epidemic of India

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Obesity in India is on the rise. It has reached enormous proportions. As I sit and count at airports, the number of women who look obviously overweight and obese, the figures I get is 8 out of 10. And this is around same in children of all sexes and around 6 in 10 men show clearcut overweight and obesity that is obvious even to naked eye. Anthropometric measurements might reveal more of them.  What are the likely causes? I have a theory that starts analysing these cases right from the 2000s or previous century. Junk food eating and sedantry lifestyle had already given an upward push to obesity in last century. And this also gave rise to diabetes mellitus in both men and women. Hence, such mothers also had diabetes in pregnancy. Some who did not have diabetes otherwise had gestational diabetes. From 2000 to 2026 prevalence of gestational diabetes has risen in india. It has even spread to rural areas and recent national data gives a figure of 22.4% which is almost 1 in 4 pregnant mot...
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Face masking and it's benefits

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Face masking started on a universal basis in March 2020 when coronavirus attacked the humans of this world. Besides social distancing, people were advised to wear face masks to limit the transmission of the deadly virus. It was mandatory at that time.  Slowly, as the virus became less virulent and cases dropped, the rule was relaxed. People could go about their daily routine and work without the face mask. But they were advised to put them for their own safety as well as the safety of others around them.  Face mask has other benefits as well. What are these? Benefits of face mask  1. Coronavirus has not yet vanished from the world. Therefore, face masks continue to have the role of protecting people from this virus. Do not know when it might reattack.  2. There are other serious viruses doing their seasonal rounds and those that can cause grave health issues to humans. These include the HMPV virus that currently has been noticed to cause problems in people. This is t...
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Who should be careful about the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines? Problems with allergies and facial fillers!

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 The world and especially the USA is raging with COVID-19 infection. In an emergency, USA FDA approved two vaccines for mass immunization; Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. As the vaccine rolled out from the lab to the public, gradually the side-effects and contra-indications are trickling in. The Pfizer vaccine is causing more allergies in people than was expected. Besides, the Moderna vaccine has been found to be unsafe in people with facial fillers!  Walking-a cost-effective exercise!-Read on it here Allergies and Pfizer jab for COVID-19 Operation Warp Speed’s chief scientific adviser, Dr Moncef Slaoui stated that the frequency of allergic reactions with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is more than expected. The incidence of allergies found with the new vaccine is more than that with the other jabs used in the past for other diseases. Dr Moncef said that by Tuesday 22 December 2020, 6 cases of allergies to the vaccine had been reported. But more data on it is awaited. He...
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