7 Dangerous acts after a meal

1. Don’t smoke ---- Experiments from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher)
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2. Don’t eat fruits immediately --- Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. There fore take fruits 1 -2 hours after meal or 1 hour before meal.
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3. Don’t drink tea------ Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the protein content in the food we consume to be hundred thus difficult to digest.
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4. Don’t loosen your belt---------- Loosening the belt after meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted and blocked.
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5. Don’t bathe----------------- Bathing after meal will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs and body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease, this will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.
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6. Don’t walk about------------- People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.
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7. Don’t sleep immediately------------ The food we intake will not be to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric and infection in our intestine.
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TRUE MEANING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

Our National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country.

Do you know the meaning of our national anthem? Let me tell you .......

 I have always wondered who is the "adhinayak" and "bharat bhagyavidhata", whose praise we are singing. I thought it might be God!

To begin with, India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honor of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pundit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included,which are in praise of the King and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!)

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The National Anthem

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
Tava shubha name jage,
Tava shubha asisa mange,
Gahe tava jaya gatha,
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,
Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!

The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the best ower of good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas which glorify the King:

1st stanza - (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories.

2nd stanza - around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words.

3rd stanza - Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travellers beyond misery.

4th stanza - Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection.

5th stanza - in your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat (India)will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King).

This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland.
It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly singing.

REFERENCE
http://www.citehr.com/212948-meaning-national-anthem-india-must-read.html

Description about Brain Tumour and Brain cancer

  One of the most worrisome illnesses is cancer. Whenever we hear of it, we get hopeless in an instant. We also fear hearing about tumours.

Why? 

It is because people associate cancer with tumours as well so it also frightens them that the tumour can be malignant or precancerous, whichever is applicable.

In our world now, nothing is stable as illnesses can spring up in an instant. Our environment can also cause us to have this besides our genes. So healthy living is of great help. But what if we are diagnosed with a brain tumour or brain cancer? What does this imply? What are the differences?

A brain tumour can grow in any part of the brain. These are cells that can be both cancerous or non-cancerous. Cancerous cells are termed as malignant while non-cancerous are termed as benign. Brain tumours only become a problem at the later stages since in the early stages the symptoms are not being manifested. When there is already intra-cranial pressure, then this is the time that the symptoms will manifest such as dizziness, vomiting, and many others. 

Brain cancer, on the other hand, is a confirmed brain tumour that is malignant or cancerous. In this type of cancer, certain manifestations will already occur such as; headache, blurring of vision, vomiting, and nausea.

In order to confirm these illnesses, CT scans or MRI can be used to diagnose these illnesses. Brain tumours do not require immediate medical intervention unless it is a malignant type of tumour and unless it blocks certain parts of the brain increasing the pressure inside the head. Brain cancer, on the other hand, is the opposite of brain tumours as it requires immediate intervention such as surgery. Radiation and chemotherapy can also be used.

Thanks to modern science, these two illnesses can be diagnosed immediately through the use of these modern body scanners. As humans, it is our major responsibility to know and avoid such possibilities in which we can acquire cancer. We must live our lives well, and we must fully take care of ourselves.

Summary:

1.Not all brain tumours are cancerous while brain cancer is a cancer with malignant tumours.
2.Brain tumours do not require immediate medical intervention while brain cancer needs prompt and emergency interventions.
3.Brain cancer manifests headache, nausea, and vomiting while brain tumours do not have any symptoms unless they are in the late stages.

WAKE-UP PHARMACIST WAKE-UP !!

Here we Share Some  problems associated with Pharmacy Graduate/Students/Professionals Problems:
1. In civil services (Central & State) Pharmacy is not a optional Subject
WAKE UP PHARMACIST – Inclusion of Pharmacy Subject in Civil services
2. In CSIR-UGC-NET – Pharmacy is not a optional subject.
WAKE UP  PHARMACIST – Inclusion of Pharmacy Subject
3. In Most of the CSIR/ICMR/DBT funded labs- a clear & open opportunity for B.Pharm & M.Pharm Qualified candidate to enter as JRF/SRF/ RA/Project Assistant.Because in all the vacancy mention by these funded body institutes -
Eligibility Criteria mention for JRF & SRF is as follow
MSc in Biotechnology/Chemistry/Toxicology/Life Sciences /Biochemistry/Microbiology/Botany/Zoology + Research exp. + CSIR -UGC- NET
Now – what about Pharm.d/M.Pharm/B.Pharm (Pharmacy is not a optional subject in CSIR-UGC-NET )-
However most of the labs are working in the field of Drug Research. So you can imagine how only a counted few can enter as a JRF/SRF/RA or Scientist positions with Pharmacy degree.

WAKE UP PHARMACIST WAKE UP take a INITIATIVE.
 

 -Inclusion of GPAT as a Eligibility criteria for JRF

GPATINDIA filed a RTI & recieved Following reply
Show the following document if  you applied for JRF/Project Assistant but Eligibility criteria not to mention as GPAT qualified.

Pharmacist should have prescribing rights!!

Revolution pharm.d inclined to ask for prescribing rights for every pharmacists from the first day they qualify because even the most incompetent pharmacist is more competent than any other health care professional when it comes to medicines.

Prescribers frequently under dose their patients when prescribing antibiotics which is just as bad as overdosing because it encourages resistance and makes the infection harder to eradicate .The point about doctors is that if they're allowed to pick up experience from practice, why can't pharmacists who study 6 years solely about medicines. In any case pharmacists wouldn't prescribe everything even if given the right, but it could help us to get out of awkward situations legally by being able to prescribe, e.g. if you ran out of the pharmacy only version of  levonell one step one could prescribe the POM version and get out of it legally without breaching the law.

Ironically we're allowed to give daktarin oral gel for thrush for children from 2 upwards, yet Nystatin is actually safer for children because there is less systemic absorption associated with nystatin. If  we were allowed to prescribe we would recommend Nystatin to the patients instead.

There are easy conditions to treat if we were allowed to prescribe even with very limited diagnostic skills which will undoubtedly very rapidly develop.

Please share ur views on this topic in the comment box below

JAAGOO PHARMACIST JAAGOOOO

Pharmacy Practice Regulation planned, clinical pharmacy mandatory in hospitals.

Nandita Vijay, Bangalore

  

 In a major development to give a fillip to medical services in the country, the Union government is working to enforce the Pharmacy Practice Regulation. The directive will mandate all hospitals to set up departments of clinical pharmacy manned by Pharm D graduates.

The government under the direction of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is in the process of finalizing the same. Details on the time-frame for implementation are not available. But experts opine that this move would have a positive impact for pharmacy education in India

Moreover, US and UK governments now recognize only Pharm D as a minimum entry qualification for jobs. The hospitals in the Middle East prefer Pharm D over B Pharm degree holders. In India too, once the Regulation is enforced, the government will insist on Pharm D as the basic degree for candidates to work at the departments of clinical pharmacy in hospitals.

So long the government has not provided adequate attention for the development of clinical pharmacy services in hospitals. Departments of Clinical Pharmacy are in vogue abroad. However, only a handful of hospitals have started the Clinical Pharmacy department. These include KMC, Manipal, JSS, Mysore, KLE, Belgaum and Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore.

The six-year Pharma D course, started in 2008-09, will now will now open up employment opportunities, Dr N Udupa, principal, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and sub-committee member, Pharm D, PCI.

Currently, India has over 10, 000 hospitals. There are 1,000 pharmacy colleges with 60 seats each; creating 50,000 B Pharm graduates annually. Of these 5,000 are selected by the industry, 2,000 go abroad and the remaining seek teaching jobs or are under employed. The huge supply-demand gap has resulted in fall of takers to pharmacy courses by half with 25,000 vacant seats. The speedy enforcement of the Pharmacy Practice Regulation could change the face of employment for candidates as Pharm D will be the minimum qualification to seek postings at the departments of clinical pharmacy in hospitals, said Dr Udupa.

Colleges offering Pharm D require a dedicated hospital or a tie-up with a reputed medical centre having a full-fledged department of clinical pharmacy. Only science candidates after pre-university can opt for course. There is also a lateral entry programme for B Pharm degree holders who can join up for the same during the fourth year. The fee between Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 1. 5 lakh annually for the five year course and the sixth year will be a residency programme.

The key theory and practical focus includes. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Drug Information, Adverse Drug Reaction, Patient Counselling and Poison Information supported by case study presentation, ward round participation under the supervision of clinical pharmacy teachers and doctors.

Other than hospitals, pharma industry and clinical research organizations are also keen to employ Pharm D candidates to work qualified coordinators for human studies and BA/BE projects.

PCI has created considerable awareness organizing special sessions at IPC and IPA events.

Classification Of Food Poisoning

I. Based on symptoms and duration of onset:
a. Nausea and vomiting within six hours (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus)
b. Abdominal cramps and diarrhoea within 8-16 hours (Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus cereus)
c. Fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea within 16-48 hours (Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio
parahemolyticus, Enteroinvasive E.coli, Campylobacter jejuni)
d. Abdominal cramps and watery diarrhoea within 16-72 hours (Enterotoxigenic E.coli, Vibrio cholerae
O1, O139, Vibrio parahemolyticus, NAG vibrios, Norwalk virus)
e. Fever and abdominal cramps within 16-48 hours (Yersinia enterocolitica)
f. Bloody diarrhoea without fever within 72-120 hours (Enterohemorrhagic E.coli O157:H7)
g. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and paralysis within 18-36 hours (Clostridium botulinum)

II. Based on pathogenesis
a. Food intoxications resulting from the ingestion of preformed bacterial toxins. (Staphylococcus
aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens)
b. Food intoxications caused by noninvasive bacteria that secrete toxins while adhering to the
intestinal wall (Enterotoxigenic E.coli, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter jejuni)
c. Food intoxications that follow an intracellular invasion of the intestinal epithelial cells. (Shigella,
Salmonella)
d. Diseases caused by bacteria that enter the blood stream via the intestinal tract. (Salmonella typhi,
Listeria monocytogenes)


Bacterial Etiology Of Food Poisoning:

Food infections by bacteria can be divided into two types:
1. those in which the food does not ordinarily support the growth of pathogens but merely carries them. E.g.
Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio etc.

2. those in which the food can serve as a culture medium for growth of pathogens to numbers that can infect
the person.
Food borne infections by bacteria can also be classified as toxicosis and food-infections. In toxicosis, the toxins are
released by bacteria such as Clostridia, Bacillus and Staphylococcus. In food-infections, the bacteria are ingested,
which later initiate the infection

Steps on How to Use Medications Safely ?

• Keep a list or inventory of all the medications that you take.  Be sure to include all prescribed drugs, over the counter medications, herbal supplements, home remedies and medical foods.  Share this list with your physician or upon admission to the hospital to prevent complications.
•     When speaking with your healthcare providers tell them how you actually take your medications, especially if this is different from how they are originally prescribed.
•     When starting a new medication ask if there are certain foods, drinks, other medicines or activities that you should avoid while taking the drug.
•     At least once a year take all your medicines with you to your doctor’s appointment so you both have a complete understanding of what each drug does and why you should continue to take it.
•     Don’t share prescriptions.  Allergic reactions, overdosing and reproductive side effects in young woman are just some of the risks of sharing a prescription from a friend or family member.
•     Take antibiotics only to treat illnesses caused by bacteria.  Bacterial illnesses include strep throat, tuberculosis and many types of pneumonia.  Taking antibiotics when they are not needed only contributes to the serious problem of antibiotic resistance.
•     Finish the full course of a prescribed antibiotic.  Stopping the medication when the symptoms reside will also add to antibiotic resistance.  If treatment stops too soon, some bacteria may survive, re-infect.
•     Speak to your physician before abruptly stopping certain medications.  Hormone therapy, thyroid, blood pressure and heart medications should not be stopped cold turkey.  Doing so could lead to serious side effects or even kill you.
•     Store all prescription medications in a safe place away from children.
•     Dispose of medications in a safe manner.  Follow any specific disposal instructions on the drug label or patient information that accompanies the medication. Do not flush prescription drugs down the toilet unless specifically instructed.   When in doubt ask your pharmacist.

Have you ever shared a prescription with someone?  Do you question your physician when he grabs his prescription pad if there is another alternative?  We would love your comments on your prescription experiences.