Google Health

Google health,interesting stuff from Google.click here and here
Google Health, is primarily integration of pieces of Health information available in Web and off line, and giving access to them via a clean Google style of interface.The service is yet to go public.once comes live it will be useful to both Patients,Doctors,Researchers etc.,
Look at the demo video here...

Lab Tests

After a long search I finally found a good resource on web related to the Lab tests,disease conditions etc.,The site provided a list of tests that have to be taken by individuals according to the age group.This site will be useful for people of age 35 plus,from which age the performance of the organs will start degrading.People of age less than 35 can use this information to take enough measures to safeguard their bodes from the most common diseases that will affect in the respective age groups.I want you all to go through the site and add, doing a Master Health Checkup for you and your parents as part of the New Year Resolution.

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Vitamin D

So far people living in Tropical zone like India,Sri Lanka etc., were not bothering much about the natural way of collecting Vitamin D : Exposure to Sun.Thanks to the IT jobs created here.All through the week days , people are spending their day time inside the AC rooms and inside shopping malls,Multiplexes,Homes during the weekends.This kind culture mainly observed in the big towns and cities is leading to the reduction in the vitamin D levels in the human body.
Vitamin D has a direct impact on the strength of the bones ,Skeletal system and the immune system.With the deficiency of this vitamin, the bones will become weak, and the immune system will become less effective.Which means foreign bodies can attack us easily.Thats why most of the people working in So called top industries , prefer pills even for small injuries[Their immune system will be weak].Here are some of the tips to let our body get exposed to sun that triggers the generation of Vitamin D.

1] Average persone should spend aleast 20 min -30 mins under sun.
2] During work hours give yourself a break once evry hour or two.Walk around your campus if possible.
3] Druing winter covering the body with clothes and applying creams makes difficult fot the sun rays to penetrate through and trigger the vitamin generation.So make less use of them.
4]Surya Namaskaram is the best way to collect this vitamin.etc.

More Read the Vitamin D article from Wikipedia