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Ways To Relieve Stress

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yoga for relaxation
Yoga, either in a class or with a video, is a great way to get the kinks out of mind and body.

Health is defined as a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity, as per the World Health Organization.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.healthdigezt.com

For all the reasons that we know, stress is one of the key factors in why we gain weight, become despondent, and watch our health deteriorate.

In the face of stress, good health habits fall by the wayside. Often, it’s a matter of there simply not being enough hours in the day to “do it all.”

That’s why it’s extremely important to look for ways to relieve stress on a daily basis. The link above gives some great suggestions.

Modern Medicine Is Too Reliant on Short-Term Studies

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Neurological diseases may have a genetic component. Should you get tested?

Medical researchers are often focused on gathering data for long-term studies. Unlike in the past, these days human subject research is tightly controlled by IRBs (Institutional Review Boards).

However, many times potential patients don’t want to deal with the fine print on the documents they’re asked to sign. And, then, if a long-term study does get underway, people who are signed up to participate move to another part of the country, and researchers can’t track them down.

A deeper problem is that the agencies that fund the majority of medical research in the US (the NIH and the VA) don’t have the money to invest in long-term studies.

Even research on life-ending diseases like ALS, MS, Pick’s Disease, and others, are not funded at the levels we need them to be if researchers are ever to find a cure.

Communities that organize around diseases like AIDS and breast cancer have driven breakthroughs in these diseases that benefit everyone. Heart disease doesn’t have lobbyists in Washington, DC, though it’s a known killer, and also one of the diseases where long-term research into exercise and eating habits could make a dent.

For environmental factors like lead poisoning and exposure to radiation, long-term research is also the key. Through research we can defeat many of these debilitating, long-term diseases.

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