Is personality a factor for heart disease!

It is already acknowledged that personality has been related with development of heart disease by blocking artery of heart. Then, we look for personality which is harmful for our heart. It is suggested that people with type-A personality are susceptible to grow heart disease. People with type-A personality have more sympathetic outflow from autonomic nervous system, that eventually inducing excessive fat deposition on the cardiac arterial wall, developing blockage of cardiac artery. Sometime, social environment may aggravate behavioral anxiety, initiating aggressive personality in exuding excessive sympathetic flow. 'Self-meditation' such as deep breathing relaxation may be useful in abstaining from personality relating heart disease.

Importance of Brain Scan in Seizure: A Perspective!

The unintentional jerking of body (involuntary) is termed as seizure in medicine. The symptom of seizure has significant importance during clinical evaluation of a patient. For example, one young adult person may have seizure without other abnormality, so whole-brain scan should be additional investigation for clinical interpretation. With this perspective, childhood trauma of brain can not be ruled out as one cause, that can be assessed by brain imaging technique. Usually, CT and MRI are useful imaging techniques. Therefore, nowadays, advanced nuclear medicine technique such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging has also significant role in the functional and anatomical assessment among seizure patients with childhood brain trauma.

Benefits of Tomato against cancer!

For last few days, I am thinking to write about the beneficial effects of ‘tomato’, a seasonal fruit. There is a mixed impression on this fruit (tomato) relating with the taste. I myself use to take it as salad. However, the benefit of ingredient of tomato is little known to us, which is called lycopene, a carotenoid pigment usually found in the red and yellow fruits and vegetables. It has been studied that lycopene has anti-oxidant effect, that may prevent abnormal growth of cells in the body. I would like to mention that this lycopene has anti-cancer affect. It is studied that lycopene in the tomato may prevent prostate cancer in the middle decade of life. In addition, it has been postulated that lycopene has also anti-oxidant effect against breast cancer. Why do not we take tomato in our daily recipe? For any inconvenient taste of tomato, it can be taken as ketchup with our daily meal, I suggest.