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Slice of Health Season 1 Archives

Slice of Health, brought to you by Chola MS General Insurance Co Ltd is an initiative to integrate news, information and tips to help you stay healthy.

After a successful Season 1 of the Slice of Health Radio show on Chennai Live 104.8 FM, we are back with a 2nd season. Tune in to the show on Chennai Live every Thursday between 9am-10am to get expert tips. Not in Chennai? Not to worry, you can catch the show on Tune-In Online radio

We also have an archive of some of the shows of Season 1 where topics such as Diet & Fitness, Technology & Medicine, Master Health Checks ups and more were discussed. You can catch up on these here.

Top 10 Effective Home Remedies for Controlling Diabetes

High blood pressure is a common condition. It is estimated that nearly 40% of the world’s population suffers from blood pressure related disorders. High blood pressure is a risk factor for coronary heart disease, hemorrhagic stroke and ischaemia.

Most of us believe that conditions such as high blood pressure are only caused with the passing of age, or as a result of other medical conditions like pregnancy or otherwise.

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5 Lesser-Known Causes Of High Blood Pressure

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But then there are things that can kill you even without you knowing about it at the right time. We all know that lack of exercise, being overweight and excess salt leads to the risk of high blood pressure, or hypertension. But you could be at risk for high blood pressure, and not even know it.

Everything natural may not be the answer to living a healthy life. Natural remedies can sometimes affect your blood pressure. 

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Yoga for Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Nourisher and an Alternative Treatment

A number of western models of social case work and psychotherapy have emerged in the past decades: classical (for instance, psychoanalytic therapy, psychosocial therapy, problem-solving theory, family therapy, gestalt therapy, behavior therapy) and contemporary (for instance, cognitive behavior therapy, task-centered treatment, strengths- based approach etc). These models of therapy have been extensively used by psychologists and psychiatric social workers in treating persons with mental health issues all over the world, in India and claimed to be effective. However, many mental health professionals have observed that psychotherapy, as practiced in the West, might be suitable only for those living in metropolitan cities of India and not for majority of the Indian population.

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Mental well-being: A gateway to happiness

Happiness: a subjective state of contentment and well-being; an aspiration of every The United Nation’s World Happiness Report (2013) found the world’s happiest countries to be Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Netherlands and Sweden. India unfortunately ranked at 111th, behind most of its neighbouring countries. The study also found mental health to be the single most important determinant of individual happiness globally.

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Today, people like you and me are more conscious about health and well-being than ever before. Many of us aspire to a more active, wholesome and healthy lifestyle. Yet we struggle to find and make sense of all the information we need to achieve this.
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