Hair fall starts with little amount of hair falling, and if it’s left untreated for longer periods, it could lead to complete hair loss, where no hair treatment can restore the natural hair back.

Hair care experts feel that the best hair fall treatment is all about taking balanced diet, maintaining cleanliness and hygiene, and leading a stress free life.

“I believe stress is the main reason of hair fall these days. I don’t see any reason other than stress that’s causing hair fall in many of my patients,” said Arvind, a renowned Hyderabad based hair care specialist.

He said, “Good diet prevent your hair from falling. The diet that’s enriched with vitamin C, E, and B gives you healthy hair. It has to be a well balanced diet that has the perfect combination of proteins, vitamins and minerals.”

Keeping hair clean is another important thing to do to prevent hair loss. Dandruff is another reason for hair fall in many people. Some dandruff specific shampoos help keep dandruff under control. However, if the dandruff is uncontrollable by normal measures, you should meet a professional hair care specialist to get a dandruff treatment.

Leading stress free life automatically minimizes hair fall. Yoga, exercises or other physical activities such as games could easily bring hair loss under control.

Acid reflux symptoms such as heartburn, tightness in chest, and nausea etc are not all that easy to manage. Instant heartburn relief medications such as antacids offer immediate help, but still don’t work on the root cause of the problem.

Heartburn is one such condition that’s hard to treat. There’s no simple way to kill acid reflux once and for all. If left untreated for longer periods, acid reflux could severely damage esophagus and its lining, thus increasing the risk of esophageal cancer.

Heartburn is mainly caused by the bad life style habits, say doctors. The spicy and high fat foods, alcohol, irregular eating habits, lack of exercise are some of the causes of heartburn.

“I have seen a significant rise in the acid reflux complaints, mostly in the last decade,” said, Dr. Joseph. K, an Australian based private practitioner.

Doctors suggest changing lifestyle habits that trigger heartburn is the best way to treat acid reflux.

Well, if you are one of those who depict the reality weight loss shows’ diet plans or exercises, you may be putting yourself in troubles.

Following or copying extreme weight loss plans followed by the contestants in the reality weight loss shows such as “The Biggest Loser” could prove fatal, according to Brian Morton, an Australian medical expert.

According to Brian, the stroke risk is higher could be higher in people who are smokers, or whose family history isn’t great.

Many fitness experts and dieticians are also warning people not to follow the extreme exercises shown in the TV shows.

Karen Inge, a popular Australia based dietician has reminded people about the monitoring the contestants get from the professionals.  She said replicating the feats shown in the reality shows could be life threatening.

Doing strenuous workouts or following extreme weight loss diet without the guidance or monitoring of fitness experts is not advisable to any, importantly to obese people.

Now researchers at the University of Western Australia say back tea is helpful in lowering blood pressure, and also decreases the risk of heart disease.

According to them, as many as 8 cups of black tea a day can help the hypertension patients helps in controlling the high blood pressure.

The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups. The first group was given black leaf tea, containing 429 milligrams of plant chemical polyphenols a day, which is equivalent to eight and half cups of tea. The other group was on a placebo.

After six months, the average blood pressure in the tea drinking group has come down by two to three mmHg, while the other group’s readings remained more or less the same.

Jonathan Hodgson, the lead researcher said, “Our study has demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge that long-term regular consumption of black tea can result in significantly lower blood pressures in individuals with normal to high-normal range blood pressures.”

The demand for nose jobs is always high in United States and other developed countries. More and more people are looking at nose jobs even in the developing Asian countries. These days a nose job isn’t a big deal, thanks to latest developments in the field of plastic surgery.

Nose jobs do make the noses look beautiful, as we already seen a number of celebrity nose jobs. Now a new study finds nose jobs being helpful in making people look much younger!

According to a study that’s carried out at the University of Toronto, Canada, people who reshaped their noses looked approximately one and half younger than their actual age.

The researchers at Toronto University brought in 50 untrained volunteers and showed them the ‘before and after nose job’ images of 53 men and women, who recently underwent rhinoplasty.

The research team divided the volunteers into two groups and shown the pre-operative pictures of patients to one group, and post-operative pictures to other.

After a month, the volunteers were shown the pictures of the patients in reverse order. Based on the information they collected from the volunteers, the researchers found that the patients who had a nose job looked 1.5 years younger.

Diet plays key role in weight loss. But many believe diet alone can help them to lose weight. So dieting is the first thing people consider when thinking about to lose weight.

Weight loss diet, or low carb diet is followed by the obese or overweight people to get rid of the excess fat. This many work for some people, but will not work for everyone.

People who have to lose a few pounds can easily get into shape with the help of weight loss diets. But people who are seriously overweight or severely obese need much more than a weight loss diet plan.

Cutting down the intake of calories is a good thing. But at the same time, there should be a way to burn the existing calories which breaks down the fat, thus reducing the weight and size. Exercise sure is a great help to burn down the fat in the body, and speed up the weight loss.

This is the reason why many people don’t really lose big weight even after following a strict weight loss diet for months.

On the other hand improper dieting can pose a serious risk to the overall health as the body is deprived of needed vitamins and minerals.

“The real weight secret of losing weight is the combination of healthy diet and regular exercise,” says Rabiya, a Buffalo based fitness specialist.

Michael Nguyen, a San Bruno based body building coach said, “Dieting surely helps if you are trying to lose a few extra pounds. But if you are seriously overweight, or obese, you should think about burning existing calories through a good exercise plan.”

“Dieting these days is just starving! There’s no technique, people read about the weight loss stuff here and there and starving themselves.” He added.

Dieting helps to cut the intake of the calories. The good dieting is all about avoiding high calorie, high sugar and high fat foods, and eating fresh vegetables, fruits and fiber rich natural foods.

For people who need to lose more pounds, they should consider exercising. Exercise burns down the fat and calories that are already stored in the body.

Exercise and proper diet is the perfect formula to lose weight, in which the exercise plays a key role. Trying to lose weight only with dieting is not a great idea as people tend to cut down the food intake, which makes the body run out of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals etc.

Many of the dental and oral problems we see in children such as tooth decay, dental abscess, tooth loss, toothache, and bad breath could be easily prevented with periodic professional teeth cleanings.

“Whether or not your children have dental problems, you take them to a nearby pediatric dentist. These preventive care visits assure your children have strong teeth in the future. Periodic dental visits help dentists to prevent any abnormal dental conditions like tooth decay, gum diseases etc,” said Nirupama Rao, a Hyderabad based pediatric dentist.

“Even the crooked or irregular teeth in children can be avoided.” She added.

Many parents bring their children to a pediatric dentist when something goes wrong. Now this makes the dentist use some of the equipment that causes “dental fear” in children.

On the other hand, the children who frequently visit a periodic dentist have good exposure to a dental office climate, and they normally don’t fear a dentist.

Dental experts suggest parents to take their children to a pediatric dentist by the time of their first birthday.

Heartburn is caused when the acid in the stomach flow back up to the throat through esophagus. When the lower esophageal sphincter (mechanism that prevents backflow of stomach contents) relaxes abnormally, the acids start escaping into the esophagus, or food pipe.

There are many things that cause acid reflux. One widely discussed cause of acid reflux is obesity. The other causes include alcohol, fat and spicy foods etc.

Dr. Nirmaan. K, a popular gastroenterologist said, “At least 70% of my patients who suffer from acid reflux are overweight or obese. I first tell them to lose weight on a medical emergency.”

“Heartburn shouldn’t be ignored. The acid in the stomach is so strong that it can badly damage your esophagus and even your voice box.” He added.

Doctors strongly advise people to live a healthy and positive lifestyle to keep acid reflux under control. Lots of green vegetables and fruits in diet, giving up alcohol, losing weight, identifying foods that trigger acid reflux, using wedge pillows etc offer great help to the acid reflux patients.

“It’s the lifestyle changes and habits that influence your condition more than the medication,” said, Dr. Nirmaan.

Acai berries are good fruits. They are known for their antioxidant properties which are good for health. But acai berry benefits are always falsely advertized. Acai businesses marketed acai berries as weight loss products, which no prominent scientific research has confirmed till the date.

Acai berry scams are rampant in US a couple of years ago. From fake acai supplements to credit card stealing, a number of scams ripped off people for millions of dollars.

With federal agencies in US acting strong on the acai berry scams, some of the acai berry sellers are looking at India to market their products.

“We already see the acai berry trend growing in India. There’s a significant size of overweight people in the country, especially the working class people, who are looking at the options like acai supplements to lose weight,” said Gaurav Jain, a Hyderabad City based fitness expert.

The consumer watchdog groups in India are warning people about the possible scams and frauds involved in online acai berry businesses. They are advising the common people to research about the products, and companies in the internet before buying anything from them.