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World Psoriasis Day

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Worldwide , 1 in 10 patients of psoriatic disease is diagnosed with clinical depression. As many as 48% have anxiety. The psychological impact is increasingly recognised as a significant part of psoriatic disease. 4 in 5 peaople have experienced stigma and discrimination with psoriatic disease. Isoloation and negative self image further contribute to negative mental health. Career choices, productivity at work and earning potential are negatively impacted by psoriatic disease. This is compounded by increased medical expenses. The financial impact of psoriatic disease is a major source of anxiety and stress. 43%of patients living with psoriatic disease have seen their disease become worse during the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly half of these reported increased anxiety. 81%report that the disease has an impact on their relationships. Psoriatic disease is bilogically linked to depression and anxiety. Effective treatment suppresses the inflammatory mediators causing psoriatic disease, depress

World Osteoporosis Day

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  Osteoporosis is a disease which causes your bones to become porous, weak and fragile. The result: a higher risk of broken bones, known as fragility fractures. Osteoporosis is ‘invisible’ - there are no obvious signs or symptoms, until a bone breaks. In people with osteoporosis, this can happen after a minor fall from standing height, a bump, sudden movement, or from bending or lifting. Osteoporosis-related fractures are most likely to occur in the hip, spine, wrist or upper part of the arm, but other bones can break too. One broken bone leads to another, and that’s why it’s important to diagnose and treat the disease as soon as possible. Osteoporosis-related fractures affect one in three women and one in five men aged 50 years or older worldwide. A DISEASE WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES Although osteoporosis itself is painless, the fragility fractures it causes can have serious, life-changing consequences. When osteoporosis affects the bones of the spine, it often leads to pain, height-lo

international-girl-child-day

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  Girls around the world continue to face unprecedented challenges to their education, their physical and mental wellness, and the protections needed for a life without violence. COVID-19 has worsened existing burdens on girls around the world and worn away important gains made over the last decade. With adversity, however, comes resourcefulness, creativity, tenacity, and resilience. The world's 600 million adolescent girls have shown time and time again that given the skills and the opportunities, they can be the changemakers driving progress in their communities, building back stronger for all, including women, boys and men. Girls are ready for a decade of acceleration forward. It is time for us all to stand accountable – with and for girls – and to invest in a future that believes in their agency, leadership and potential.

World-mental-health-day

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  Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, the ability to reconnect through World Mental Health Day 2022 will provide us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health. Many aspects of mental health have been challenged; and already before the pandemic in 2019 an estimated one in eight people globally were living with a mental disorder. At the same time, the services, skills and funding available for mental health remain in short supply, and fall far below what is needed, especially in low and middle income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis for mental health, fueling short- and long-term stresses and undermining the mental health of millions. Estimates put the rise in both anxiety and depressive disorders at more than 25% during the first year of the pandemic. At the same time, mental health services have been severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has wide

Understanding Cocaine Addiction

  Cocaine is also known as coke, C, flake, snow, crack, and blow. It is most commonly snorted, but can also be smoked (also known as “freebasing”) or dissolved in water and injected. It's popularity as a recreational substance is in part due to its perceived positive effects on mood, motivation, and energy—heightening concentration, increasing sociability, decreasing shyness, and more. Cocaine acts in the deep areas of the brain that reward us for “good behavior” – such as activities that lead to food, sex, and healthy pleasure. Stimulating this brain area with cocaine feels good and can create a powerful craving to use more and more cocaine. Repeated cocaine use leads to tolerance – higher and higher doses needed to attain the same effects, dependence, and addiction. There is no amount of cocaine usage that is considered safe. Cocaine has extremely negative effects on the heart, brain, and emotional wellbeing of users. Many people who use cocaine become physically and psychologica

Happy-Dussehra

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  According to the Hindu calendar, the holy festival of Vijayadashami is observed on the tenth day of Shukla Paksha of Ashwin month. This festival is celebrated as the victory of truth over falsehood as Lord Ram defeated Ravana and his army in a long battle. It is believed that burning the effigy of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakaran on this day destroys all evils. On the other hand, according to another mythology, there was a demon named Mahishasura, who was a great devotee of Brahma. He had pleased Brahmaji with his hard penance and obtained a boon that no deity or any human living on earth could kill him. After receiving the boon, he became extremely ruthless and arrogant and started creating terror in the universe. He started attacking the gods and defeated them in battle and started capturing their territory. Disturbed by the terror of Mahishasura, all the gods and goddesses came to the shelter of Brahma, Vishnu and Lord Shiva. Seeing all the gods and goddesses in trouble, Brahma, Vi