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Regardless of your age, you need to be concerned about your hair. The appearance and quantity of hair that you have is a reflection of your internal health. You can use natural hair loss remedies to save your hair. Of course, when you are young you have plenty of hair. But, there are even some of you at an early age, twenties, start to lose your hair. The appearance and quantity of hair that you have is a reflection of your internal health. Aside from a having a serious illness, your hair loss is affected by scalp cleanliness, stress, diet, and excess DHT. Knowing this, you can check out many hair loss remedies available to you. Scalp cleanliness If you have dandruff, you need to get rid of it. Dandruff can be a source of hair loss when it combines with dirt, shampoo chemicals, excess sebum follicle oil. Over time this combination of chemicals can create a film on your scalp that hardens and start to plug up your hair follicles. Once plugged, your follicles can't support h...

Continued from part - I............... Identification of diabetes mellitus type 2 Unlike diabetes type 1, where the problem in the metabolic system with insulin production, in case of diabetes type 2, it is the response to insulin by body cells what is defective. It may go undetected for years, since the symptoms are sporadic and not acute. However, it may prove fatal if not managed properly. The major factors contributing to this problem are (Robbins & Cotran, 2004). • Higher level of hepatic glucose production. • Reduction of insulin-mediated transport of glucose to adipose tissue and primary muscles. • Beta-cell malfunction. The early detection of the disease helps to manage it better. There are some symptoms identified with diabetes like increased thirst, more urination, recurrent infection, weight loss and tiredness. The World Health Organization defined diabetes as raised glucose level in blood on two occasions. On fasting the level of glucose in blood should be > 7.0 ...

The following study or observation was carried out during my service with a leading hospital and research centre in the suburb of Mumbai. It had a day clinic and with 50 bedded general ward for patients suffering from various illness but not infectious. A section of the ward comprising 5 beds was earmarked for patients suffering from acute diabetes or problems related to it. Though usually there were one among ten patients were diagnosed with diabetes. I have been working as a stuff nurse in that hospital or facility. I was surprised to find patients of all age group suffering from diabetes. They specially visited the day clinic for check up or advices but some acute cases were admitted in the hospital for further care and investigation seeking the extent of damage the disease caused. Many of them were diagnosed with other ailments caused by diabetes being unchecked due to lack of client’s awareness. So I felt the patients of diabetes need more awareness to check or control the pr...