Goodwill Pandas from China to Taiwan

Goodwill pandas finally arrive
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The pair of giant pandas from China — Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan — settled into their new home at the Taipei City Zoo yesterday evening after a three-hour direct flight from their birthplace in southwestern China. Both were in perfect condition, under the meticulous care of a large team of experts from China and Taiwan.

The pair of endangered but extremely popular animals arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at 5:04 p.m. aboard an EVA Airways jumbo jet from Chengdu in Sichuan province.

Shortly after landing, the pandas were received like visiting dignitaries. They were transported to the Taipei City Zoo in an air-conditioned vehicle, traffic-free, escorted by a police motorcade and jumping all red lights.

They settled into their NT$300 million new home at the huge hillside zoo in Muzha District at around 7:45 p.m.

With a month of quarantine ahead for Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, the new celebrities of Taipei City are expected to make public debut on Jan. 25, just in time for the Chinese New Year holidays. Yang Hsiao-tung, director of Taipei City’s Department of Information and Tourism, told reporters that the pandas slept through almost the entire flight.

“The pandas behaved very well during the trip”, said Yang, adding that their well-being was monitored by experts every minute of the way.

Mayor Hau Lung-bin expects six million visitors at the zoo a year as a result of the pandas.

The zoo has prepared an outdoor enclosure decorated with ferns and a footbridge, a sleeping area with all-season air conditioning and bamboo to welcome the two pandas.

Constructed with a sponsorship by the Shin Kong Group, the zoo’s new display facility is considered by many experts as a three-storey, “six-star” mansion. Taipei’s zoo is pulling out all the stops to make the pandas feel at home and hopes the pair will eventually reproduce.

A storage room is set aside especially to deposit fresh bamboo — which is the staple food for the pandas in their natural habitat.

It is large enough to keep 560 kilograms of bamboo shoots to meet one week’s demand by the animals. The room’s temperature will be maintained between 4 to 7 degrees Celsius, and to satisfy the pandas’ picky appetite, a water spray system was installed to keep the bamboos fresh.

Post from http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2008/12/24/188961/p2/Goodwill-pandas.htm

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas

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OASIS OF THE SEA

THE WAY WE WERE

The_Way_We_Were

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TO MY FRIENDS

To My Friends

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Left - Right Conflict

HARBIN , CHINA , SNOW FESTIVAL

Snow & Ice Festival

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BALLOON FESTIVAL , CANADA

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BUDDHA STORY

STRANGE BUT TRUE

1.You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

2.Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

3.Women blink nearly twice as much as men !!

4.By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.

5.To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.

6.Traffic lights are being used before the invention of motor car.

7.Brains are more active when sleeping than watching TV.

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STANGE BUILDING

Strange Building

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The Healthiest Food on the Planet

The Healthiest Food on the Planet

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STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress Management

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TO BE HAPPY

BEAUTIFUL WORDS

LEAVES ART

FRIENDSHIP

All the World Famous Persons in One Single Photograph/Artwork

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Interesting Facts of English Counting

Letters 'a', 'b', 'c ' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99

Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred

Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c ' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999

Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand

Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999

Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion

And

Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in in the spellings of entire English Counting

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TOP TEN

FRUIT LABELS

Conventional Fruit Labels
Four digits and does not start with 9 and mostly starting with the digit 4 or 3

Organic Fruit Labels
Five digits and starts with number 9

Genetically Modified Fruits
Start with the digit 8

So next time you go shopping, remember these critical numbers and know
This is good to know because stores aren't obligated to tell you if a fruit has been genetically
modified

So if you come across an apple in the store and it's label is 4922,
it's an conventional apple grown with herbicides and harmful fertilizers.
If it has a sticker 99222, it's organic and safe to eat.
If it says 89222, then leave it cause its been genetically modified !

Diamond Grading Certificates

A diamond certificate is also known as a
Diamond Grading Report. This report comes
from the Gemological Institute of America
(GIA), and you should require this report
when you are purchasing a diamond.

With a diamond certificate, you can verify
the color, cut, carat, weight, and clarity of the
diamond. You don’t have to worry about a
diamond dealer telling you anything less than
the truth, because the certificate comes
from the GIA – not the dealer. You may be
required to pay for the certificate, but the
cost is usually low, and in many cases, it
will help you negotiate a better price on the
diamond – or keep you from purchasing a
lower quality diamond altogether.

If you buy a high quality diamond, and then
later decide to sell the diamond, you will
need to have the certificate, or you will have
a hard time selling it to someone else.
Furthermore, you can use the Diamond
Grading Report to look up the wholesale
value of the diamond in question. Use the
guide that is used by the diamond cutting
industry.

With the Certificate, or Diamond Grading
Report, there won’t be any doubts when you
are trying to purchase a diamond. You can
easily find out what the diamond is worth.
This will prevent you from overpaying, and it
can prevent a seller from under-charging as
well.

A copy of the Diamond Grading Report
should be given to your insurance company
as well, when you insure the diamond. This
provides absolute, unquestionable proof of
the value of the diamond should it be stolen
in the future. Insurance companies cannot
argue with the report.

Avoid diamond dealers who seem reluctant
to provide a certificate! Also avoid sellers
who tell you that a certificate diamond will
cost you more – the only additional cost
should be the cost of the certificate, which
is low. If the dealer doesn’t want to provide
a certificate, then you don’t want to do
business with that dealer.

Don’t accept certificates from Gemological
Laboratories other than GIA. There are many
fly-by-night Gemological labs these days, but
in the end, GIA has been established as the
most respectable and trustworthy – not to
mention oldest – of the lot. So avoid dealers
who don’t want to use GIA for certification
purposes as well.

Don’t buy an expensive diamond without
paying the extra cost of the certificate. If a
dealer tries to convince you to make the
purchase without the certificate, or if they
want to use a company other than GIA, you
can be sure that the dealer has probably
greatly inflated the price of the diamond –
they have something that they are hiding
from you.
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DID YOU KNOW

Love Story

The pictures tell the sorrow of a poor bird shocked to find his wife's fatal injury



Here his wife is injured and the condition is very appalling


Here he brings her food and attends to her with love and compassion


He brings her food but is shocked with her death and tries to move



He finds out that his sweetheart is dead and will not come back to him - he cries with adoring love


He stands beside her and screams, saddened of her death


Finally he becomes aware that she would not return to him and has departed, stands beside her body in deep sorrow

Photos of two birds said to have pictured in the Republic of Ukraine
Where the bird tries desperately to save his wife. Millions of people cried after watching this picture in America and Europe.
It is said that the photographer sold these picture for a nominal price to the most famous newspaper in France . And all the copies of that newspaper were sold out on the day of publishing these pictures.
Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone you can't live without-

Rafael Ortiz

Sometimes And Always

Sometimes occasionally goes by the rules but mostly does his own thing. He is more worried about being everyone's friend than doing his school work. He gets into trouble a lot but managed to charm his way through it. His parents have gone to school a lot to have parent teacher conferences.

Always is a boy who always goes by the book, never breaks the rules and is never in trouble. He always pleased his family and friends and never let them down. He is usually stressed out and gets headaches and stomach aches from stress.

Always became very ill one day and had to be rushed to the hospital. The doctors were baffled at what could be wrong with him. Many tests were run and in the end they were inconclusive. He was released and went home only to be stressed some more about missing school and possibly letting everyone down if he received a grade less than an A.

Now sometimes was doing poorly in school and he knew it. He decided that he would just do what he could to get by, he thought " Why should I stress out look what happened to Always."

Well Always was having the same thoughts " Why should I stress and make myself sick, sometimes gets by ok" and at that time he started missing school and just barely got passing grades.

Their parents decided to sit the boys down and talk to them and tell them that they just need to do their best and that is all that can be asked of them. They do not need to stress and get ill but also do not slack off and get failing grades.

Their parents just wanted them to know that whatever they did they would be proud of them as long as they did their best.

Finally, Sometimes spoke up and said " You mean even if we don't do well all the time that you will still love us and be proud of us ?? " The parents answered the question, "yes we will love you , ALWAYS !!!!"

The moral is,
do your best at whatever you do that is all that can be expected of you and you will turn out just fine your parents will love you no matter what.


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老年痴呆症十大警訊

假如你或你的親友出現超過任何一項以下徵狀便須提高警覺，盡快向醫生詢問，及早治療：

1.短期記憶衰退，影響日常生活或工作能力

2.執行平日熟悉的事務或工作亦感到困難

3.常常忘記東西擺放的位置

4.判斷力減退

5.思考或計算方面出現困難

6.對時間及方位感到混亂

7.語言表達或理解有困難

8.情緒或行為變幻無常

9.性格轉變

10.失去做事的主動性

《讀者文摘》2008年9月 黃美嫦 撰

"Have a Beautiful day"

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'

The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way..'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.


Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…
And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

By UNKNOWN

The Lemon Festival in Menton

MADE FROM LEMONS, ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS, AND LIMES.
-- a town located on the coast of the French-Italian border...

Something really good.....

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26.. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.

Incredible what can be done with an eggshell & a laser beam!

These egg shells were cut with a high intensity precision Laser Beam.
This gives a very good idea of what can be achieved with a Laser Beam.
From this can be surmised what laser surgery performed on one's eye is all about.


Is it any wonder how one's vision can be improved in just a few moments? Science is sometimes wonderful, and it's still on the frontier of gaining new knowledge.

TAKE THE TIME

LORD BUDDHA

Beijing Olympic 2008

Sand Sculpture

I will be there

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A TO Z FOUND FROM BUTTERFLY WING

愛在緬甸／慈濟稻種長新芽

為了搶救受到強烈風災重創的緬甸農業，慈濟基金會已在這個世界糧倉，大規模的發放優質的稻種一萬五千多包，預計將使得近五千公頃的稻田恢復生機。感恩有餘的農民也與志工相約三個月後來吃香噴噴的白米飯。

慈濟自七月六日起已先後在緬甸坤仰公(Kungyagon)與在仰光東南方的礁旦(Kyauktan)地區進行稻種發放。每英畝需要1.5簍的稻種，依發放地點不同，分別有25公斤一包與37.5公斤一包的包裝，幾天下來共發放了一萬五千多包的稻種。

慈濟贈與的稻種相當重要，補足了農民整村播種約三分之一的需求。否則無法耕種的農田除了廢耕，就得借錢貸款買種，對受災嚴重的地區，及時可用的種子，可確保下半年收成無虞。

慈濟志工挨家挨戶進行訪視以深入了解民情及幾天來所發放的稻種對災民是否有幫助。一位農民告訴志工，「慈濟發的稻種插秧後一百天即可收成，本地的稻種則是需要一百五十天。另外，一簍的慈濟稻種在收成時可以產生一百簍的稻米，但是本地稻種僅能生產五十簍。」

一對農民兄弟，稻種在五月初納吉斯風災的大水中全部泡水，要不是有慈濟人的協助，他們無能力再買稻種來耕作，今年也無法有任何收成。翻開他們覆蓋的一層層塑膠布下，金黃色的稻種已經長出新芽。志工與他們相約三個月後再回來看他們，兄弟倆回答：「沒問題，你們到時一定要再回來！我們會煮香噴噴的白米飯給你們吃！」兄弟倆更表示，收成時會有更多的飽滿稻種，他們會把這一分愛再傳下去！

慈濟表示，此次發放的稻種來自菲律賓水稻研究所品種IR50，約一百天可快速收成，相較於災民於當地借來的穀子要四個半月，才能收成，所以對於紓解糧食短缺，有很大的幫助。因此儘管幾天下來發放了一萬五千多包的稻種，志工全身疲累，而且有人脖子、肩膀、全身都很癢，甚至去找義診中的大醫王拿藥膏擦，但是在看到稻種萌出芽，而且村民充滿感恩的時候，身上所有的癢都馬上好了！

大地之母不但可以養活緬甸土地上的子民，更可以提供其他地區的人們賴以活命的糧食。

除了發放稻種解決災民缺糧危機，慈濟於當地的義診工作與發放工作依然沒有停下腳步。

在緬甸許多家庭因為家中經濟不允許，加上父母多半未受教育，因此對兒女的教育較不重視，多半留在家中幫忙務農。經仔細瞭解後，得知在南德宮就有四千名像這樣的孩子，於是慈濟人開始針對十一所提報的的學校進行援助。

慈濟於日前已針對兩所學校──達馬瑞塔（Damarita）及麻駑(Manoo)小學進行學用品發放，發放物資包括鉛筆盒、鉛筆、橡皮擦、尺、彩色蠟筆、課本、雨衣、餅乾……等。從來沒有過這樣豐富文具的孩子即使跟著志工和老師唱歌比手語也捨不得放下懷中的文具。

此外，慈濟在災區幾個村莊(包括唐德鎮甘貝村、坤仰公)舉辦義診，能來的都是走得動的人，對於走不動走不出來的病患，就要靠醫師往診把暗角中無助的病人「挖」出來，說是挖，可一點也不誇張，因為許多病人住的地方，都是充滿積水、爛泥的沼澤地。

除了持續在災區施醫施藥、發放物資之外，另外有建築團隊在仰光評估學校重建事宜。慈濟表示，只要災民有需要，一切評估適宜，慈濟一定會陪伴災民走到最後，鼓舞災民面對未來的勇氣。

記者林弘展 , http://www.nownews.com/2008/07/15/91-2304652.htm

How to Dance in the Rain

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it wa s well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor'sappointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.


The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health.

He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?'

He smiled as he patted my hand and said,

'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.'
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,

'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'

True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. This one I thought I could share with you.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.

I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did.

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

By Unknown

Taiwan Natual Scence

10 fatal flaws of a doomed employee

1. Failing to have a life plan--All very successful people have a clear life plan, whether memorized or actually written down. They create it, massage it, and refer to it often.
2.Not keeping your skill set current--The business landscape is ever-changing and there is more demand for jobs than supply. Not staying on par with colleagues and those vying for your job will be a death knell.
3. Failing to deliver results--Winners in business know that it’s all about accountability. Those who harbor a sense of entitlement for simply having put forth effort, irrespective of the results of those efforts, are guaranteed to fall by the wayside.
4. Confusing efficiency with effectiveness--Those who think that communicating via e-mail replaces the need to actually talk with people around them fail to recognize the importance of personally connecting with others in today’s highly automated and technological environment. Communicating in person whenever possible is imperative for success-seekers.
5. Believing that you are irreplaceable--There is no room for "divas" in the workplace. As soon as you convince yourself that you and only you can do the job "right," your star will surely start to fall.
6. Knowing all the answers--The old adage remains true: knowledge is power. Professing to know it all can readily stagnate a career. Winners remain unceasingly interested in learning new ideas and approaches.
7. Surrounding your self with "brown-nosers"--Losers like having people tell them how smart they are, whether or not it’s true, while successful managers and other professionals accept and encourage intelligence and creativity in others.
8. Forgetting to give credit to others--Losers inappropriately take full credit for positive events despite the help or input received by others, while Winners give credit where credit is due. Losers inevitably reap what they sow.
9. Failing to self promote--Bragging is one thing, but letting colleagues throughout your industry know of your success through case studies, promotion bulletins, or other such tools is quite another. Losers often fail to recognize the importance of letting others know about their successes, or go about it in entirely the wrong way.
10. Losing perspective--Intuitive business people recognize that, despite their best attempts to do everything right, sometimes they approach roadblocks and seek the advice and perspective of a respected friend, colleague, or even a business coach. Those who fail to recognize their shortcomings are destined for the unemployment line.

By John McKee

To take care of your heart

A chat with Dr. Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart ?

Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. Ho w do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?

Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints .

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?

Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?

Ans: Extremely rare

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?

Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: Ho w do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: Ho w can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?

Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?

Ans: Yoga helps.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?

Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?

Ans: All oils are bad .

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?

Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?

Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour..

Qn: Ho w do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?

Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.

Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents.. Also, edentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?

Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?

Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?

Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. Ho wever, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?

Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. Ho wever, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?

Ans : No.

Qn: Ho w would you define junk food?

Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?

Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?

Ans : No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?

Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?

Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?

Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?

Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?

Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?

Ans : No.

Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?

Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?

Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.

Qn: Ho w can one keep the heart in a good condition?

Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended)

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