Live with purpose, live long

If you are among the people who have a high sense of purpose in life, you may live longer, claim a new study. Having a high sense of purpose in life may lower the risk of death, stroke and heart related disease according to Researchers at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Roosevelt.The new analysis defined purpose in life as a sense of meaning and direction and a feeling that life is worth living. By setting a target, our Cerebrum and Medula-oblangata sense the purpose with 23 percent reduction in death from all causes. Even helps to reduce 19 percent risk of heart attack, stroke or the bypass surgery. There is a strong bonding and unbreakable relationship between having a sense of purpose of life and protection from dying.

For those with low sense of purpose are much likely to die or experience cardiovascular events. Students who experience psychological risk factors tend to have heart disease. Excessive burden leads to anxiety, depression, not much feeling of optimism. Based on the findings, excessive stress will diverge the sense of purpose.

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Love or game of minds

What is this thing called Love? You are not the first to ask. From poets to ‘in love’ teens, the question of what exactly love is, has troubled us quite a long. It has troubled the song writers in putting pen to papers.Scientist claim to have uncovered the secrets of how emotions affect the brain. By scanning the brains of men and women who say they were in love, and comparing them with people who had fallen out in love or never have been in love researchers say that they have been able to piece together the first map of the changes that occur in brain.

The use of a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (fMRI), which measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow, showed that love involves a dozen areas of the brain, with one area – the caudate nucleus – dealing with the ending of a love affair. A cocktail of chemicals also carries messages from one region to another. Professor of University of science and technology, Dr. Xiaochu Zhang commented that, love-related alterations undergoes when the term ‘Love’ is stated. Areas of the brain involved in reward, motivation, emotion, and social functioning are involved.

The areas that are more active in the people who are in love includes the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, insula, caudate, amygdala, and temporal lobe. ‘Light shed on the underlying neurophysiological mechanism of love is quite effective on both men and women. Every functions work properly and motivation increase at a high range.’ Well, that may be true enough. But it’s a shame that they couldn’t find a more romantic way to say it.

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Energy drink can disrupt health

We all know that an Energy drink can be great when a quick boost is necessary. But new study have raised question about the ‘safety’ of Energy drink. Does the matter need to have a look? Energy drinks can affect heart, it leads to abrupt change in behavior, cause attention problem in children and leaves them sleepless. According to the new study Energy drink may turn your blood pressure high and increase the risk of cardiac events.

Study suggests at American College of Cardiology found that, those who don’t consume caffeine regularly may experience a greater risk after having an energy drink. ‘We and others have previously shown that energy drinks increase blood pressure,’ said lead study author Anna Svatikova from the Mayo Clinic. Researchers alternately gave a can of commercial drink to each 25 healthy young adults aged from 19 to 40. The study assured a constant change in Heart rate and blood pressure. The test recorded before and 30 minutes after energy drink consumption. They compared between negligible caffeine consumption adults and regular caffeine users. The result was dramatic with participants experiencing a rise in Blood Pressure and veins to get stretched predictably.

Just don’t overdo it by downing several cans in one day, and when you do drink one, keep an eye out for these side effects, which could signal a bad reaction

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