We like to read novels in which the hero and heroine after all hassles live happily ever after. We like happy endings because we like similar things to happen in our lives. But alas! Life is not a novel and we have to endure many ups and downs as regards different relations are concerned.

Especially when it comes to male and female relations, those are beyond the realms of “just friendship”, there are all the more complicated issues to handle. When the happy going relation turns sour and breaks up, many issues crop up for both the partners, but the one who is emotionally vulnerable may succumb into the depths of depression.

There are different ranges of break up depression-

* Temporary depression- If the person experiences the world going against him or her for initial period after the break up, it is obvious feeling and there is nothing much to worry about. A good counseling with examples of similar events also helps one get over the crisis. Rather, this type is a normal symptom after break up and should not be termed clinically as depression.

* Teenage depression- being a period of transition both physiologically and mentally, teenage is the most vulnerable period for heart break ups. It has been roughly estimated that out of five teenage romances, one teenager suffers from teenage break up depression. At times, the crisis requires alarming sensitivity on part of parents or well-wishers, as a teenager may become violent due to suppressed feelings.

* Critical depression- After break up, some people react unusually alarmingly and represent suicidal thoughts and/or actions. This is definitely a clinical depression and even the slight awareness about it is enough to treat the case. Usually it affects those people more who have low self esteem.

How to deal with the break up depression?

It is found that break up depressions take more time to heal than other types of depression. Also it is a fact that most people loathe counseling during this period, because they want time for themselves. However, a well-guided counseling by an expert counselor definitely proves beneficial. Most of the times, people prefer books over counselors that depict situations like them exactly. When a person comes to know there are many similar sufferers like him or her, it is psychologically soothing than just plain words like “it will pass”.

Also this kind of break up depression may need certain anti-depressant drugs to make them compliant with the situation. Well, end of a relationship, whether in marriage or otherwise, is not easy to bear. But remember life is good and everything happens for good!

Are you suffering from syndrome-X, a disease complex of twenty first century? Yes, I am talking about hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and obesity. Although the syndrome constitutes four different diseases, they are interdependent on each other. Among all of them, obesity remains as the prime factor that causes these diseases. No wonder whole world is trying hard for different weight loss programs.

However, the most important aspect we forget while embarking on any weight loss regime and that is, we do not improve the fallacies in our lifestyle and still try to lose weight. This is the reason, we fail miserably in it. There are numerous programs that you can follow but unless there is strong desire to change the way we are living, any regime can hardly do any good. Let’s see what the most effective weight loss programs available are-

*    Hoodia weight loss program is one of the mostly followed and definitely effective especially for those people who are binge eaters. Are you of the same category that you watch your favorite food and just cannot help but eat it? Then you need Hoodia that fools your brain and gives a false feeling of full abdomen. Also you can try other diet pills that burn fat faster by improving metabolism. However, don’t run behind fast weight loss programs by crash dieting. It definitely does more harm than good. Always find a program that will energize you at the same time lose pounds.

*    Right exercise regime combining aerobic exercises, stretching exercises like Yoga, pilates, cardio exercises, etc always work when done under expert advice. The exercise should be incorporated in your life as we incorporate our daily meals. Then and then only you will see certain positive effects of these programs.
*    It is better to understand difference between exercises that improve flexibility and exercises that reduce weight. Combining these two types will certainly benefit by improving stamina of your body, at the same time toning the muscles and reducing fat. Thus your success of weight loss lies in what you choose as your exercise program and diet schedule. These two are the pillars on which the other weight loss regimes are built up.

In short, don’t run behind fast weigh loss gimmicks, you may fool yourself by succumbing to hefty advertisements. Follow a lifestyle compliant with nature and soon you will be happy measuring yourself on weighing scale!

A partial of complete hair loss is called baldness. When the normal hair falls out from the hair follicles, it grows new hair. A failure of growing new hair results in baldness. The cause of the failure to grow new hair Baldness is commonly known as hair loss. Its medical name is Alopecia. To understand hair loss it is necessary to know the anatomy and physiology of hair.
The Anatomy and Physiology of hair:

•   The lifeof each hair is approximately 4 to 5 years. During its life time each hair grows about half an inch every month. The hair falls out in its fifth year.
•   Within six months only this fallen hair gets replaced by a new grown hair.
•   Only when body fails to produce new hair it results in baldness not the hair falling
•   More than 30% men start getting bald during their early 30s
•   Baldness occurs more in men then in women

Hair follicles:

Every human being has approximately 100,000 hair follicles in the scalp. These are minute sac like structures in skin. The function of  these follicles is to simply grow hair. In a person’s life each follicle grows arround 20 hair. A person losses approximately 100 hair every day.

There are two types of baldness:

1. Male baldness also known as Male pattern baldness

2. Female baldness also known as Female pattern baldness

Male pattern baldness:

•   It starts in puberty
•   The main feature is that the hair start receding from the lateral side of the scalp. This side is known as “Receding Hairline”. This line can be seen in males in their mid twenties.
•   Androgenetic Alopecia: This type of baldness is caused by a male sex hormone called DHT. Which is responsible for the growth of  hair on various parts of the body. Persons who are genetically prone to hair loss suffer from shrinking of hair follicles because of action of DHT.  Gradually such shrunken follicles fail to grwo normal healthy hair.
•    Male baldness is medically categorized on the basis of Hamilton-Norwood scale.

Female pattern baldness

It can be caused by aging, hormones and even genetic reasons

• There are many patterns of baldness in women.The alrarming symptoms is when you start lossing your scalp hair you should seek help of a qualified specialist. Other simple signs could be When you can not understand the the sudden and continuous loss of your hair.
• It is very difficult to recognize baldness in women as compared to men. In women it begins during early fifties. It might not even be linked to heredity also.
• A relevant expert only can diagnose female hair loss. Self-diagnosis can be misleading and harmful.

Treatment:

There are many hair loss treatment products available to prevent hair loss and growing new healthy hair. Like Herbal hair treatment, Laser hair treatment, Hair growth medicines and lotions and even Hair grafting.