Monday 19 January 2015

[www.keralites.net] How doctors keep young: Their biggest secret?

 

Sir Muir Gray's guide to a healthy body in old age continues
Reveals how to choose and use healthcare wisely
Explains what doctors do to keep themselves young
Doctors are cautious users of the health service
 
Doctors are cautious users of the health service


 

 

 
doctors are cautious users of the health service. There are several reasons for this:
There's usually more scientific evidence available about the benefit of a new treatment than its risks and limitations. Trials of a new treatment that have produced a positive result are more likely to be published than reports about trials of the same drug that didn't have a positive result.
Laboratory, screening or radiological investigations often produce what are called false positive results, suggesting that disease is present when it is not. This can lead to unnecessary follow-up tests and treatments, which could be risky and harmful.
CT scanning raises the risk of cancer because of radiation.
Any medical intervention - a test, operation or drug - will have harmful side-effects for some people, even when carried out by the best doctor in the country

 
For a variety of reasons, the information given to patients is sometimes overly optimistic regarding the risks and limitations of treatment. This is changing, but over-optimism is a deep-seated tendency. Perhaps the main obstacle is the use of percentages.
We know that if people are told a treatment will reduce the risk of a disease by 50 per cent, they make different decisions than if they are told the risk will be reduced from one in 2,000 to one in 3,000.
You need absolute numbers, so here are two questions for your doctor:
If 100 people have this test or treatment, how many of them will have a good result?
If 100 people have this test or treatment, how many will suffer some harmful consequence?

 
Full article in the link below
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2917238/How-doctors-young-biggest-secret-steer-clear-doctors-Learn-avoiding-medicines-ops-don-t-need.html#ixzz3PKh9jlgo 
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[www.keralites.net] Miniscule Moments in Nature Time

 

Miniscule Moments in Nature Time

 

 
Nature is magnificent, and people have been trying to capture its beauty since the dawn of time. Whether it's cave paintings, oil paintings or photography, you can capture a single image of natural beauty, and try to convey it to others. In some cases, a single frame can't fully capture the enormity and grandeur the artist experiences. By using computers, we can now capture small moments in time, and preserve them as moving pictures:


1. Majestic waterfall
 
 
2. Butterfly flutter
 
 
3. The jump
 
 
4. Hummingbird
 
 
5. Silent song
 
 
6. Pooling water
 
 
7. Ribbit
 
 
8. A hidden waterfall
 
 
9. Finch
 
 
10. Looming sandstorm
 
 
11. Icy falls
 
 
12. Sunset reflection perfection
 
 
13. Doing the rounds
 
 
14. A babbling brooke
 
 
15. Old mill
 
 
 

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[www.keralites.net] 25 Of The Best Award-Winning Wedding Photos Taken In 2014

 

25 Of The Best Award-Winning Wedding Photos Taken In 2014
 
Photography contests are great because they tend to attract the best of the best to submit their photos. The International Society Of Professional Wedding Photographers, for example, holds a quarterly competition among their members that collects their best wedding photos for the world to see.
There are 20 different categories that highlight all the different features that can make a wedding photo great – from lighting and composition to dynamic movement or raw emotion. The ISPWP's website highlights what it is about wedding photography that makes it so challenging and so special: "You have to get it right the first time, every time. You have to be a master of the craft and know your gear so well that you can make adjustments on the fly, without thinking or hesitating. And you have to do it for 8, 10, or 12 hours in close quarters with clients who have put their trust in you to get it right."
 

1st Place in All About Light, Winter 2013, Taipei, Taiwan


 
 
Photo credits: Chris Huang

1st Place in Pure Art, Fall 2014, New York City, New York

 
Photo credits: Emin Kuliyev

1st Place in Framing The Subject, Summer 2014, Vigo, Spain

 
Photo credits: Paula Boto

1st Place in The Decisive Moment, Summer 2014, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

 
Photo credits: Dennis Berti

1st Place in Ceremony, Spring 2014, Zaragoza, Spain

 
Photo credits: Nacho Mora
 

1st Place in Emotional Impact, Spring 2014, Phoenix, Arizona

 
Photo credits: Tina Wright

1st Place in Family Love, Fall 2014, Canton, China

 
Photo credits: Allen Ko

1st Place in The Decisive Moment, Fall 2014, Zaragoza, Spain

 
Photo credits: Victor Lax

1st Place in Bridal Party Portrait, Fall 2014, Nanping, China

 
Photo credits: Xiang Qi

1st Place in All About Light, Winter 2013, Taipei, Taiwan

 
Photo credits: Matous Duchek

1st Place in Engagement Portrait, Summer 2014, Singapore

 
Photo credits: Raymond Phang

1st Place in Venue Or Location, Summer 2014, Cracow, Poland

 
Photo credits: Szymon Nykiel

1st Place in Ceremony, Winter 2013, Frankfurt, Germany

 
Photo credits: Raman El Atiaoui

1st Place in Venue Or Location, Spring 2014, Wiesbaden, Germany

 
Photo credits: Dennis Jagusiak

1st Place in Emotional Impact, Fall 2014, Florence, Italy

 
Photo credits: Andrea Corsi

1st Place in Pure Art, Winter 2013, Paris, France

 
Photo credits: Dan Petrovic

1st Place in Kids Will Be Kids, Spring 2014, Hong Kong

 
Photo credits: Nick Chang

1st Place in First dance, Summer 2014, Canmore, Alberta

 
Photo credits: Erika Mann

1st Place in Reception, Winter 2013, Ubeda, Spain

 
Photo credits: Aurora Lechuga

1st Place in First Dance, Fall 2014, Zwolle, Netherlands

 
Photo credits: Peter van der Lingen

1st Place in Emotional Impact, Summer 2014, Jakarta, Indonesia

 
Photo credits: Tito Rikardo

1st Place in Wedding Details, Spring 2014, Brussels, Belgium

 
Photo credits: Ivo Popov

1st Place in Kids Will Be Kids, Winter 2013, Cinque Terre, Italy

 
Photo credits: Julian Kanz

1st Place in Family Love, Winter 2013, Boston, Massachusetts

 
Photo credits: Masao Okano

1st Place in Framing The Subject, Winter 2013, Novorossiysk, Russia

 
Photo credits: Ruslan Myts

1st Place in Pure Art, Spring 2014, Denver, Colorado

 

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