Hypertension Mantra

Back when I was a little younger seldom did I have canker sores or 'singaw'. But as age started accumulating, I noticed that I get it almost every month. Now what gives? I noticed that every time I ate too much junk or  if I am feeling too  tired, upset, nervous, anxious or just plain stressed. Having 'singaw' is debilitating. Eating is painful, as if your entire oral system is piercing in severe stinging sore.  What I routinely do is apply a pinch of  rock salt on the affected area. And what a distressing kind of  ooouuucchh.. I don't understand why it is that excruciatingly agonizing? Surprisingly, even socialites do have canker sores. There's this popular site I just visited talking about the difficulties one suffer when canker sores attack,  and how she tries to manage the pain.  Her commenters  prescribed  different types of treatment. And I found it a whole lot useful to find remedies that I could try next time I have canker sores. And these are s

Some 350 million recorded cases of depression were recorded worldwide by the WHO.  Could this be seen as something like an epidemic already, or is there anything as  such? Haven't we all suffered from some form of depression at one time or another. So what is depression? Why do people get depressed? Mood swings such as sadness without any reason, guilt feelings, unhappiness, and possessing generally negative thoughts over long periods of time can mean a person is depressed. Anybody can feel depressed after stressful incidents of   losing a love one, losing your  job, or sudden or prolonged illness. Other predisposing factors like, lack of sleep, drug or alcohol abuse, taking steroids or  certain thyroid conditions can sometimes lead to depression. So how do we know if a person is depressed? What are the signs? When a person is irritable, restless, agitated or has a difficult time concentrating; then losing interest in almost everything and having no energy at all, it c