0 The eyes look sunken and black This is why!

The eyes look sunken and black? This is why! - Lack of sleep is not a trivial matter that can be ignored. Sunken eyes indicate that you do not sleep well for a period of time. And trouble sleeping can cause a variety of health problems such as memory loss, high blood pressure and even diabetes. Before its too late, here are four medical cause why the eyes appear sunken, as reported Boldsky.

1. Unbalanced diet or extreme

If youre on an extreme diet to lose weight, you may begin to realize that your eyes look very haggard. When you lose the layer of fat in the face, the eyes will appear sunken. This is not a sign of good health. You should look for a more balanced way to weight loss.

2. dehydration

Loss of large amounts of water from the body also causes sunken eyes. Drink plenty of water every day, which is at least 8-10 glasses a day.

3. recovery

If you are recovering from serious illnesses such as dengue fever or malaria, you will have dark circles under the eyes and the eyes will look very concave. That means you need a lot of rest and a healthy diet to make eyes look healthy again.

4. Lack of vitamin

Malnutrition is responsible for the presence of dark circles under the eyes and sunken eyes. Lack of Vitamin C and K can make the eyes look sunken and tired. Even iron deficiency can make you look tired and dull.

Here are four medical cause for the eyes that look sunken. Remember, lack of sleep and dehydration is not a trivial problem that you can ignore. Health problems that might be simple if left unchecked can also be dangerous and life-threatening.

0 Does Worksite Wellness Work A Critical Look at the Wellness Incentives In the Workplace Article

A waste of money and
a basis for discrimination?

The answer to the "Does Worksite Wellness Work?" question depends on your frame of erence.

If you read this 2010 review by Baicker, Cutler and Song, youll see that there are 32 peer-reviewed published studies from work settings that a) transparently described the intervention and b) used a valid parallel control group - persons who did not receive the intervention - as a comparison. When interventions like these were deployed, impressive reductions in medical costs and absenteeism like these were achieved in the intervention groups, compared to the groups that did not receive the wellness programs.

If you read this just-published 2013 review by Jill Horwitz, Brenna Kelly and John DiNardo, youll see that its possible to use a "conceptual framework" to completely trash the notion that worksite wellness programs offer any benefit.  Oh, and by the way, they also result in discrimination.

How is that you ask?

This framework asks:

1) Do employees with chronic conditions or health risks spend more?  The authors answer is that most studies for most conditions indicate the answer is yes.

2) Do financial incentives change behavior? The authors answer, based on a review of the literature, is that obese persons tend to gain weight and many persons who quit tobacco relapse.  The impact on high blood pressure and lipids is less certain.

3) Do health improvements lead to employer savings? The authors brief three paragraph answer, based on two erences (here and here), is "uncertain," "depends" and "erroneously assuming."

The authors also

a) point to the abundant literature that questions the relationship between "process" and "intermediate" outcomes (blood glucose testing or control in persons with diabetes mellitus) versus long-term outcomes (like mortality - an example is here),

b) note that aggressive treatment can lead to unintended consequences (an example is here), and

c) suggest that wellness programs disproportionately benefit persons from higher socioeconomic classes who suffer from less disease. Its frankly difficult for the Disease Management Care Blog to follow the authors logic, but as it understands it, anything that benefits one segment of a population is a zero-sum loss for the remaining segment.

The DMCBs two-fold take:

1) The 2010 review examines state-of-the-art clinical trial data, while the 2013 "conceptual framework" interprets the underlying published literature and finds it wanting.  According to the framework authors, the value of any counseling is ultimately unproven.

Big deal. The DMCB would like to point out that a similarly conducted review of primary care (where there are no randomized control clinical trials), Medicare (a social experiment if there ever was one) and parachutes (to combat "gravitational challenges") could also conclude that theres no proof.

Bottom line: Lack of proof for a benefit is not the same as proof that there is a lack of any benefit.  Whats more, the business persons that run worksite wellness programs know that evidence based medicine is necessary, but not sufficient.  They dont demand proof, they use reasonable assurance.  The 58% of large employers that are offering worksite wellness are using seasoned logic in a world of conflicting data.  Good for them.

2) The Homer Simpson-inspired DMCB doesnt quite "get" the frameworks socioeconomic argument.  If persons from lower socioeconomic classes have a higher burden of obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and poor fitness, anything that offers increased access to a higher level of care is not only good policy but a proportionately noble thing.

Whats more, if worksite wellness results in no economic benefit and doesnt shift costs in any direction, how does that result in any discrimination?

While economic incentives in a zero sum game can be problematic, the DMCB believes that Horwitz, Kelly and DiNardos logic is overlawyered worksite nihilism run amok. Their ultimate unspoken conclusion is that when it comes to employees, all should be treated to the same level of neglect.

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0 Carrots Makes Your Skin Look Beautiful

Carrots Makes Your Skin Look Beautiful - A new study says, someone who consume lots of vegetables of certain kinds, tend to have more attractive skin tones and healthy. Really?

Carrots contain yellow pigments called carotenoids. These substances play a key role to create beautiful skin, healthy and glowing.

As quoted by Times of India, Ian Stephen, scientists from St Andrews and Bristol U describes only two months of the consumption of vegetables and fruits were already visible results in skin.

Stephen hopes this finding could be a new strategy of encouraging young people to be more interested in eating vegetables and fruits. Regardless of the intention to beautify the skin, carrot consumption will also improve the quality of health in general.

Healthy and beautiful skin to be short-term benefits of increased consumption of vegetables and fruits. While the habit of eating vegetables and fruits in the long run, serve to prevent many serious diseases such as heart.

"It is important to advise young people to eat healthy, to avoid a heart attack at age 40 years," said Stephen.