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There is A Need to Take Renewed New Year Resolutions
Backdrop: Another new year has arrived; it’s time to look forward and to take new resolutions for the year and ahead. Resolutions are affirmative intent to do something positive either for oneself or for others. “I will stop smoking” is a positive affirmation for stopping an existing vice or bad habit. “I will keep myself…
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There is No Age Limit for Learning
Backdrop: The process of learning has always been associated with children and youth; the word learning here includes both its dimensions, “informal” as well as “formal”. Informal learning starts with mother immediately after the child is born with various gestures / sounds / rhymes / songs. As the child grows up, elders start learning through…
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One Needs to be Careful about Risks of Polypharmacy
Backdrop: Polypharmacy is a common problem among elderly people in India. It implies “multiple medications” used by elderly population for various types of comorbidities. As age grows, so do number of ailments; these include common issues like blood pressure, sugar, joint pains, occasional weakness and may extend to severe ailments including cancer or mental impairment.…
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Relationship is Key to Happiness
Backdrop: All studies have concluded beyond doubt that healthy “social relationship” is key to happiness in life. The word social relationship in this context means the shared bonding or connect between two or more individuals. They may or may not be related. The context of relationship, however, begins at home. This means the relationship between…
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A Strong Resolve is Needed for Happy and Healthy Aging
Backdrop: The concept of “happy aging” has in recent times assumed importance as a topic both for scholarly research as well as implementation in practice. The concept is now termed as “healthy & happy aging”. The first dimension is that the process of aging must be “healthy” devoid of any serious physical or mental ailments.…
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Talking is Crucial for Healthy Living
Backdrop: It is often stated that talking is living. Through talks with others, one expresses emotions, sentiments, and feelings about several things in life. A normal person in prime youth spends roughly 3 to 4 hours minimum in talking either at home or at office or with friends. The more a person talks, the more…