Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Effects of Drug Abuse On Teenage Behavior

Now-a-days teen drug abuse has become very common. Teens behavior also changes with the effect of drugs. Some of the behavioral changes associated with drug abuse are:
  • Unusual behavior than the normal behavior
  • Loss of interest towards career
  • Less performance in the school grades and performance
  • Showing anger and even irritability towards parents
  • Spending lot of time with friends
  • Decrement in the responsibility
  • Changing friends and does friendship with different groups of people
  • Changes in the physical appearance such as paleness in eyes and even face becomes red and even eyes become reddish color
  • Changes in habits of eating and sleeping
  • Even the spirit of participating in sports also decreases
  • Sitting isolated and want to be lonely
  • Spending a very little time at home
  • Coming home drunk
  • Increment of violence and even becoming emotional and even behave moodily
  • Huge changes in the weight
  • Stealing expensive things and even money from home
  • Lying etc.

These are some of the behavioral changes which a parent should observe when their teens who are abusing drugs. As a parent you need to suggest them not to consume the drugs but never overreact. Directly don’t check their belongings or never check directly by going into their room, if you are found wrong then it may lead to the failure of trust between you and your child. Make the teen to know you are their well wisher and you care about them. Tell them clearly about the harmful drug effects which are both short term and long term and even its effect on the relationships. Then take him/her to the counseling program to get the treatment.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Know About Risk of Cancer Due To Alcohol Consumption

A study published recently on the issue of Journal Of Epidemiology said that alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer. According to the study, people who consume alcohol are at least four times more likely to die due to cancer when compared to those who do not consume alcohol.

According to the background information of the report, alcohol causes cancer to the mouth, esophagus, liver, colon, and even to breast. Alcoholic beverages like wine, beer, spirits are being classified as the carcinogens (Human cancer causing agents) as expressed by National Toxicology Program in the United States.

According to the present study, Yi S.W and colleagues from Kwandong University Of Medicine in Korea, researched on the link between the consumption of the alcohol and the cancer in the digestive system for men and women. The researchers examined 6291 residents of Kangwha, who are of age 55 or even older for collecting the information on the relation between the alcohol consumption and cancer.

Due to the consumption of the alcohol, the rate of occurrence of esophageal cancer is 5.62 times more than the normal person who doesn’t consume alcohol. Even the colon cancer is 4.59 times more in alcohol drinker than in general person. If the consumption of the alcohol is more then it may lead to the death of the person because of colon cancer and even bile duct cancer.

The case is same with women, the alcohol drinkers are having more chances to get cancer when compared to the abstainers or the women who doesn’t consume alcohol.

At the end of the study, researchers terminated with the conclusion that alcohol consumption increases the deaths because of esophageal cancer and colon cancer in men.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Advantages Of Online Marketing

There are thousands of users who are reading online blogs, watching videos and vacuuming gossips from online magazines. Any type of imaginable information can surely find their audience so it helps to make online marketing more effective for any one.

In general online marketing is a way of promoting your business, advocacy, product or services without the hassle and expenses of real-life advertising. By this any individual can buy and sell products without going through the usual route of expensive promotional and sales advertising. Apart from all these, following are some advantages of online marketing:

  • Online marketing is a perfect way to find customers and nurture trusting relationship with them because this marketing process offers effective package for business or promotion in such a way that it could be viewed, visited, and shared by users.
  • By online marketing an individual can create relevant web pages with catchy and flashy offerings of business. With this feature people will get attracted more towards the individual business homepage or blogs or video.
  • With online marketing an advertiser can create better impression of loyal customers without spending huge cash for exorbitant advertising fees.

So, these are the major benefits of online marketing over the traditional marketing. This is also an exciting way in business promotion and in doing business. So, better use of its advantages helps to yield huge profits.