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23/06/2026

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Naturopathic Medicine is a Primary Health Care System that encourages the body’s Self Healing Processes through the use of Natural Therapies drawing on both

21/06/2026

A happy international yoga day to all!
Let’s adopt yoga practice into our daily lives for better health and wellbeing.
Yoga everyday for a better you at every age!!

16/06/2026

The WHO “Decade of Healthy Aging 2021–2030” aims to coordinate global efforts to improve the quality of life for older people, their families, and communities.
A comprehensive strategy combining individual approaches, public health measures, innovative policies, and community support is essential for helping populations live longer, healthier, and more independent lives.
Yoga as an intervention to promote well-being is an effective tool for preventive healthcare strategies, promoting longevity and enhancing the quality of life for all.
Yoga combines physical postures, breath control, and meditation to enhance physical flexibility, mental clarity, and emotional balance. Meditation practices are shown to reduce stress and improve cognitive function, further supporting healthy aging. Lifestyle modifications, such as diet and regular physical activity and social connectedness complement the therapy by promoting overall vitality, delaying premature aging and reducing the risk of age-related diseases.

15/06/2026

WHY HEALTHY AGEING?

Healthy aging focuses on increasing healthspan—the period of life spent in good health rather than just lifespan. It is essential for maintaining functional independence, managing chronic conditions, and ensuring emotional well-being into later life. Yoga serves as an ideal, adaptable tool to support these goals.

Role of Yoga in Healthy Aging
Integrating physical postures, breath control, and mindfulness makes yoga a comprehensive intervention for longevity.

Physical Benefits of Yoga
Mobility & Balance: Regular practice directly decreases the risk of slips and falls by enhancing stability and gait.
Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health: Can lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels.
Joint Health: Alleviates joint pain and supports tissue health, making it highly effective for those with osteoarthritis.

Mental & Cognitive Benefits
Stress Reduction: Regulates cortisol (the body's stress hormone) and mitigates the adverse effects of chronic stress.
Cognitive Function: Stimulates blood flow to the brain, protecting against cognitive decline and improving memory and focus.
Emotional Resilience: Aids in managing anxiety and depression while improving overall sleep quality.
Ref: Aging and Yoga: Exploring the Benefits of Yoga in Promoting Healthy Aging,ISSN: 2581-3986

14/06/2026

IS AGING CONCERNED WITH ONLY THE OLDER ADULTS?
Our bodies age physiologically and biologically through an influence from the environment, body composition, and daily habits.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) caused by faulty lifestyle are the leading cause of death worldwide, driving premature aging and mortality. Accounting for approximately 75% of fatalities not related to the pandemics, NCDs impair physiological function, increase multimorbidity, and shorten healthy lifespans.

THE PREMATURE AGING CRISIS
Premature aging is increasingly defined by the early onset of chronic NCD symptoms, often appearing in economically productive populations and steepening by middle age. The World Health Organization (WHO) targets premature mortality—defined as deaths occurring before age 70—as a core public health crisis.

Globally, NCDs cause at least 18 million premature deaths every year. Four major disease categories account for over 80% of these early deaths: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs), Cancers (Neoplasms), Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs), Diabetes Mellitus:(including linked kidney diseases).

WHAT AGES THE BODY?
Shared Biological and Behavioral Drivers, i.e. modifiable lifestyle risks:
Behavioral Factors: Unhealthy diets, low physical activity, high alcohol consumption, and to***co use.
Metabolic & Environmental: Obesity, hypertension, air pollution, etc.
These risk factors trigger systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, and metabolic dysfunction, which biologically age the body’s organs well ahead of chronological age.

Global Burden and Challenges: Despite global efforts such as the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 3.4—which aims to reduce premature mortality from NCDs by one-third by 2030—the burden of disability and early mortality from NCDs remains significantly higher in low-to-middle-income countries and regions with lower socio-demographic indices.

Ref: PLoS One. 2023 Jun 2;18(6):e0281028

07/04/2026

This year's theme is centred around the idea of "One Health," which acknowledges that human health is inseparable to the health of animals, ecosystems, and the earth itself.
WHO calls on everyone to stand up for evidence based practices through the One Health approach, which frames the future of public health as interconnected across humans, animals, plants, and entire ecosystems.

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