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This app will analyze your DNA to help you lose weight

Analyzing genetics and weight loss could have clues to how your body processes food and reacts to exercise.

This new DNA testing service will analyze everything from your body mass index and how you metabolize specific nutrients in the body to your endurance during and after exercise.

Could your sweat (or saliva) be a clue to a successful weight loss regime?

The weight-loss app Lose It! and Silicon Valley DNA analytics start-up Helix on Monday released Genetic Healing test for genetic disorders, a service that analyzes 16 different traits as they relate to weight loss, nutrition, fitness, and sensitivities to certain foods. It measures everything from body mass index and the metabolism of nutrients to muscle mass and gluten tolerance to give people insights into their genetic makeup, says Kevin McCoy, senior vice president of business development at the Boston-based Lose It.

It costs $190 for a new customer or $110 if you are previous Helix customer. Genetic Healing provides ancestry information, but there several other companies offer DNA analysis and nutrition programs to help with weight loss, including DNAFit, Fitness Genes, and Nutrigenomics. They can cost as much as $289, depending on the plan. (Privacy policies vary for each service, but Lose It users must opt into their data being aggregated anonymously for future research.)

There are over 100 locations across the genome that play roles in various obesity traits, according to this 2015 study of more than 500,000 genetic samples published in the journal Nature by researchers at the University of Michigan. “A large number of genes makes it less likely that one solution to beat obesity will work for everyone and opens the door to possible ways we could use genetic clues to help defeat obesity,” senior study author Elizabeth Speliotes said.

But other more recent studies put less emphasis on the link between obesity and DNA. While genotype plays a role in obesity, another 2016 study in the British Medical Journal found that individuals carrying a gene that might give them a propensity for obesity respond equally well to a change in diet, physical activity, and drug-based weight loss treatments. A genetic predisposition to obesity “can be at least partly counteracted through such interventions,” it concluded.

Some fitness experts are also sanguine about the usefulness of these DNA analytic services for dieting. Anne Machalinski, a writer for Self magazine and marathon runner, tried Fitness Gene's service and was told she had an increased obesity risk and had muscles that recovered quickly from exercise. “These recommendations are essentially a common sense of the ‘eat less and move more’ variety,” she wrote for Self, “plus a push for resistance, strength, and high-intensity interval training.”

Still, as this 2016 study in the British Medical Journal concluded, DNA analysis can motivate people to lose weight. It can be a life or death decision: Weight gain in early and middle adulthood will increase health risks later in life, researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health said last week. People who gained 5 to 22 pounds before aged 55 increased their risk of premature death, chronic diseases and decreased the likelihood of achieving healthy aging, it found.

On the plus side, there’s also plenty of other familiar sense data to help people stay fit and healthy. Americans log nearly 6% more calories on Saturdays than any other day of the week, and an extra 3% calories than normal on Fridays, according to separate analysis of millions of calorie counters from Lose It! Breakfast and dinners on weekends when people are either with friends or kicking back are also a time for a spike in calories over other mornings (by between 6.5% and 7%).

And Americans who are keeping tabs on their weight might also do well to watch the clock. Snacks that are “better for you” such as nuts, vegetable slices or fruits peak at around noon. Followed by a slightly smaller rise in savory and sweet snacks at that, according to market research company The NPD Group, but sweet snacks such as candy, chocolate and ice-cream peak in the evening just after 8 p.m. A third of snack and appetizers are consumed during lunch or dinner.

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What is Oculoplasty? Oculoplasty is reconstructive and cosmetic eye-plastic surgery to correct eye problems like Tumours, a watering eye, a disfigured eye, or a pure cosmetic enhancement.

Oculoplasty deals with all the structures surrounding the eyeball to preserve eye sight and also improve the normal facial appearance.

Some of these cases require co-management of ENT, Plastic, Neurosurgeons etc., and here at Atharva Netralaya super specialty eye hospital in pune we have the unique facility for the same. Atharva Netralaya super specialty eye hospital in pune can provide you with world class treatment, all under one roof! Walk in to consult our team about the wide range of solutions available to you to restore your vision and appearance of your eyes. Eye and facial plastic surgery can change your life by enhancing your features, restoring normalcy, rejuvenating your appearance, and most importantly, boosting your self-esteem!

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Why should an eye surgeon do Plastic Surgery? Oculoplastic surgeons first train as ophthalmologists, when they learn in details about the eye. During further higher training, they start to handle plastic surgery. They have the best knowledge about the eye and its surrounding; as eye surgeons, they are also ready to handle the most delicate of structures. These include repair of droopy eyelids, repair of tear duct obstructions, orbital fracture repairs, and removal of tumours in and around the eyes. This combination of skills makes the Oculoplastic surgeons the best to do plastic surgery around the eye.

Oculoplastic surgery is the cosmetic, corrective, and reconstructive surgery of the eye. It manages and repairs problems primarily related to the tissues or structures surrounding the eye, rather than the eyeball itself. These structures include the eyelids, the tear ducts, and the orbit (bony socket surrounding the eye). Blepharoplasty, also known as an eyelift, removes excess skin and fat in the upper eyelids and excess fat in the lower lids. The procedure can also be done on just the upper or lower eyelids. It may be accompanied by an eyebrow lift and cheek lift as well. This procedure is done for cosmetic beautification

Services Are Available : Eyelids Orbit Lacrimal Disorders Thyroid Eye Disease Facial Aesthetic Surgeries Botulinum & Fillers Facial Rejuvenation Trauma Eyelids Eyelids normally have a single row of eyelashes on the upper (average 150 lashes) and lower lids (average 75 lids), pointing outwards away from the eye. The spectrum of eyelid problems includes eyelid malposition, lid lacerations, and finally, inflammatory, benign and malignant conditions

Droopy Eyelid (Ptosis): Ptosis is drooping of the upper lid. It can occur as a result of birth defect, injury, muscle disorder, nerve disorder, or simply due to aging. It gives a sleepy appearance, and can even obstruct vision if severe. Ptosis may also cause excessive forehead wrinkling, abnormal head posture such as chin elevation, and eye fatigue. In children below 8 years of age, severe droop might obstruct development of vision leading to a lazy (amblyopic) eye thus reducing vision. In adults, droopy eyelid is mainly a cosmetic concern. Surgery can correct this problem by repairing the muscle that lifts the eyelid. Several surgical options are available, and the type of surgery used depends upon the severity of the droop. After evaluation, your specialist will decide which surgery best suits your need. Health insurance will cover the costs of ptosis surgery, if it was acquired later in life. Any congenital deformity (present since birth) is not covered by insurance.

Entropion: Entropion is in-turning of the eyelid.The eyelashes rub on the eye and cause pain and watering; treatment is by surgery

Ectropion: Ectropion is turning outwards of the eyelid margin, causing redness and watering

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where the patient cannot close his eye; this can cause danger to the eye,pain and infection. Eyelid tumors

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HOW TO CHOOSE A CATARACT SURGEON

When you want to undergo a Cataract surgery it is very crucial and important decision to choose a right cataract surgeon. Finding a successful and experienced surgeon with satisfied patients is important if you want to get rid of spectacles after your cataract surgery. A specs free life after the cataract surgery requires you to use the premium intraocular lenses. It requires a special expertise and experience for a surgeon to operate with this type of IOL’s. Choosing a Cataract surgeon of Standard Procedures- Today cataract surgery is so common that you might have friends, relatives and neighbours who have undergone this surgery. Do ask for referrals when in need of a good surgeon. Questions to ask the referral are as follows-

How the staff at the hospital was, were they courteous throughout the process

Did the surgeon explain you the procedure in details

Did the surgeon explain you the possible complications

Were you informed about all types of lenses

Were all the alternatives disclosed to you

Were you informed and discussed about the premium IOL’s

Was the operation successful? If not, what was wrong

Was the bill clearly explained without much discrepancy with the initial estimate

As you get through these answers it will help you filter down your options. Consider the opinion of your optician or the general eye doctor who did your initial diagnosis of cataracts.

When you visit 1st time to your surgeon it is not necessary that you have to finalise with the same surgeon. You take time and ask plenty of questions to the surgeon and the hospital staff.

Questions you should ask your cataract surgeon-

How many operations have you done so far

Has your center in past ever had a plague of eye infections

Who checks the patients post operation? Is it the same surgeon or a different ophthalmologist

Will the surgeon provide you with a hand out and other information which describes the entire operating procedure along with the pre operation precautions

Questions you should ask a cataract surgeon for premium lenses-

If you want to opt for premium IOL’s that corrects the presbyopia and reduces the need of wearing a reading glass after surgery, make sure you ask your surgeon if he uses these lenses routinely.

You’ll know you’ve approached the right surgeon if:

He does not guarantee’s you “prefect vision”

He keeps your expectation’s realistic

He tells you that you still might have to wear glasses to perform certain tasks

He has a good follow up timelines to address any problems post-surgery

He advices you enhancement steps/procedures which might be needed that will incur extra cost

The decision to go for a premium IOL’s is completely yours. Consider having all information about IOL’s and be aware of the surgeon who is forcefully trying to sell it to you. Though is a great innovation in treating cataracts, remember it’s your decision!

If a surgeon prefers not to go for a premium IOL’s ask him why?

As cataract surgeons who insert standard IOL’s are not necessarily skilled to insert the premium IOL’s, so you might as well consider taking a second opinion.

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