Stress is an internal response to stimuli or pressures that challenge an organism's ability to adapt or cope, disrupting homeostasis or internal balance. Stress may be mental, physiological, anatomical or physical. Stressful stimuli, also known as stressors, range from chemical agents to medical illnesses to a hectic lifestyle. Psychologically, the level of stress can depend on the emotional or cognitive appraisal that a person makes of a situation and of themselves. Stress typically involves activation of the fight-or-flight response. Common neurochemical, hormonal and physiological changes have been elucidated.

Here are some of the common categories and examples of stressors:

• Sensory: pain, bright light
• Life events: birth and deaths, marriage, and divorce
• Responsibilities: lack of money, unemployment
• Work/study: exams, project deadlines, and group projects
• Personal relationships: conflict, deception
• Lifestyle: heavy drinking, insufficient sleep
• Environmental: Lack of control over environmental circumstances, such as food, housing, health, freedom, or mobility
• Social: Struggles with specific individuals and social defeat can be potent sources of chronic stresses
• Adverse experiences during development (e.g. prenatal exposure to maternal stress, poor attachment histories, sexual abuse) are thought to contribute to deficits in the maturity of an individual's stress response systems.

Stress can be seen as a positive phenomena, an evolved adaptive response that can activate internal resources to help overcome challenges and achieve realistic goals. However, chronic stress may develop if stressors are excessive and unavoidable and too many demands are placed on an organism's internal resources. There are also individual differences in sensitivity to stressors and the propensity to the stress response. Severe or chronic stress has been linked to states of exhaustion and correlated with a greater incidence of health conditions and problems with functioning.

But ultimately, stress should be maintain to a minimum so it cannot affect one's lifestyle drastically. One of the most common and most effective way to minimize stress is through massage. Massage involves acting on and manipulating the patient's body with pressure (structured, unstructured, stationary, and/or moving), tension, motion, or vibration done manually or with mechanical aids. Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as lymphatic vessels, and/or organs of the gastrointestinal system. All of which can help lower the effects of stress on an individual.

That is why to reduce stress, one should get a massage. And what can make massages more effective in reducing stress is by using REVIVE.

Revive is an anti-stress massage oil. It is a mix of beneficial, natural herbs that are brought together to form an effective anti-stress massage oil that relieves stress and fatigue, relaxes the body and improves skin texture and keeps it healthy. Revive can be used for body massage in the normal course or when you feel fatigued and stressed after a hard day's work. Apply the oil and gently massage over the body, leave for 10 - 15 minutes and have a warm shower or bath.

So there you go. Say goodbye to stress by having a massage with a little help from Revive.

Somnipathy, or sleep disorder, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnogram. There are several sleep disorders, the most common includes:

• Bruxism, which is involuntarily grinding or clenching of the teeth while sleeping.
• Delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) is the inability to awaken and fall asleep at socially acceptable times but no problem with sleep maintenance, a disorder of circadian rhythms. Other such disorders are advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS) and Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome (Non-24), both much less common than DSPS.
• Hypopnea syndrome is an abnormally shallow breathing or slow respiratory rate while sleeping.
• Narcolepsy is the condition of falling asleep spontaneously and unwillingly at inappropriate times.
• Night terror, Pavor nocturnus, sleep terror disorder are variations of abrupt awakening from sleep with behavior consistent with terror.
• Parasomnias include a variety of disruptive sleep-related events.
• Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is the sudden involuntary movement of arms and/or legs during sleep, for example kicking the legs. Also known as nocturnal myoclonus. See also Hypnic jerk, which is not a disorder.
• Rapid eye movement behavior disorder (RBD) involves acting out violent or dramatic dreams while in REM sleep.
• Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is the irresistible urge to move legs. RLS sufferers often also have PLMD.
• Shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), a situational circadian rhythm sleep disorder
• Obstructive sleep apnea, involves an obstruction of the airway during sleep, causing lack of sufficient deep sleep; often accompanied by snoring. Central sleep apnea is less common.
• Sleep paralysis is characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly before or after sleep. Sleep paralysis may be accompanied by visual, auditory or tactile hallucinations. Not a disorder unless severe.
• Sleepwalking or somnambulism is engaging in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness (such as eating or dressing), which may include walking, without the conscious knowledge of the subject.
  

These sleep disorders can be classified into two broad classifications: dysomnias and parasomnias.

The most common cause of sleep disorders are changes on one's lifestyle, such as shift work change and other drastic changes with sleeping habits. Other problems that can affect sleep are the following:

• Anxiety
• Back pain
• Chronic pain
• Sciatica
• Neck pain
• Environmental noise
• Incontinence
• Various drugs - Many drugs can affect the ratio of the various stages of sleep, thus affecting the overall quality of sleep. Poor sleep can lead to accumulation of Sleep debt.
• Endocrine imbalance mainly due to Cortisol but not limited to this hormone. Hormone changes due to impending menstruation or during the menopause transition years.
• Chronobiological disorders, mainly Circadian rhythm disorders

One important way to combat sleep disorders is first to have a healthy sleeping habit. A sleep diary can also be of great help to see if one has some problems. There are also several medical remedies for these problems, and one of the best in the market is SNOOZ.

SNOOZ is an all natural herbal sleep mix that helps soothe nerves. It relaxes the body on account of the destressing capabilities of some of the herbs and promotes relaxed and high quality sleep. SNOOZ is a safe multi-herbal formulation that aids in alleviation of symptoms arising out of insomnia. It contains nerve stabilizing and de-stressing herbs like Withania Somnifera and Centella Asiatica that results in deeper and higher quality of sleep.

Snooz has no known side effects. You will have great sleep and be very alert and wide awake the next day.

Going bald and losing hair is a fact of life for millions of men. Adults lose about 10,000 scalp hairs each day. Hair normally lives for around five years. With male pattern baldness these hairs do not always get replaced and gradually bald areas appear. This process can however take a long time and the age at which you start to lose hair does not necessarily provide any clues as to how long it will be until you define yourself as bald.

Most men are genetically predisposed to male pattern baldness. It is the effect of hormones on the hair follicle that produces male pattern baldness. Testosterone, a hormone that is present in high levels in males after puberty, is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) by an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. DHT has an adverse affect on the hair follicles. Acting on a hormone receptor on the hair follicle it slows down hair production and produces weak, shorter hair, sometimes it stops hair growth from the follicle completely. This process gradually depletes your stock of hair and is normal hair loss.

Baldness can also be caused by several illnesses and conditions. These health conditions that can cause male hair loss include:

• High temperature associated with infections or flu.
• Thyroid and pituitary problems
• Some medical treatments; radiotherapy, side effects of medications such as interferon, chemotherapy and steroids can all cause hair loss.
• Stress
• Psychological problems such as trichotillomania where some people pull out their hair
• Exposure to dangerous chemicals such as thallium acetate
• Fungal infections of the scalp
• Ringworm
• Burns
• Alpaca Areata Universalis, where the whole body is affected, or totalis where the whole of the scalp becomes bald.

Profinast is a special combination of fine herbs, vitamins and nutrients. Profinast provides nutritional support right from the scalp to the hair root. One of the main reasons of hair loss in men is formation of DHT, a male hormone. Profinast works to stop hair loss and improve hair re-growth on male-pattern baldness. Profinast works by blocking the formation of DHT, which is a male hormone responsible for hair shrinkage, eventually leading to hair fall. Thus, Profinast helps reverse hair follicle shrinkage, promote hair re-growth and provide nutrition to the overall scalp.

Profinast is 100% safe and all natural formula containing fine herbs, essential vitamins and important nutrients to arrest hair fall immediately. Profinast doesn’t contain any synthetic chemicals or harmful compounds, and it doesn’t have any reported side effects. But as the rule goes, if you are unsure of your medical condition, or suffering from any critical ailment, please review all the ingredients with your health care professional.

Profinast is meant to reverse hair loss in heavy hair loss situations and hair re-growth in male-pattern baldness.