Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB’s) – how do they lower your high blood pressure-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: What are ARBs? They block the action of angiotensin 11 resulting in lowering of blood pressure. Angiotensin 11 a vasoconstrictor i.e., narrows blood vessels causing increase of blood pressure. Further, angiotensin 11 is a stimulus for salt and water retention in the body, which further increases blood pressure. Angiotensin 11 is derived from an inactive Angiotensin 1 produced from Angiotensinogen a protein made in your liver. ARBs reduce or blocks the action of this hormone angiotensin 11, thereby causing dilatation of blood vessels resulting in lowering of blood pressure. ARBs blocking the action of Angiotensin 11, lowers the blood pressure and prevent damage to the heart and kidneys caused by high blood pressure. So, those who take ARBs should realize that they are also effective in heart and kidney health, in addition to ...
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“THE GOOD LIFE” – by Des Kelly How can one forget the halcyon days spent in what was once our lovely Island home ?. I will never forget them. Things are much different now, from an older perspective, I am afraid. Ceylon was this Island paradise that I was lucky to call “home”, eternal summer, days and weekends spent having a glorious time on beaches surrounding the Island, spotless beaches, without any rubbish strewn around, thosai shops, where we could have a good feed, followed by milk-coffee, or kiri-kopi, to wash it down for a couple or three rupees, a Peacock or “5 Roses” fag, afterwards, costing about 2 cents a-piece, to strut around with, showing how grown-up we were, at around fifteen years of age, Picture-palaces such as the Regal, Liberty, Savoy, Plaza etc., where, for a 50cent gallery ticket, we could watch great movies coming all the ...
eLanka Newsletter – 7th November 2021 – 2nd Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “BAMBALAPITIYA BEAUTIES” – By Des Kelly Sri Lanka thump West Indies with a crisp all-round exhibit in final Group 1 match – by Sunil Thenabadu (eLanka Sports editor) Sri Lanka’s pace trio provokes former South African former paceman Dale Steyn – By Sunil Thenabadu (Sports editor – eLanka) Obituary: Margaret Mary Therese Australia South Asia Forum Inc Presents – A preamble to the South Asian Film Arts & Literature Festival Good News From Jayam November 15, 2021 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 78 05 11 2021 ABC Radio (Australia & Pacific) talks to ALSTON KOCH about his road to success in Australia while introducing DISCO music Humanitarian, Doctor, Researcher, & “Pandemic Whisperer” REMEMBERING Dr. LIONEL ALGAMA, MUSIC MAESTRO ON ...
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SUNDAY CHOICE – God’s Request – Lord I give them all over to You “Give me all of you!!! I don’t want so much of your time, so much of your talents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF YOU!! I have not come to torment or frustrate the natural man or woman, but to KILL IT! No half measures will do. I don’t want to only prune a branch here and a branch there; rather I want the whole tree out! Hand it over to me, the whole outfit, all of your desires, all of your wants and wishes and dreams. Turn them ALL over to me, give yourself to me and I will make of you a new self—in my image. Give me yourself and in exchange I will give you Myself. My will, shall become your will. My heart, shall ...
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Victorious Air Force rugby team felicitated by the commander The victorious team posed for a photograph with the commander. Source:Island The Sri Lanka Air Force Rugby 7’s team who clinched the Warrior Trophy Rugby 7s title on Sunday were felicitated by the commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana at a ceremony held at Air Force Headquarters yesterday. The victorious team posed for a photograph with the commander who also presented the Head Coach of SLAF Rugby, Shamlie Afraz Nawas and the Assistant Coach, H.D.S.D. Soysa with special appreciations in recognition of their untiring effort and dedication displayed in developing the sport of rugby. During the ceremony, the commander appreciated the hard work and dedication of the SLAF rugger pool that led to winning this title. This win of a major rugby title was achieved by the SLAF after a laps of 35 years. ...
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Lalith plans to lift fitness of ladies through TT- by a Special Sports Correspondent Lalith Priyantha briefing the media about the upcoming table tennis programme he plans to have for ladies Source:Island Former national singles champion, sports administrator and coach Lalith Priyantha plans to commence a table tennis programme to raise the fitness level of females in the country. Speaking to journalists at a press conference held at Otter Aquatic Club a few days ago Lalith said that his prime goal would be to make past table tennis stars return to the game. He is perhaps one of the few sports coaches who can still spar with the present generation of players; hence his eagerness to promote the message of being fit and healthy. ...
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At 30, Headed for the Board of a Swiss Watch Company By Melanie Abrams When her father steps down next year, Shanya Amarasuriya will take his place as an Audemars Piguet director. Source:-www.nytimes.com Few — if any — 27-year-olds have been invited to join the board of a luxury Swiss watch brand like Audemars Piguet. Yet that was what happened to Shanya Amarasuriya, executive director of B.P. de Silva Holdings and creative director of B.P. de Silva Jewellers. Since 2019, when the overture was made, Ms. Amarasuriya has shadowed her father, Sunil, who joined the board of the privately owned watchmaker in 2007. When he steps down from the board, as he plans to do next year, she will step in to represent her family and its minority investment in the brand. She is among the fifth generation of her family involved in the B.P. de Silva group of companies, which ...
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Anushka mixes academic and wise expertise to achieve aesthetic triumph – By Sunil Thenabadu The intricate emotional process which is very much a sensible process is also automatic when it comes to innately gifted singers such as Anushka Madubashini. Anushka hails from ‘Devata’ a small village close to Galle, a past pupil of Sangamitta Girls College Galle. She had been handicapped from her young days after her father’s sudden demise when she was in Grade three. Calamity struck her family as her mother had to boost the family which comprised of another younger sister against many limitations. Anushka was however determined to excel in studies and art accomplishing many milestones in music at school. As a teenager won several All -Island awards consecutively in singing from year 2003 to 2008.She possesses a wide vocal range. The exposure of innate abilities to sing was after her performances in Derana Dream Star season two, allmost a decade ago. She was a forerunner for the ...
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Sri Lanka’s first carrier-neutral and high-density data centre debuts at Orion City IT Park Source:FT In a major step forward in Sri Lanka’s rapid transformation towards becoming a South Asian hub for IT and tech-enabled services, Digital Reality Ltd. yesterday launched the country’s first carrier-neutral, high-density data centre built to TIA Tier-3 standards and a capacity over 200 racks at Orion City IT Park – Colombo 09 under the brand name ‘OrionStellar’. The launch event featured Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) Chairman/Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Director General Oshada Senanayake as Chief Guest, in addition to attracting enthusiastic participation from numerous high-ranking representatives from Sri Lanka’s burgeoning IT, telco, and corporate sectors, as well as academia and key Government officials. ...
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