If there is indeed a Fountain of Youth, it’s probably located right between your ears: a tiny conical gland at the centre of your brain known as the pineal gland. As fountains go, the pineal gland isn’t very productive: It releases almost undetectable minute quantities of a substance known as ... Views: 2056
Can feelings of loneliness put you at risk for cancer? Do they increase your chances of illness, overall?
“Isolationism” is at the crux of more health problems than we might imagine, say researchers.
But they are quick to point out that if you live alone you need not be lonely. And vice ... Views: 835
Paralysis is a loss of voluntary muscular control, due to an abnormal condition of the nerves or nerve-centers which control the affected muscles. The nervous effect may originate either in the brain or the spinal cord, unless it results from severing or inflammation of the nerves. Since the ... Views: 703
One of the most frustrating and difficult medical emergencies to handle is the psychiatric emergency. It is a condition in which family members or bystanders will have to use mostly their wits, not only to save the person affected but also themselves from trivial to mortal injury.
Many of us ... Views: 1151
Infertility is one of the biggest neuroses of the 21st century woman. In reality, however, getting pregnant is the easy part. Staying pregnant is much harder. While one in ten couples has problems conceiving, at least one in six pregnancies will end in miscarriage. The rate rises to 25% - one in ... Views: 929
There are sixteen elements that must be obtained in the form of food. They are: Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Chlorine, Fluorine, Phosphorus, Iron, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Hydrogen, Sodium, Sulphur, Silica, Iodine and Manganese. Their value, function and sources in food are as ... Views: 750
One goal of longevity researchers is to keep your body from aging and dying for as long as possible. The other is to preserve your brain. Oddly enough, the secret to both may lie in childhood, I gestures as natural as a hug between mother and child or as purposeful as a little extra ... Views: 866
You’re not a fitness buff. You don’t want to spend hours in a gym, sweating the stuff. You want a workout that’s less work, more fun. Something you’ll stick with for the rest of your life.
Care to dance?
NOT YET. But the writing is already on the wall. In trend-setter countries like the ... Views: 848
Your smile deserves the best. If you believe that, chances are you already make sure to brush and floss your teeth every day. But chances are, you’re not getting peak tooth and gum protection out of your current regimen. If you’d like to achieve the ultimate in home dental care, check these easy ... Views: 713
How to gain weight is a question not so often discussed as is the subject of reducing weight. Some persons cannot be made to gain a pound by any means of persuasion or suasion, while others find it hard not to keep continually on the upgrade. The latter are more fortunate in one respect — for ... Views: 771
Women have traditionally been regarded as the ‘weaker’ sex.
But it’s becoming clear that this is a myth – the average man may be taller and heavier than the average woman but when the chips are really down, it turns out that women are tougher. And here’s the evidence!
1. The ultimate test ... Views: 713
Overeating was initially treated purely as a physical or a hormonal problem. Then it was blamed of genes. For a long time no thought was given to finding its roots in one’s mind. However, in the second half of the last century it was thought about, studied and is now confirmed, that overeating ... Views: 1268