The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea of the eye. It receives oxygen directly from the air. The human brain has a memory capacity which is the equivalent of more than four terabytes on a hard drive. A newborn child can breathe and swallow at the same time […]
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Licorice: a sweet tale
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza plants, usually the Glabra species) have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to a long time for various digestive and health problems, and as a general vitality promoting agent. People know Licorice mostly as a candy product, and is inherently a functional food rather than just a candy (as the oil containing the […]
Magnesium: deficiencies and types
Magnesium plays important roles in the structure and the function of the human body. The adult human body contains about 25 grams (g) of magnesium. About 50 to 60% of all the magnesium in the body is found in the skeleton and the remainder is found in soft tissue, primarily in muscle. Magnesium is the […]
METABOLISM: The fire of life
Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex process, calories in food and beverages are combined with oxygen to release the energy your body needs to function. Even when you’re at rest, your body needs energy for all its “hidden” functions, such as breathing, […]
Why we age?
Most people accept that getting old is an inevitable part of life. We are born; we grow to become fertile adults, and then our bodies age until they expire at an average age of 80 for men and 84 for women. As we age, some of the inevitable symptoms include graying and thinning hair, loss […]
APOPTOSIS: another miracle of life
Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death. It is one of the wonders of biology. Another miracle that mother Nature has in store for us. To me, after Mitosis, this is the second most marvelous miracle of the human life. From its early conceptual beginnings in the 1950s, it has exploded as an area […]
Aneurysm: the silent killer
One of the things that scares me the most in this world of medicine is when you see in the movies that a person would just drop dead. No symptoms beforehand. Just falls down and off he goes to greener pastures. Some of the times this is due to a condition called an aneurysm. A […]
Osteopathic medicine
Osteopathic medicine emphasizes overall health and the relation among the body’s nerves, muscles, bones, and organs. Osteopathic practitioners base diagnosis and treatment on the idea that the body’s systems are interconnected. Instead of treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard and treat the body as an integrated whole. Osteopathic medicine focuses on disease prevention and […]
Boosting your immune system
When our immune system is working properly, we don’t even notice it. But when we have an under- or over-active immune system, we are at a greater risk of developing various conditions and infections. If you are wondering how to boost your immune system, please understand that it doesn’t necessarily happen overnight. It’s a matter […]