You’re sitting in traffic, running late for a flight. The minutes tick by and traffic hasn’t moved an inch. Your hypothalamus, an important regulator in your brain, begins releasing stress hormones. These stress hormones are identical to the ones that trigger “fight or flight” responses. Your heart beats uncontrollably and you begin to hyperventilate. Your …
Energy drinks are a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. People consume them to increase alertness, concentration, and energy. Sugar, caffeine, taurine, herbal extracts, and vitamins are some of the ingredients used to cause this effects. As energy drinks become more popular, we’re starting to learn more about the side effects. Some healthcare professions even caution against …
Yoga is an ancient practice that is performed to bring harmony in mental and physical faculties of the body. It incorporates different types of breathing exercises, poses and techniques of meditation to encourage and lower stress and relaxation. Regular practice of yoga promotes overall wellbeing of a person. It gives clarity, strength, flexibility and many …
The fact remains that our diet is varied and not exactly healthy; we often do not provide our body with the daily dose of vitamins and minerals that it requires in order to function seamlessly. Given this, it should not come as a surprise that many underage and elder patients are exhibiting symptoms of vitamin …
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Junk food has become so ubiquitous that on any even day, 1 in 3 adult Americans will eat it. The fact that we increasingly on rely on it for comfort is a disturbing trend indeed. The fact remains that junk food, on the whole, is bad for your health. It causes various health conditions such …
Most medical professionals swear by physical activity as being the panacea for most health issues and if that was not enough, we often have to face a barrage of print ads in the media coupled with television ads, promoting the same. But perhaps it is time that we took a closer look at physical activity …
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With nearly every health organization in the world advocating exercise and a detailed fitness regimen in the quest for perfect health, it certainly seems that way, doesn’t it? After all our bodies are meant for physical activity, something which we can all use in spades just about now since we all tend to follow a …
Plastic surgery, contrary to popular belief has been in practice over several thousand years; archaeological evidence pointed out that sushrastra practiced rhinoplasty as well as skin grafts around 500 BC. That in itself is telling for it shows that the fascination with our bodies and our desperate need to fit with the commonly accepted view …