General Health

There are seven important culprits for most of the food allergies that we experience. They are - corn, eggs, milk, soy, wheat, yeast and sugar. And thankfully, I am allergic to none. What a complete life, I can eat anything I want! :D Allergy, exaggerated and sometimes harmful reactions to external substances, called allergens. So, food [...]

Botox® is a trade name for botulinum toxin A, that has been successfully used to treat blepharospasm, strabismus, and cervical dystonia — these are all conditions that in some way involve spasms, involuntary muscle contractions. Botulinum itself Bis a kind of food poisoning usually caused by ingesting the neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum; [...]

The Engineers at Kansas State University are now working on a research combining biological materials with graphene, a recently developed carbon material that is only a single atom thick, ScienceDaily reported. They have seen the possibilities of using this thick material as the DNA sensor to identify cancer, in the form of electrical sensor. The researchers [...]

A new study by researchers at Brown Universitysuggests that the nicotine effects for health may be more scary than what we thought. It was reported in ScienceDaily that the effect may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, cause an effect to the bodily processes — and perhaps the actions of other commonly [...]

Skin is a magnificent health indicators tools. When it wrinkles, dry or oily, have some acnes or inflammation, those can be the signs of poor internal health. You can spoil your skin with luxurious makeup, supplements and serum. But it won’t help much if you still eating junk food and forgetting the basic needs, which [...]

It has been long known that a good sleeping habit will affect our performance. A good quality of sleep at night makes you feel more fresh and relax at the morning. How do you think with those guys who have a bad sleeping habit? Don’t you think that they have a stressfull life that it affects [...]

I have a friend. Everytime he get a small ache or pain, he takes medicine. Medicine and medicine. Don’t you think that this habit perhaps effects our healthy or body metabolism? Too much medicine will not be good. Yes, but what is the real impact to our body? In the Journal of The American Medical Association, [...]

No discussion of bodybuilding would be complete without addressing anabolic steroids and, just as important, their so-called alternatives. Use of steroids for the purpose of bodybuilding or other sports related enhancement is illegal in the United States. Anabolic steroids are considered a “controlled substance” and any unlawful use is punishable by law. We won’t discuss this [...]

Eat for life? Eat to improve your chances long and healthy life? Yes, you can. At a time when we seem to be overwhelmed by conflicting diet and health messages, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have some good news: by making the right food choices, you may [...]

There is much still to be learned about the relationship between the foods we eat and our risk of getting cancer and heart disease. The NHLBI and NCI are conducting a great deal of research to find out more about this relationship. There is, however, a lot that we know now. The relationship of diet [...]