Melatonin is an extremely common supplement, used widely to overcome such conditions as jet lag and insomnia. It actual nature is as a chemical compound produced by the body to help regulate the biological clock, controlling such things drowsiness and alertness, being awake or being tired. When you naturally get...
There was a time when people paid attention. In a society founded on the principles of mutual respect and responsibility, people were expected to give their full attention to the topic at hand, whether that was working with machines or having a conversation. This is how men were able to...
First off, it isn’t a disease.
A disease is something that can be carried and spread. A foreign agent of some kind, something that lives in the human body and slowly kills off its host in the process of ensuring its own survival. Whether by spreading toxins in the course of...
I was recently talking to somebody who was convinced that pharmaceutical companies were conspiring to kill his mother. He had heard of so many possible cures for cancer, but the hospital adamantly refused to try any of them on her, insisting instead on keeping her in bed and on therapy.
First...
Now that the professional health hysteria community has moved on from blaming fat as the source of all of their problems, they have found a new target.
Sugar.
Yes, sugar, that all-encompassing food item that you find in absolutely everything, is now being blamed for everything from overgrown waistlines to cancer.
Yeah, the...
One of the most troublesome medical issues of today is the issue of dementia. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other debilitating brain affecting diseases ride high in the public conscious, carrying with them a slow but unavoidable message of gloom and doom, saying in unmistakable words that the clock ticks for us...
Resistance training may benefit some aspects of psychological well-being in older adults, according to new research from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
Muscle-strengthening activities could boost psychological well-being among seniors.
The researchers — who reported their findings in the journal Quality of Life Research — came to this conclusion after studying...
The one meal a day diet is a weight loss plan that requires a person to eat only one meal per day. This is a type of intermittent fasting that involves alternating between extended periods of not eating or drinking anything with calories and periods of eating.
The one meal a...
Researchers probing the mechanisms of nerve tissue damage in multiple sclerosis have identified two ways in which white blood cells overcome the blood-brain barrier to wreak havoc in the highly protected environment of the brain and spinal cord.
In a paper published in the journal Cell Reports, first study author Sarah...
New research reveals how a dysfunction in the brain’s so-called self-digestion system leads to cell death in neurodegenerative disorders. The newly discovered mechanism may lead to new therapies for conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
When the brain’s ‘housekeeping’ mechanism fails, neurons start degenerating. New research shows how.
A healthy brain...
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