The digestive acids in your stomach are strong enough to dissolve zinc. Since the cells in the stomach lining are replaced rapidly, with about five hundred thousand cells being replaced every minute, and the entire lining every three days, the acids do not have time to dissolve the lining. Now, that’s quite a save! It […]
The human brain is the most complex organ in the human body. It is the control centre of life. It not only affects and governs everything you do, how you think, feel and act, but what kind of person you are. There is much more about this mysterious organ which baffles doctors, scientists and philosophers. […]
World Liver Day April 19th Liver does that kind of work which no machine can ever do. A diseased liver threatens all-around health; without a liver, life would be impossible. The liver can be a seat of cancer. They can be primary or secondaries from tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Primary liver tumours are the […]
The right start to your child in his/her first 1000 days goes a long way in ensuring a healthy and disease-free life, say the experts. Here is why.
One of the most common ailments affecting mankind is a headache. It is so common that only a few persons would not have experienced a headache at some time or other in their lives, says Consultant Neurologist Dr.V.Natarajan. Fortunately, most often the headaches are harmless, especially those which are recurrent. However, at times the headache, […]
What causes this period of the year to add an extra stress on your heart health?
One man’s meat is another man’s poison is an old saying that could not be truer than from a nutritionist’s point of view. Most people can make wheat products their staple diet. But some rare individuals end up with vomiting or diarrhoea when they consume wheat. Such adverse reactions are produced either by the immune […]
By Dr. N. Ramakrishnan Do you snore loudly? Are you the target of bad jokes or middle-of-the-night elbow thrusts? Snoring is no laughing matter. Loud snoring can be a sign that something is seriously wrong with your breathing during sleep. Snoring indicates that the breathing passage (airway) is not fully open, and the distinctive efforts […]
Are you guilty of doing this?!
Don;t neglect burns this festive season.