How many times have you looked at the cover of any men’s magazine and thought, “My God, Carmen Electra’s just perfect!” – only to immediately deem her out of your league? (Substitute for any model of your choice, if you will.) Or, if you’re a girl, that your body could never be anywhere near as…
Toys with lead paint clearly pose a health hazard, but by far the biggest environmental health hazard to children is lead paint and dust in older homes. This is, and has been, the primary source of child lead poisoning for the last century. In an article published today in the LA Times, this issue was…
The alarm clock is the hated, mortal enemy of millions of Americans, from college students to busy executives and everywhere in between. People have relied heavily on crutches like caffeine to keep them going throughout their exhausted days. Special alarm clocks to combat the inability to wake can be found in droves on online web…
As soon as a runner notices a painful spot like a wart on the bottom of the foot, they want to know what it is, how it happened and how they can get rid of it. A plantar wart is a wart on the bottom (called the “plantar surface” by foot doctors) of the foot.…
The deregulation of the financial services in the late 1990s resulted in an explosion of entrepreneurial activity leading to the formation of banking institutions. This chapter presents a case study of Royal Bank Zimbabwe, tracing its origins, establishment, and the challenges that the founders faced on the journey. The Bank was established in 2002 but…
Panchkarma: Panch mean : Five Karma mean : Process or Work Panchkarma mean five types of process. Panchkarma means a set of five major operative procedures. Like all major operative procedures. Ayurveda has two types of treatments. One is Saman, and the second one is Sodhan treatment. Panchkarma is one of the Sodhan treatment. It…
When you are stressed with what to eat when you are experiencing GERD, you ought to be prepared to assume that there is no easy answer. Evidently, many people have GERD, and yet lots of them still living with it just fine. But the hardest part is that what to eat when you have GERD…
If you’re living with chronic hand or wrist pain, chances are you desperately want relief. Many times, non-surgical treatment is quite effective as a remedy for hand and wrist pain. However, there are circumstances in which hand surgery is the only long-term solution. So when is it time to consider undergoing hand surgery for your…
Throughout the next nine months, one of the biggest challenges you face will not be about eating during pregnancy. Instead, what you drink will often become your Number One concern. Too often, even when women aren’t pregnant, they find it difficult to drink enough water per day. It’s not at all uncommon for women to…
PRE -OPERATIVE MEDICAL ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL PATIENT Author: Dr. Altaf H Malik Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Govt. Dental College, Srinagar. Co authors: Dr. Ajaz A Shah Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Govt. Dental College, Srinagar. Dr. Suhail Latoo Lecturer Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Govt. Dental College,…
What is a Heart Attack (CVD)? The heart, made up of specialized muscle cells known as myocytes, is a mechanical pump that propels blood through the circulatory system, thereby ensuring the delivery of oxygen and other essential elements to the body’s vital organs. In order to perform this life-sustaining task, the heart itself requires a…
Food Safety – FAQ Tips and Tricks Food Safety is very important and knowing about it can help keep you and your family healthy. Here are some answers, tips, and tricks, to frequently asked questions that you may have about food safety. “What is the safe holding temperature for foods that are already cooked?” If…
Angina pectoris, also known as Angina, a symptoms of Ischemic heart disease, is defined as a condition of chest pain caused by poor blood flow through the blood vessels due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries resulting of lack of blood that lead to lack of oxygen supply and waste removal. Types of…
When my Raven was born she did not cry, even though it was via c-section and the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. She strained to open her eyes, gazing around the room with her hands cupped near her chin, quietly observing her new world. She would always be that way as she grew…
Molecular Mechanism of Drug resistance Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug in curing a disease or improving a patient’s symptoms. When the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen, then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug tolerance. More commonly, the term is used in the…
