Physical appearance Male (left) and female D. melanogaster Wildtype fruit flies have brick red eyes, are yellow-brown in color, and have transverse black rings across their abdomen. They exhibit sexual dimorphism: females are about 2.5 millimeters (0.1 inches) long; males are slightly smaller and the back of their bodies is darker. Males are easily distinguished…
Virtually, people have at least dawdled with the procrastination process. Some even made it a way of life. Depression and procrastination appear to be a bothering phenomenon. The link between the two is connected and the lack of action simply correlates with one another. In a broader view, procrastination and depression has been associated to…
Everyone knows what depression feels like. Everyone feels the blues at times. Sadness, discontent, and fatigue are natural parts of life. There is a relation between the blues and clinical depression, but the difference is like the difference between the sniffles and pneumonia. Depressive disorders are whole person illnesses; they touch the body, feelings, thoughts,…
For some people, seatbelts, airbags and GPS navigators just aren’t enough. The thought of driving alone is enough to send serious shivers up their spines. Decades after Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry, choking up city streets and freeways with high-volume vehicular traffic, people have started to develop fears of these horseless carriages. Yes, there…
An itchy scalp and anxiety have more in common than you may think. Can anxiety or stress really cause a sore and painful scalp? The answer to that is yes, anxiety has been proven to cause scalp irritation. Whether it’s financial stress, stress related to work, taking care of the children, hormonal and pregnancy issues…
In my San Antonio, Texas based Massage Therapy and Bodywork practice I often treat men and women who are experiencing pain from various nerve entrapment syndromes. Like many painful conditions involving the body’s soft tissues, nerve entrapment syndromes respond quite well to massage therapy and bodywork. What Are Nerve Entrapment Syndromes? Nerve Entrapment Syndromes are…
Anxiety sleeping disorders are extremely stressful and lead to a terrible kind of unhealthiness. Too many have suffered from anxiety induced sleeping disorders. Sufferers that grapple with this little slice of hell have an insurmountable difficulty in achieving sleep, primarily as a result of the constant ongoing mental chatter. Fears, phobias, or stress-packed worries –…
Symptoms of sore throats caused by streptococcus bacteria group A differ from easy headaches and fever to severe pain and inflammations of throat and tonsils. In any form of apparition, the streptococcus infection must be treated with antibiotics to prevent complications and contagiousness for other persons. In spite of the cases when the streptococcus is…
Having a nail fungal infection is really annoying. Where did it come from? Well, you probably wear your shoes too much or you were walking barefoot in a public swimming pool or are being negligent in using communal comfort rooms. Maybe you haven’t heard of nail fungi and didn’t care until you found them occupying…
Ankle sprains are a common athletic injury. Previous ankle sprains and a high body mass index (BMI) have been identified as risk factors for non-contact inversion ankle sprains (NCIAS) in football players, regardless of position. Commonly, ankle braces or tape are used in an attempt to reduce the risk of sprain, but the effectiveness of…
Dog coughing can occur for many different reasons, some of them serious and others minor. Your dog can cough if he drinks water too fast, or he can cough due to lung or heart conditions. Other common causes include parasites, allergies, and distemper. This article will take a look at some of the common causes…
Just like any other surgical procedure, bruising just happens. It is simply a blood stain on the underside of the skin. A person's eyelids are considered to be the thinnest pieces of skin on the entire body and due to this, bruises are very common in association with a rhinoplasty. The good thing is that…
The great concern with back problems, beyond pain, is losing the ability to function normally on a daily basis. Overuse of the neck to compensate for the lack of movement of the thoracic or middle region is behind a great many neck problems. While people often complain of a problem in their neck and/or lower…
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Does green tea lower blood sugar? This is a question asked quite frequently by sufferers of diabetes. About 60 years ago a university doctor discovered something very interesting in hospitalised patients during the traditional tea ceremony. He noticed that the blood sugar of patients went down during this time and returned to normal shortly after…
