Child Health
Long nails, especially in women, are often symbolic of beauty and grace. However, if not well-maintained, they can be an open invitation to diseases, pathogens or health problems. A study states that nails longer than 3 millimeters carry more bacteria and yeast under them which may cause pneumonia, urinary tract infections or blood stream infections. It recommends one to be extra-attentive while washing hands or to simply keep nails short. That someone desirous of keeping long nails however, must keep them clean at all times, isn’t a nail-biter (though that is NOT how we recommend you to trim them)!
Dentists in the UK are criticizing the presence of the “workplace cake culture”. They consider the sharing of sweet treats in offices to be unhealthy and detrimental to basic dental ideologies of safeguarding oral health and hygiene. The Faculty at UK believes that eating cakes and sweets at work discouraged healthy eating habits and instead acted like an irony in the oral care industry. While many people defend this proposal by citing practical reasons for bringing in sweets to work – occasions like birthdays or gatherings, we are just glad not to be working in a dental workplace in the UK right now.
We all have both short-term and long-term memories. A recent study by a group of investigators at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, shows how synapses may be the answer to strengthening latent memories. The work isn't just useful for understanding not memory but can also benefit other cognitive functions like perception, attention and goal maintenance.
There are a lot of myths attached to what you must and mustn’t do when you’re pregnant. Things you should definitely avoid are, eating more than your daily requirement, taking medication without seeking medical advice, not succumbing to your cravings, not getting the right exercise and not sleeping regularly and adequately. Stay away from these for a perfectly healthy baby.
When your neck aches, it can cause a lot of discomfort in everyday movements. While it may not be too serious, it's not wise to ignore it. The possible causes for a throbbing pain in the neck are a compressed nerve, meningitis, injuries, osteoarthritis of the neck and straining of muscles by reading in bed, stooping over a computer for too long or sleeping in an unusual position.
When a joint moves from its usual position, it stretches the ligaments around, causing a sprain. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, activities that can cause ankle sprains include a workout, walking/running on an uneven surface, falling down, playing sports that involve twisted foot movements like football or basketball and having your foot stepped on.
A little-known disease called “Textaphrenia” is affecting numerous teens across the globe. It is a modern day disease. The term describes the act of constantly checking your smartphone after just sending a message, in an anticipation of a prompt reply. Shocking statistics indicate that god proportion of young people are experiencing the feeling of rejections in case their text messages are not replied to.
India ranked 4th in the survey of the list of countries which are deprived of vacation for some or the other reasons. Apparently, the co-ordination of time with friends and family and other similar issues hold them back from taking a vacation. Work schedules never match of some people while others think that not taking a leave will give a positive impression on their employers. In order to maintain a balance between work life and personal life, this scenario must change.
There are several recent studies which indicate that Vitamin C has a very little effect on tackling cold and flu. It is zinc that you need. Zinc is an element which enables our immune system to function at the optimum level. Researchers suggest that we need to consume 15 to 25 mg of zinc daily. Foods that are rich in zinc include spinach, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, oysters, watermelon seeds etc.
Imagination is really a complex process and requires a lot of sophisticated coordination inside the brain. There is a video which shows the discussion on mental synthesis theory which suggests how neurons come together and combine to form images inside our brain. It further also entails the role of brain’s prefrontal cortex. It shows how numerous electrical signals help to induce imagination. Click on reference below to watch the video.