The reason why the body packs on more weight with age has a lot of separate factors playing into it. These include things like the amount of stress the person is under, the amount of calories consumed, and the activity of the individual in question. Quite simply, as the body ages it becomes less and […]
The London Olympics games have a new discipline: scientists vs. sports drinks’ manufacturers. If the regular games are not providing you with enough excitement, you might look into the new study scientists from the Oxford University conducted on the claims power drinks manufacturers make about their products’ performance. In short, they greatly exaggerated what these […]
This is a kind of news every mother of a young child would welcome: a spray-on skin. Imagine if you can take care of all scraped knees and elbows with just a kiss and a spray. We are not there yet, but the scientists lead by Dr. Herbert B. Slade, a pediatrician at the University […]
If it is good for the Olympians, it has to be good for us too, right? Our lives are significantly affected by the Olympic games these days, in more ways than fighting for the remote control. The latest fad to come from the games coverage is the juice many athletes use to enhance their performance: […]
According to the American Heart Association, every 34 seconds one person in the USA suffers from a heart attack. In 2008, 405,309 people died from a heart attack. CDC reports that every year about 785,000 Americans have a first coronary heart attack and that more than half of them will have another one. What makes […]
Americans are very fond of saying that they live in the best country in the world. But, you will not meet too many people who will say that the Americans have the best health care system in the world. That is probably the reason why the Affordable Care Act created such a reaction in the […]
There are four knee ligaments: the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the two major ligaments in the knee. It connects the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) in the knee. ACL injuries are a common cause of disability in the knee in the U.S., more common in women than men, 95,000 […]
Finding your child or any family member roaming around the house while still sleeping is very disturbing. We are never sure what to do: wake them up, make sure they are not going to the roof or drive a car, or just let them be. While scary to deal with, sleepwalking is not so uncommon. […]
Why some children develop food allergies and others do not has been puzzling both parents and doctors. A new study shows that kids living in big cities are more prone to food allergies than their friends living in the rural areas. This is particularly obvious with allergies to peanut and shellfish. Scientists explain the results […]
You may have heard of using a heart rate monitor in conjunction with your exercise, but what is it exactly that this monitor does? Polar, a major name in the heart monitor field, sheds light on this question with the simple answer of a heart rate monitor shows the effects of exercise on your body […]
