It is amazing what our brain can do. Emma Bryce, a Live Science Contributor, explains how calories are burned by the brain when thinking. Whoever thought you could burn energy when we put our mind to the test! The experience of burning calories isn’t just limited to the physical effects of various games. Even chess […]
AARP recently released an article written by Barbara Stepko on what to do to help stop vertigo. When the room starts spinning and a wave of nausea hits, there are some things that can lessen this reaction. When things begin to spin in a circle when staring at them, that is vertigo. Having trouble keeping […]
People seldom have symptoms from lung cancer until they have spread, even though some with early lung cancer do. By seeing your doctor when you first notice symptoms will give you an early diagnosis, and treatment is more likely to be effective. The American Cancer Society gives more information on the signs and symptoms of […]
This Is Living With Cancer posted a guide for those who are coping with survivor’s guilt that could be very helpful for some of the patients who have survived cancer. Receiving the news that you have cancer is devastating, but there are ways in which you can try to deal with it. Especially the guilt […]
The American Cancer Society describes genetics as the field of science that looks at how traits are passed down from parents to their children through the genes. Genes are pieces of DNA inside of our cells that tell the cell how to make the proteins the body needs to function, so DNA is the genetic […]
Live Science staff writer Nicoleta Lanese submitted a recent report on the damage that concussions can have on the bridge between the two halves of the brain. Even a bump to the head can send the brain jumping around inside the skull. This will disrupt the flow of information from one half of the brain […]
Satchin Panda with Salk Institute for Biological Studies and UCSD, along with Pam Taub, Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSD, composed information on whether or not time-restricted eating could help you lose weight. Their article was published in Live. Anyone having obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are advised to eat less […]
Steven Reinberg of HealthDay Reporter submitted an article on the effect that too much on screen time has on small tots. Not only small children, but even infants are watching those screens, and as they grow so does the time spent doing this. It’s watching TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets and electronic games that occupies an […]
Drs. Elizabeth Ko and Eve Glazier, both M.D.s, MBAs, internists and associate professors of medicine at UCLA Health have given information regarding the symptoms that are shared by Bell’s palsy and having a stroke. The two are quite different but that dreaded stroke could turn out to be Bell’s palsy. They cross over in symptoms, […]
Robert Preidt, a HealthDay Reporter, recently submitted information on air pollution and our memory. Can it really take a toll on the memory? Alzheimer’s-like brain changes and speed memory decline in older adults may be triggered by air pollution. They have some previous research that implies exposure to fine particle air pollution can increase the […]
