Abnormal Tachycardia

Why does your heart beat abnormally fast.

Tardigrade - Immortal Beings

Tardigrades, often called water bears, have fascinated scientists for decades because of their extraordinary survival abilities. They are nearly immortal. If you have never heard of them but care about longevity, now is a good time to pay attention. Measuring 0.5 mm, tardigrades can endure extreme environments that would

Introvert or Extrovert

Do you love people? Are you the major attraction in any gathering? Do you find yourself surrounded by more friends than you can count? Or are you the shy, retiring type who spends most of your time with yourself, perhaps a handful of people you call friends? Your answer will

Baroreceptors - Regulating Blood Pressure

Baroreceptors are specialized sensory nerve endings located primarily in the walls of large blood vessels. These receptors are part of the body’s intricate system of maintaining blood pressure. They function by detecting changes in the stretch of the blood vessels, which corresponds to variations in blood pressure. The primary

Water - can it retain memories

Water is one of the most abundant things on our planet. Seventy percent of a human being’s composition is water. So when someone proposes that water can retain memories, it is extremely intriguing, to say the least. Can water form a memory of past materials it touched? Or even

Interconnectedness - Inspiration from the trees

The concept of interconnectedness suggests that we are not individuals, but a connected species. However, were you aware that interconnectedness extends beyond humans alone? Human beings form tribes, societies, countries. We connect over sports, our favourite football team, perhaps. Religion, obviously, is a great unifier. Speaking brings joy through invitations

Hypomagnesemia - low magnesium levels

Magnesium is one of the most abundant minerals in your body. An adult male needs about 420 mg and a female about 320 mg per day. Fortunately, it is abundant in food. As long as you are eating whole, natural food, you will get the magnesium that you need. 30

Fundoplication

A cure for severe acid reflux

EPI Pen - what is it

The miracle of modern medicine

Food - The Fortress against stress

Neurotoxicity is toxicity in which a biological, chemical or physical agent adversely affects your nervous system. In simple terms, when you experience stress in any form. Researchers have shown that neurotoxicity has three paths. Excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation. Sorry for the complex words, I promise to simplify soon. Excitotoxicity

Glutamate - the powerful effect of food on your body

Food has a powerful effect on our body, something I have said for over a decade. How powerful is a lesson I continue to discover. To illustrate, let us look at the effect of glutamate on our body. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitter means something that transmits signals through

Personality - can you change?

Is your personality fixed or malleable?

Old Age - Bullet Proof Yourself

I’m unsure of your age. Regardless, age creeps up faster than you expect. What is the best way to bullet-proof yourself from old age? Obviously, eat well, exercise, sleep. But the thing that constantly surprises me is the value of staying busy. Staying busy has many connotations. My grandfather

Dopamine - its role in memory

Popular literature refers to dopamine as the pleasure molecule. It is the hormone released when you are happy. But did you know it plays a vital role in memory and cognition? In fact, the very action of giving pleasure helps you learn and recall. Let us understand how. Each time

Gratitude to be alive

Life is a blessing

Allostasis - how your body adapts

how does your body adapt to stress

Beta Blockers - how do they work?

The role of beta blockers in managing blood pressure

Coping - what strategy do you use?

Align your coping strategy to the problem at hand

Fascia - The tissue you never heard of

Your fascia is the largest tissue in your body

Loss of Appetite

Why would you not want to eat?

Gene Mutations - why do they occur

Your body comprises DNA, your genetic code. Your genes replicate, carrying with them all the information required to form the new cell. A single gene, replicating from end to end, would take between 550-800 hours. Genes, therefore, use multiple strategies to replicate in a matter of hours. Sometimes the replication

Depression - Why haven't we solved it?

Approximately 280 million people worldwide have depression. Several more suffer from an undiagnosed condition. But have you wondered why we have been unsuccessful in solving depression? Modern medicine has transplanted livers and hearts. Doctors can open your skull and operate on your brain with precision. We can transfuse blood, repair

Socializing - why do we need to eat?

Its time we separate food and socializing

Static or Dynamic Sport

Add static and dynamic loading in your exercise.