According to Freud, denial is a defense mechanism that protects the individual from emotional pain. It gives us time to adjust to difficult situations. However, staying in the denial phase can interfere with your ability to function in everyday life. If you're in denial, you're attempting to protect yourself from the truth. You might feel overwhelm...

​ Being transgender has to do with how a person feels about their gender, not how many X's or Y's they have. At birth, doctors look at the genitals of our bodies to see if we are a boy or a girl, and most of the time, when someone physically looks like a boy, they also feel like they are a boy in their brains. People whose feelings about their gend...

Head and neck cancer is a general term to describe different cancers in this area. These cancers start in the tissues in the head and neck area. About 12,200 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancer in the UK every year. This includes cancer of the larynx (voicebox). In the UK, head and neck cancer is the 4th most common cancer in men. The ma...

Probiotics are foods or supplements that contain live microorganisms intended to maintain or improve useful bacteria (normal microflora) in the body. Yogurt is a probiotic whereas Prebiotics are foods (typically high-fiber foods) that act as food for probiotics. However, when we eat yogurt not all useful bacteria reach the intestine. The concentrat...

Consciousness is the ability to be conscious of ourselves and the surrounding. But I think this definition should extend to everything that exist in Nature, not just human beings. For example, according to Biology a virus may not be considered alive as it cannot reproduce on its own. However, a virus is aware of the surrounding since it targets cel...

​ Jeremy was an English philosopher who lived between mid 1700 and early 1800. While happiness may seems a good candidate to define what a right action could be, defining happiness can be challenging. That's because if we say something increases our happiness, we must first define what is happiness, and if we ask 10 people we may get 10 different a...

A new study suggest that Ffragments of bacteria leaking into the body from the gut are damaging fat cells and driving weight gain. [1] Scientists at Nottingham Trent University have found that these microbe fragments, known as endotoxins, are able to enter the blood stream and directly affect how well fat cells function. The researchers said their ...

Probiotics are foods or supplements that contain live microorganisms intended to maintain or improve the "good" bacteria (normal microflora) in the body. Prebiotics are foods (typically high-fiber foods) that act as food for human microflora. Prebiotics are used with the intention of improving the balance of these microorganisms. Probiotics are in ...

I think there are at least 3 factors :  Personal gain,  Energy balance,  Karma Personal gain is probably one of the top driving forces in tis context. This doesn't necessarily be money, though it probably is for most people. Short term reward, belonging to a group, fighting insecurities or mental conditions, may also trigger the need...

To be real , something must be true, and to be true it must always be true. In other words it cannot be true today, and false tomorrow. Continuity is required for something to be true. According to Hinduism, Truth is defined as "unchangeable", "that which has no distortion", "that which is beyond distinctions of time, space, and person". It means t...

Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are receiving increasing attention, both from regulators and the general public. They are a class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have a wide range of industrial, professional and consumer uses including surface coatings for textiles, food contact materials and packaging, cleaning agents, paints, varnishes...

Food's carbon footprint, or footprint, is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat. In the US, each household produces 48 tons of greenhouse gases. Transport, housing and food have the three largest carbon footprints. Food produces about 8 tons of emissions p...

​ According to a new study, Statin users are at risk of 'cardiovascular disease' if they only take the medication without changing nutrition and lifestyle. This is the magic of the modern culture: "a pill will save me" where patients are under the wrong impression that a pill is all they need to get better. Unfortunately it's not so simple. Despite...

Elon Musk and several scientists are excited at the opportunity of colonizing Mars. It's of course a natural evolution of mankind, a step that will open new opportunities, knowledge and technology. It is the dawn a bright future that awaits us round the corner. Really? No, of course, and here's why. Mars is a small planet, 10% as massive as Earth, ...

​ The short answer is: support your body-mind complex, don't go against it. And yes, there is more that just eating salads and walking. Lifestyle is important, but to have a conductive lifestyle requires some effort. It doesn't come natural for most of people. If you keep smoking, enjoying junk-food and drinking, you can't expect your body to alway...

​ Widely used antidepressants cause "emotional blunting", according to research that offers new insights into how the drugs may work and their possible side-effects. The study found that healthy volunteers became less responsive to positive and negative feedback after taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug for three weeks. The ...

​ Because it tends to treat symptoms, not the root cause of the problem. For example, if you experience low libido, your doctor may prescribe a test on testosterone levels and you may even get hormone therapy or viagra. Doctors give a name to your condition, like erectile disfunction, and you're done. This way a new patient is born and it needs to ...

​ A British man's overdose on vitamin D is a cautionary tale for people who are considering adding supplements to their lives, according to a paper published recently in the journal BMJ Case Reports . After a visit with a private nutritionist, the man began taking more than 20 over-the-counter supplements every day, including 50,000 internatio...

This technique may save a life so it could be important if we get familiar with it ​ Choking happens when an object lodges in the throat or windpipe blocking the flow of air. In adults, a piece of food is usually to blame. Young children often choke on small objects. Choking is life-threatening. It cuts off oxygen to the brain. Give ...

Honey is a natural sweetener that never goes bad when it's properly collected and stored—and according to a new review of research, it may also have benefits for cardiometabolic health. Nutrition Reviews recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis that evaluated the effects of honey, especially raw and clover honey, on risk factors for...