Articles, tagged with "national academy of sciences", page 1
No More Kidney Stones
They are separated from the urine within the urinary tract. Sometimes, nausea and vomiting occur. Commonly, urine includes chemicals that avoid or restrain the crystals from creating.
Ureters or the narrow tubes in the urinary system, carry urine fr...
Green Tea For Instant Weight Loss?
instant weight loss? Green tea could be the answer you want. For thousands of years has been known to promote good health in almost every way possible. Research has found time and again that can lower cholesterol, reduce heart disease, fight cancer, boost...
Why Exercise is so Important to your Workplace Health
Many people find that there is not enough time in the day to get everything accomplished. How is it possible that there are some people out there who can handle a full time job, family, friends, and exercise? It all really comes down to time manage...
Study reveals the top 10 fatal accidents. The same accidents can cause personal injury.
There are many definitions for an accident, but it is basically defined as an unforseen or unexpected event caused by either negligence or circumstances. The top 10 accidents in order
of occurrence are motor vehicle accidents, falls, poisoning by solids ...
Nursing home abuse cases are one the rise: One-third of homes cited for abuse.
With almost 17,000 nursing homes in the U.S. which nearly 1.6 million elderly folk call home, nearly one-third of them have been cited for nursing home abuse such as injuries, death and even elder sexual abuse cases.
Nursing home abuse statistics and c...
Maximise your Brain Power with Omega 3
The human brain is a source of constant fascination, still holding many mysteries for researchers and scientists as to how it operates. Among the facts we do know, however, is that because 60% of the brain is composed of fat, it is vital that our diets co...
Vitamin B12 - Take It in Properly to Avoid Toxicity and Unwanted Side-Effects
Vitamin B12 is widely seen as safe and sound as well as a non-toxic necessary vitamin. There won't be any recognized unwanted side effects with this necessary vitamin and as a consequence, no Tolerable Upper Intake Level meant for Vitamin B12 has previous...
Levels of Nicotine Increase with Each Puff
Nicotine increases gradually in smokers' brains rather that spiking after each puff, according to a research that is aimed to find new ways to help people stop smoking.
“The nicotine increase in the brain was gradual over several minutes,” Dr. Jed E. R...
The SONA Study
If you have not read The SONA Study, it certainly understandable. The report is 49,000 pages long, and it took fifteen years to complete the study. The next logical question would be, “What is it, and why should I care?”
The SONA Study is the lon...
Vitamin D and Osteoporosis
International experts on medicine are weighing in on what we should all be aiming for: to treat and prevent osteoporosis. The targets: calcium and vitamin D. With the widespread implications of this bone-weakening disease, we would do well to all know wha...
Brian Wainstein of Genxxl on The Science of Muscle Memory
On August 16, 2010, as reported in Iron Magazine and Wired Science, researchers at the University of Oslo in Norway presented a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examining the science of how muscles retain a form of memory.
Mu...
The Thirst Alarm
Most people see thirst as a mere expression of desire for our body fluids. In reality, however, the thirst is the 'red light' alarm risk indicator.
Many of our everyday, "automatic" habits, such as sleep or food, is also associated with 'automatic' per...
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Symptom
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences is the one who set the recommendations for vitamin B12 intake, which they provide in the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). Two national surveys, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Su...
Diet and Exercise Promote Weight Loss
The food we eat provides the building blocks required for cellular construction as well as all metabolic and chemical reactions which our body performs to function in good health. In the same fashion, our diet and level of physical activity directly influ...
Wind Farms Capable of Altering Local Weather
In a study published recently by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it was revealed that large wind farms can have a significant effect on near-surface air temperatures. It is believed that the changes are caused by the turbulenc...