Hypothyroidism is a condition that causes your thyroid gland to produce far less thyroid hormone than it should. This can result in a general slowing down of your metabolism, which can lead to lethargy, weight gain, and dry skin and hair lose. A common sign of hypothyroidism is protruding eyes. The reasons why your thyroid gland may be producing too ...

FAMILY: Gramineae (Poaceae) SUBFAMILY: Bambusoideae TRIBE: Bambuseae SUBTRIBE: bambusinae Common names: bamboo General Description: The plant family, Poaceae, includes various grasses all known as Bamboo. Bambusa vulgaris is the best known, being cultivated and distributed widely. It is a tropical bamboo that grows in clumps and is used for paper production. Location: These grasses are mostly found in the tropics ...

Imagine finding out that you don’t just have one cyst on an ovary but that both ovaries are affected? Being told that you have bilateral ovarian cysts is one of the scariest things for a woman to hear and immediately the question start to pour in. What does it mean? Will it affect your ability to have children? Does this ...

Optical machines have come a long way over the years, making the ophthalmologist’s job simpler and vision problems easier to diagnose and treat. There are a variety of tools that can be used, each with a different purpose. Consider these 5 optical machines used by ophthalmologists. 1. Autofocus Fundus Camera This specialized low powered microscope uses a camera to photograph ...

Remember those old Hollywood movies where the bad guy sent over the fish to signal that someone was, “Swimming With the Fishes”. It was a scary moment, as the music played, and all the women started to cry. But what if the victims associates opened up that nice fresh salmon or lake trout, fired up the grill, and cooked it ...

History has it that alternative medicine goes back 5000 years to Chinese traditional medicine, Indian (Ayuryedic medicine) and similar healing traditions in many cultures. The common belief was that the energy of the body had to be in harmony with the mind, body and spirit. A doctor merely facilitated the healing by identifying and taking away obstacles that would inevitably ...

In his 2002 article published in Pediatrics,Dr. Paul Offit (1) asserts an extrapolated mathematical formula demonstrated that children can be vaccinated with thousands of vaccines without harm. “Each infant would have the theoretical capacity to respond to about 10,000 vaccines at any one time.”(2) It appears that Dr. Offit should undertake a review of human immunology. The idea that 10,000 ...

Are we aware in preserving the environment? Is there any thing we can do about it? Let’s take a review how important habitat is and how to preserve it. 1. Join the Green Movement There are many organizations, at a local, national and international level devoted to preserving the environment. Together they form the “Green movement.” Whenever a habitat is ...

Most people are familiar with the Chia Pet but very few people know about seeds. These tiny yet amazing seeds were used by Aztec and Mayan warriors to relieve their pain and boost their energy. Salvia Hispanica is the scientific name for chia seeds which come from a species of flowering plant in the mint or lamiceae family and originated ...

We might not believe it, but all of us might have harmful parasites living inside our digestive tracts. It’s really some we don’t want to think about. We might think we feel good and that everything is going fine, but we still might have parasites inside us. We need a treatment for parasites, because eventually they will make us sick ...