The air is loaded with intimate messages both unseen and unknown to other species. A female moth can announce, to a male moth, miles away that she is eager to mate and the male responds by making the journey upwind to his potential mate.
Who has not heard stories of a female dog going into [...]
Autism is a complex neurological disorder that involves abnormalities at the level of the central nervous system. Although the specific causes of autism in remain unknown, it seems that acquired or inherited genetic dysfunctions have a very important role in the occurrence of the syndrome in people. Recent experiments conducted on mice have proved that [...]
What is multiple sclerosis?
Multiple sclerosis is a central nervous system disorder characterized by damage to the messages transmitted to and from the brain. These messages generally control the way the body works. Thus, any damage can cause problems with vision, memory, balance and movement. It may also affect the ability to feel sensation, pain and [...]
Alzheimer?s is a disease that destroys the nerve cells particularly those in the brain; it is the most common form of dementia and the risk of getting it increases with age. It is thought that currently over 18 million people throughout the world suffer from this disease.
No cure is available for Alzheimer?s disease or indeed [...]
Since their debut in the marketplace, iPods have revolutionized the way we listen to music. iPod hard drives store up to 300 hours of music, batteries last for 12 hours, and the volume can be cranked up to 120 decibels. That?s louder than a chain saw or pneumatic drill, and equivalent to a jet plane [...]
When a person loses an arm or a leg, it involves, not only a shock to the physical body, but a tremendous amount of stress on an emotional and psychological basis. Depression, anger, and fear can set in as the injured person begins to cope with the loss of a limb and the resulting change [...]
?It was a day, just like any other day, when Armenouhi (a fictitious name of a patient), a 38-year-old housewife set down to have dinner with her husband and five year old child. Suddenly, she felt the most excruciating severe headache she had ever experienced. She asked her husband for her high blood pressure [...]
Fibromyalgia is a relatively new diagnosis (recognized in the 1980s). Common widespread aches and pains, along with other symptoms makes this disease difficult for physicians to diagnose but it can be controlled through exercise, rest and diet.
Fibromyalgia is a condition where several signs and symptoms exist at once primarily associated with widespread aches and [...]
Like so many others we now and then experience cold sores. Sometimes just a small outburst and other times an outburst that really hurts a lot. Even worse is when it appears in your mouth, on the hard palates. If it appears in your mouth, try to cool it down with ice cubes or ice [...]
Because we now live in an aging community, it is common to see people living well into their eighties and sometimes longer. As a result, Alzheimer?s disease will affect many more lives in the future. In fact, it is estimated that within twenty years, around thirty million people worldwide, will suffer from this insidious disease.
Alzheimer?s [...]
