What damages the brain (and how to protect it)

Directing center of every physical and psychic function, the Brain is the most complex and delicate organ in the entire human body. For this is well enclosed and protected by the skull bones and partially isolated from what takes place in the rest of the body by the blood-brain barrier. Despite these two anatomical-functional arrangements, there are some number of factors internal and external to the body that can harm it, in Acute or long-distance mode. Here are what are the main enemies of the brain e Some tips to protect it.

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Sexual abstinence, how to view it in the health and wellness landscape?

Some are convinced and others less so that regular sexual activity can affect one's overall physical health. Perhaps sex is the last thing you think about when you are stressed, but practicing it could help precisely to reduce anxiety and its effects.

How our biological clock changes over time

Normally adults sleep 7 to 9 hours per night. After age 65 there can be changes, such as early awakenings. Let’s see what other changes occur in our internal clock

How to preserve one’s gallbladder

That little pear-shaped organ is an important part of the digestive system. Here’s what to do to keep it functioning and stone-free.

The electric shock

When electrical energy, by mistake or accident, reaches the body by traveling through it in several parts, electric shock occurs.

Panic attacks in adolescence

Panic attacks are one of the typical symptoms of adolescence. Anxiety disorders and panic attacks in fact represent one of the prevalent reasons why psychological counseling is sought in this age group.

Are our toilet habits normal?

Does it often happen that you have to get up during the night to urinate? Is the “hesitant bladder” a real thing? And when should one seek medical attention?

The brain of the pregnant woman

The traditional biomedical conception of pregnancy examines the mother-child exchange in a unidirectional sense, from mother to child. Biological changes that medicine records go in the aforementioned direction: increased iron

Great physicians of antiquity: Galen

Galen, (he was born in Pergamon in 129 A.D. ,and died in 201) devoted his life to the knowledge and dissemination of Medicine in the Greek world, passing on his knowledge until the beginning of the Renaissance.

Magnesium: why it is needed, where to find it

Magnesium is an essential mineral for efficient muscle contraction and nervous system function, as well as needed to optimize sugar and bone metabolism, counter migraine and PMS, and more. To

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