Licorice: a sweet tale

Licorice (Glycyrrhiza plants, usually the Glabra species) have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to a long time for various digestive and health problems, and as a general vitality promoting agent. People know Licorice mostly as a candy product, and...

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Magnesium: deficiencies and types

Magnesium plays important roles in the structure and the function of the human body. The adult human body contains about 25 grams (g) of magnesium. About 50 to 60% of all the magnesium in the body is found in the...

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METABOLISM: The fire of life

Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex process, calories in food and beverages are combined with oxygen to release the energy your body needs to function. Even when...

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Why we age?

Most people accept that getting old is an inevitable part of life. We are born; we grow to become fertile adults, and then our bodies age until they expire at an average age of 80 for men and 84 for...

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APOPTOSIS: another miracle of life

Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death. It is one of the wonders of biology. Another miracle that mother Nature has in store for us. To me, after Mitosis, this is the second most marvelous miracle of the human...

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Aneurysm: the silent killer

One of the things that scares me the most in this world of medicine is when you see in the movies that a person would just drop dead. No symptoms beforehand. Just falls down and off he goes to greener...

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Osteopathic medicine

Osteopathic medicine emphasizes overall health and the relation among the body's nerves, muscles, bones, and organs. Osteopathic practitioners base diagnosis and treatment on the idea that the body's systems are interconnected. Instead of treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard...

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Boosting your immune system

When our immune system is working properly, we don’t even notice it. But when we have an under- or over-active immune system, we are at a greater risk of developing various conditions and infections. If you are wondering how to...

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