Nail discolouration聽can signal disease. Abnormally white fingernails may be due to anemia or kidney problems, deep blue nail beds signal pulmonary obstruction or emphysema, and yellow nails, while...
I don't believe they do but I keep hearing this from many of my friends and I would like to shut them up once and for all. If you have any studies or papers you could refer me to I would be ever so...
Chocolate comes from cocoa beans which grow inside a large pod that grows on trees. To make chocolate the beans are removed from the pods and heaped into a pile. Immediately a slew of chemical...
Antibiotic resistance from 鈥渟uperbugs鈥� has been a growing concern of health professionals for the past 20 years. Diseases that are now treatable could soon become fatal, if nothing is done to...
What makes us exchange saliva, sebum, bits of food and millions of bacteria with each other?聽In other words, why do we kiss?聽This is not an innate activity.聽South Pacific islanders, for example,...
During the Middle Ages monks were required to shave the crown of their head, a function commonly performed by itinerant barbers. Also, under ecclesiastic law, monks had to be periodically bled....
Onion chemistry is extremely fascinating and extremely complex! We鈥檝e been intrigued by this vegetable ever since our prehistoric ancestors gathered and cooked wild onions. By the time of the First...
A sensational sounding e-mail about 鈥渆xploding coffee鈥� has been making the rounds. It describes the misadventures of an unfortunate soul who heated up water for coffee in a microwave oven. When he...
Indeed, the risk of a heart attack or angina is nearly five times higher in the two hours following an anger outburst than at other times, and the risk of stroke is four times higher. Let鈥檚 not get...
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