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HEALTH BENEFITS OF CHEWING RAW GARLIC You might not make a lot of new friends if you chew on garlic, a plant used for centuries as both a pungent flavoring and a medicine. A member of the onion family, garlic contains a powerful sulfur compound called allicin, which also lends it a distinctive – and to many people, unpleasant – smell.Garlic not only makes food delicious, it may also have a number of health benefits. The allicin in garlic exhibits strong antioxidant activity – the ability to fight harmful free radicals in the body – which has led scientists to study its health-promoting properties. OFFERS AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT  If you suffer from an inflammatory condition, it may help to consume raw garlic. A study published in "Food and Chemical Toxicology" in August 2013 found that garlic had an anti-inflammatory effect, with raw garlic exhibiting a stronger effect than garlic that had been  heated. The levels of a compound called allicin were great...

DANGEROUS CHEST PAINS There are several chest pains that can be dangerous if you are not treated immediately. I have listed down here main causes for chest pain. Ischemic Heart Disease(IHD) Aortic Dissection Pulmonary Embolism Pericarditis Pneumonia In Ischemic Heart Disease, your heart is deprived of oxygen due to narrowing of blood vessels that supply to your heart muscles.But it does not lead to death of heart tissues.Usually IHD pain can be identify due to its distinctive pattern. Pain is retro-sternal and it is tightening type.It can be radiated to neck, jaw or left arm. it associates with shortness of breath and palpitation( a noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat) If IHD associates with left ventricular failure, you can have these symptoms too. Orthopnoea (Shortness of breath that occurs when lying flat),Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea (attacks of severe shortness of breath and coughing that generally occur at night.It usually awakes the person from...

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons  (PAHs) are a class of chemicals that are considered to be very hazardous to human health. They have been shown to cause carcinogenic and mutagenic effects and are potent immunosuppressants. PAHs are formed and released during incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic matter such as oil, wood, garbage and coal.. They can contaminate food products such as dairy products, fruits, cereals, and vegetable oil through soil water and air. Apartment of environmental sources of contamination, PAHs may be formed during processing and domestic food preparation such as barbecuring, smoking, drying, roasting, baking, frying or grilling. The amount of PAHs formed during cooking or processing depends markedly on a number of factors such as food type and heating and cooking methods. The following are some preventive measures that may be applied. 1.Avoid direct contact of oil seeds or cereals with combustion products during processes 2. Select lean meat and fish 3...

Some people think, growing hair gray distinguish them from others.Some people think they are getting old. However scientists have tried to find an answer so many years.Finally they have come up with a theory. Hair gets its color from a pigment called melanin, which is produced by melanocyte cells in the hair follicles. Researchers have discovered that melanocytes endure cumulative damage over the years, which eventually leaves them unable to produce melanin. Studies have cited DNA damage and a buildup of  hydrogen peroxide  in the follicles as possible causes of this disruption in melanin production. Without melanin, the new hair that grows in has no pigment, which makes it appear gray, white, or silver. Some people start to go gray young. All most all the things in the body are usually determined by genes.This incident also determined by the genes.If your mother or father has started to go gray early their lives, You also have a chance to go gray early.However you...

According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of more than 9600 men, researchers have found that vegans have more tendency to get depression during their lives. Nutritional deficiencies like Cobalamin or Iron deficiencies may be the cause for this. Although vegetarian diets have been associated with decreased risks of cardiovascular death, obesity, and diabetes, It may have some bad association with mental health. Previous research has shown that low levels of vitamin B12 and folate are associated with an increased risk for depression.Red meat contains lot of B12. If you chose to be a vegetarian, you have to follow your national guideline recommendations to ensure you have a good vitamin B12 status.

Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate. But they have not known the reason for those defects.They thougt it was due to the root cause of the fever.It may be virus or bacteria. Recently researchers of the Duke University Medical Center has found that fever it self cause those defects and it does not depend on the root cause. Fever in first three to eight weeks of pregnancy can interfere with the development of heart and face of the fetus.According to results of the research they suggest a portion of congenital birth defects could be prevented by lowering the mother's fever with the judicious use of acetaminophen during the first trimester.Some Non Steroidal anti-inflammatory Drugs(NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and aspirin can also reduce the fever, but they have some adverse effects on late stages of the pregnancy.So those drugs are not good for use. Neura...

Answer is yes. Migraine is one of the most common recurrent headaches that people suffer in the society. Pathophysiologically, migraine is caused by abnormal neuronal discharge of the brain.This neuronal discharge activates the noradrenargic and 5HT neurons. Activation of 5HT neurons lead to peri-vascular inflammation which causes vasodilation and release of prostaglandin and Kinins.These three activate the norciceptors(pain receptors) in the wall of blood vessels. It leads to the migraine  headache. Activation of Noradrenargic neurons constrict the cerebral blood vessels because of that we get aura(patient felt he is going to have a migraine attack) prior to the migraine headache. Usually young females more tend to get migraine. As early symptoms Yawning,Hunger,Craving for food, Lethargy and Euphoria can be described. Aura can be felt 30 minute before the attack. Patient can get visually zig zag lines,blurring of vision and flashing lights as aura. Sometimes patient get...

This happens because of evolutionary effect.Evolutionary,It is to increase chances of having baby. Usually after ejaculation penis deflates within 1 minute of duration to half of its size of pre ejaculation state.Anywhere between 30 minutes to 24 hours, [most] men are rendered temporarily impotent. However this happens to prevent displacement of sperms in the vagina. If a man continues to engage in intercourse after ejaculation it can displace the sperms already placed in the vagina due to pressure effect of the intercourse. Women do not drop their desire after ejaculation, because they are evolutionary tuned to have babys whatever way. if she orgasms first, she needs to stay interested until the man is done in order for there to be a chance of pregnancy.  There is an another hormonal theory too. Both men and women have high dopamine levels and prolactin levels  in their blood after the climax. Men's dopamine level and prolactin levels drop rapidly after the ejaculation wh...

HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE ACUTE ONSET HEADACHES Head pain is mediated by mechanical and chemical receptors in the brain. But brain mater itself does not have receptors for the pain. Pain receptors are contained in the covering of the brain and walls of the blood vessels of the brain. There are six main differential diagnosis can be describe for acute onset headaches. Trauma Sub Arachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH) Intra Cranial Haemorrhage (ICH) Acute angle closure glucoma Temporal arteritis Meningitis  When we talking about signs of above conditions, In trauma we can see clearly external signs of trauma like wounds, bruises or/and abrasions. In SAH, Person feels abrupt explosive type pain in the head. It is the worst headache ever he felt. he feels pain in the back of the head(Occipital area). His conscious may be fluctuated between coma and the normal consciousness.Neck stiffness, Photophobia , Unsteadiness and poor memory can be associated with this conditi...

BACTERIAL IMBALANCES LINKED TO BREAST CANCERS Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in United State. It only second to the skin cancers. The research team has discovered for the first time that healthy breast tissue contains more of the bacterial species Methylobacterium, a finding which could offer a new perspective in the battle against breast cancer. They have compared bacterial composition of breast tissues of healthy women vs women with breast cancer. They have also checked bacterial composition of both breast tissue and distance area of the body and they found women with breast cancers have more gram positive bacteria in the urine. Now researches are trying to identify pro cancer bacteria from the microbiome (Bacteria that live in the body).If they will be able to find those nasty bacteria we can decrease the risk of developing breast cancers. Materials provided by "Cleveland Clinic" Journal reference Hannah Wang, ...

A NEW REVOLUTIONARY ANTI-CANCER COMPOUND  Scientists have discovered a new compound that can directly attack the cancer cells and destroy it without damaging healthy cells around it.The new treatment was directed to the Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML) but it may also have potential for attacking other types of cancers. Scientist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine said that new developed compound is more effective than other anti-cancer drugs because it directly causes cancer cells to self destruct.. This compound also can combine with other anti cancer drugs to increase the efficiency of the treatment.This compound was named as BTSA 1(BAX Trigger Site Activator 1) .Scientists have tested this compound on animal models and it did not show any toxicity to the animal models.

SCIENTISTS FOUND WASTE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN Previously everyone thought, there is no lymphatic system in the brain, but recently scientists have found some evidence of a lymphatic system of brain by scanning of brains of healthy volunteers. The results further suggest the vessels could act as a pipeline between the brain and the immune system.It suggests that brain can influence the immune system too. In 1816, an Italian anatomist reported finding lymphatic vessels on the surface of the brain, but for two centuries, it was forgotten. Until very recently, researchers in the modern era found no evidence of a lymphatic system in the brain, leaving some puzzled about how the brain drains waste, and others to conclude that brain is an exceptional organ. but in 2015, researchers found lymphatic vessels in the dura of mice brain. In this research,Researches have used a dye to light up the brain blood vessels during the MRI scan. After few minutes, dye in the blo...

NEANDERTHALS SHARED THERE GENES WITH HUMANS AND IT CHANGED OUR LIVES Thousands years ago, Neanderthals lived with humans and they shared there brides.It caused mixing of Neanderthal genes with our genome.That cause lot of good as well as bad effects on Humans. Between 2% and 4% of the genetic blueprint of present-day non-Africans came from Neanderthals. Neanderthal genes have contributed to human immunity and modern diseases. They passed some genes that involving with type 2 Diabetes, Crhon's disease, long term depression,lupus, Billiary Cirrhosis and smoking addiction. Their gene affects our coagulation system as well.Some people, more prone to allergies, also have some genes of Neanderthals. They have also passed good genes also, the genes involving skin pigmentation gave better advantage to adapt Asians to high sun exposure,climate changes and some of pathogens living in the environment. Recently researchers found that Neanderthal genes contributed othe...