Fasting in Ramadan: Health Benefits & Hazards

As the Ramadan is here the question always comes up among the educated lot that is the fasting beneficial or injurious for health. In this section we discuss both pons and cons of Fasting in Ramadan and fasting otherwise, leaving the decision for the reader =) Month of Ramadan is about 29 or 30 days … Read more

Top 10 diseases in USA

Men and women tend to have almost the same common diseases in USA apparently, except for suicide (more common in men) and the diseases exclusive to males or female. We’ll be discussing the most common disease reported in USA. This article includes the most reported diseases in hospitals resulting in hospital stay for various age … Read more

Dry Needling, what it is and what it does

Dry needling is a controversial treatment method and is also known as myofascial trigger point dry needling. It’s a technique in which needles are used to relieve pain and to achieve various other claimed health benefits. The needles used for dry needling can be either hollow core type or solid filiform too. What is dry … Read more

How to prevent Food Poisoning this summer

The minimum things you can do to avoid food poisoning are: Do not eat or drink uncooked food from outside Do not eat anything cooked long time ago What is Food poisoning? Food poisoning is very common in summer specially due to the favorable environment for the bacteria to grow in the food and release … Read more

What is tooth sensitivity?

If you feel pain or discomfort when having cold, hot, sweet or very acidic foods, then probably you have tooth sensitivity. Patients suffering with teeth sensitivity can even sometimes get it triggered by a breath of cold air! The pain is usually sharp and shoots deep! The disease can occur in any age, however it’s … Read more

Driving while drunk facts

Drunk driving is a massively illegal things across the globe, however there are people who still drive while drunk. Lets see some of the facts about drunk driving! Driving while drunk facts Some of the statistical facts about drunk driving are: Approximately one third of the fatal accidents caused in the united states of america … Read more

What is BMI (body mass index)

what is body mass index

What does BMI stand for? BMI stands for Body Mass Index. Definition of BMI BMI is a measure of relative size of an individual based on his body mass and height. BMI is defined as body mass of a person divied by their height’s square (weight / (height)2 Units of BMI The universal units of … Read more

Sinus Infection

sinus infection

Sinus infection means infection of the layer lining the sinuses in skull. The tissue covering these sinuses, when get infected by a virus, bacteria or a fungi, can result in sinus infection. The term sinusitis means inflammation of the sinus cavity lining tissue. However the term is used in conjunction with sinus infection (debatable) of … Read more

Wound healing with sugar and honey

Ever wondered how ancient people used to treat their wounds? There weren’t any antibiotics manufactured, there weren’t any fancy laboratories who tested their products first on the rats, then monkeys and then on humans themselves and then said, oops, it was bad one, lemme refine it! So what did they have which helped them heal … Read more