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Brain boosts, calories burn and 2 other amazing benefits of being in the cold weather

25th January 2019 Health Facts

When the winter comes we rarely think about benefits the cold weather can bring to us. We long for summer, nice, warm weather, beaches, ice tea in a wonderful sunset, long days, outdoor fun with friends and family, light, colourful clothes, smiling people… Thinking of winter, there is always an image of us snuggling under a warm blanket, in front of a TV or with a book in our hands, hot tea and not getting out much. Unless you are a winter sports lover, but even when you consider only fun you will have on snow, not the benefits that cold weather brings us. You may be surprised with just how many benefits cold weather can bring to us. 1. Your brain likes the cold Actually, your brain works better on lower temperatures than on high ones. Studies have shown that school children that studied in classrooms with temperature decreased by 5°C had better results than their colleagues in classrooms with higher temperatures. Cold temperatures help people think more clearly because during the cold weather our body uses less glucose that is needed for proper brain functioning. If you are a student and have problems learning your lesson, try and […]

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8 Shocking Stories of Patients Whose Lives Were Severely Altered by a Doctor’s Mistake

23rd January 2019 Health Facts

Any time you schedule a visit to a medical doctor’s office, or you are rushed to the emergency room of a hospital; you expect a certain level of medical care. Regrettably, the standard of the care you receive varies widely from one hospital to the next. An in the worst scenario, the healer could end up being the killer. If the patients are lucky, they escape with severe conditions that could be chronic. Here are shocking stories where healing hands turned into crippling or killing hands. 1) Embryologist fertilizes mother with the wrong sperm A New York fertility clinic impregnated a lady— Nancy Andrews—with the sperm of a total stranger, and not that of her husband. The mistake only surfaced in October 2004 when the baby expected to be born of white parents turned out with dark skin. Succeeding DNA tests showed that the baby’s biological father was of African origin. Though the family kept the child, the coupled pressed medical malpractice charges against the clinic and against the specialist who allegedly unintentionally mixed up the samples. 2) Mismatched blood type kills a girl CBS News shared the story of a Mexican teenage girl (17) who had resided in the […]

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Can You Buy Viagra Over the Counter in the U.K?

23rd January 2019 Health Facts

For many people, the name Viagra comes up when a man wants to improve his sex life or as a treatment for erectile dysfunction; commonly known as ED. In The simplest of terms, ED is a condition that is expressed in men as an inability to get an erection or keep an erection for long enough to have sexual intercourse. Viagra is known across the world as one of the best drugs used for managing erectile dysfunction. What makes it even more popular is its FDA-approved status for the treatment of ED. The active ingredient in this drug is sildenafil; Viagra contains 100 mg of sildenafil active ingredient. How Does Viagra Work? Viagra belongs to a group of drug known as phosphodiesterase-type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. These type of drugs improve the blood flow throughout the body and causes the blood vessels in the penis to expand. More than 80 percent of men who use the drug says that it works. Can I Buy Viagra Over the Counter in the U.K? Yes, in the United Kingdom you can purchase Viagra without having a prescription from a doctor. On the 28th of November 2017, the BBC announced that you can buy Viagra […]

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What Are People Looking For in Vitamin Supplements?

12th January 2019 Health Facts, Health Solutions, Healthy Living

People have taken vitamin supplements as a way to attain better health and avoid disease since the 1930s. While our desire to live better has not changed, the landscape of the supplement word has changed completely. What are people looking for in a vitamin supplement today? Vitamins that make them feel better While we all know that vitamins are a crucial building block for all major processes in the body, it’s impossible to feel individual body processes working. In most cases, it is unlikely anyone would feel the action of any one vitamin unless they were severely deficient. For the most part, the effects of these supplements are felt over time and in a mix of useful vitamins. What most people are looking for in a vitamin supplement is something more general. They want something that will help them feel better: more energetic, less tired, or more alert. This desire is so profound that energy drinks and energy vitamin supplements continue to saturate the market. Vitamins that are easy to swallow This might seem like an obvious statement, but for some people, their choice of vitamin may boil down to a question of which pill is the easiest one to […]

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Best Fitness Tips To Shape Your Body

9th January 2019 Health Facts, Healthy Living

Getting your body in shape does not mean fitting into a size 2. It also does not mean resembling the picture of a girl wearing a bikini on the front page of a magazine. It implies feeling like your best self, knowing damn well that you get up each day to look after your body by eating right and staying fit. Let’s have a look at some of the fitness tips to help you shape body. Exercise Daily You should keep at least an hour for exercise on a daily basis. You don’t need to get exhausted from jogging, running, and so on, yet you ought to have some healthy fitness activity. In case you’re hoping to shed a couple of pounds in quick time, go for an extreme level workout, like going for a brisk walk for 60 minutes. Or on the other hand, you can run and set specific intervals to run during that hour. Ensure you’re not in extreme pain while exercising. Your muscles will throb after a high force exercise. It is an indication that your body is improving. Make sure to remain hydrated and eat protein enriched foods after every exercise. The protein will allow […]

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